Hi Folk,
I am continuing my quest for THE perfect fake rock. I am also having
fun doing it. This week I used two fake rocks (the grey ones) for
microboxes in my Middle Earth series. These are the sort of
papermache' made with plaster variety. I sprayed them with some dark
granite faux stone paint. I also just bought some acrylic paints to
mix in with the stuff when it is mushy still. Show you that when I do
it.
I also have pics of the brownish red stuff that is oven hardening
clay. I have not baked it, yet. I have hopes for that.
These pics are at
http://webpages.charter.net/astroweaver/letterboxing/letterbox.html
I am also going to Dremel out (hey, did I just verb that proper
noun?) some rather porous rock I just bought. Will show that when I
get somewhere with it.
Meanwhile, the Middle Earth series now has six boxes planted. Hope
some of you bright folk will decode clues and find them. Actually, I
am hoping to sucker Ryan in to working on the entire series and then
make one so hard he goes stark raving mad trying to find it. That is
ungratious of me, I know. Still I think revenge is a letterbox best
served up cold. Teehee!
My uncle went to the Misty Mountain and all I got was this Damned
Ring,
Sir Balthazar of 100**100D (Googled)
Fake Rocks - pics
2 messages in this thread |
Started on 2003-04-28
Fake Rocks - pics
From: Sir Balthazar (neovolatile@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-04-28 03:33:58 UTC
Fake Rocks - pics
From: Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2003-04-28 07:15:50 UTC-04:00
Wow! Those look really cool! Will you need to paint the other 'red' ones
when you 'fire' them? Or do they turn a rock like color? I was in the craft
store yesterday & saw that Femo comes in lots of colors. I know I used it at
camp a few years ago, but don't recall if it started white or turned white.
We made our dog's paw prints in it & it was amazing how much detail it
picked up (even the hair between and around the dog's toes and 'grain' of
their pads!).
I also wanted to say I love your tag line! It makes me laugh. < My uncle
went to the Misty Mountain and all I got was this Damned Ring>
Scoutdogs
> From: "Sir Balthazar"
> Subject: Fake Rocks - pics
>
> Hi Folk,
>
> I am continuing my quest for THE perfect fake rock. I am also having
> fun doing it. This week I used two fake rocks (the grey ones) for
> microboxes in my Middle Earth series. These are the sort of
> papermache' made with plaster variety. I sprayed them with some dark
> granite faux stone paint. I also just bought some acrylic paints to
> mix in with the stuff when it is mushy still. Show you that when I do
> it.
>
> I also have pics of the brownish red stuff that is oven hardening
> clay. I have not baked it, yet. I have hopes for that.
>
> These pics are at
> http://webpages.charter.net/astroweaver/letterboxing/letterbox.html
>
> I am also going to Dremel out (hey, did I just verb that proper
> noun?) some rather porous rock I just bought. Will show that when I
> get somewhere with it.
>
> Meanwhile, the Middle Earth series now has six boxes planted. Hope
> some of you bright folk will decode clues and find them. Actually, I
> am hoping to sucker Ryan in to working on the entire series and then
> make one so hard he goes stark raving mad trying to find it. That is
> ungratious of me, I know. Still I think revenge is a letterbox best
> served up cold. Teehee!
>
> My uncle went to the Misty Mountain and all I got was this Damned
> Ring,
> Sir Balthazar of 100**100D (Googled)
when you 'fire' them? Or do they turn a rock like color? I was in the craft
store yesterday & saw that Femo comes in lots of colors. I know I used it at
camp a few years ago, but don't recall if it started white or turned white.
We made our dog's paw prints in it & it was amazing how much detail it
picked up (even the hair between and around the dog's toes and 'grain' of
their pads!).
I also wanted to say I love your tag line! It makes me laugh. < My uncle
went to the Misty Mountain and all I got was this Damned Ring>
Scoutdogs
> From: "Sir Balthazar"
> Subject: Fake Rocks - pics
>
> Hi Folk,
>
> I am continuing my quest for THE perfect fake rock. I am also having
> fun doing it. This week I used two fake rocks (the grey ones) for
> microboxes in my Middle Earth series. These are the sort of
> papermache' made with plaster variety. I sprayed them with some dark
> granite faux stone paint. I also just bought some acrylic paints to
> mix in with the stuff when it is mushy still. Show you that when I do
> it.
>
> I also have pics of the brownish red stuff that is oven hardening
> clay. I have not baked it, yet. I have hopes for that.
>
> These pics are at
> http://webpages.charter.net/astroweaver/letterboxing/letterbox.html
>
> I am also going to Dremel out (hey, did I just verb that proper
> noun?) some rather porous rock I just bought. Will show that when I
> get somewhere with it.
>
> Meanwhile, the Middle Earth series now has six boxes planted. Hope
> some of you bright folk will decode clues and find them. Actually, I
> am hoping to sucker Ryan in to working on the entire series and then
> make one so hard he goes stark raving mad trying to find it. That is
> ungratious of me, I know. Still I think revenge is a letterbox best
> served up cold. Teehee!
>
> My uncle went to the Misty Mountain and all I got was this Damned
> Ring,
> Sir Balthazar of 100**100D (Googled)