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Just wanted to show this before frog day. I'll have the 12 pound real rock and a duplicate I made using a simple technique. The fake rock weighs a half a pound, tops.
I have a few tanks where I sculpted foam and coated in cement. It's obviously very common in the hobby to do this as it's cheap, requires little talent, and is quick and can look good. It can also be shaped many different ways, though texture is usually lacking. If the paint is right though, it can be just as fooling to people.
This technique here is not a secret or anything, nor did I invent it. Though very few people in the hobby actually use real prototyping and tooling art techniques.
I figured it would be cool to write a tutorial if it could be added to the caresheets here. As you can see, the detail of the real rock has been captured 99.9999%. The only variations is obviously paint jobs and weight.
The fake rock is made of a hollow resin. For the test piece seen here, I filled it with a soft expanding polyfoam. It's basically a foam that comes in two parts and expands twenty times it's size in second. This stuff is expensive but I can't use great stuff for this type of application.
Anyway let me know what you think. If anyone is going to frog day, stop by my table to say hello and check it out. I can answer any question on how it was made.
By the way, forgot to mention, this is a Frog Day magnet I'm selling at frog day. I have a limited quantity with me in various bright metallic colors. A lot of colors a wife or girlfriend wouldn't mind on their fridge! lol
I have a few tanks where I sculpted foam and coated in cement. It's obviously very common in the hobby to do this as it's cheap, requires little talent, and is quick and can look good. It can also be shaped many different ways, though texture is usually lacking. If the paint is right though, it can be just as fooling to people.
This technique here is not a secret or anything, nor did I invent it. Though very few people in the hobby actually use real prototyping and tooling art techniques.
I figured it would be cool to write a tutorial if it could be added to the caresheets here. As you can see, the detail of the real rock has been captured 99.9999%. The only variations is obviously paint jobs and weight.
The fake rock is made of a hollow resin. For the test piece seen here, I filled it with a soft expanding polyfoam. It's basically a foam that comes in two parts and expands twenty times it's size in second. This stuff is expensive but I can't use great stuff for this type of application.
Anyway let me know what you think. If anyone is going to frog day, stop by my table to say hello and check it out. I can answer any question on how it was made.
By the way, forgot to mention, this is a Frog Day magnet I'm selling at frog day. I have a limited quantity with me in various bright metallic colors. A lot of colors a wife or girlfriend wouldn't mind on their fridge! lol
