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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: dlmos on December 31, 2009, 01:01:20 AM
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Well it's been quite a while, but I've started on some modern zombie terrain and thought I'd share it everyone. I'm planning a couple differant buildings but this first one is a fast food drive thru. Here's a quick pic of the plaster setting up in the foam molds, once they have dried it's onto carving the bricks!
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr35/dlmos/Fast%20Food/DSC03237.jpg)
If I get them out of the mold tonight i'll try and get a quick assembly shot to give a better ide how it will look.
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Well the pieces came out just fine! I set everything up for a test and am pretty happy, it's going to need some sanding and fitting but all in all it's pretty close. Here's a couple pics of the building, the only things missing are the roof and the one interior wall (dividing the front and back of the building).
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr35/dlmos/Fast%20Food/DSC03238.jpg)
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr35/dlmos/Fast%20Food/DSC03239.jpg)
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr35/dlmos/Fast%20Food/DSC03240.jpg)
It looks tall at the moment, but that was to leave room for awnings over the windows. The big holes will get built out to be windowed storefronts as well.
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Looks cool dlmos. I like the drive-through window. :)
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That looks very very good so far. Am I reading your technique correctly? You made the moulds from sheet foam - so there was no master and you worked in reverse by leaving gaps where you wanted wall? The benefits I see are that you can produce multiples and you can scribe the plaster better than the foam.
Most unusual but I am looking forward to seeing more and with a lick of paint.
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Thanks! Yor exactly right on the foam molds Svennn, I like them because I feel like the plaster give a crisper detail when the bricks are carved. I did a right up a while back on terragenesis on them, here's a link: http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page418.html (http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page418.html)
Unfortunately my laptop just crashed (I'm writing this at work) so updates will be a bit slow till payday when I can pick up a new one. On the plus side there won't be much to show until then anyways because it'll just be carving the brickwork.
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That's the ideal place for a zombie scenario, as most customers are at least half way there already ;)
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Very clever indeed. How durable are the buildings once cast? (I was thinking that you could do these in herculite (the hirstarts stuff) or even resin.
I would ask you to ship some to me but it would probably get damaged on route to the UK, although it wouldn't matter for my terminator board! ;)
Thanks for sharing
The Commander
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amazing technique!!! how did you manage to use the foam moulds you made again? is neoprene enough strong? i tried something really similar some years ago, but i used cardboard layers, and so tey were absolutely single-use!!! :(
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the pieces are pretty durablecause i use a hard dental plaster, but i am planning on molding the finished parts to cast in resin. then the building should be super durable and lightweight too.
As for reusing the foam molds, i only use them once. i have reused them before but the warp easy and get hard to line back up. but since all the molds you see in the top picture came from a single $4 packet i figure it's good bang for the buck
I am thinking though that I might make an rtv mold of a large section of brickwork, then i could just cast it up and cut the pieces to fit. would save a lot of fitting and carving work.
hopefully pics soon though, still on a borrowed netbook until i can get my laptop replaced on payday