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Dioramas: Buildings & Ruins
Ruined buildings and city scenes.
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Plaster Moulding
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Posted: Friday, December 22, 2006 - 01:11 AM UTC
Hi,
Just reading up on Keith Forsyths Simple Diorama, and wondered whether he had explained the process of moulding plaster, in any more recent articles. Anyway if not i was hoping you guys could help me. Just wondering what exquipment would be needed and the general step by step process you need to carry out, to create these buildings.
Thank you
Sam
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Posted: Friday, December 22, 2006 - 01:24 AM UTC
Hi Sam. CLICK HERE for an article, I wrote some time ago about moulding plaster. Might be some information there you could find useful. Feel free if you have any further questions!
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Posted: Friday, December 22, 2006 - 01:28 AM UTC
Hi Sam

the article was published on another web site a looooong time ago, im still in the process of re-writing them to be published here.

ill try and get that one finished asap if you fell it may help

regards

keith forsyth
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Posted: Friday, December 22, 2006 - 02:26 AM UTC
Ok,
Thanks alot for your help, i feel like ive gained alot by reading your article, and your finished model was very impressive. Also Kieth, thanks for the offer of getting that article rewritten, and id really appreciatte that.
Cheers
Sam
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Posted: Friday, December 22, 2006 - 10:25 AM UTC
Hi Sam,

Over on Historicus Forma Engin Kayral recently did a feature on creating an urban road in plaster. The techniques, though, can be applied to casting other objects as well though - e.g. I'll be applying his technique to cast a low wall.

The article can be found here: Basemaking for Beginners: Urban Road

HTH

Rudi
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Posted: Saturday, December 23, 2006 - 09:30 PM UTC
Thank You Tarok much appreciated. Very nice article there, i will use that for the two pavements and maybe the road. Maybe for the road i will use seeds and putty, i read about that somewhere.

all the best, have a nice christmas and a great New Year.
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