Author: Dave Frary
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Published: 1991
ISBN: 0-89024-124-4
Pages: 132
Cost: $18.95
| Chapter | Page | Title / Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | Introduction |
| New materials available, how to use this book, and list of tools to have to do scenery work. | ||
| 1 | 7 | Designing Scenery with Plans and Models |
| Create a scale model of what you want your scenery to look like. Create scene themes, and developing a scenic plan. Planning and installing layout lighting. | ||
| 2 | 13 | Building Scenic Forms and Shells |
| Using the cardboard webbing technique for scenery base. Installing tunnel portals and interior walls. Using styrofoam as a scenery base. Working with plaster. Adding paper towels or gauze to form strong scenery bases. Working with Sculptamold. | ||
| 3 | 23 | Basic Colors and Textures |
| Creating basic earth colors using latex paint. Various color mixture recipes. Using paints and dyes. Making dyed sawdust. Grinding foam rubber. Water-soluble adhesives. | ||
| 4 | 31 | Modeling Rock and Rubble |
| Making rock molds. Casting rock faces in place. Rock coloring formula. What is "wet water"? Step-by-step instructions on painting rock. Creating rubble. Gluing rubble and rock. Casting retaining walls | ||
| 5 | 42 | Scenic Finishing: Texture over Texture |
| Various texture materials available on the market. Gluing texture. Ballasting track. Creating clutter. Using real dirt on layouts. Building dirt roads. | ||
| 6 | 53 | Trees, Stumps, Weeds, and Vines |
| Using real twigs and sticks for tree armatures. Coloring tree trunks. Bark relief washes. Adding branches and foliage. Using polyfiber. Using dried florist's materials. Modeling evergreen trees. Bumpy chenille pines. Creating stumps using a mold and plaster. Growing vines. Using lichen. Modeling tall grasses. Creating weeds. | ||
| 7 | 71 | Modeling Water |
| Preparing surface for water. Using plexiglass for water base. Forming banks. Painting flat bottoms. Building 3-D stream bases. Using gloss varnish, acrylic gloss medium, polyester resin, and epoxies. Waves and white water. Ripples and rough water. Waterfalls and rapids. | ||
| 8 | 86 | Backdrops and Background Scenery |
| Basic backdrop construction. Curved corner backdrops. Dealing with seams. Painting backdrops (covers all parts of backdrop scenery and how to paint them - very good). Painting using projected slides. Installing paper backdrops, and offset backdrops. Structures as background scenery (using smaller-than-modeled scale for forced perspective). | ||
| 9 | 98 | Diorama Techniques for Foreground Scenery |
| Tricks in using slopes and placing structures. Leading the viewer through a scene. The rule of thirds. Using fences. Diorama-quality trees. Foreground texture. Track is part of scenery. Building paved roads, telephone poles, and installing cast details. Painting and weathering. | ||
| 10 | 111 | Special Situations and Special Effects |
| Allow for easy removal of buildings, trees, people, and vehicles to change the scenery around from time to time. Lots of information about weathering. Creating styrofoam scenery. Making urethane foam rocks. Ceiling tile rocks. | ||
| 11 | 120 | Modeling the Changing Seasons |
| Modeling winter and fall. | ||
| 12 | 127 | Repairing and Rejuvenating Scenery |
| Dealing with dust and ultraviolet light. Performing touch-ups and repaired scratched water. | ||
| 13 | 132 | Index |