| Cacique Caribe | 02 Feb 2014 1:19 p.m. PST |
Ever sat around waiting for your wife to sit down so you can start watching a movie? We'll, depending on the wife, you might find yourself with more than enough time to do something like this:
link Just get some 10-mesh plastic canvas (10-mesh "granny grating"), a hobby knife and a small cutting board. After that all you need is a little time … If it works, I plan to give the other sizes a try:
link Thoughts? Dan
PS. Later today or tomorrow I'll test it on putty or Sculpy. |
| Ambush Alley Games | 02 Feb 2014 1:39 p.m. PST |
That is a swell idea! Consider it stolen! ;) Shawn. |
| Smokey Roan | 02 Feb 2014 1:48 p.m. PST |
Nice. I cut out pieces to make railings and woodwork for doors and windows.
cover surface of foamboard with paint and lightweight spackle, press on that mesh, remove, and you might get good looking brickwork
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| Cacique Caribe | 02 Feb 2014 1:54 p.m. PST |
Smokey, Good idea with the spackle! I guess the thinner the coat the better? Thanks, Dan
PS. Smokey, check out what other shapes you can cut out using plastic canvas:
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Dropzonetoe  | 02 Feb 2014 1:58 p.m. PST |
Dan, I cannot find the pics anymore. TMP's old post of mine goes to a dead link now but I did just that back in 08'. I used Durhams water putty and mounted it right to some cardboard. I recall it seemed fiddly, with indivual bricks coming loose so I coated it with elmers glue and then stuccoed whole areas. It held up just fine then but I didn't like the final results of the building so I pitched it. The bricks worked just great, My build was junk – so no complaints about using the grating for a mold.
DZT EDIT
Oh and make sure to clean up all the loose bits of plastic as it was part of the problem of removing the mold and it pulled full bricks off in the removal process. |
| Cacique Caribe | 02 Feb 2014 2:23 p.m. PST |
DZT: "make sure to clean up all the loose bits of plastic" Good point! I'm going to clean it all up with nail clippers. Thanks, Dan
PS. I think the brick pattern could have ended up a lot cleaner if I had used a darker plastic canvas on my white cutting board. … And better lighting too. And a sharper blade. And better eyes. And a steadier hand. And if I hadn't had so much caffeine and sugar that night. |
 etotheipi  | 02 Feb 2014 2:57 p.m. PST |
I've not done bricks like this; they are too easy to get otherwise. It should work with Sculpy … I've done Tetris-like block designs for floors in Crayola Model Magic clay with granny grating. And, yeah, you do need to clean up the bits, or they will make your product irregular in a way you (probably) don't want. I would recommend an X-acto along the lines. |
| Zephyr1 | 02 Feb 2014 3:32 p.m. PST |
Or use a small file. And for making water-based bricks/patterns, applying a mold release to the plastic probably wouldn't hurt either. Unfortunately, I won't be able to start a project like this. Need to find a wife first…. ;-) |
Bunkermeister  | 02 Feb 2014 4:01 p.m. PST |
eHarmony worked for me Zephyr1, 7 years now and she introduced me to granny grating. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog |
| EagleSixFive | 02 Feb 2014 11:14 p.m. PST |
"granny grating" Sounds like something you inform the authorities about. |
| dglennjr | 03 Feb 2014 1:50 p.m. PST |
So, am I assuming that you're talking about using the grating as a mold to make small bricks? (out of Durham's Water Putty or plaster?) ..or, use the granny plastic as a mold to press into a flat surface, covered in freshly applied plaster/gesso/etc in order to leave the brick impression? ..or, are you thinking of using the granny plastic (with the brick pattern) as a template to spray/paint bricks onto a flat surface? David G.
gamerarchitect.blogspot.com |
| War Monkey | 03 Feb 2014 4:16 p.m. PST |
Nice idea, have to give it a try, Thanks |
| Dropzonetoe | 03 Feb 2014 4:30 p.m. PST |
David the way I did it was to tape the grating to the cardboard wall and trowel on the Durhams water putty. Then I waited for it to dry and took the tape off and pulled off the grating. I had a lot of burrs on the grating so lost a lot of bricks just removing it but I was going to stucco it for some Mos Eisley style building so it wasn't a total loss. |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Feb 2014 6:36 p.m. PST |
David, Yes. Yes. And yes. I think it might be versatile enough for most if not all of those options, from what I hear from the others here. Dan |
| TheBeast | 04 Feb 2014 10:29 a.m. PST |
Might even lay it on a wall surface, and get by using a thick paint sprayed on. Doug Edit: I will say I've used the stuff for steel mesh flooring. Cut into smooth-edged squares can give you a usable square grid, too. |
| Smokey Roan | 04 Feb 2014 3:37 p.m. PST |
Yes, Cacique, use black granny mesh, easier to see and cut cleanly.
Best windo frame material ever! Saves time and looks great!
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