Topic: Quick and Easy Roads

[Padre]

My new (cheap*) method of making ‘ancient’ Tilean roads

1.Draw lines then stones on foam card
2. Score lines with a scalpel and peel off edges (free hand makes for natural wobbly-ish lines to give a not too neat edge to the paving stones).
3. Peel off the strips in between the paving stones.



4. Cut and pluck off gaps between stones.
5. Press the revealed foam down a bit with the wrong end of a brush.
6. Squirt PVA glue on.



7. Spread the glue – I then stippled it, then respreads it. I have no idea why but it was fun.
8. Paint with mixed cheap acrylic from book shop.
9. Use a brush end to speckle the still wet paint.

[Rogers Kul]

Hmmm... interesting.
Thanks for pics and explanation!

[Padre]

Sorry ... I wasn't finished, but due to the forum struggling with pictures I was trying to put it up in two parts and a 'man' turned up in the middle of the process to give a quote on some plastering. Now, to continue ...

10. Use a sponge and some lighter paint to speckle some more.
11. PVA grass along the edges and in between some stones.



Job’s a good one!



PS: If you want to make some old stone animal pens, use cheap fish tank gravel and PVA (liberally poured on) to build walls. No painting required!



* ‘Cheap’ mainly because I already owned the necessary bits and bobs already!

[Artobans Ghost]

Really cool Padre! Would an electric wire heat gun be suitable for the initial scoring of the stone? You would require a steady hand for the proper depth I guess.

[Xathrodox86]

Great idea for a cool terrain piece. Thanks Padre!

[Warlord]

Looks great Padre. I once did a similar thing with MDF, but didn't finish it as well as you, and the MDF was hard and took longer to cut and work with. Very nicely done!

[RE.Lee]

Nice tutorial! Roads and rivers (and a bridge) is probably the next thing I'd like to add to my scenery collection. This should come in handy.