Floating Terrain Printer Friendly Version   By ARMORBIMBO - Dec. 31, 1969 SUPPLIES: Hirst Arts mold #250 Vatican Stone PVA Black spray primer 14 gauge wire Super glue Dremel Water Paint THE BUILDING SECTION: 1. So I wanted to create a section of building that would be supported to by some sort of grabber plant things to go with some other terrain of mine. So I bought a Hirst Arts mold #250. I wanted smaller/thinner walls for a more futuristic feel. 2. I got some vatican stone, and went wild casting bricks. Because some of the pieces from the mold come in wall sections I will count the actual number of molded pieces: 250. 3. I spent some time sketching out the actual wall design to incorporate even distances between floors, windows and the notches for the corner seem and floors. 4. Then the construction began. I glued all of the pieces together using PVA. I created 4 main pieces; 2 walls and 2 floors. The floors have an extra brick sticking out, every couple of bricks to insert into the wall sections which have a matching hole. The benefit to this is that when all pieces are assembled, it can hold itself together. (But I glued it just in case!) The brick support pieces under the floors are just for show. THE BASE SECTION: 1. The base consisted of a vatican stone cast of another project. (The original base is constructed of 2 inch pink wall insulation that I gouged out with my fingernails. Once I achieve the desired shape I sculpted some pods and vines (the ones on the base) out of Miliput.) 3 With my cast version of the base I drilled out the pods and inserted twisted 14 gauge soldered wire into the pods. I bent them to shape. 4. I super-glued my grabber pods onto the building section. 5. Once all was set I stuck the wires into the sets of pods and super glued liberally. PAINTING: 1. This was the least thought intensive part: prime, drybrush, drybrush, oh yeah a little more drybrushing, and some painting in there some where. 2. Then I flocked and...taaadaa ARMORBIMBO - To learn and share cool stuff!   0 Ratings     12345      Public Comments Please log in to post a comment    You must be a registered member to post comments. You may sign-in Here.

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