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Help wanted: How to make look plaster like old concrete

Started by mad gerald, March 12, 2012, 03:26:23 AM

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marc_reusser

Well, I think these results came out quite well....especially when they are in place, in context, and have some additionl dirt and staining on them.

The only nit-pick for your final pieces, is to not round off the outside corners and edges so much...even when tooled, and old, concrete squares /paving still generally has a pretty square-ish and straight-ish edge.
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Hauk

Quote from: mad gerald on July 13, 2013, 09:42:43 AM
... these pieces really look tiny ... is this H0 scale ... and what do they represent?

Yes, they are H0 scale pillars for the warehouse I´m building.
I went to the trouble of making board by board formwork, but I am not sure it is qoing to show in the end. But it was sort of fun making the little buggers.



They are a little under an inch tall.
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Wow, those look even better in close-up than they did in the wider view!  -- Dallas
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chester

Well certainly nothing looks quite like cement than cement itself. Better yes.

Nice piers Hauk.

mad gerald

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G'day all,

Quote from: Hauk on July 14, 2013, 02:10:47 PM
Yes, they are H0 scale pillars for the warehouse I´m building.
... ah, thanks ...

Here I have an example of some brandnew and older concrete paving slabs for a better comparison (as actually some of them had to be replaced on my front yard):



I changed the mixture increasing the plaster part in relation to the joint mortar part, but the compound is still a little fragile/crumbly ... colouring was done with artists water colour instead of acrylic colour because of the latter containing to much latex ...





Cheers

marc_reusser

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In the corners of my mind there is a circus....

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