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Title: Plaster Brick Walls
Post by: Sangennaru on June 10, 2009, 11:57:04 AM

I'm still discovering new pictures in a really old folder of my really old projects!


this is my first try on making bricked walls with plaster. I took the plaster, and I put it on a large glass panel, making a sort of frame whith some foam. so I prepared some sort of "plaster sheets", and with something like a cutter I just scratched them! :)
That's the same technique i used for the Plaster WWII House (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=11433.0)!

(http://i40.tinypic.com/2e2kvpe.jpg)

and this is a sort of Betatest, before making the house...

(http://i42.tinypic.com/m92bmp.jpg)
(http://i44.tinypic.com/126a72t.jpg)

cheers,

Jack

Title: Re: Plaster Brick Walls
Post by: Remgain on June 10, 2009, 12:44:18 PM

Very interesting!
And the final result is darn good! :D
Which is the thickness of the "plaster sheet"?
I tried something similar but it was a mess... :(

Marco

Title: Re: Plaster Brick Walls
Post by: Sangennaru on June 10, 2009, 12:48:04 PM

uhm... I'm not shure, but I suppose... 4 mm, or something like that... it was really thin, and I broke it twice, so i pasted a paper sheet behind it, to avoid other breaks!

Title: Re: Plaster Brick Walls
Post by: Remington on June 10, 2009, 01:20:33 PM

The result looks great... I would just be careful with where to take off the plaster. You example looks a bit too "regularly" damaged. It almost forms a straight line.

Title: Re: Plaster Brick Walls
Post by: Sangennaru on June 10, 2009, 01:58:44 PM

Quote from: Remington on June 10, 2009, 01:20:33 PM

It almost forms a straight line.

it is a straight line... some kind of decoration! :)baybe it is not so evident, but it was just a try! :P

Title: Re: Plaster Brick Walls
Post by: Hitman on June 11, 2009, 01:10:22 AM

Nice work. Looks great. Thanks for sharing!!
 8)

Title: Re: Plaster Brick Walls
Post by: Remington on June 11, 2009, 03:46:23 PM

Well, if the lower bit of the wall is supposed to be a plinth of a sort, then it should be further out than the plastered part. But hey, the wall looks good, those are just some architectural musings.  ;)

Title: Re: Plaster Brick Walls
Post by: Cheeky Monkey on June 19, 2009, 04:57:24 PM

Looks good. If it helps any there are stronger plasters out there than plaster of paris - though I'm not sure what might be available in Milan. You could check around and see if you can get Permastone or hydrocal in your area - as it would help with your breakage problem, both are stronger than p.o.p. and will hold up to abuse a little better.

Title: Re: Plaster Brick Walls
Post by: Sangennaru on June 19, 2009, 05:10:16 PM

Quote from: Cheeky Monkey on June 19, 2009, 04:57:24 PM

You could check around and see if you can get Permastone or hydrocal in your area

unfortunately there are no sellers of Hydrocal... :(

anyway, I've bought some ceramic plaster, and see what happens... nowadays I have in project some 15mm WWII german houses... I need the plaster only for the original stuff, then I'll make the moulds, so it will be strong enought (I just hope so...)