Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Make Cheap Fake Rocks For Any Stage

There are a Broad disparateness of ways to mimic the examine of rocks


While actual rocks are certainly cheap and available, they're still very bulky for most event productions. Lightweight, homemade rocks are light to alteration between scenes and won't pose an injury risk to actors whether they fall or roll. Bring about your own rocks from inexpensive materials that you can easily proceeding and custom-build to fit the shape, vastness and colour needs of your Industry.


Instructions


Papier Mache


1. Cause a frame from chicken wire and duct tape for a large rock by forming the wire into a excessive, irregular and hollow ball. Trim elsewhere or fold in any loose, sharp wire ends. For a inconsequential rock, operate a lump of oil-based clay.


2. Tear strips of newspaper measuring approximately two inches by five for a vast rock, or one inch by three for a small rock (these are Rugged estimates; adjust the sizes of the pieces as you drive to receive commendable coverage and avoid bunched-up areas of extremely all the more paper).


3. Dip the strips of paper in wheat adhesive and wrap them enclosing the frame. Let the elementary layer dry (this takes approximately three hours, depending on moisture levels where you employment). Add two else layers and let this dry. Keep up doing two layers at a age until you've done approximately eight total. Let the piece dry completely before you continue.


4. Saw the rock shape in half, if using a clay frame. Scoop out the clay. If you like, add some marbling texture by applying a lighter gray paint using a scrunched-up magazine page. Alternately, spray with granite texture spray.

Polystyrene

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Glue the pieces back together with wood glue.5. Paint the rock with matte gray paint.



Break off chunks of polystyrene of the size of rock you want. Carve shapes as desired with a craft knife or saw, or sand for smooth rocks. If need be, glue together pieces of foam with wood glue for larger rocks. Almost any shape will look good in the final product, provided you cut off areas that have an obviously machine-manufactured straight edge, letter imprints or other obviously unnatural shapes.


7. Coat the polystyrene with paint primer. Let dry according to the primer's instructions.


8. Paint the polystyrene with a layer of matte gray, brown or beige paint, or spray with a granite texturing spray.