do you guys make your cobblestone streets or order them? if you make them, with what and how? i'm starting a rather large dio here in a month or 2 and dont wanna spend anymore money then i have too

I had good results following a thread here on using Lentils. It is a bit tedious, but so very inexpensive. Just glue them down, "grout" them with wall spackle, and paint. Pretty easy.

Patrick

what are Lentils?

Well, I'm in the process of making my first building ruins and I made the brick walls for it myself. Since bricks are very similar to cobblestones, they can be made with this method too.

I rolled out a large amount of Sculpey into a flat sheet and baked it as per instructions. then I simply scribed in the bricks with a dull X-Acto blade. The clay is kind of soft after it was baked so scribing was very easy. I am satisfied with the result, however it does take up a lot of time. So, for a large dio, you might want to consider buying a premade sheet.

Another option would be to try the cork method: https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/205

I have used spakle and drywall compound and have had pretty good results. I have seen the work others have done with lentils and it looks great but I have never had much luck with them.

thanks for all the good tips! but yes, since i am doing a rather large dio i just might buy a large sheet, wheres the cheapest i can find?

You could also make your base out of plaster and scribe the cobblestones. This is one of the techniques I use.

If you are going with the large sheet, take a look here. I'm sure he will hook you up.

Patrick

I make my own, here is an article on buildings that include making cobble stone.
Basic Building



and I also use split peas for this one



John
www.johnneill.com

So many ways
you can take what faust did on the walls and go to the ground in
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/142
or
Cork it (as mentioned)
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/205
or
lentling it (as mentioned)
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/315
or
scratching
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/393
or
take what Marty did on the walls and go horizontally
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/389
or more cork
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/397
or you can buy some
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/493

You got a lot of good responses, but I just gotta toss in my favorite-drywall ( you can probably pick up enough for your whole dio free, either at a construction site, or check Home Depot, etc. for any broken sheets they discard). Soak in hot water to loosen the glue, scrape off the cardboard (if you're doing a street, just scrape one side), then when dry, carve in the cobbles and round them off with a small wire brush. If you want sidewalks, just use a putty knife and scrape the plaster down to the depth you want.

Art

thanks all
art- i use drywall for construction of a lot of my buildings, the drywall wont blend the street and buildings together will it (because its the same material)

I use it for both streets and buildings. You probably already know this, but the way you weather it (pastels, paint, wash, etc.) determines wether or not they match. Also, because of the way the plaster takes the weathering, you pretty much have to work at it to get it to match anyway.

Art