Friday, 23 November 2012

Foam Card Buildings

Hi

the cheapest way I have found so far to make some scenery is by using foam card, it glues easily and can be indented with a pencil so that brick patterns can be picked out by dry brushing. As yet I have not completed any windows and I am undecided as to wether they should be stuck on the card or cut out and represented by painted black card...


By painting a lightr brown on the card first a mortar effect can be produced (there is an excellent guide on someones blog but I forgot which one-sorry). Next step is to cut a base (I have lots of plywood though I know that it should really be mdf for neatness), and then the windows and roofs.

If one wanted to create a dedicated board then a very atmospheric effect could be produced by using darker tones-dark brown instead of red for the brick etc-but these are for general use and will have to do for now.

Any suggestions for windows would be appreciated though I suspect that in time I will make a mould and use "stick on" windows and doors, has anyone done this? Is there a guide?

Thanks
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18 comments:

  1. joppy23 November 2012 at 20:59

    You could try looking on the Card Structure Modelling Forum for inspiration? There are as many ways of representing windows as there are of basing figures! Trawling some model railway blogs might be inspirational as that hobby has been doing this sort of thing for decades. My preferred method is to photocopy a picture then stick it on.

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  2. Daisy Gowan Ditchburn24 November 2012 at 00:01

    ah I have done this thing before. if your buildings are for fighting inside as well as outside you may wish to do without windows if however they are only scenary putting some black card behind the window and some balsa for a nice looking window frame could work. not sure how to do it. you could always try painting the bricks a basic colour then having a really light wash to get into the cracks for the water and then drybrush the bricks. its a technique I have used before... as always trial and error seems to work.

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  3. Monty24 November 2012 at 00:48

    Great work and nice effect too with the brickwork ;)

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  4. Solo wargaming-on a budget!24 November 2012 at 09:51

    Thanks Chaps! I will certainly have a look at the modelling forum and I will try the photocopying trick especially for shop windows. It is the windows that are the problem at the moment...thanks again.

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  5. legatus hedlius24 November 2012 at 13:55

    I built a model house once and made a balsa frame and used plastic wallet plastic as the glass and just drew leaded diamonds on it with biro -worked fine.

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  6. Jacksarge Painting25 November 2012 at 10:16

    You might try going here: http://www.cgtextures.com/
    they have heaps of free downloadable images of windows that you could resize and print off on your home printer. I have used images from their site quite successfully for card modelling- even the model railway blokes recommend them.

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  7. Solo wargaming-on a budget!25 November 2012 at 11:15

    Thanks for the link Sarge ...probably the most useful site Ive seen in ages, much appreciated! It will be used!

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  8. The Wishful Wargamer25 November 2012 at 16:34

    And even cheaper than foam card - I use the thin compressed disc of polystyrene you often get if you buy a ready made pizza from M&S or Sainsbury's. It's free and you get to eat the pizza. Here's an example of how I use it:

    http://wishfulwargamer.blogspot.com/2011/07/lydian-temple.html

    Cheers WW

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  9. Solo wargaming-on a budget!26 November 2012 at 10:20

    Wishful, that is an ingenious way to source materials! I will remember that one. Damn useful building....well done sir!

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  10. Monty28 November 2012 at 16:54

    Carl, just to let you know, I've nominated for a Leibster Award

    http://montysarmypainter.blogspot.co.uk/

    Keep up the great blog ;)

    Regards,

    Monty

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  11. Monty29 November 2012 at 14:33

    ...you mate ;)

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  12. legatus hedlius29 November 2012 at 14:57

    I've nominated you for the latest blog award too! Great minds etc

    http://legatuswargamesarmies.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/leibster-blog-award.html

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  13. Solo wargaming-on a budget!29 November 2012 at 22:22

    Thanks chaps, I am humbly very happy! Thanks

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  14. Mark7 January 2013 at 00:12

    Ebay is a good bet. Run a search for OO Windows and you'll find quite a few available eg:

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/00-scale-printed-pvc-windows-Prefab-/221151948637?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item337daeef5d

    Cheers
    Mark

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  15. ali naqvi4 February 2013 at 09:43

    Its really awesome....i like it!!!!!!! Plastic card

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  16. Unknown15 February 2013 at 12:44

    Informative Blog and brilliant work thanks for sharing...
    www.alltimeprint.com

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  17. Unknown12 March 2013 at 07:03

    They're absolutely gorgeous!thanks for sharing.plastic business cards

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