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Post by alloydog on May 11, 2015 19:54:11 GMT -9
As well as printed stuff, do any of the denizens here use other material for knocking up scenery? I know most of the other folk are pretty talented with the art-work, but do you put brush/mouse/tablet aside and use other things like wallpaper? Often, when going through hardware stores, I make a bee-line for the wallpaper section, you know, looking for "samples for the backroom/utility room/kids' bedrooms". The Mrs usually finds somewhere to hide and not make it obvious she's with me, but hey, you find some real good stuff. In some cases, I have used wood patterned paper on thick card and sliced it up into planks. The used those to make beams for buildings and things like walls and fences: Another paper had a pattern that was just perfect for "large bricks" at 25 mm and up: For this one, I used the "brick" textured paper for the walls, the wood for the floor and door and a stone textured one for the wall caps. The stone textured one I have used elsewhere by cutting into 25 mm squares and making a flag-stones for flooring and 25 by 10 mm for the wall stones. Just wondering what others do.
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Post by oldschooldm on May 11, 2015 19:58:11 GMT -9
In some cases, I have used wood patterned paper on thick card and sliced it up into planks. The used those to make beams for buildings and things like walls and fences: That looks amazing! And so simple!
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Post by cowboyleland on May 12, 2015 3:34:32 GMT -9
This is the sort of idea I love. How do you apply the wallpaper to the card without having warping problems?
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Post by alloydog on May 12, 2015 5:56:39 GMT -9
Very heavy books So far most pieces have only been about A4 size. The wood was glued onto a chopped up cereal box then folded over to double the thickness and give the wood effect on both sides. The brickwork paper was glued onto corrugated card - though I have the corrugations running 45 degrees to make it stronger. Also, in those cases I used white PVA glue as that was all there was to hand.
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