The Mogollon Railroad

[nachoman]

My tools included two artist's palette knives, a plastic tub from a microwave meal, and a throw away paint brush. My materials included sculptamold, joint compound, playground sand, india ink, and various colors of acrylic craft paint.
   

First, I smeared scultamold over the foam cliff face, using the narrow palette knife to sculpt it into a layered appearance. Sculptamold is excellent for this because it has a long working time, can be applied thick, and does not crack when dried. The idea here is to create more of a finished shape than the foam alone. I applied the sculptamold this in a few reasonable sized batches.