Hobby Tip - Making Miniature Broken Glass

Whether you are decorating urban bases for your army or making a bombed out ruin to play over, making broken glass for basing or terrain purposes couldn't be simpler.

What you will need:

- A pair of scissors (whatever size you feel comfortable working with.
- A tray or large container of some sort.
- Clear plastic from packaging/miniature blisters etc.
- And a container to store it in when done.


Making the glass:

Sit yourself comfortably, I recommend sticking a movie or music on while you work to avoid it becoming tedious.

Just use the scissors to cut the clear packaging into various sized pieces, ranging from tiny shards to large portions of window pane.

Try to use only flat portions of the packaging to make the glass, also if you end up with bits that get a kink/twist to them I'd recommend taking them out of the mix because it doesn't look like broken glass.

You just use the tray/large container to capture your pieces, then when you are done sweep/pour the bits into the container you chose for storage.

Using the glass:

When your base/terrain is complete and painted you just dot glue in the places you wish and sprinkle or carefully place your broken glass shards with tweezers.

You can use superglue or P.V.A. for this purpose.

I'd recommend super glue, sometimes it may frost the plastic, but that actually adds to the looks.

You may then add a light drybrush of your final colour used on your bases, or even weathering powders to bring everything together.