I wanted some pillars. In fact, I've wanted some pillars for quite a while. I had a pretty good idea of how to make them but I just never got around to doing it. But a couple of days ago I made them. They are cheap and easy and super quick to make. Here they are:
To make these the main ingredient is wine corks. I bought a bag of these years ago to use for sculpting. You can get them from most home-brew suppliers. The other ingredients are: 30mm round lipped bases and 30mm mdf bases. These piece are not compulsory and other similar items could be used.
Glue a pair of corks together.
Take some bases.
Glue them on to the ends of the corks. Glue the mdf base on to the bottom/base
Undercoat them. (This is Egbert, the 28mm Saxon for scale reference)
Paint them grey (or whatever colour you want) and dry-brush them.
They are finished. They're lightweight, sturdy and stable. I might magnetize the top of them so that I can add some sort of walkway on top.
As I was making these I thought to myself: "Hmmm... These would make really good pedestals to hold figures while I'm painting them". One cork + an mdf base. Hot glue or Blutack the figure onto the mdf base.... Start painting. Easy!
Wooow! That's looking awesome!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking.
Thanks. Nice and easy.
DeleteA clever idea to make some simple and effective looking pillars.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter. I'm pretty happy with them. Good results for a minimum effort.
DeleteNot sure weight on the bottoms is necessary, but I'm thinking you could get some flathead wood screws, apply them into the bottoms, before you glue the corks to their bases, to add more weight on their bottoms, if they prove to be too tippy.
ReplyDeleteI've made a few columns using PDF texture prints. I like this approach as well, and perhaps more because i think these would be simpler to make, as well as being faster. Thanks for posting this on The Lead Forum, where I learned of this link and blog! Cheers!