Brush With Death 2019 Entry
Bricks! - Attempt Two
The high density foam arrived, so I’ve been cutting and shaping bricks for the past couple weekends! I decided to take the longer, more work-intensive route of cutting out individual bricks; by cutting from different parts of the foam block and swapping bricks around, I was able to create an uneven, worn effect that I really liked.
The first wave – it took a lot more bricks than this.
Base of the walkway done, at which point the overall effect of different brick textures really comes through. Hopefully, that will do most of the work when it comes time to paint and weather.
I played around with a couple patterns for the top of the walkway. The only thing I really knew is that I wanted it to look smoother than the sides.
I started with large flagstones (larger than those in the picture), which looked too out of scale with the miniatures. I cut them down to the size you see above, with the plan of filling the surface with them.
After shuffling around differently-sized pieces for a bit (as well as a Sunday nap), I hit upon the above pattern. Hopefully it will toe the line between utilitarian and boring.
Done!
Next I’ll be continuing the brick pattern up the walls. I’m not sure how I’ll achieve the join on the arch, but it will probably require some Googling for reference pictures.
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