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COOL WAY TO MAKE PILLBOXES OR ATLANTIC WALL DIORAMAS!
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:03 pm
by KAMIKAZE
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
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:25 pm
by aferguson
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.
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:21 pm
by Mad Ewok
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.
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:25 pm
by panzertruppen
Nice idea! I'll have to try it sometime!
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:49 pm
by Razor17019
You pics aren't showing up.
Can you post them direct to the board?
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:27 pm
by normandy
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:01 am
by Panther F
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
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:57 pm
by AMERICAN_GRENADIER
i gave it a try
It worked great! im going to try another and use alittle different paint scheme
thanks!
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:59 pm
by AMERICAN_GRENADIER
i gave it a try
It worked great! im going to try another and use alittle different paint scheme
thanks!
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:45 pm
by Arclight
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/
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:11 pm
by popeye357
WOW!! I remember those from a while back, great work!!
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:01 pm
by Panther F
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!
