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How to: rock faces with cast rocks and modelling compound
Here’s a quick update on how I’m building the rock faces on top of styrofoam.
Shaping cliffs from styrofoam is cheap, easy and lightweight. But you have to get everything covered because the surface will never look natural and if you intend to use aerosols to paint it — well you don’t want to melt your project.
I like to use the Modelling Compound product from Geek Gaming Scenics. I don’t know what it actually is, I believe it’s a mixture of plaster and other stuff. It’s extremely easy to use, dries quick, hard and durable.
Simply you need to mix it with water, roughly in 3:1 ratio. And then slap it on to the surfaces and shape with your hands.
In this project I’ve also used rocks cast from DAS clay. I first glue some of them here and there on the cliff face, to have some really natural looking rock textures. Then I proceed to fill the gaps with the compound.
I’ve found hot glue working best for gluing to styrofoam. Get some on the piece you’re about to glue, let it cool for a moment and press it in. That way you’ll avoid melting the styrofoam.
Below is how everything looks completed.
Next step is to seal everything with mix of Mod Podge and black paint. I will mix some fine sand for texture on the base and the top. Can’t wait to get colour on this thing!
This project looks incredible, keep it up.