Hello
Well, the vacum forming of the bath tub was the first step on my new project, next out is a small building. The scale is 1/25 but this technique is usable in any scale.
Got very inspired after I read an article of Marc Reusser and Don Railton on how they made buildings out of styrofoam. The technique is to carve the bricks into the soft styrofoam using an x-acto knife.
The starting point..
Lines were scribed using an x-acto
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To widen the lines between the bricks I used a razor blade, bending it back and forth.
The same techniques was used to make the vertical lines.
To make the surface more uneven I made a stamp of the brick size and pressed some of the bricks in. The Styrofoam is very soft so its easy to shape the stones.
After 3-4 hours the building is almost ready for painting. I want the surface to be even more old and weary so I have to work a little bit on this.
Cheers
Per Olav
Well, the vacum forming of the bath tub was the first step on my new project, next out is a small building. The scale is 1/25 but this technique is usable in any scale.
Got very inspired after I read an article of Marc Reusser and Don Railton on how they made buildings out of styrofoam. The technique is to carve the bricks into the soft styrofoam using an x-acto knife.
The starting point..
Lines were scribed using an x-acto
------------------------------------
To widen the lines between the bricks I used a razor blade, bending it back and forth.
The same techniques was used to make the vertical lines.
To make the surface more uneven I made a stamp of the brick size and pressed some of the bricks in. The Styrofoam is very soft so its easy to shape the stones.
After 3-4 hours the building is almost ready for painting. I want the surface to be even more old and weary so I have to work a little bit on this.
Cheers
Per Olav