This may have been posted before but...

I have just bought 27 square feet of 3mm cork..............for only £3!!!!!!

How do you make buildings out of cork? I have seen some creations that other armorama members have made and they are amazing!
Also, once you have made the building, do you have to paint it?
Last question: What sould you use to cut cork?
Thanks in advance!

cheers

Philip

Cutting - A sharp cutter and steel ruler..

Painting yes - better (in my experience) use 'Gesso' sold for covering artist's canvases in Art supply shops, then almost anything can be used.Personally I prefer Acrylics...Jim

Philip
Where did u get the cork from?

Hi Philip,
this is the photos of the process:







Cheers
Carlos

Wow.

I got the cork from a tile shop. It was very cheap!

cheers

Philip

hi procrazzy well ive havent done dioramas out of cork but only plasterboard in which i drawen the bricks on to the plasterboard then went over them with a sharp knife. thats more quicker & the brick work comes out so it looks real. later happy corken len

Now that is a heap buncha work to make a brick wall out of cork but it really looks good.

so thats how ya do it blockhaus!
looks simple enough, but it looks bloody time consuming! :-)
cheers

Good modelling is time comsuming David.......
but it keeps me off the streets, and the women and children safe.......... :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) as I roll on the floor laughing over my wit-less humor........

I somehow think at the next IPMS/USA Nationals, Armorama members will be IDed by their cork buildings....... :-) :-) :-) :-)

Hi David,
Dave as rigth, but this exercice that I put here is deliverately easy. I make it in a rainy saturday afthernoon ( around 4hours)
For all people interested in this stuff I recomended strongly atart with a little construction for learn how this material works.
I hope that soon more people can contribute here with is experiences
best whises
Carlos

LT.SHULTZ I have seen a lot of cork in big hardwere store (with tools, gardening accessories, decotation accesories) like Leroy-Merlin, Castorama, Obi. they have great range of cork.

Blockhaus:
What is that paste you are applying and how thick is your cork?

cheers

Philip

Hi
My cork is 2mm thick, " bricks" measures 2x2x7mm.
this paste is these that professional wall painters utilize for repair little damage in walls before paint. In fact is a mix of plaster and (probably) silicon. You can find it in shops that sold paint for walls in little bags ( around 250gr) or in cans (1Kgr)
best whises
Carlos

Ahhhhhhh!!! My cork is 3m thick!!!

cheers

Philip

NO PROBLEM!!! you will have 3x7 mm, not 2x7 as me Itake a "medium" measure for convenience, every country have is how brick measures, and inside each country in old times was a lot of measures. I remember that one day some time ago a kindy english modeller that I think that is in Armorama now, send me all measures of english bricks, in your country you have a lot of measures with a name for every measure. I hope that some friend that know well this stuff can will enligthered us
best whises
Carlos