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How to make city Rubble?
surfboard66
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Posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009 - 04:41 PM UTC
How would I make City rubble. I know my topic is short i don't know what else to say. Thanks
Captain_Muller
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Posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009 - 05:21 PM UTC
If you got some old sprues your gonna throw out, dont... I sometimes use them like as for fallen poles or stuff, or if you want to go to the extreme (go outside and wear a mask, highly toxic) cut the sprues, put them on concrete and burn them it makes like a mushy puddle then poke a stick into it and make it into rubble or like a hill. x) but becareful
Tarok
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Posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009 - 06:14 PM UTC
Presumably you mean building rubble which would appear around a ruined building?

You can create section of wall by casting it in Plaster of Paris, or a similar product, and scribing in the brickwork. To create the rubble, simply break the section of wall into smaller sections and rescribe where necessary. Add bits of H-beams, pipes, cables, and even pieces of sprue or raid the parts box. Don't forget the dust and sand. There's always a lot of dust when a building goes down.

An example of the rubble, but not so much dust (as it wasn't meant to be building rubble but general apocolyptic city type rubble), techniques I mention above can be seen in my Witch Hunters Penitent Engine (different genre, but same basic techniques).



HTH

Rudi
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Posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009 - 11:33 PM UTC
I used cat litter (NEW STUFF) you can scatter it then pick out all the large stones, then glue it down with watered down pva glue. Yu can also sieve the cat litter for extrak fine rubble. I bought a 10kg bag for £1.80
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009 - 11:52 PM UTC
Firsly you got to consider what kind of buildings, details, etc. are in the close vicinity. If its a brick building, loads of broken bricks and as Rudi mentioned ... some partial pieces of walls. If there was steel or wood in the building, loads of this scattered around, as well as whatever type of tile/slate and gutter/window/door details. Were there vehicles or soldiers when the damage occured? Vehicle debris and personal items can be mixed in for further details. You´re only limited by your imagination.
parrot
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Posted: Monday, July 20, 2009 - 10:09 AM UTC
Rubble is cheap and easy to come by.
I have also used kitty litter for years and it's still the best,looks real and actually absorbs the diluted glue.
Also be on the lookout for sources,I got bagfuls of rubble visiting a brother in law that was tearing up and replacing a ceramic floor.
Just a couple of days ago I was breaking up a small ceramic table and in the backyard and "voila",the grout turned into perfect 1/35 concrete bricks.Diorama material is all around you,you just have to see it from with your modelling eye.

Also for broken glass,the packaging for a lot of items,especially toys, has that clear plastic covering.
Cut edges into jagged pieces and take a pin to carve shatters in it.A slightly heated pin point stuck through the plastic will also give you very nice bullet holes.
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