AnneS Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Good morning! I am trying to create an abandoned mansion where much of the walls/floors are dilapidated. I have seen information/demos on how to create an exposed brick and plaster - but my house is wood and so it wouldn't have brick. What I would like to do is something like the attached photo. Does anyone have suggestions on how I might make the wood beneath? I was thinking foam board (much like I might create the bricks) - but I was looking into other ideas, too. Thank you so much! Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I did crumbling plaster/ exposed brick on my 1:24 scale lighthouse: I primed the carcase with flat white interior latex paint and laid a few sandpaper "bricks" where I thought I'd have the crumbling plaster expose them. I used spackling compound for plaster (drywall mud and joint compound work just as well). I have scored "floorboards" directly into the wood of the kit using the upside down tip of a utility knife. A mixture of isopropyl alcohol and India ink will give a lovely silvery aged look to them and you can grate a bit of black and gray chalk pastels to dirty them up and to make the board lines stand out. Prime the rest of the wall and spread your "plaster" of choice up to the places you want to leave exposed. Old credit cards make lovely spreaders, and 1/8" to 1/4" will dry nicely. You can wash your dry plaster with dirty paint water and brush light random coats of grated chalk pastels to age your dry "plaster" and you can texture the plaster with the flat of your spreader whilst it's still wet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madtex1967 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Check out Emily's (fov) blog post on how she did it for her Freelance Police Office Roombox! https://www.emilymorganti.com/blog/?p=14680 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 This you tube video shows how to do exposed lath and plaster and aging it too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 10 hours ago, madtex1967 said: Check out Emily's (fov) blog post on how she did it for her Freelance Police Office Roombox! https://www.emilymorganti.com/blog/?p=14680 You beat me to it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shareb Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 I've done just this on my current house. Wattle under plaster but a similar style. I followed Rik Pierce's instructions but basically made the wattle and daub out of card separately then glued that to the wall and 'plastered' over with paperclay. Very effective. My power is about to go off but when I can I'll post a pic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shareb Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Here's the pic of mine.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husband of Adobe Dollhouse Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Don't just look at dollhouses. Model railroad builders do things like this for their scale buildings so you might want to ask in their forums or look in Model Railroad books and magazines also. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shareb Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 On 10/12/2020 at 12:38 AM, Husband of Adobe Dollhouse said: Don't just look at dollhouses. Model railroad builders do things like this for their scale buildings so you might want to ask in their forums or look in Model Railroad books and magazines also. Absolutely! I have been oogling all the diorama videos on Youtube - different scale but you can use the same techniques and they're amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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