How would i make a blank plaster wall have a brick texture, I've tried to gouge it out but that takes to long, any ideas? thanks

You could do a few things
1. You can buy a sheet of plastruct that is bricks and make a mold of that and pour plaster in it
2. Buy an AM Keith Magee has some great stuff http://www.scalemilitary.com/
3. Turn on a 3 hour movie and etch a blank wall. I did this by taking a ruler and a template brick. I move the ruler and scored the long line pretty quickly. The short lines are the long ones. Again I just took a template and etched in each brick.
4. You can mold a ton of bricks and build a scratch wall such as here - https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/58

Another option is to make a "negative" of the wall. This takes almost as much time as scribing and, IMHO, does not create as good an effect. Basically it works like this.

1. Build a frame for the size wall you want.
2. Coat the bottom and sides of the frame is a decent thickness of non-drying modelling clay. Create a brick blank. Make one brick face using wood or dried clay or whatever and attach it to a short peg or stick.
3. Press the brick blank repeatedly into the clay to create rows of bricks.
4. VERY LIGHTLY press high grit sandpaper onto the raise portions (because this is a negative, the raised portions will be the mortar and the recessed areas will be the brick faces) to give the mortar a texture.
5. Pour your plaster into the frame and smooth out the back side for a flat wall.
6. Diassemble the frame and peel the clay away from your newly formed brick wall.

This method gives you a one-sided, single-shot, but imminently more controllable solution. Of course, you'll want to be very careful how deeply you press the brick blank because you don't want the bricks sticking too far out from the mortar.

When I was doing this, I used Lego's to build the framework. They're great for this kind of stuff. You can also use them to create regularly shaped openings in the wall, like doors and windows. A light coat of Vaseline keeps the plaster from sticking to them.

Have fun out there, but dn't hurt yourself.

Check out my article on Basics of building wall . I have a group working on making some molds and making plaster/resin casts



John
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