To texture my bases I have been using Games Workshop Modelling Sand which has recently gone up in price to £4 for a small tub. Well that was the final straw and I've been experimenting with mixing my own base texture using a mixture of ballasts from Woodland Scenics. What I've found works best for me is a mixture of their Fine Brown Ballast and Dark Brown Course Ballast.
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These pictures show bases being made with the Games Workshop Modelling sand on the left and my own Woodland Scenics mixture on the right. There's not a lot of difference I'm sure you'll agree and it's much, much cheaper.
I get my Woodland Scenics ballast from my local model railway shop or over the Web from EC Scenics where they charge £2.55 for a 10 oz bag containing over twice the weight of the GW £4 tub. 32 oz shakers come in at £7.70 and EC charge postage at cost.
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