COOL WAY TO MAKE PILLBOXES OR ATLANTIC WALL DIORAMAS!

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:03 pm

I tried an experiment today.I glued several pieces of styrofoam to look like a pillbox.Then I coated the thing with Plasticote fleckstone(granite)
and it looks just like concrete!Put a few shell holes or tear off a corner and
it looks even better.This is a really cheap way to make bunkers.Be carefull
to spray light coats as heavy coats can bubble up.

Mark

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:25 pm

you know i i've tried that myself but every paint i used ate away the styrofoam. I'll try the one you used...thanks.

Mad Ewok · Post by **Mad Ewok** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:21 pm

Yep, I tried this a couple months ago. I have the picture in black and white at the moment, but I'll post a colored pic later.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/199 ... 1803zsTcbp
http://community.webshots.com/photo/199 ... 9908iytLmf

The last is kinda hard to tell and I think I need to add another layer of gray.

panzertruppen · Post by **panzertruppen** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:25 pm

Nice idea! I'll have to try it sometime!

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:49 pm

Mad Ewok wrote:Yep, I tried this a couple months ago. I have the picture in black and white at the moment, but I'll post a colored pic later.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/199 ... 1803zsTcbp
http://community.webshots.com/photo/199 ... 9908iytLmf

The last is kinda hard to tell and I think I need to add another layer of gray.

You pics aren't showing up.
Can you post them direct to the board?

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:27 pm

I've used Styrofoam for a few dio projects and coated it with Spackle and the sanded to the finish wanted. This does two things, first... gives a surface that can be carved or sanded to give the texture you want and...
second...if you use spray paint you'll have a barrier that won't let the paint eat the styro.

Panther F · Post by **Panther F** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:01 am

Use the blue Styrofoam as sold in hardware stores (like Lowes) used for housing materials. It well not melt when any paint is applied and cuts much easier than conventional styro.

HTH

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:57 pm

i gave it a try
It worked great! im going to try another and use alittle different paint scheme
thanks!

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:59 pm

i gave it a try
It worked great! im going to try another and use alittle different paint scheme
thanks!

Arclight · Post by **Arclight** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:45 pm

Some of you might remember some of my fathers work from a while back. He went by macvsog on the board. I think it applies to this discussion as he used foam core and title grout, then painted it in washes. I uploaded some of his old photos for you.

<a href="http://s497.photobucket.com/albums/rr33 ... CT0046.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr33 ... CT0046.jpg" border="0" alt="Pillbox 4"></a>

<a href="http://s497.photobucket.com/albums/rr33 ... =RAF10.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr33 ... /RAF10.jpg" border="0" alt="Down RAF 12"></a>

<a href="http://s497.photobucket.com/albums/rr33 ... nt=DH2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr33 ... to/DH2.jpg" border="0" alt="Destroyed House 8"></a>

<a href="http://s497.photobucket.com/albums/rr33 ... vsog10.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr33 ... vsog10.jpg" border="0" alt="Normandy Sheep Barn 6"></a>

You can see the rest of the album here.

http://s497.photobucket.com/albums/rr332/arclightphoto/

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:11 pm

WOW!! I remember those from a while back, great work!!

Panther F · Post by **Panther F** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:01 pm

I tried my hand at something similar for a battlefield accessory for our battles. I just never finished it like I wanted it to look like.

I still have it and might finish it one day.

It's made of that blue styro and speckled paint.

EDIT: After looking at that photo album mine is not worthy at all!