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I have found a way to make mud that is cheap and works very well.

You need the model Railroad snow, for this. But one container will last for about ten years.

Start with Acrylic matte in a bottle. Pour what you thinkyou will ne4ed in a plastic conatiner. Add acrylic earth color, some tan, and a bit of black. The ratios depend on what type mud you are making.

Mix that all up and slowly add the snow. Once you get the thickness you want you can add static grass to simulate clods.

Apply to your model wherever it looks good. Use many ref pictures to get it right and also go out and look at a construction site that is using heavy equipment. Now let that dry.

When dry use the drybrush technique with small amounts ofthe base mud color mixed with flesh.

For the wet mud look apply shiny acrylic floor wax where you want the wet look.

Don

excellent tip much appreciated thank's for the information

one way ive always made mud is to use polyfilla powder mix it with paint of the desired colour and daub over where you need it dries hard
and is real cheap

My method at the mo is mixing some golden caster sugar in with an acrylic paint, put some Poly cement/moddeling glue in the mix to make it all stick. The glue makes it go shiny for a few hours but dries matt. The sugar gives a nice clumpy effect which looks great. Then just water the paint down a little and sort of dab it going away from the mud to get the fading effect.
Cheers,
Dave

Good tip with the model railway snow.
I have used polyfilla mixed with the fine dust out of the vacuum cleaner.
I got some peculiar remarks from my wife once when caught emptying the cleaner then sifting it for the dust, (for a bomb damage diorama).

Panther Ausf G wrote:Good tip with the model railway snow.
I have used polyfilla mixed with the fine dust out of the vacuum cleaner.
I got some peculiar remarks from my wife once when caught emptying the cleaner then sifting it for the dust, (for a bomb damage diorama).

Sounds like you have your family DNA in the mix as well, another use for dead skin lol

I never thought of it that way Phill.
So you think I’m just adding that little personal touch to my models.

i just use water an dirt you cant beat it an its free

When I used to build 1/35 scale tanks I found that talcumpowder works well mixed with lite or brow paint in matt and the more talc you use the thicker the mud! And it's greet for a smooth bum!!