Dang Cobblestones

A long time ago I used to paint Warhammer fantasy figures.  Several of the bases I set as cobbles (being a medieval fantasy world, it looked just right). 

To do this I spead a 1-2mm layer of Miliput or other malleable putty on the base, then using a small tube - I can't remember what, I think it was the end of a biro refill or similar - pressed it into the putty and it makes small domes, which can then be painted in greys and browns to look like cobbles.

If you wanted square cobbles, I'm sure it would be easy to make a stamp out of a bit of rubber or wood.  You can also do patterns like fans, or gutters etc with a bit of planning and experimentation.

Good luck!

I use cork from the DIY stores. You can buy large sheets of it cheap and it can be cut into small rectangles like bricks. You then lay the pattern as you see fit. I use lentils alot too. They make those nice smoothed out stones. If you pour plaster, you can scribe any pattern of stones using a straight edge (for neat orderly horizontal lines)or compass (for fan shaped patterns) and then a chisel or screwdriver to make your individual bricks. A quick and light brush down with a stiff brush will clean up the edges and give you some wear on your edges.

There are a few companies that make sections of different patterns that can be cut to shape and placed onto your base if you don't feel "crafty".

Good luck.

Thanks, guys. The dio I'm working on right now will require a steady amount of scratch work for the scenery and stuff. For example, I expect to scratchbuild a dug-in basement for at least one building. So I can certainly see geting more into the DIY-type work, although I'm not quite there yet. This one will have different types of cobblestones in different places, brick and stone walls, etc. Should turn out pretty interesting.

Again, thanks!

~Jerry