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Wider Wargaming => Painting & Modelling => Scenics => Topic started by: Si Tyler on 10 September 2013, 01:14:16 PM

Title: Pine Bark Nuggets in the UK
Post by: Si Tyler on 10 September 2013, 01:14:16 PM
Does anyone know of a decent stockist for bark nuggets in the UK.  I want them for some cheap rocky outcrops but all I can find are the mulch type bags from the DIY stores
Title: Re: Pine Bark Nuggets in the UK
Post by: Steve J on 10 September 2013, 01:40:20 PM
Modelshops generally stock some scenic bark, but not very cheap I must admit. Go to your local play area and 'acquire' some bark chippings for free :D.
Title: Re: Pine Bark Nuggets in the UK
Post by: Hertsblue on 11 September 2013, 09:26:12 AM
Yes, Woodland Scenics do packets of bark for rocks. Hideously expensive, though.
Title: Re: Pine Bark Nuggets in the UK
Post by: Orcs on 12 September 2013, 09:08:06 AM
Quote from: Steve J on 10 September 2013, 01:40:20 PM
Modelshops generally stock some scenic bark, but not very cheap I must admit. Go to your local play area and 'acquire' some bark chippings for free :D.

My partner has got to know the look In get on my face when out when I find something that might be useful in a wargames context. I get a sharp NO! before I have managed to pilfer whatever it is.

I am not allowed anywhere near the free pencils in Ikea. My excuse is I am just being polite- There is a big sign above them saying "Please take one "  So thats what I do each time I pass  by. ;D
Title: Re: Pine Bark Nuggets in the UK
Post by: Techno on 12 September 2013, 10:03:03 AM
I may be going off in the completely wrong direction Si....But for 'mini rocks' would something like 'gravel' for an aquarium work ?....
Or is what you're after somewhat larger ?
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Pine Bark Nuggets in the UK
Post by: fred. on 12 September 2013, 04:24:01 PM
Do you guys have these collections of trees near you? I think they are called woods, or sometime forests.

The trees come coated in bark - and often bits of it drop off.  ;)


We went for a walk in a pine woods the other week (back when it was sunny) and my daughters came back with a large collection of stuff, including several chunks of bark.

Title: Re: Pine Bark Nuggets in the UK
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 12 September 2013, 05:12:01 PM
Or you could just use chicken nuggets, hard, inedible, never decompose...

Or not.
Title: Re: Pine Bark Nuggets in the UK
Post by: Hertsblue on 13 September 2013, 07:14:53 AM
Depends which end the nuggets came out of, Lemmey. :-&