Got tired of waiting to find my material, and ended up ordering some more, and would you believe, 3 days after the new material arriving , I found my old supply ! LOL So below you will see the newly added canopies for two of the stalls, and the Gorg stall next to them.
I've also added some beds on the damaged building on the first floor, will probably add some bags and bits as well, to help add some story. The beds are the ones I made for Michael Awdry for his Schoss Itter project he did back in2020 on his blog 28mmvictorianwarfare
Now for anyone that wants to know how to do the canopies here's a step by step guide
STEP 1 Build a frame for your canopy to sit on, this is a mix of plastic rod, and metal pins.
STEP 2 Attach the start of the cloth to the top of the frame, I use superglue for this step, as it's fast acting.
STEP 3 Paint PVA glue over the first section, to get the curve you want in the fabric
STEP 4 Attach the cloth to the next former, and then repeat the PVA glue on the next section.
STEP 5 Keep repeating Step 4 until all the sections are done, then leave to dry fully before painting. also any lose fibres can be cut off when dry, don't try pulling them off before as you'll just unravel the cloth.
As you can see very simple, but looks very effective, you can do the same process for banners on models as well, but would suggest a former shape to rest the banner on, as otherwise you need to keep moving it while it dries. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !
Cheers Dave
Wooow! Amazing work Dave!
ReplyDeleteThank you Michal, wanted to share the technique with everyone.
DeleteIt all looks fab mate. Very realistic. Thanks for posting up your methods too!
ReplyDeleteThank you Dai, no problem at all.
DeleteExcellent stuff, it really looks the part.
ReplyDeleteI'll try that for some tents I've been thinking of making, thanks for sharing.
Thank you misterc, glad you found it useful, and a project in mind for it.
DeleteNice work, Dave! :-) I wouldn't have thought of adding the PVA section by section but it comes out really well and lets you get quite a bit of "sag" on the covering.
ReplyDeleteThank you John, when I was shown, the pva'd across all of it, but kept having to adjust, as each section would move the previous one, that's why I changed it to fix the next section with superglue before doing the next section with pva.
DeleteI do like it, it looks so natural! Great work
ReplyDeleteThank you Suber, it's a lot thinner than using greenstuff ! LOL
DeleteAbsolutely superb! I love the finish on the canopy Dave.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work on the fabric, Dave! I have never tried something like this before but it looks quite reasonable to pull off. The end result is something tailor made for Tatooine as well!
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