Rolling pin with Handle - Sett Pavement

Green Stuff World rolling pin with handle, sett pavement

A tool for building dioramas from Green Stuff World. The rolling pin with its relief of paving setts is run over rolled-out modeling putty and presses a regular pattern of a paved road or square into it. The handle makes it easier to keep to a straight line and to apply even pressure. The manufacturer makes this motif in three pattern sizes and the size is not stated here, so verify it in advance if you are building to a particular scale. The difference between the smallest and the largest pattern is several times over, and on a finished surface even a layman can see it.

What it is suited to

The size of the pattern is chosen to match the scale of the build: setts that are too large give the game away at first glance, while setts that are too small merge into a uniform surface. Once hardened, the pressed surface is painted, weathered and completed with dust, mud and grass in the joints, so that a flat board becomes a setting a model can be placed into.

How to work

• roll the putty out on a smooth mat into an even layer
• lightly dampen the surface and the pin, or dust them with powder, so that they do not stick
• run the pin through in one smooth pass, not back and forth
• once the pattern is pressed, tidy the edges of the paving with a knife and leave the edge irregular
• let the putty harden completely, and only then paint it

Clean the tool after work; putty dried in the pattern will ruin the next impression. Keep it out of the reach of children and do not store it anywhere warm.