Adding lightweight texture to Hexon tiles (aka Show Me Your Hexon!)

[Evil Dave]

I recently came into some brown Hexon tiles:

Has anyone added texture to these or flocked them yourself? If so, what did you use? Any regrets?

I’ve thought about grout but that seems brittle. Sand too but that seems heavy and will soak up a ton a paint. At the moment, I’m considering dusting them with spray primer/paint enough times that I get some texture. Then washing/drybrush and selectively flocking.

I’d love to see what people have done with these.

Dave

http://the-epic-gamer.blogspot.com/
http://warmonger-miniatures.com/

[Mike]

Wait what, you are Warmonger Miniatures?

[Evil Dave]

Curses, my sig gave me away!

Dave

http://the-epic-gamer.blogspot.com/
http://warmonger-miniatures.com/

[Mike]

😀

Woop.

Anyway, I did add some mud to the tiles once many years ago using a sort of filla grout mix.
What sort of look do you have in mind?

[Evil Dave]

Got any pics?

Central/western Europe.

Dave

http://the-epic-gamer.blogspot.com/
http://warmonger-miniatures.com/

[Mike]

Alas not, this was about 10 years ago or more and for a mate.

Helpful eh..

[Mr. Average]

I have found that regular interior latex paint makes a good base for foam flock. Then you can seal it with dilute white glue and you have a very tight and relatively flake-free board to work with.

[Evil Dave]

Do you push the foam into the paint while it’s still wet, Mr. A?

Dave

http://the-epic-gamer.blogspot.com/
http://warmonger-miniatures.com/

[Mr. Average]

You know, as I recall, I did not.  I just made sure the paint was nice and wet and it grabbed the flock very nicely.  However I did use brown paint, which gave me a less “Strawberry Fields Forever” look to my flock when dry.

[Thomaston]

I did these using PVA and what’s similar to very fine sand for the colored layer.
The base layer was a paste of the same agrigate with silicone calk.

Tired is enough.

[Not Connard Sage]

Can of Halford’s Brown Matte Camouflage Spray Paint (yes, I know, also available in Green, Black and Khaki)

1 litre jar of WSS Spring 1mm static grass
1 litre jar of WSS Summer 1mm static grass

1 400ml can WSS layering glue

PVA glue.

Couple of light coats of Halfraud’s

Brush on dilute PVA

Throw the spring static grass at the PVA (actually it’s better if you riddle it), allow to dry

Use layering glue to apply summer static grass to taste.

 

 

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