Getting roads to just ruddy lay flat
Cobbled Roads - the easy option
As discussed in the last entry, I’ll be trying two options to paint this up. A straight up paint over the wall paper and a second option using acrylic caulk and then paint.
This is the easy option where I won’t use the caulk.
Taking my trial piece, I’ve hit it with a grey primer straight onto the wallpaper and any of the exposed rubber. Once again, I am using Halfords trusty grey primer.
I want to keep this simple and quick to produce, so I mixed up a wash of dark brown and black and liberally applied this. After drying, I wasn’t convinced that the shading was enough, so I gave it a second coat. The below picture is after the first coat.
With the shading looking OK, I’ve opted for a simple dry brush. To keep costs down, I have opted for some decorating tester pots. In this case, Cuprinol Silver Birch
Finished Test pieceThis looks fine however I’m not convinced with the gaps between the stones – they look a little large and big when compared to the size of the stones. I can also see that this option may not be that robust. As I have made the road out of a single large strip of wallpaper and then two smaller strips to created the curb, I can see this starting to come apart. I’m thinking that the acrylic version may provide more strength and longevity. I’ll test that next.
I think the gaps would be less of an issue if you would fill them with fine grain sand like chinchilla sand. That would look more “realistic”
Good idea but what glue could I use to keep them in place and retain the flexibility that I’m looking for?
I think watered down PVA should to the trick. But that’s only a theory. Never tried it for that kind of work.