"Follow the yellow brick road" ? no, sculpting the yellow cobblestone...

[alexwencho]

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[megroot]

Very good work on the cobblestones Alex.
Just one thing: cobblestones didn't lay as asphalt.
see the pictures......and these one lays very equal.
And I know, have cycling the Tour the Flandres and Paris - Roubaix.
Your teeth coming out of your mouth when you are doing that.



Marc

 

[Meehan34]

A real easy way to make convincing cobblestones is to let your base harden and then make a bunch of little different sized balls of putty and place them randomly on the surface (close enough that they will touch once smooshed) then just flatten them out with your finger. Doing this makes sure that randomness will take place both in size and depth like would happen in a real cobblestone trail or road. A side effect of this is that all the edges are smooth simulating the wear of a really old street. Nice work so far Mr. De Leon, I am certainly following your progress.

 

[theBaron]

Very interesting, Alex, and a sort of proof-of-concept for me. I want to make a larger base for some 54mm figures, representing a courtyard paved with cobbles. Mine will be a little more regular in shape, however, which is a style we can also find in the towns and cities in Europe.

Anyone out there used the old modeler's trick of using dried lentils to reproduce cobblestones?

Prost!
Brad

 

[megroot]

Anyone out there used the old modeler's trick of using dried lentils to reproduce cobblestones?
Prost!
Brad

Yes, i did that a long time ago. It works.

Marc

 

[alexwencho]

Very good work on the cobblestones Alex.
Just one thing: cobblestones didn't lay as asphalt.
see the pictures......and these one lays very equal.
And I know, have cycling the Tour the Flandres and Paris - Roubaix.
Your teeth coming out of your mouth when you are doing that.

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Marc

Thank you for the compliment and the two ref. photos.

You BET-CHA, "cobblestones didn't lay as asphalt" is excellent useful information and can only imagination what it would be motor"cycling" on those cobbles.

Just thinking about that, wants me to 'wet' my pants, in more ways than just one.

Not to worry and rest assured, the old preverbal, time proven, scratch-builder's technique of; "dancing a dremel tool's router bit over the surface" will hopefully add proper depth dimension to the cobbles, as not to look like "asphalt".

Then, there are other 'tricks' to add dimension...that is for another discussion.

After all, we all live in the 3rd dimension.



"onward through the (wet) fog"

alex wence

 

[alexwencho]

Very interesting, Alex, and a sort of proof-of-concept for me. I want to make a larger base for some 54mm figures, representing a courtyard paved with cobbles. Mine will be a little more regular in shape, however, which is a style we can also find in the towns and cities in Europe.

Anyone out there used the old modeler's trick of using dried lentils to reproduce cobblestones?

Prost!
Brad

Thank you and have much appreciation for the; "proof-of-concept" statement.

I quite understand "more regular in shape", which (by the way) I have done in previous diorama bases, but when you add "style", then this is a style of my own. A style (if I may say) that has done well for me so far.



Yes, I have heard of the technique; "dried lentils to reproduce cobblestones"
A nice old school technique indeed.

alex wence

 

[alexwencho]

A real easy way to make convincing cobblestones is to let your base harden and then make a bunch of little different sized balls of putty and place them randomly on the surface (close enough that they will touch once smooshed) then just flatten them out with your finger. Doing this makes sure that randomness will take place both in size and depth like would happen in a real cobblestone trail or road. A side effect of this is that all the edges are smooth simulating the wear of a really old street. Nice work so far Mr. De Leon, I am certainly following your progress.

Thank you Meehan. You are a true Brother, indeed. It was a great time we had with the others at the painting seminar "Workshop 2011", back in September.

Meehan with Fernando at "Workshop 2011"



Meehan's pussycat posse


alex wence

 

[megroot]

You BET-CHA, "cobblestones didn't lay as asphalt" is excellent useful information and can only imagination what it would be motor"cycling" on those cobbles.

Just thinking about that, wants me to 'wet' my pants, in more ways than just one.
alex wence

it's worse Alex. It's bicycling, on a racebicycle.

marc

 

[Meehan34]

Hahaha, that workshop was a fun time indeed sir. I'm looking forward to catching up with you at a show soon. looking forward to the next steps.