Serious question. Does anyone use KittyLiter in their basing?

To the original question - pretty sure that I first saw it in the early seventies but most people I knew remained old school, as did I until early last year.

I started in the early 90s with some 15mm Peter Pig nam stuff.
Some of my friends were definitely using kitty litter and polyfiller back into the 80s

Used kitty litter to build some walls in 15mm

Quote from: paulr on 24 September 2017, 06:24:53 PM
Used kitty litter to build some walls in 15mm

I used it for the same purpose with my Airfix ACW stuff back in the days of yore.
I think some of the more corse modeling sand I get from Minibits is the same stuff. (Yes - I like to support our hosts by having tubs of kitty litter shipped across the Atlantic  )

I used it once, but then the cat crapped all over my figures.

Never didn't use some form of basing enhancement - texture plus flock.

Heck even my Peter Laing Persian and Greek armies from c1976 or so had fully textured bases.

Always used flock (painted afterwards). Then i discovered Vallejo Dark Earth texture Paint (when ordering My First pendraken mini's).haven't looked back ever since.

Except for lord of the Rings, i used flock there, Too many To update!

Quote from: Leman on 25 September 2017, 12:49:46 PM
I used it once, but then the cat crapped all over my figures.

We apparently were acquired by the same cat at some point or the other.

I believe I've always based my wargaming figures in one form or the other. Using fillers and stuff like that has never really worked for me; I always use fine sand (the white sand used for birdcages and such). Just spread it on evenly until you have achieved the amount you want, maybe spread some small rocks in it depending on the sort of ground you want to create, form it with a dry brush if you want and then I use a cheap seringe to carefully soak it with diluted white glue. The big advantage is that you don't run the risk of smearing putty and stuff all over your figures. Afterwrds I paint and drybrush it, add grass, flock etc and that's it.

Cheers,
Rob

I use silver sand (play sand) and red sand (cement sand) mixed.

I am starting to use Mike Salweys homemade bastex method which is sand ( builders sand which has been cooked to remove fungi etc),PVA and brown paint. I like it as you can create a thin enough mix to almost flw round the smaller bases that 6 and 10mm figures tend to have

Early 90s I think, when I had an extension built and a bag of ready-mix cement was left by the builder.  I use PVA glue and dip the stands in the ready-mix cement.  It is wet enough to make the cement cure.   

And we thought we had it tough when rebasing

Broke my scalpel last night whilst rebasing - and that was only Vallejo pumice paste.

Quote from: Leman on 28 September 2017, 07:58:04 AM
Broke my scalpel last night whilst rebasing - and that was only Vallejo pumice paste.

We should start assigning aboriginal American-style names to members here. Broken Scalpel isn't a bad one to start with. We could add Drills Own Finger, Hates Southerners, Won't use little houses, Coat in the Teeth....

Mad Kitty may be ?

Man-who-fights-woman
Glued-face-to-palm
Dabbles-with-hexes
Stuck-in-tanks
Bent-arm-off
Runs-with-brushes

I gave Leon the dream quest name, Owl-who-never-sleeps some time ago

Quote from: FierceKitty on 28 September 2017, 10:32:32 AM
We should start assigning aboriginal American-style names to members here. Broken Scalpel isn't a bad one to start with.

Or, code words as per the US military. If Broken Arrow is a lost nuke, what could Broken Scalpel possibly mean . . . ?

Or Bent Spear, Chipped Paint and Wobbly Base?

Broken scalpel - him who press too hard
Bent Spear - him who uses not for intended purpose
Chipped paint - she who put make-up on in train
Wobbly base - man who play with toy soldiers who eat and drink much of tribes supplies.

I think I'd have to be "Does much, achieves little" ... sorry GENERAL Does Much, Achieve Little.