Do you use flock

[martin goddard]

Do you  use flock as in the tint ground up cork pieces.


Like this
https://modelshop.co.uk/Shop/Item/4D-flock-L03-mid-green/ITM4691


I assume that many are now using tufts or nylon grass?
I have seen flock  mixed with basing texture products effectively.
I used to use it on top of wet paint to break up the surface.

martin

[Leman (Andy)]

I use tufts and static grass on 15mm and larger figures. I use flock and 2mm tufts on 10mm and 6mm. Anything smaller I use paste and just paint it.

[Moggy]

Yes, but I no longer cover a whole base with it and stick stuff on top.  I find smaller patches work much better.

Derek

[simmo]

Looking at my wargames collection it's a bit like he three stages of man. You have figures painted painted using Humbrol gloss stuck on card painted bright gloss green. Then you have figures painted using acrylics on flocked bases. In the final stage the figures  are painted in acrylics, given washes and dry brushed highlights on textured bases with nylon grass and tufts.

Flock was easier to use and once dried given a PVA wash would be permanent. I find applying nylon grass difficult but using a puffer bottle I'm able to get it to 'stand'. I did try making a fly swat electronic gizmo but this really didn't improve on the puffer bottle.

[Nick]

These days, I mainly stick to Army Painter basing products.

Nick

[Colonel Kilgore]

I used to have bags and bags of that granular flock.

I had read somewhere that it should be applied onto wet gloss varnish, which I did. It looked wonderful for the whole of the first game. And then less so. I was a foolish teenager.

Simon

[Panzer21]

Way back when (around the time of wargames dinosaurs) I may have used flock on beer mat bases......
I seem to recall most people based that way, often dunking the figures in a tub of the stuff resulting in flock half-way up the figures legs.......

My old ancient armies may have had flock, but sold into slavery long ago....
I remember adopting the Peter Gilder method of painting and basing from a booklet given away in Military Modelling. Basing involved using Polyfiller with the odd tuft of sisal, but painted a mix of green and brown.

After that and much later, I kept the Polyfiller base, but painted brown or sand and drybrushed with clumps of Heki "Bunt" grass to match grass mat tabletop.

Latterly, I've mostly been painting very old Spencer Smith plastics and mounting them on plain green bases; I've toyed with using flock again but have resisted as it doesn't seem in keeping with the nostalgic / retro look - far too "modern"! ☺

I have lots of the old GW brand, acquired from an ex-GW employee when they were throwing it out.....
Neil

[Smiley Miley 66]

I used to use flock back in the 80's, but I learned very quickly this was wrong. But the best thing is I put these into Coffee jars and they are still "fresh" now and as I am in the process of doing 6mm for Team Yankee ? When I've got time. I will use these on these bases to give them some colour etc.
Miles

[martin goddard]

Sisal string- lovely.
I use a lot of it.

martin

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I have a ton of flock courtesy of my Dad's Railway Modelling habit...he was old school. I did use it sparingly for leaf litter etc. on 25mm figures but graduated to sand texture and tufts for 15mm mainly because I favoured more arid zones...

I reckon I've got enough in different shades to fill your average waste bin.

Neil

[Leman (Andy)]

I also have a 6mm flock of sheep.

[Colonel Kilgore]

I also have a 6mm flock od sheep.

[mellis1644]

Somewhat... in patches with others thigs like static grass

[Sean Clark]

I've started to use the Base Ready stuff from Geek Gaming Scenics. I mentioned it before when basing my RCW armies.

I've started to go for much simpler bases and actually gone off static grass. When I rebased some of my Square Bashing armies for 1914 I used a flock from the Army Painter.

s always beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 

[Leslie BT]

Yes, scale modellers flock 1mm length. Source wall paper flock makers and printers.