Recently I've been working with individual plaster stones. I've tried to make a wall panel that would allow me to build bigger walls, something similar to the linka system. I'm extremely happy to announce that I've accomplished that:)
I've made a panel that should work pretty well with 1:54 scale, but since the stones are a bit bigger than usual it can also be used with 1:32 or even bigger ones. I've used 60 different looking stones to create it. It wasn't very time consuming bit it was pretty stressful. I've already messed up one wall panel earlier, because I didn't use any oil to cover the plaster before pouring the silicone rubber. Without any release agent the rubber glued everything together and I had to throw the damn thing away. But hey, at least I know release agent is a must when working with plaster that has a lot of cracks and crevices.
So this time I covered the whole piece with oil and used the silicone rubber. I let it dry overnight. This morning I removed the supporting box and tried to remove the mold. This is what was left after I did it:
It turns out that oil and baking the stones in an oven at 150 degrees Celsius for half an hour makes the stones very fragile and "crumbly". But fortunately I was able to remove all the bits of the original panel from the mold and cast two new ones. They fit together almost perfectly and with some delicate shaping the joint should be completely covered:) This is how those two new panels look like when sitting next to each other:
and here they are, one on top of the other:
I plan to make another five different looking panels and if it all fits together I'll probably have a big grin one my face till the end of the month. So what do you all think?? Is it worth making the other five??
cheers,
dsc.
