loose rubble? (1 Viewer)

[4737 Carlin]

I'm sure this has been asked before - but has anyone got any tips on how to create very cheap (or free) loose rubble?
I'm putting together a Stalingrad dio and need to cover quite a large area. My first thoughts are used smashed up chunks of plaster and brick with bits of cork and supplement with broken floorboards, miniature bricks, corrugated iron sheets and 'steel' pieces etc. Anyone know a good place/places to get these supplementary items in our scale? Any help or advice appreciated, cheers.
Carlin.

 

[Mirof]

Here

Absolutely what you want
http://www.dioramadebris.co.uk/

Best

 

[theBaron]

I'm sure this has been asked before - but has anyone got any tips on how to create very cheap (or free) loose rubble?
I'm putting together a Stalingrad dio and need to cover quite a large area. My first thoughts are used smashed up chunks of plaster and brick with bits of cork and supplement with broken floorboards, miniature bricks, corrugated iron sheets and 'steel' pieces etc. Anyone know a good place/places to get these supplementary items in our scale? Any help or advice appreciated, cheers.
Carlin.

For rubble, that is, pieces of broken concrete or plaster walls, don't buy it--go out in the street in front of your house and pick up the loose gravel you'll find along the curb.

For timbers or floor boards, try wooden coffee stirrers. You can find them in grocery stores in bags of a hundred or so. They also make good planks in scales from 1/48 to 1/20.

For corrugated metal, try Plastruct or Evergreen. Both companies have corrugated metal sheets in their catalogs, and can be found online or at your local hobby shop. Look at shops that supply model railroaders, too. You could also try using corrugated cardboard, by removing one of the faces. That's what a lot of guys used to use, back in the day.

Pipes-drinking straws.

If you do want bricks and blocks in scale, look up Verlinden's catalog, they have backs of bricks, though they might be a little pricey. There's also Hansa Systems USA, http://www.hansasystemsusa.com/index.htm, they make scale building materials for European-style buildings. You could literally buy their product and build a building, brick by brick.

You probably already know about using foam insulation for making bases. It can be carved into broken wall shapes, too, and then covered with putty or plaster/spackle and textured.

Hope that all helps, prosit!
Brad

 

[4737 Carlin]

Here

Absolutely what you want
http://www.dioramadebris.co.uk/

Best

For rubble, that is, pieces of broken concrete or plaster walls, don't buy it--go out in the street in front of your house and pick up the loose gravel you'll find along the curb.

For timbers or floor boards, try wooden coffee stirrers. You can find them in grocery stores in bags of a hundred or so. They also make good planks in scales from 1/48 to 1/20.

For corrugated metal, try Plastruct or Evergreen. Both companies have corrugated metal sheets in their catalogs, and can be found online or at your local hobby shop. Look at shops that supply model railroaders, too. You could also try using corrugated cardboard, by removing one of the faces. That's what a lot of guys used to use, back in the day.

Pipes-drinking straws.

If you do want bricks and blocks in scale, look up Verlinden's catalog, they have backs of bricks, though they might be a little pricey. There's also Hansa Systems USA, http://www.hansasystemsusa.com/index.htm, they make scale building materials for European-style buildings. You could literally buy their product and build a building, brick by brick.

You probably already know about using foam insulation for making bases. It can be carved into broken wall shapes, too, and then covered with putty or plaster/spackle and textured.

Hope that all helps, prosit!
Brad

Many thanks guys. I'll be ordering a mould from Diorama Debris so I can make the bricks myself. Cheers for the advice and links.
Carlin. :salute::