Topic: Boryla Sector on display

[DocOutlands]

So building 1 is an experiment using DAP spackling paste to cover styrofoam walls.  Thanks to several of you, I'm experimenting with plaster of paris on building 2.  To wit:



"I don't always defend Command Post 2, but when I do, I prefer the high ground."  Yes, I am using the "stacked cubes" of the building at Command Post 2 on the Mos Eisley field of Battlefront II as the inspiration for this one.  I mixed up plaster of paris normally, added a dollop of white glue and a couple of drops of a Plaid brand craft paint called "Pueblo," and applied it with a spoon first then smoothed it with a wet 3" wide paint brush to get the troweling marks.  It's going so fast, I've forgotten to add doors and windows!!

Better pics when I finish it up.

[Mando Assasin]

Looking good cannot wait to see the final product!

[DocOutlands]

Today's progress - finished the other two walls with more DAP spackling paste - NOT the lightweight kind and I promise you there is a HUUUUGE difference!  Obviously, there's a difference in weight, but the finish is also different.  I think the lightweight product gives a more realistic stucco look...but maybe it was just my own fault that the finish looks different.

The walls are 10"x12" styro, 1.5" thick. The roof is a 12x12" tile with an 8" dome - assembled & awaiting coating. There's no door yet - I got in a hurry to slap spackling and totally forgot I needed to do the door first! I'm contemplating making the door out of shapes cut from 1mm or 2mm "foamies" sheet and fastened to matboard or soemthing. I'm also contemplating a full-up interior for it - a two-level coffee-shop/quick-snacks shop, but that might not happen for a while yet...

[hemble]

looking great buddy and I'm really liking the texture of the walls.

Ron

[DocOutlands]

A shot from a bit further back with the roof set in place...



Thanks, Ron!  I'm really liking how the finish is looking, also.  I'm going to spray it with a gloss sealer to try and lock down the spackle putty as much as possible.  Then, paint!

[Mando Assasin]

Looking great!

[DocOutlands]

Thanks!  I'm starting to believe in it as a building now. 

[DocOutlands]

"Why yes... yes, I *do* like playing the Mos Eisley field on Battlefront II... What makes you ask?"

[Tamer]

Looks to me like the sculpting on your building came out great. On the fp.

[DocOutlands]

Aw - thanks!!  I have to say I do like how it is progressing.  I'm *planning* to start working on a door for it today, as well as sealing the walls and hopefully coating the roof/dome.

[mr.Jedi1977]

That's looking really good !!!

[Luke Sprywalker]

That looks awesome Doc! The texture looks great!

[Spookymufu]

hey Doc, are ya planning to add the door padding around the opening like in the movies?

[hemble]

Doc I'm really loving the texture of the walls and this is going to look amazing once painted and weathered.

Ron

[DocOutlands]

I've not yet decided on adding the padding to this door or not - I may save that for another door, as I have 5 buildings in the works - either under actual construction or design/part-accumulation.  I'm drawing a lot of my inspiration from the Battlefront game, and their doors are about 50/50 as far as with or without padding goes.  And, if I do, it will likely be more "inspired by" rather than "screen-accurate."  I'm thinking these are going to find a home in my Fixer-verse.

(Interestingly, I may have found a part that will serve well as a Command Post marker I can recast for my dream of a game-map-accurate Mos Eisley...)

One thing I can say so far is using a clear sealant on the "Red Tower" surfaces has worked out well.  It's a matte sealer I got at Hobby Lobby and it seems to be making the spackling compound much more abrasion-resistant.

I do have a plaster & glue bldg - 2 stacked cubes, a la CP2 - that is underway.  I got carried away and forgot to carve out windows or doorways on it, tho ... oops!

Another experiment coming soon(-ish) is mixing paint into the spackling compound, to better hide any chipping.