Facade Ideas? - Page 2

Shadow Dancer · #11 (**permalink**) 04-20-2005, 03:47 PM

Thanks guys~ I love the idea of using foam board as embelishments. Here's a pic of what i have to work with, so now....??

Empress Nightshade · #12 (**permalink**) 04-20-2005, 04:33 PM

...so, now....I think you need to come to my house and bring that with you! LOL! It's wonderful!
Instead of me helping you, I'm wondering how you did it. I need something like that.
Ever think of completing it by making the brown parts of the canvas look like brick or stone? Adding a few painted cobwebs, spiders, etc...
I must ask...I just can't help myself....Shadow, how did you create your facade? Are you an artist?

Shadow Dancer · #13 (**permalink**) 04-20-2005, 10:06 PM

An artist? Not really, I minored in art in collage and have done a few murals but it's mainly just crafty stuff and of cource Halloween decorating, Thanks tho. As for the construction, like I mentioned in the first post the tarp is oil treated so it is waterproof and pretty smooth. I started by drawing the window on newspaper I taped together. Then I went over my drawing with a stick of my sons sidewalk chalk. I turned the newspaper drawing upside down on the tarp and gave it a good rub transfering the drawing to the tarp. I then painted it with some old artist acrylic paints I had, but I'm sure u could use exterior house paint as well. If I remember correctly, I got the tarp at Menards for around $70. It's so easy to store- just fold it up. Initially I intended to finish the tarp as a castle, but I don't know now. I like the idea of using foam board somehow with it.

crazybob · #14 (**permalink**) 04-21-2005, 07:34 AM

Is that a painter's tarp?

Shadow Dancer · #15 (**permalink**) 04-21-2005, 11:11 AM

No it's not a painter's tarp as it has some kind of oil type water proofing on it. I think it's used as an outside rain cover that would weather really well. It's really quite heavy.

Empress Nightshade · #16 (**permalink**) 04-21-2005, 06:25 PM

Shadow,

is there a tag on it somewhere or can you find a name for me on the tarp. I'm in California and I don't have Menards here.

Shadow Dancer · #17 (**permalink**) 04-21-2005, 10:11 PM

It's still in storage in my attice Empress, but I have to make run to Menard's tomorrow for some tomato cages so I'll look into it for ya.

Empress Nightshade · #18 (**permalink**) 04-21-2005, 11:32 PM

Thank you, Shadow. And too bad we dont' live closer to one another. I have tomato cages just sitting in my shed. I've been wondering if I could make them into a prop....

Shadow Dancer · #19 (**permalink**) 04-22-2005, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madmax

Something like this would work

I copy this for my Indy Jones theme for last year. I made it all out of foam boards, but I had 3 stacks (FREE) of foam like this to work with.

You could paint the blocks on your tarp and get a couple sheets of foam board to make the pillars.

Lucky duck to get all that free foam board~ do u have picks of your indy Jones cave Madmax??

Shadow Dancer · #20 (**permalink**) 04-23-2005, 01:17 PM

Ok Empress, the tarp I used for this project was a "Canvas Tarpaulin" made by Gosport manufacturing Co. Inc. in Gosport In. it's a 12' X 20' and the price on the one I saw today was $90 ( I must have hit a sale) Anyway, I got mine at Menard's but I'm sure any home improvement or hard ware store would have them.