Brickwork?

[BOSWELL891]

Im building my first diorama and I was wondering how do you do brickwork for the outside, any suggestions?

[Eric Stone]

A LHS around here sells sheets of it that are 3D. I've also heard you can peel the paper off one side of some drywall and scribe the bricks into the bare gypsum, but I've never tried it.

[Foxer]

You might look at Danny's thread that has how he made brick .. pretty simple and it looks real.

[outlaw035]

cole...here is how i did it not sure i would do it this way again...i cut the walls to size then i i framed them out with lath...poured joint compound leveled it off let it harden real good then scribed all the horizonal lines then the vertical lines...here are a couple of pic of the finished product..hope this helps

[Foxer]

Nice job on that brick, Neal

[Eric Stone]

Neal, that sounds like it was a real pain, but it sure looks good.

[Alyn]

Here's a wall I did using foam board. You have to peel the paper off and then carve the bricks. I imagine that carving in foam is going to be far easier that carving plaster or gypsum.

[crazyjim]

There used to be a kit you could buy that had brick mix and template. You painted a basecoat of whatever color you wanted for the mortar lines, let it dry, apply the self stick template, and slop on the brick mix. Whn dry, just peel off the template. I built a scale model of the Veterans Memorial we built in Winfield, IL using the stuff. Can't remember the name of the stuff. Sorry.

[BOSWELL891]

Thanks for all the ideas everybody! They are a big help.