new pics
More rock work on the gorge, different tecnique this time this area is all compleatly hand carved. There is so much more detail with this technique but it takes a long time and you must have good access to the spot in which you are working. This was not suited to the other spots plus the detail would not have been seen. I ran out of sculptamold and the last several times I have gone to the LHS they have not had it. So, instead I got the paper mache they sell in little bricks (1 lb). Then I added some plaster ( 4 lbs). It turns out that is alot of paper mache to plaster but it was hard to tell in that compressed brick. I found several advantages, I had much much longer working time, it is just now compleatly dry 2 days later. It still held its shape after I was done carving, it drys mostly in an hour but it still feels soft for a while. Also, it is gray to start with. It "worked" much better. I also bought but havent used yet this sculting plaster, never seen it before now. I aso stuc a failed attemt at a bridge on top to show where it is going to go. In the pictures the rocks look blotchy, it's a camera issue not a painting one.