Another Door Thread

[ashrothedm]

I had mentioned in a few other threads about using pink foam for the walls, but I had still not gotten my project off of the ground. Last night, I decided that I would slap some together. After 2 hours (roughly, with distractions) I have 10 doors ready for painting. Any of the other door techniques would make for a nice door, so my only additions here (I think) are using washers for bases for stability, and using pink foam bricks to make an arch. Spending more time on bricks, and this may look more impressive, but I was really after a rough look. I also shamelessly stole the general layout that keysorkardboard has been using to lay out the image.

I feel like these doors have the same feeling as the Hirst arts cast doors do, but without any of the casting tools or materials. I'm certainly not equating quality here, but I know there are several crafters out there who are not using molds and casting pieces.

I had hoped to have these painted as well, but since it was 1:00am last night when I was wrapping them up, I decided to toss up a WIP post. Here it is! Post comments, feedback, and suggestions.

[kerflop]

Very nice... Thanks for sharing...

[earlteagrey]

That is fantastic! Nice use of multiple supplies.

[pedrodevaca]

Those look great. I was going to try something similar after you mentioned the pink foam in a different thread. You might use some lightweight spackle as 'mortar' to fill in the gaps between the stones. Or cut the foam as an arch, using the finished door as a template, and scribe the stones into the pink foam arch with a pen or a hot pointer.

[valas]

I would just cut out the arch and then use a pen to scribe to scribe the stone. Its a easy technique that gives great results.

[Sleepy Hollow Mike]

I was wondering could foamcore be used effectively? You know take off the top sheet and scribe? That way the "mortar" would already be there. You know come to think of it I have some foamcore lying about somewhere.....

[darkslayer]

asTro , This Is Great! I Was Trying To Figure A Way To Mass Produce Door, Now I Have One

[ashrothedm]

I didn't really mention what I did to round the "crafting" sticks, but since my scissors do not have the power to cut through thin wood, I used side-cutting-pliers (felt I needed a less ambiguous word there) to clip of a roughly rounded shape. Then, with a file resting on the table, made a rounding motion with the door in hand to smooth it out.

I set out to do the foam, but I was tempted to leave it off.

I've seen several nice uses of the pen technique, but I wanted to shave time off of the construction. I think I may try open doors this way as well by threading the foam onto wire. I might even try putting a hinge on the door with a toothpick vertically into the foam.

I did not have the patience for the handles or hinges this time. I think I was getting tired and cranky.

Edit: And thank you everyone for the feedback!

[skunkape]

Nice! Interesting way to make free standing doors!

[ashrothedm]

Slapped some paint on them. I was going to remove the wisps and extra glue, but some of them made it look like things may be growing on them, or spiderwebs, or something. I may add a little paint to the wisps. In the images are some D&D minis for scale. 

Here's the probably finished product for version 1 of the stone archway doors:

[ashrothedm]

Had to post an interesting follow up:

I was sort of messing with the doors, when I noticed that these doors needed to be tipped almost 45 degrees before they fell over. So, that's another added perk to the washer bottom with a light foam and wood top.

[valas]

Here is a quick mock up I did carving the archway for the door along with a quick paint job. I just wanted to see how hard it would be. Nice time I wil try more gothic doors.

[valas]

Prototype number two. Simple to do and fairly quick. Cut your foam to the size and shape you want - make sure to have a new blade when cutting or it will rip the foam instead of cutting.. Sand it (400 grit works well) to smooth any mistakes the razor knife may have cause. You can texture it at this point by taking a piece of aluminum foil and crumpling it into a ball. Then roll the ball over the foam - this will give an "stone" type texture. Then use a pen to score your lines for your bricks. Afterwards, use a razor knife to cut the lines just a little deeper into the foam. Once more, use the pen to go over the lines to deepen and widen them. Then paint away! Add door and base.

[skunkape]

@ ashrothedm - I like the final painted doors! I added pennies to the bottom of the trees I was doing and had a similar result of the no tipping effect!

@ valas - Nice start on your doors!