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martin t

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Making stone walls, pillars and platfoms using Styrofoam
« on: February 05, 2016, 01:43:29 PM »
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Hi!  :)

For most of my layouts I´ve been either buying ready-made walls and platforms, or been engraving in plaster on a wooden plate.
Now however, I´ve gone over to making all engraving in Styrofoam, finishing with a layer of plaster and then Acrylic paint.

The colours can be varied to fit whatever scenario you´re going for, but the process stays more or less the same.


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Re: Making stone walls, pillars and platfoms using Styrofoam
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2016, 02:18:07 PM »
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Beautiful work and very helpful video. Thank you!

Jim

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Re: Making stone walls, pillars and platfoms using Styrofoam
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2016, 03:10:21 PM »
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great vid :)

I too am a foam fan.  I make a lot of things with  it.  All of the rock, concrete, and block is foam here: 



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Re: Making stone walls, pillars and platfoms using Styrofoam
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2016, 06:36:49 PM »
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Yes  thank you for this video

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Re: Making stone walls, pillars and platfoms using Styrofoam
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2016, 11:52:00 PM »
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Nice video.  I plan to use this technique when I get to some retaining walls.

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Re: Making stone walls, pillars and platfoms using Styrofoam
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2016, 05:28:46 PM »
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great vid :)

I too am a foam fan.  I make a lot of things with  it.  All of the rock, concrete, and block is foam here: 




Awesome Surface on that brick wall!
How did you do that?!
Very nice!

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Re: Making stone walls, pillars and platfoms using Styrofoam
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2016, 02:28:05 PM »
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Cool video! I liked the hot wire cutter he had mounted on the bench, I think it is probably time to get on myself.

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Re: Making stone walls, pillars and platfoms using Styrofoam
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2016, 07:16:09 PM »
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I used foam also ..