Sandpaper- the new basing material?

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While walking today, I had an idea- why not use sandpaper instead of glue and sand to base models?

Get one of the coarser grits for land bases, get a finer grit for 'road' or 'city' bases.

You could glue it to all your bases beforehand, cut it to size, glue your model on, and then paint everything.

It's a bit more expensive, but I think it'll save time.

Also, this could be used in lieu of texture paint. I'm gonna be trying it on a defensive wall I'm making to test it out. Pics coming soon.

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I cant see how it would save time when basing individual figures, but it sounds like a good idea for scenery.

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Except every time your models fall over they scrape off a bit more plastic and paint... what's so hard about sand anyway - I just mix some sand (a fair amount) into some PVA paint coloured to the right tone and paint it on. Your can then drybrush it/add features when dry (approx 1 hour). Advantage is that the sand is automatically sealed by the PVA. Job done.

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Could be an interesting twist if you ripped or creased it but I don't see it saving time over simply gluing sand down.

[knight (M.I.A)]

It just makes things longer. So its not time saving, its adding more time. I'm using a similar technique with plasticcard for one of my armies, forcreating paved bases. And its a pain to cut the (really thin) plasticcard in the right form.

[Mabus]

I know someone who did this. He said it too long, it looked okay. Sand looked better though....