02-04-2011, 03:45 PM
Wha...huh...OH, you want us to look at the rocks in the picture! That purty little mallet is just too nice a distraction. 
The same goes for working with the lightweight spackle. I think it's a little trickier to carve than plaster, since it's a little 'stickier'. But dipping your carving tools in water regularly as you work alleviates this problem tendancy.
Also a really nice thing about the spackle is that it stays the same color when it dries. I tint it with black acrylic for a nice gray color, but any earth tone would work. After carving some rocks once, I spread the remainder of the spackle on a plate and let it dry, then broke it into boulders and talus.
Galen
The same goes for working with the lightweight spackle. I think it's a little trickier to carve than plaster, since it's a little 'stickier'. But dipping your carving tools in water regularly as you work alleviates this problem tendancy.
Also a really nice thing about the spackle is that it stays the same color when it dries. I tint it with black acrylic for a nice gray color, but any earth tone would work. After carving some rocks once, I spread the remainder of the spackle on a plate and let it dry, then broke it into boulders and talus.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!