Just need some feed back on my cobble stone.good or bad, does it need improving?please let me know as am not to sure wheather its up to scratch.Thanks in advance 
Dioramas
Do you love dioramas & vignettes? We sure do.
Do you love dioramas & vignettes? We sure do.
Hosted by Darren Baker, Mario Matijasic
my cobble stone
PanzerKarl
Joined: April 20, 2004
KitMaker: 2,439 posts
Armorama: 1,980 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 04:50 AM UTC
Just need some feed back on my cobble stone.good or bad, does it need improving?please let me know as am not to sure wheather its up to scratch.Thanks in advance 
DRAGONSLAIN
Joined: February 22, 2004
KitMaker: 779 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 05:18 AM UTC
That's exellent! I don't think you could get it any better.
steeldog51
Joined: September 04, 2004
KitMaker: 1,114 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 05:28 AM UTC
sweet karl looks real enough to me! 
Bus
Joined: December 11, 2003
KitMaker: 846 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 05:32 AM UTC
Looking preety good to me!
Plasticbattle
#003
Joined: May 14, 2002
KitMaker: 9,763 posts
Armorama: 7,444 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 05:35 AM UTC
Looks pretty good to me too, Karl.
When you say " my cobblestones" do you mean yousculpted them as well? If you did, please let us into the secret! They look very realistic!
When you say " my cobblestones" do you mean yousculpted them as well? If you did, please let us into the secret! They look very realistic!
Tommy_Guns
Joined: December 19, 2003
KitMaker: 191 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 06:01 AM UTC
I think you nailed it-looks great.
slodder
Joined: February 22, 2002
KitMaker: 11,718 posts
Armorama: 7,138 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 06:45 AM UTC
WOW - those are great!.
You asked so I'll get really nit picky - on the right there is a small row of cobbles that looks like a joint and it's very uniform. If you can make it more 'offset' that would make that little section look as spectacular as the rest.
You asked so I'll get really nit picky - on the right there is a small row of cobbles that looks like a joint and it's very uniform. If you can make it more 'offset' that would make that little section look as spectacular as the rest.
RAF-Mad
Joined: March 13, 2004
KitMaker: 153 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 07:01 AM UTC
Excellent !
bodymovin
Joined: July 28, 2004
KitMaker: 544 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 07:10 AM UTC
yeah how didi you do that? i smell feature article if u scratched that.
ian
ian
Red4
Joined: April 01, 2002
KitMaker: 4,287 posts
Armorama: 1,867 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 07:55 AM UTC
Kerl,
Looks great. Brings back some rather vivid memories of riding a bicycle to work over about a 3 mile strech of cobblestones...."ouch, ouch, stop it, ouch." How did you make them?. "Q"
Looks great. Brings back some rather vivid memories of riding a bicycle to work over about a 3 mile strech of cobblestones...."ouch, ouch, stop it, ouch." How did you make them?. "Q"
Henk
Joined: August 07, 2004
KitMaker: 6,391 posts
Armorama: 4,258 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 08:44 AM UTC
Very good, I want some just like that. What did you use for the wash?
I may be totaly wrong, but it looks like a drain to me. like the gutter along the pavement ( or should I say Sidewalk :-) ).
Cheers
Henk
Quoted Text
on the right there is a small row of cobbles that looks like a joint and it's very uniform.
I may be totaly wrong, but it looks like a drain to me. like the gutter along the pavement ( or should I say Sidewalk :-) ).
Cheers
Henk
lestweforget
Joined: November 08, 2002
KitMaker: 2,832 posts
Armorama: 1,500 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 06:03 PM UTC
Looks great, im also curiosu to knw how you did it!
cheers
cheers
jackhammer81
Joined: August 12, 2003
KitMaker: 2,394 posts
Armorama: 1,695 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 06:40 PM UTC
The cobbles look great. Please as every one else has asked fill us in about them!! Cheers Kevin
ACHTUNG
Joined: May 13, 2003
KitMaker: 266 posts
Armorama: 187 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 08:20 PM UTC
yeahh tell us hoe did you make them ? :-)
PanzerKarl
Joined: April 20, 2004
KitMaker: 2,439 posts
Armorama: 1,980 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 09:55 PM UTC
The cobble stone is a verlinden small section resin about 7" by 9".i joined two sections to gether thats why theres a line down the middle that i tryed to line up the best i could and then filled it with some plaster but the plasster has sunk down a little.I first painted the cobble stone a medium grey,when it had dryed i rubbed my fingers across the cobbles to buff it up a bit and it worked.Then i used 3 colours of mig weathering powders light earth,brick dust,and dark earth.Thats it realy only took about a hour not much to it,am glad every one likes it.heres an up date pic of my dio 
Dont worry ill try and fix that line down the middle if i can.cheers
Dont worry ill try and fix that line down the middle if i can.cheers Red4
Joined: April 01, 2002
KitMaker: 4,287 posts
Armorama: 1,867 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 01:03 AM UTC
I have a technique for making cobblestones that I'll see if I can write up and post here for you folks. It invovles some non drying clay, square plastic tube, vegetable oil, your home freezer and some plaster.... heh heh. More to follow. "Q" 
lordQ
Joined: June 21, 2004
KitMaker: 530 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 01:07 AM UTC
Did you say Q? Henk
Joined: August 07, 2004
KitMaker: 6,391 posts
Armorama: 4,258 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 01:19 AM UTC
Karl, I think the line in the middle is fine, like I said, it looks like a drain. If this was my dio I would try and add a little drain grate or manhole cover to make it look like a gutter. And with regards to the paint and weathering, the simplest ways do work well don't they.
