Help - What to use ????

Plaster of Paris, resin, styrene, wood are all good resources to create a wall. There are kits of such destruction...you could even use a model railroad structure as a base point..

You can use styrofoam, and carve it to shape, then paint it.  You can also use thin plywood, like luan (used for paneling) or other thin board in thicknesses of 1/4 inch or thinner, cut it to shape, and coat it with a thin coat of spackle.  The spackle can be shaped/carved as you see fit.  You can also use patterned styrene sheeting, available from Plastruct or Evergreen, to represent the inner layers of a plastered exterior wall.  They both make brick sheets, for example, and stone sheets.  Cut an irregular piece of brick sheet, glue it to your wall stock, then build up the putty or spackle around it, to look like a section of wall where the plaster has fallen away.

If you can, you should track down a copy of Shep Paine's book on building dioramas.  It's virtually a Bible for dio builders and it's inspired several generations of modelers.

Hope that helps!

Best regards,

Brad

Believe it or not, I used to get really good results with little hand made paper-mache bricks and white glue.  All you need is paper (newspaper) a ton of corn starch and water.  This method lets you craft individual stones or bricks and they have that unique non-uniform look of natural stone or brick.  And it's easy to make them look damaged.  Just make them and glue them together.

MLabonte

 Looking to do what a belive is called a Diorama " army scene " - Don't know what to use for a wall - looking to make it look like a building was blown apart with a half wall still standing. Was looking at styro foam, anyone have any suggestions on what to use ?

Thank's

-Matt

Not sure if this would work ? Was thinking about getting styrofoam cut it to shape then using play poh  " roll it out thin " and apply it to the styrofoam and shape brick's with a exacto knife then prime and paint and etc.....

Has anyone tried this before ? what should I use as a bonding agent " play doh to styrofoam " to get it to stick ? I know the play doh will dry and crack and etc that might help with realistis look.

Thank's

-Matt

no need for a bonding agent for styrofoam. White glue will work for this 

on another note, smash and leave the play doh under a large brick. This will add texture and keep it flat while drying. After drying completely, glue to the piece of styrofoam