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Dioramas
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Brick mould
REMEARMR
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United Kingdom
Joined: August 17, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 07:32 PM UTC
does any one know of a company that sells a mould for making individual bricks in 1/35?
I want to do an urban dio with lots of loose bricks around and need a mould to make them.
Many Thanks
Robbo
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Metro Manila, Philippines
Joined: March 17, 2003
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 08:00 PM UTC
In one of KFMagee's articles (Digital Diamonds I think), it is shown there how to make your own bricks.
Roadkill
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Joined: June 09, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 08:00 PM UTC
You can make yourself a mold, very cheap

Look at a Digital Diamonds article from Keith Magee

Make Your Own Brick Debris!
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KANCALI
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Joined: July 20, 2003
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Posted: Friday, October 31, 2003 - 02:24 AM UTC
At a later date wanted to try my hand at a short article about this for armorama, but ill just post this idea.
A product called flexifoam is available at craft stores.. It comes in various size sheets and thicknesses of 2mm to 6mm and ranges from 99 cents+. Also available are hole punchers
that punch rectangular holes. Mine cost $5.49.
Cut the flexifoam into 1" to 2" strips and start punching holes. The punched out pieces will have the size and shape of bricks.
One hole puncher i bought had a reservoir to catch punched out pieces.. best to rip that off with some pliers. Also works best to use the punch over a bag or basin.
Some of the bricks will be lacking in shape (half punches and such) however if they are used in a large pile they still work well.
Most of the flexifoam comes in alarmingly bright colors and the foam will absorb some liquid so instead of spray painting i wisk them around in a slurry of paint and water, then remove to a bowl and let dry. If they dry in clumps dont worry.. you can break them apart as needed.
Alot of the dio pics in my gallery have some of the foam bricks in them. Any tips or techniques to expand on this brick making process are welcome. Good luck

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