What did you use to cover the foam with? Plaster? Plaster mixed with white glue? And how well does it adhere to the foam? Great engraving!

My understanding is that he only used the foam as a mock up and used the foam pieces with the cut outs as moulds to cast the plaster in.

Great idea the final buildings look great and the stug and figures look good.
Looking forward to seeing more.

OIC! Are the raised details applied with sheet styrene, or very thin plaster castings? If plaster castings are used it is easier to battle damage them to match the walls.

Dear Cassio,
First of all,your skills to make a house front are very good.
You show us a verynice technique. Thanks fort that.
But........
There is not a technical, but a historical/style problem.
At first: plastering is a technique which was not too common inThe Netherlands.
Second: Since Arnhem is situated directly to a large river, the area offers highly quality clay to produce red bricks. Therefore, all city buildings were constructed with these,
very regular, due to the industrial production process, red bricks.
So, the combination of irregular natural stone, covered with plaster, is a very rare one for the Betuwe, the area around Arnhem as well as the city itself

However: this is a discussion about architecture, not about technique.

It should not minimize your work.

Paul

Dear Cassio,
First of all,your skills to make a house front are very good.
You show us a verynice technique. Thanks fort that.
But........
There is not a technical, but a historical/style problem.
At first: plastering is a technique which was not too common inThe Netherlands.
Second: Since Arnhem is situated directly to a large river, the area offers highly quality clay to produce red bricks. Therefore, all city buildings were constructed with these, very regular, due to the industrial production process, red bricks.
So, the combination of irregular natural stone, covered with plaster, is a very rare one for the Betuwe, the area around Arnhem as well as the city itself

However: this is a discussion about architecture, not about technique.

It should not minimize your work.

Paul

Hi Cassio,

I love your choice of colours, especially the camo on the Stug!
Your painting of the crew is very crisp and the shading is both superb and realistic! Congratulations there!
One thing bothers me a little...if this scene is inside town (and the style of the house is definitely not rural ), then I don't think the street should be dirt track. Not according to contemp photos anyway!

Cheers

Romain

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Hi Cassio,

I love your choice of colours, especially the camo o th Stug!
Your paintiting of the crew is very crisp and the shading is both superb and realistic! Congratulations there!
One thing bothers me a little...if this scene is inside town (and the style of the house is definitely not rural ), then I don't think the street should be dirt track. Not according to contemp photos anyway!

Cheers5

Romain

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Romain,
This question town house with the house interior is very relative because we are talking about very old cities that have suffered over the years all types of transformations. As my work does not refer to a particular street or place Arnhem and not determined that the diorama representing the battle in the city or on the outskirts, it all ends up becoming very relative.

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Hi Cassio,

I love your choice of colours, especially the camo o th Stug!
Your paintiting of the crew is very crisp and the shading is both superb and realistic! Congratulations there!
One thing bothers me a little...if this scene is inside town (and the style of the house is definitely not rural ), then I don't think the street should be dirt track. Not according to contemp photos anyway!

Cheers5

Romain

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Romain,
This question town house with the house interior is very relative because we are talking about very old cities that have suffered over the years all types of transformations. As my work does not refer to a particular street or place Arnhem and not determined that the diorama representing the battle in the city or on the outskirts, it all ends up becoming very relative.

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Dear Cassio,

Anhem was, as the capitol of the province Gelderland, not affected by the war until it became center of the battle for the Rhine bridge as a gate to the north eastern part of The Netherlands and the way to Bremen and Hamburg.
Arnhem had a rich and long history. It certainly did not have dirt or sandy roads. Though sand roads were common in rural areas, Dutch towns like Arnhem had high standards.
A house you represent was build to a side/ pedestrian way. Unless it was build in a garden.
Maybe you should google a bit to get a 'Dutch' impression.
The battle for ' a bridge too far' is very well documented onthe web and certainly a good guide to come to style correctness.

Looking forward to see more, and be assured, if I would start an South American theme, you would see items to adjust in large numbers.
I hope you accept my advise in a possitive mood.

Paul