Foamboard buildings

[Mathyoo]

Hello,

I've build three houses with foam core.

I got a gambrel house, a barn and a large farmhouse.

I'd like to give some texture to the walls (especially outside) but I am not sure what should I use.

I was thinking cardboard to make planks at barn, but don't really know what should i use for the buildings. I am not sure I'd make the both planked...maybe very fine sand or plaster?

[Belgian]

For the wood I use "frisco sticks", which I weather by hand using a steelbrush to add grains and a stanley knife to weather the edges. The painted result really looks good!

For the plastered look I would use cheap ready made filler preferably brown but I use the white variant.

Cheers

[Eric the Shed]

My recommendations:

Coffee stirrers for planks

Masonry paint on walls with a bit of sand added into the paint.

Eric

[Rivera]

If you can get hold of some thin cork tiles or sheets and glue them to yours walls a couple of thin coats of household emulsion paint should do the trick.

[Turbo-Ben]

I use some cheap air drying moddeling clay (from the €-Store).
This gives a finish ideal for mediterranean plastered buildings. You can also see the effect on my african houses (pics in our blog!).

[6milPhil]

I'd say coffee stirrers for the planking, which are effectively free, and filler for the texturing smeared on with one of the coffee stirrers. I'd add some paint to the filler - just in case it takes a knock, then it will reveal a dark colour rather than white.

Say Hello to Zizek and Laibach for me. 

[Mathyoo]

Thanks guys!

I went with popsickle sticks for barn and pva-sand mixture for the farm, will probably do coffee stirrers laid horizontal for the third house

Phil, Žižek is out of my reach, but I can surely say hello to Ljubljana for you!