Castle gate entrance

[monica]

looks great so far ,just superb work Richi,

[Guest]

Top work Richi, really looking forward to seeing more

[papa 695]

Outstanding work so far looking forward to more updates

[Guest]

The cork tiles for the stonework seem to have the edges rounded. This, in my opinion, makes them much more realistic. There's not much in nature that has sharp edges.

[Richi72]

Hi and thanks for the nice comments.


Yes Steve after cutting the cork I sanded all the edges of the stones to make it appear more realistic.


Cheers Richi

[Gern]

That's amazing stuff so far Richi! Are you going to be filling the gaps between your cork 'stones'? If so, how will you do it without getting fill material all over the surface of the cork?

[Richi72]

Thanks Dave,


i want to try to fill the gaps but as you are pointing out the cork would be filled to, need to figure out that one, maybe i will fill the gaps with acrylic paint and micro balloons let it set for a minute and then try and wash the surface of the cork.


but i will try that after i put a base coat on it.


Any other ideas are welcome.


Cheers Richi

[Gern]

The only thing I can think of is to use a good layer of thin cement spread all over the base (perhaps suitably coloured with paint). If it's thin enough it should squish up between the pieces as you push them in place. Even as I'm typing this, I realise it's a bit late as you've got lots of pieces already glued down ......


Or maybe you could use some sort of syringe to inject very thin filler into the gaps - but that sounds really fiddly and hard to control.

[Richi72]

Or maybe you could use some sort of syringe to inject very thin filler into the gaps - but that sounds really fiddly and hard to control.

That sound like a good idea Dave need to try that on a test piece.


Cheers Richi

[eddiesolo]

Looking awesome Richi! Great use of mediums. Like this mate.


Si

[Guest]

i want to try to fill the gaps but as you are pointing out the cork would be filled to, need to figure out that one,

How about this: get some black or grey cotton thread, coat it with glue (run it through your gluey fingers) and holding it fairly tight insert it between the stones. Easy for the horizontals but rather time-consuming the the verticals, although perhaps you could do one set of verticals with one thread, zig-zagging round as you go down.


I think if you paint all the stones and wipe it off their surfaces you will loose the present nice stone colour, and possibly the surface texture which would fill with paint.

[tr1ckey66]

Hey Richi


This is a bit different. Looks fun and seems to coming together at a pace. Nice technique and looks as though this will be a really attractive diorama.


Cheers


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[Gern]

Steve's idea sounds good. Especially if you could coat the thread with pigment to hide the fact that it is thread and make it look more like mortar.

[Richi72]

you will loose the present nice stone colour

Hi Steve,


i don't want to keep this yellowish colour, I want to go with grey tones because i think the yellow tones would represent more like mediterranean colours and i want it more like Ardennes, Belgium and France.


There is almost no space between the stones, the edges are sanded for about 3/4 of the cork thickness, after that they are scharp.


I will keep the trick with the thread in mind that a keeper.


Cheers Richi

[takeslousyphotos]

That sound like a good idea Dave need to try that on a test piece.
Cheers Richi

Hi Richard,


I have some syringes with fine needles. We used them at work for a job we were doing.......... If you want to try that route let me know and I'll chuck some in an envelope and post them off to you.