Friday, May 30, 2014

Making a brick wall from paper

Greetings everyone,
A lot of the items that i have made recently are paper brick. Putting some of these things on messages boards have raised a question???...how do you do this? Well I'm going to attempt to outline the steps taken and the way I build a brick wall from paper.

                                          Starting with a full sheet of bricks off the computer               

                                          First one gets cut out
 
                                           First one gets pasted down

                                           Pretty simple so far.....


                                          Next piece...tear off the top of 2nd piece


                                           Overlap the first piece
                                          Next piece...tear left side

                                          Paste this piece down

                                           Next piece...tear top and left side

                                          Paste this piece down
                    
                                          4 pieces down...no lines can be seen

                                          Take a piece of brick and paste to card

                                         Cut a few brick out of that piece

                                          Paste it down....can't see it can you?

                                          you will after you use this...Crack Shot

                                          Feather in spackling compound

                                          Next....sepia, very thin coat on spackling

                                          Water it down so that its not to heavy

                                          And there is your brick wall
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29 comments:

  1. Peter BallMay 30, 2014 at 11:55 AM

    That's wonderful. Thank you very much for that!

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  2. Silver WhistleMay 30, 2014 at 1:23 PM

    Thanks very much Captain for sharing. I can see a lot of these brick walls now being built by your followers.

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  3. Sam WiseMay 30, 2014 at 2:29 PM

    very clear (hum... ) tutorial !
    If I try, I'm sure that I will never obtain the same result ... ;)

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  4. RodgerMay 30, 2014 at 2:45 PM

    Great tutorial Captain! Your brick walls are very impressive!

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  5. EngelMay 30, 2014 at 4:21 PM

    Big thanks for that tutorial.

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  6. Mr PapafakisMay 30, 2014 at 5:34 PM

    Your buildings and terrain is always fantastic. Would love to see more tutorials Captain :)

    Cheers

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  7. FurtMay 30, 2014 at 5:45 PM

    Thanks for this much desired "idiot's guide" to Captain Richard's brick walls. Very clear and effective.

    Frank
    http://adventuresinlead.blogspot.com.au/

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    1. Captain Richard's miniature Civil WarMay 30, 2014 at 8:13 PM

      Thank you Frank for joining up and I hope this works for you...any questions, let me know

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  8. tradgardmastareMay 30, 2014 at 10:21 PM

    So that's the magic- thanks for sharing it with us,most interesting and I am tempted to have a go myself...

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  9. Sean McLachlanMay 30, 2014 at 11:23 PM

    If you do a Japanese diorama, are you going to make the paper walls out of brick?

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  10. Michael AwdryMay 31, 2014 at 12:45 AM

    I've been really taken by these and can't thank you enough for the tutorial - wonderful!

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    1. Captain Richard's miniature Civil WarMay 31, 2014 at 6:37 AM

      Thank you Michael...people are asking and I cant describe how its done without showing how its done.

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  11. maximexMay 31, 2014 at 2:56 AM

    Great demonstration Captain.
    Thanks for that.
    So many inventions are very simple.
    Someone has to make understand this thing first

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  12. JayMay 31, 2014 at 9:30 AM

    Nice tutorial. It is one thing to 'see how it is done'; another thing to pull it off, with the Master's finished product in ones mind's eye.

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  13. Captain Richard's miniature Civil WarMay 31, 2014 at 10:05 AM

    Thanks Jay...I've seen your work and you ARE capable of doing this.

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  14. A JMay 31, 2014 at 10:07 AM

    Neat! Thanks for the tutorial. =)

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  15. Alessandro "Callaghan"June 1, 2014 at 2:53 AM

    Thanks for the tutorial. Ciao!

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  16. MillsyJuly 1, 2014 at 12:32 PM

    Very clever indeed sir. Thanks for sharing.

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  17. Captain Richard's miniature Civil WarJuly 1, 2014 at 3:07 PM

    Thank you Michael

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