Comment by Nelson Lasaosa on April 4, 2012 at 10:17pm

Blain, da ain`t bad for a first try, lol. Very good looking, sort of industrial  looking with those dark stones.

Love it !

Comment by Blain Quam on April 4, 2012 at 10:26pm

Thanks . The set we are doing is like a castle. I just want to brake up the stone look.

Comment by Nelson Lasaosa on April 5, 2012 at 6:39pm

Yes Blain, I take back the term industrial. Perfectly castle-like. Seems you didn`t use a bark text roller, did you? And regarding question asked by another member: what would be the best choice to come up with a whitish stone?  like Nathan`s and may others`? I`m thinking about  probably adding white portland, etc., but may not be practical nor cost effective.  Would latex paint wash work? Thanks for input.

Comment by Blain Quam on April 5, 2012 at 11:13pm

I did not use a bark text. This was all cut in with a knife. I'll post more pix of what I did today.Portland may work , but I use white latex to wash out my mortar. It doesn't take much to wash out the color. This was done with plaster so it was white from the start. Hope this helps. 

Comment by Nelson Lasaosa on April 6, 2012 at 5:37pm

Yes sure helps, just another question Blain: did you use any piece of wood as reference? Very nice knife work for the wood grain, and knots!

Comment by Blain Quam on April 7, 2012 at 1:08am

No Nelson. I just started cutting it into wet plaster. I did look at some wood on is site.

Comment by Nelson Lasaosa on April 7, 2012 at 7:40am

Thanks Blain, pretty good, simple and effective lesson learnt.

 

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