Plaster Brick Walls

[Sangennaru]

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!

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

cheers,

Jack

[Remgain]

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

Marco

[Sangennaru]

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!

[Remington]

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.

[Sangennaru]

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!

[Hitman]

Nice work. Looks great. Thanks for sharing!!
 

[Remington]

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. 

[Cheeky Monkey]

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.

[Sangennaru]

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...)