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Im getting the terrain bug again and want to do a nice mordhiem terrain set.
Problem im running into is making nice looking brick walls and foundations. primarily based on the ones from tabletop-world.
i had the idea to use linoleum strips and snapping them to get an uneven edge but the problem with those is that it would be only of one height. (which i will probably make one or two buildings that way)
Im trying to avoid rounded generic stone bricks and more the rough chiseled look.
Possibilty... What if you press bricks into greenstuff, and use that to make yourself a mold, for walls? To get that uneven look, perhaps press some bricks in further than the other bricks.
The cheap option would be to cut up leftover sprue into brick sized bits (after adding some random texture to the 'front') and glue it to a plasticard backing. You could do the same for any 'timber' framing bits, before cutting the 'bricks' to fit around them.
But if you need bulk walls and don't mind them looking similar, casting is certainly the way to go. Making 3 or 4 variants will help avoid the repetitious look.
My preference is for using foam board. You can draw out the brick pattern you want and then cut along the lines with a sharp knife, so long as you don't go through the back piece it should hold together. Then run down each cut with a ballpoint pen or blunt pencil to round the edges and widen the gaps. Peeling off the top layer of paper to expose the 'bricks' can be a bit laborious but you can use water to help soak it off. If you don't want a uniform depth to the wall you can always trim some bricks back to give it an uneven surface. The surface of the exposed foam is (IMHO) surprisingly like stone.
The terrain makers who made the photo you linked makes their with actual rocks they carved into bricks, before casting. So you may want to explore that avenue but I think it's too time-intensive.
The easier method will involve blue/pink styrofoam and it'll look something like this (the tutorial is also on the video I posted):
I would go for this method if I'd make bricks since it'll make the wall solid, but sadly blue/pink insulation foams are not available in tropical countries. I tried recreating the effect with cheap, white styrofoam and the results are okay-ish, but very fragile:
I've seen something made by a user named Turbo-Ben on the LAF forums of a different technique:
According to him, this is how he did it:
"I cut a lot of stones in about 4-5 different sizes from Styrofoam. When that's done you have to squezze them in your hands to make them look older and not as regular as thez come from the cutter. Then I built it with whiteglue as mortar. When it was dry I applied a coat of black colour, sand ans woodglue mostly where have been gaps between the stones. When that was dried, just spraypaint in black and a second soft layer in white and paint the single stones. I mixed my stonecolour mainly from saddlebrown and red, and some ochre, Brown, white and pink for the different stones. At the end a simple drybrush with a mix of the main colour and white over the whole building makes it come together."
Little update Turns out stone (marble iirc) tile worked out great from home depot. but cutting them was such a pain. so i said feth that and make a super simple and cheap mold with non drying clay, mold release and some nice plaster.
works out decently well
thanks everyone.
Edit: I pulled the last ones out too quickly so the details was messed up. it should be better if it sets 100% then i sand and shape em instead.
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yeah all great ideas
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