"Rocky Scatter Terrain" Topic
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| yarr68 | 13 Jan 2021 3:49 p.m. PST |
Painted up some Rocky Terrain using Railway Model Plaster casts. They're a bit fragile, but I'm very plsead with how they came out. For more pics, check out my blog.
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 Herkybird  | 13 Jan 2021 3:58 p.m. PST |
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| Gear Pilot | 13 Jan 2021 4:02 p.m. PST |
Agree, those are very nice. |
| Baranovich | 13 Jan 2021 4:49 p.m. PST |
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| Extrabio1947 | 13 Jan 2021 5:39 p.m. PST |
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| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 13 Jan 2021 8:42 p.m. PST |
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| Perris0707 | 13 Jan 2021 8:43 p.m. PST |
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 Extra Crispy  | 14 Jan 2021 8:36 a.m. PST |
Lovely. For smaller scale stuff if you buy a bag of the chunky mulch you can paint the bigger chips – use cheap house paint or craft paint – and get a similar result that is VERY durable! |
| Zeelow | 16 Jan 2021 10:57 a.m. PST |
Excellent, Ray. Capt. Zeelow |
| yarr68 | 16 Jan 2021 3:11 p.m. PST |
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| Warspite1 | 03 Feb 2021 8:22 a.m. PST |
When working with plaster I have learned to let the plaster dry thoroughly – leave it over a radiator or pop it in a warm oven after cooking has finished – then give the plaster one thin coat of watered down PVA white glue, let that dry, and then give it a thicker coat and let that dry. Make the last coat around 50:50 glue and water. This hardens the plaster with a plastic coat and makes it less liable to chip or break. If not glueing to a base, make sure you treat the underside of the plaster casting as well. As a belt and braces measure you could try a coat of varnish after painting and weathering and finally spray matt varnish before flocking and texturing. Borrowing an idea from the construction industry… and I have never tried this so I am guessing… a larger casting could be made more robust by laying steel wire or straightened out paper clips into it, like ferro-concrete. Another idea might be to incorporate a plastic mesh into the base of a large free-standing casting, this might make it less liable to snap.
Personally I would still use an MDF or poly board base to support a casting but the above method MIGHT help a free-standing casting and thus prevent a snap. No guarantees, so experiment! Barry |
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