Sorry for the painfull pun.

So today I went ahead and made myself some concrete projectiles. I was gonna make them out of clay, but as stated in my introduction, I live in the middle of nowhere. And it turns out my hardware store doesn't sell clay.

They turned out pretty decent. They look like turds that somehow locked eyes with Medusa, which is kinda funny.

I really only made these because i'm on a budget (i'm a student, obviously), but they didn't turn out as amazing as i hoped. What do you guys mainly use? What is a good cheap option? Where can you get cheap clay?

Fun little anecdote: Before i went to the hardware store, i went to a discount store where they sell all sorts of stuff first. I asked if they had clay and the lady pointed me to a rack full of play-doh.

A 20 year old dude stood in the tool department, asked her if they had clay, and she pointed me to a rack of play-doh.

Well the main problem I ran into was the fact that i'm an idiot. I used turbo cement and absolutely crappity smacked my fingers sideways. After some more thinking I figured this wasn't the brightest idea I've ever had.

That point about compression is definitely one I'm gonna keep in mind though. Mine aren't immensely dense.

The vid is perfectly fine btw.

Curious Aardvark wrote on Jul 4^th, 2017 at 4:02pm:

Yep, figured that out after watching that video. There's skin coming of my fingers now.

Curious Aardvark wrote on Jul 4^th, 2017 at 4:02pm:

Good question. I tend to loose my rationality while making awesome stuff like stone projectiles to throw really far, and thus i made them BIG AND BADASS. After i was done i indeed figured out the size of a golf ball or an egg was a lot more suiting.

Curious Aardvark wrote on Jul 4^th, 2017 at 4:02pm:

How much of it do you use?

Curious Aardvark wrote on Jul 4^th, 2017 at 4:02pm:

Awefully sorry about that. I'm from the Netherlands and here it's strangely normal to swear in every single sentence you say.

How much pva ?
Not a clue.
It's something professional cement people add to stop cement cracking and drying out too fast.

Try it and see
Then let us know  
I'd probably start with 50:50 pva to water and then gradually increase the pva till you got the right consistency on the cement.
And let it dry on clingfilm or some other non-stick surface. after all pva is glue.

My parents recently came back fro my sister's in canada and were shocked at how much people over there swear.

Me I view it much the same as people who use 'nice' to describe just about everything.
The english language is vast and rich - there are always alternative words to use, so use them

Actually made up swear words are often much better. One of my favourites is: Bummox !

Multi purpose, sounds rude but isn't lol

Plus the forum has  abuilt in swear word substitute routine. So any really good made up ones can be substituted for something we already use.
there's a challenge for you lot.
Make up some fake swear words
Crappity Smacker is my all time favourite. No idea who came up with it - but it's an ideal substitute for a very rude phrase. 

Actual swear words in a non-english language, will not count (yes I am looking at you otter)