Looks promising, keep those pic's coming.
cheers
Henk
Looks promising, keep those pic's coming.
cheers
Henk
slodder
Joined: February 22, 2002
KitMaker: 11,718 posts
Armorama: 7,138 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 04:30 AM UTC
Seeing the whole dio is helpful. The line does look like a drain, you could add a bit of gloss overcoat to the drain for some water.
It looks good, I wouldn't worry about it.
It looks good, I wouldn't worry about it.
Henk
Joined: August 07, 2004
KitMaker: 6,391 posts
Armorama: 4,258 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 04:44 AM UTC
small detail,but I would not put the marching figures where they are in this photo. They don't gel together. Either put the figures closer together or maybe add a small vehicle, like kubelwagen or bike with sidecar or even a civilian with handcart, to give the marching figures a reason to break up. I also think the Tiger could do with a little dusting along the bottom half. Just to break it away from the base.
Like I said before, I like this, it can only get better
Cheers
Henk
Like I said before, I like this, it can only get better
Cheers
Henk
Paul
Joined: August 21, 2003
KitMaker: 705 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 04:53 AM UTC
The painting and weathering look very good. However, this is mainly for Verlinden and for future reference, cobble stone roads are very flat and don't have any of the stones sticking up like Verlinded did it - unless the road is very old.
After the builders comlplete a cobble stone road, they test it for flatness. The way they do it is very interesting: they fill a glass with water and put it on the roof of a car, then they drive the car over the newly laid road and if any of the liquid spills, they redo it to get a more flat surface.
After the builders comlplete a cobble stone road, they test it for flatness. The way they do it is very interesting: they fill a glass with water and put it on the roof of a car, then they drive the car over the newly laid road and if any of the liquid spills, they redo it to get a more flat surface.
Henk
Joined: August 07, 2004
KitMaker: 6,391 posts
Armorama: 4,258 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 05:32 AM UTC
Quoted Text
cobble stone roads are very flat and don't have any of the stones sticking up like Verlinded did it - unless the road is very old.
After the builders comlplete a cobble stone road, they test it for flatness. The way they do it is very interesting: they fill a glass with water and put it on the roof of a car, then they drive the car over the newly laid road and if any of the liquid spills, they redo it to get a more flat surface.
Paul, when was the last time you drove on a cobblestone road! Do you really think they would test with a glass of water and redo if they spilt some? I think it looks good. No cobblestone road is flat (thats why they invented tarmac :-) ) Cobbles are laid on a base of sand' which will shift over time under the pressure of traffic. I think these cobbles look very convincing.
Cheers
Henk
steeldog51
Joined: September 04, 2004
KitMaker: 1,114 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 06:02 AM UTC
Quoted Text
The painting and weathering look very good. However, this is mainly for Verlinden and for future reference, cobble stone roads are very flat and don't have any of the stones sticking up like Verlinded did it - unless the road is very old.
After the builders comlplete a cobble stone road, they test it for flatness. The way they do it is very interesting: they fill a glass with water and put it on the roof of a car, then they drive the car over the newly laid road and if any of the liquid spills, they redo it to get a more flat surface.
Where i live in lincoln its full of uneven cobble roads and hills! i have very vivid memories of cycling down them and going ass over head due to the uneven stones!
:-) :-) :-) now where did i put my teeth?? :-)
Henk
Joined: August 07, 2004
KitMaker: 6,391 posts
Armorama: 4,258 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 06:07 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Where i live in lincoln its full of uneven cobble roads and hills!
Hills in Lincoln?? You could sell fridges to eskimos, couldn't you? :-) :-)
steeldog51
Joined: September 04, 2004
KitMaker: 1,114 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 06:17 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextWhere i live in lincoln its full of uneven cobble roads and hills!
Hills in Lincoln?? You could sell fridges to eskimos, couldn't you? :-) :-)
:-) :-) :-) yeah i know its a rarity!
its the sodding huge one with a castle on the top!
i think its the only hill in lincoln!
 |
WEB HOSTING BY
Copyright ©2021 Armorama and Kitmaker Network, a subsidiary of Silver Star Enterprises
All Rights Reserved. Please read our Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy.
All Rights Reserved. Please read our Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy.