Mid-Eastern Walls

Try using drywall....or as some may call it gyprock, or wallboard. It's made of gypsum, and when you peel off the paper, you have a "wall" that is easy to texture, cut, scribe or whatever. It is really cheap so if you screw one up, just cut a new piece.

Richard

thanks Merkin63 that sounds like it would turn out pretty darn cool I might play around w/ that as well, thanks for the replies fellows I will post some pics when this thing is together.

Im new to forum,but have been modeling for over 30 yrs.I think one of the best ways to model mid-eastern walls is a trick I learned quite a few yrs. ago from FSM.I use foam that has been cut to shape slightly smaller in blocks.I then use a product called Durhams Water Putty from True Value or another hardware store,this material is excellent for walls and or groundwork.The putty is in a powder form,just mix with water to desired thickness,cures rock hard,and has a great natural buff color.I take my foam blocks and with inserted toothpics and dip them in a slightly thickened bowl of the water putty,you can make a shell as thick as you want,the foam core keeps weight down.I also will put the powder in a salt-shaker and sprinkle the wet blocks for texture.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Model Museum For broken walls or similar I often use ceiling tiles as used in office ceilings, shatter one and pick the pieces you like. BTW, no ransacking the offices of your company for supplies.

You must have read my mind, I was going to wreck the office for the sake of modeling, but I guess I need the job to support my habit, guess I will have to go somewhere else, for supplies LOL

I would go for some foam sheet/core/board and than cover them either in plaster or epoxy putty, paint and you should be done.

For broken walls or similar I often use ceiling tiles as used in office ceilings, shatter one and pick the pieces you like.
BTW, no ransacking the offices of your company for supplies.

What about getting some airdryable potters clay and cut blocks,it`s also easy to damage a few as well. I will post my Desert Ruins dio and you can have a look at the wall I did in that piece. Cheers!

Thanks Pete, that will help alot , and I learned something, LOL

The modern walls are just breeze (cinder) blocks covered with cement. Older ones are hand made bricks, again covered with cement. That is usually then whitewashed, but it doesn't last long in the heat, and peels off, usually from the bottom up. The lower half gets dirty quickly, so there's an excuse for wall weathering!
In model form, whatever you can find for the basic shape, then cover it in filler & paint it.
But if you want to show patches where plaster has fallen off you'll have to replicate the bricks or blocks somehow. What about some scribed particle board?
Pete