khaiell
Cardboard Collector
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Post by khaiell on Aug 21, 2014 19:13:40 GMT
Hi, I'm in a middle of a fun project: making castle elements from cardboard with my kids. To simulate plaster, stucco or concrete I always used stippling (like drybrushing but you poke the cardboard with a brush, not smudge it). Now I've heard of the advantages of texture paste used normally to add texture to real plaster walls so I decided to give it a go and I painted four sides of a building with four somewhat different techniques. Here is what I got: And here, for comparison, is a picture of a real stucco from an old church: For me stippling beats drybrushed texture paste, however: 1. It is advantageous to cover cardboard with a flat layer of the paste before stippling as the brush's hair don't slide on it as much as on cardboard. As a bonus the paste covers corrugation and affirms the structure. 2. The other texture paste methods (applying it with something sponge-like) are great for natural rocks, caves or post-apocalyptic roads Hope this helps, cheers.
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Post by gnomezrule on Aug 21, 2014 22:59:19 GMT
If its big enough to roll . . . the roll on.
Though if it is intended for interior walls I like the spatula.
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