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Making a Stucco Wall
Posted on December 9th, 2003 No commentswith HirstArts fieldstone and wood plank molds
This isn't "technically" a stucco wall. Its a variation on Wattle and Daub. Wattles were woven sticks or reeds inside a wooden framework and then covered with Daub (clay, dung, whatever was available locally.) This provided insulation and sealed the gaps against the weather. I'm sure that I've seen a similar technique applied to loose stone stacked between wood support beams but couldn't find anything. Since I live in a fantasy world anyway, I thought, "What the hell! Slap me in a dress and call me Alice." Err. I mean, "cover it in spackle and pretend its real". I also figured more people would know what I'm talking about if I called it stucco. I'm very pleased with the result and to heck with reality.
List of Materials - 3x 3" Fieldstone Hirst Blocks
- 4x 3" Hirst Wood Planks
- 4x 1" Hirst Wood Boards
- DAP DryDex Spackling Compound
- Vallejo Paints
- Charred Brown
- Cobra Leather
- Bone White
- Scorpy Green
- Beasty Brown
- Sombre Grey
- Cold Grey
- Skull White
- Pointy Stick (Some sort of carving tool)
- Brown Ink
- Weldbond (Glue)
The finished product is seen right. Its not to scale. I used 3x 3" fieldstone blocks from HirstArts and stacked them. Time to finish this was a about 2 hours because I didn't know what I was doing and I had to wait for the spackling compound to dry.
I painted the wood Charred Brown and picked out the stones in Sombre Grey (Bluish Grey). I didn't touch the Daub yet.
The wood is now given a coating of Beasty Brown. Again, not really a dry brush but I avoid filling in the cracks. The stone is given a light dusting of Bone White.