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Post by muadmouse on Jan 21, 2015 1:39:25 GMT
I've tried to find stone texture spray here in Finland, with no luck. At the hardware store they said they had it some years ago but no one bought it, so out they went and aren't coming back. I'm currently using medium-grain spackling paste to cover my tiles, and although I'm happy with the effect after dabbing it with a dense sponge, the process is a bit laborious and tends to warp the cardboard. It's also a bit difficult to make the surface even enough to represent neat floors - not an issue yet, though, and probably down unrefined technique. My project - my first crafts project since my wargaming period in the 90s - is a modular 2.5D dungeon for use with Hero Quest and Advanced HQ, and that's a lot of pieces (HQ runs so quickly that you need a lot of territory to explore). Any tips would be appreciated!
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Post by DMNate on Jan 21, 2015 2:13:43 GMT
I really like the textures I can get out of foamcore. It does come out a little stylized, rather than realistic, but I love the effect. Another way to go about it would be to use papier mache. I've seen some pretty convincing stone on here using that technique.
All this aside, I think color choices affect the overall effectiveness just as much as any construction technique.
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Post by sotf on Jan 21, 2015 2:26:17 GMT
Something else that might be available for you to use are the stick down floor "tiles" that are at a lot of cheaper stores and can last quite some time.
You wouldn't really need to do much with paint if you found the right colors for a straight stone look such as a more natural cavern or just a dungeon hacked directly into the rock, just give a brief shadow to the edges after sticking it to cardboard after cutting to match your cardboard. Mark for the blocks if you want it to be masonry.
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Post by muadmouse on Jan 22, 2015 23:41:13 GMT
Thanks for the tips! Fortunately, I'm getting more adept at handling the spackle and the dungeon I'm crafting is starting to look so good that I'll be sticking with it for the time being. Still dreaming wistfully about the sheer convenience of stone texture spray...
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Post by sotf on Jan 23, 2015 18:44:44 GMT
Thanks for the tips! Fortunately, I'm getting more adept at handling the spackle and the dungeon I'm crafting is starting to look so good that I'll be sticking with it for the time being. Still dreaming wistfully about the sheer convenience of stone texture spray... One major word of advice with spackle, you really want a good layer of glue overtop of it to both seal it to make painting easier and to add more durability. It breaks off of things with relatively little handling in clumps because it's not really made for rough use on its own and needs something to reinforce it if you want it to be durable. One other option would be to add a layer of wall mesh tape that is used for seams in drywall during construction or for larger repair work. It helps to strengthen the spackle enough to make it less likely to start coming apart with use. Sealing it up is still a good idea though, a sand and seal layer to keep it relatively smooth is good for cut stone anyway.
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Post by muadmouse on Jan 23, 2015 19:51:26 GMT
Thanks for the tips! Fortunately, I'm getting more adept at handling the spackle and the dungeon I'm crafting is starting to look so good that I'll be sticking with it for the time being. Still dreaming wistfully about the sheer convenience of stone texture spray... One major word of advice with spackle, you really want a good layer of glue overtop of it to both seal it to make painting easier and to add more durability. It breaks off of things with relatively little handling in clumps because it's not really made for rough use on its own and needs something to reinforce it if you want it to be durable. One other option would be to add a layer of wall mesh tape that is used for seams in drywall during construction or for larger repair work. It helps to strengthen the spackle enough to make it less likely to start coming apart with use. Sealing it up is still a good idea though, a sand and seal layer to keep it relatively smooth is good for cut stone anyway. Thanks for the heads-up! I've been handling the stuff for so short a time that I didn't really know how it would work in the long term. But now I do. I'm going to give my new dungeon pieces a good coat of glue before I start using them. However, I didn't have any trouble painting them, and I really like the texture for drybrushing. I might try painting on top of the glue sealant for my next set of dungeon pieces, which I'm planning to make look a lot neater.
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Post by sotf on Jan 24, 2015 3:27:03 GMT
One major word of advice with spackle, you really want a good layer of glue overtop of it to both seal it to make painting easier and to add more durability. It breaks off of things with relatively little handling in clumps because it's not really made for rough use on its own and needs something to reinforce it if you want it to be durable. One other option would be to add a layer of wall mesh tape that is used for seams in drywall during construction or for larger repair work. It helps to strengthen the spackle enough to make it less likely to start coming apart with use. Sealing it up is still a good idea though, a sand and seal layer to keep it relatively smooth is good for cut stone anyway. Thanks for the heads-up! I've been handling the stuff for so short a time that I didn't really know how it would work in the long term. But now I do. I'm going to give my new dungeon pieces a good coat of glue before I start using them. However, I didn't have any trouble painting them, and I really like the texture for drybrushing. I might try painting on top of the glue sealant for my next set of dungeon pieces, which I'm planning to make look a lot neater. The texture doesn't change much, the big thing with it is the same reason why a lot of walls are either primed or you use a paint/primer combo...it sucks in the paint unless you're using some of the heavier stuff and you need a LOT more to get the right color in the end. A primer spray would work as well, but it creates other problems since it's often a workable idea to add foam bits to things and spray melts that. And you still want to put a layer over the paint as well unless you're going to seal it...plaster spackle has a tendency to pick up smells quite easily such as grease from food at the game table if it's not sealed up in some way. One other thing that it's REALLY good for is building up areas to then coat in snow flock for drifts and similar things on pieces and basing. Hell, you can also water down spackle into stuff to wash onto other things as well for making various things or adding stuff to...
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