in my current dio, im looking to replicate a crater which has cut of the rail line so stop the advance of a railway gun, what is the best method, and ,most realistic one of creating a crater, except from blowing a little whole in it with small explosives lol. any help will be greatly appreciated

Hi! You can try to drop a stone directly to your base and it will make a nice crater.

It depends a little on what kind of base material you have.

sounds like a good idea, but im looking for a less violent approach lol. do all craters have the same shape of a cone going out, so to speak,

the base would be mdf more than likely, built up with polestyirine (excuse the spelling), this would give the ability to model hills and craters, although i have toyed with the old chicken wire method and paper mashae, and this proved to be very useful in gaining the desired shape

Depends on the source, if its a artilleryround or a bomb dropped from a plane, it will usually penetrate a bit before exploding, and thereby create a crater roughly coneshaped depending on the groundmaterial - soil, sand, rocks etc.

If its supposed to be sabotage, like a explosive charge (C5/plastic etc.) it wont be that deep because the explosion taking place on the surface.

The same goes for handgranades and granades from direct fire - like a.t. guns etc.

thanks a lot, thats what i was looking for

Try using rigid styrofoam as a base. After you cut out the hole, cover it with plaster bandage and while it's still wet, sprinkle on your ground cover, etc.

Art

I say art has the easiest and most efficient sugestion ( no offense to others;))
thats what i do also, and styrofoam is easy to cut around and to make holes in, maybe invest a few dollars ( 10- 15$can) to purchase a few blades to work wood ( still works on plastic) you get different shaped blades and some are good to make circles etc.

Frank

i normally use some old warhammer 40,000 craters they're cheap and easy here look.


this is from www.forgeworld.co.uk

it also sells barbed wire. Its great.

i've never been able to create a good looking crater, so i just stopped.....but the method i used to use was infact using fircrackers lol