Cobblestones - where to purchase?

[Chrisr]

Hi All,

Does anyone know if anyone makes miniature cobblestones for figurine bases, and if so, where they can be purchased?

Cheers
Chris

 

[mick3272]

Hi Chris.
Look at the Dolls house websites they do some nice roof slates that are ideal I purchased some time ago from a company in sussex. The name escapes me at the moment but I will keep looking. There is also a thread on this site where I was given the info by Mark ( tubby nuts) I will keep looking.
Mick

 

[mick3272]

Hi Chris

Here you go Here's his full website

http://www.richardstacey.com/

Mick

 

[fogie]

Alternatively, you could always produce your own from Milliput or similar .....

 

[Tecumsea]

Years ago lentils were used very effectively.

Keith

 

[Chrisr]

Many thanks to everyone for your prompt replies. All good advice. This really is a top forum, always helpful, and someone knows the answer.

Cheers
Chris

 

[megroot]

I made in my AFV periode a large road of yentils and white glue.
Airbrushed the whole road and looks great.

Marc

 

[theBaron]

Hansa Systems USA is another possibility: https://www.hansasystemsusa.com/

Prost!
Brad

 

[Chrisr]

Many thanks for your suggestion Marc and Brad. Greatly appreciated.

The link to Hansa looks the deal Brad, and thank you for providing it

Cheers
Chris

 

[arj]

You could try making your own.
This is my 54mm base using Miliput and indenting with a brass square section:-

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Mirofsoft]

Using peas ( 45 years ago, when I began, Humbrol painting )

 

[ghamilt1]

have a look at this product. They are textured rolling pins that produce a variety of effects, including cobblestones. the links is
http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/22-textured-rolling-pins

 

[theBaron]

have a look at this product. They are textured rolling pins that produce a variety of effects, including cobblestones. the links is
http://www.greenstuffworld.com/en/22-textured-rolling-pins

Yeah, Green Stuff World's products are pretty good. They make a leaf punch that is very useful, too. The patterned rollers could be used to make wall sections, too, as well as bases. It's a shame that they haven't made a roller with the pattern for Marston matting, too.

Regarding other sources for cobblestones, I remembered that Verlinden also made packs of loose cobblestones:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Verlinden-...729055?hash=item2a126c881f:g:ToIAAOSw8-tWUvlZ

as well as full cobblestone bases:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Verlinden-...860284&hash=item2a1287a975:g:VjMAAOSwFGNWSb0w

and "damaged" bases:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Verlinden-...945967&hash=item2a0f87d614:g:s0YAAOSwNnRYmRXH

I have no connection to the eBay seller; I have a "verlinden" search and those items were convenient to illustrate my comment.

Of course, since Verlinden finally gave up the ghost last year, these items have to be found more and more in dwindling retail stocks or as second-hand items.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Paul Kernan]

Armand Bayardi (US) makes a great range of groundwork and architectural pieces generally 1/30 - 1/32 scale but they do have some 75mm and 120mm too

armandbayardi.com

 

[neill]

a mix of Split peas, lentils, with a thin coat of plater or plumbers putty and voila! of her is an article I wrote years ago for Armoram of basic wall and street building...

https://hfmodeling.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=features&file=view&artid=247&page=3

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

This is an old thread.

Mark.

 

[theBaron]

This is an old thread.

Mark.

Yet it has found new life

Prost!
Brad

 

[theBaron]

Y'know, seeing this topic again reminds me of a question I've had about using dried lentils or dried split peas, for cobblestones. And that is, is it worth it to heat them further in the oven, or is whatever drying process food factories use sufficient to make them impervious to any liquids we'd use in attaching them to bases or painting them?

Prost!
Brad

 

[Mirofsoft]

Easy :
3 l water
3 cups of dryed peas
2 slices of bacon
salt, peper, teacup of sariette
1h30 in a steamer



By the way see my picture above, made 45 years ago, still perfectly dry

Best

 

[polyphemus]

There's a few items on this & other pages from this supplier;

https://www.fieldsofglorymodels.co.uk/product-category/buildings-bases/page/6/

Also Miniart do a vac-formed plastic sheet of cobbles.

Geoff