AndyG WIP (pic heavy)

Sproket

Sproket

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This is looking so good!

I've used diluted Evo-stik weatherproof wood adhesive (from Homebase) to stabilise plaster. You dilute it down with water and let it soak into the plaster once it dries the plaster should be less crumbly. I've also used superglue for smaller areas. It soaks right in & sets like rock but it's a process fraught with peril & fumes so I wouldn't recomend it for such a large area!
 
KruleBear

KruleBear

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Take it for what it is worth (and my piece was not as big), but I just sprayed the plaster with my normal ancient Armoury gray primer and it seemed to soak into the surface and toughen it up...well at least until i dropped the finishe mini on the concrete ground while seal coating it. But it cracked in a cople large pieces that were easy to repair.
 
Demihuman

Demihuman

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For the plaster, I have used wood sealer, which i think was actually acrylic and also just primer. I think the important thing is to make sure it is really dry. I have put it the oven at around 200 degrees for a couple hours. Or if you just have a nice warm and dry spot to leave it overnight it might harden up quite a bit more. I think sealing the moisture in is bad news.
 
Alexandra

Alexandra

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The Paris plaster is not the most resilient kind of plaster you could use, but it shouldn't be that fragile either. It might be because is still not dry inside. Unlike other materials. plaster gets hard on the mold fast but takes a very loooong time to be completely dry. In the worst cases, instead of getting dry it just rot ( it actually happened to me, but then again I do live by the sea ).

So that it won't happen to your piece, I recommend you to dry it very well before sealing it. Put it with a dehumidifier inside or over a plastics bag for a day or two. Take care to set the dehumidifier in a low setting so that the plaster won't dries too fast and crack. If the plaster is in good health, you'll see it is harder. Then you can seal it with the same stuff that you use to seal wood or wood glue ( polivinilic alcohol ).

Hope this helps :)
 
AndyG

AndyG

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yep all that info does help put it in an autoclave for a couple of hours to dry it out and then covered it in superglue and then the wifes clear nail varnish which has shellac in it.

Spent a while sorting out the base left a shelf at the front to do water effect on it and put reeds elephant ear plants and other tropical leaves brass etched also lots of skulls cant go wrong with them eh?

Any way pics
 
meaty_nosebleeds

meaty_nosebleeds

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nice looking stuff there andy. there is one thing that strikes me slightly off at the base however. i feel that the walls on the sides should be slightly more foward and matching with the rock on top. it feels rather unatural to me, but if that the look you're going for then it's ceartinally working.
 
Zab

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First, it looks great. Second, you are crazy not to break out an airbrush or failing that two cans of flat spray paint to do the basic light and shadow. I am sure it will turn out all kind of awesome though since you are using an attention to detail brush ;)
 
AndyG

AndyG

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I thumb my nose at GW IP they're not going to stop me ....oh excuse me post has arrived....... Oh a letter some one likes me......cease and desist all .........size of skulls GW intellectual ......first born child shall be taken...
 
AndyG

AndyG

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Well despite the looming court case of GW property rights human anatomy and the colour blue vs everyone I have manfully carried on:) So some more work done loads more to go yet. Also started painting the skulls!
 
Zab

Zab

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Hmm, nothing but skulduggery going on here! I have been holding that one in all day :snicker:
 
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