just wonderin how to make realistic looking sandbags
if anyone has any good tips please share

I would stay away from Tamiyas sandbag kit.

You can use sculpy (or any type of) bakable clay you can get at Michaels, or AC Moores for about $1 a piece. You can roll a snake of it, then cut to length, and squish it down. Flatten the edges to make a bag.
Put the individual bags together and then add details like seam lines with a toothpick, and take some cloth with heavy weave and push in some detail to give the bag texture.
also
check this thread
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/22019&page=1

KillJoy,
Welocme to the site!
Scott is right. Sculpy works great if you are going to put the sandbags somewhere on a base, like a diorama. The only drawback is that you need to bake Sculpy for it to harden.
If you want to lay the sandbags on a model or anything else you can't bake, try using two part epoxy putty. Milliput is one brand name. I have also had good luck using epoxy putty from the plumbing section of Home Depot or Lowe's

Hope this helps,

Shaun

I agree with slodder sculpy is the way to go. Ive tried self hardening clay but it tends to shrink. Just remember to add the details slodder mentioned. Here is an example of what you can do with sculpy.

Guys,

Does Sculpy air cure? I never used it but my wife uses it to make figures. I thought you had to heat cure the stuff.
If you don have to bake it I may have to "borrow" some.
Just askin' and sorry about the thread jack.

Shaun