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Dioramas: Making Bases
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Sherman_67
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Posted: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 03:18 AM UTC
Hi I'm making what my tilte says I need to know if I should put plaster on the outside or something else.




Matt
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Posted: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 03:27 AM UTC
Hi,

Are you making it from scratch or painting an existing model like Verlinden?

From Scratch as a cheap method you can build it from foam board and cocer it with plaster. I've done that for different buildings and bunkers and it can work pretty well.

Keep us posted.

Charles
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Posted: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 09:39 AM UTC
I use pink foam skimmed with dry wall plaster. Then I use a popsicle stick to simulate where the cement oozed between the planks of the pour mold. In one of the pics I added some paperclips as reinforcement bars.





Prato
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Posted: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 09:52 AM UTC
Outstanding, Alan, simply outstanding!
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato
Sherman_67
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Posted: Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 07:27 AM UTC
Well I decided to put plaster over my scratch built bunker with wood walls and a styro foam roof

I'll keep you posted on progress

Matt
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