[eightcircuits]

Ive been working on this all year when i get time. Thought ti might help with ideas for other haunters

 

[WickedWino]

That looks wonderful! I like how you used blocks instead of cutting out mortar lines around each stone. What tools did you use to distress the blocks and what kind of paint/sealer did you use? Please do share when you put the whole mausoleum together!

 

[Kwll2112]

Do you find using separate blocks easier or more difficult than cutting the mortar lines in one big sheet?

 

[DustinBurgin]

Wow! I really like it but man this looks way harder then what I'm doing right now.

 

[eightcircuits]

That looks wonderful! I like how you used blocks instead of cutting out mortar lines around each stone. What tools did you use to distress the blocks and what kind of paint/sealer did you use? Please do share when you put the whole mausoleum together!

Thanks the blocks pretty much distress when they are cut with a handsaw I added the cracks and holes. The paint was sprayed on latex black from walmart with a sprayer then I skim coated drylok over it letting the black still show through a bit.

 

[eightcircuits]

Do you find using separate blocks easier or more difficult than cutting the mortar lines in one big sheet?

the blocks were easier. I have done columns out of sheets and it was way more work. the best part is that this was almost free to build.

 

[eightcircuits]

Wow! I really like it but man this looks way harder then what I'm doing right now.

Im following your build. would like to see how it turns out. This was fairly easy except for cutting the blocks in 4 pcs. And it was less expensive than buying foam sheets

 

[eightcircuits]

Making some progress on this. Still needs doors a roof and some finishing touches

 

[eightcircuits]

Making some progress on this. Still needs doors a roof and some finishing touches
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[stick]

I like this and being able to get the block for free that is lot cheaper than buying the foam sheets.

 

[kindo]

super nice job! wondered how this kind of thing would come out with individual blocks. It was a pain carving my stone walls last year and not all of the stone is showing for that reason. lol!

 

[cosplaycostumefun]

Wow this looks awesome! I have never seen styrofoam blocks like that - definitely looks better than fake seams in a sheet! Cannot wait to see the finished photos!

 

[cai88]

This is genius! How many sections do you get out of each block?

 

[punkineater]

Making some progress on this. Still needs doors a roof and some finishing touches
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WoW WoW WoW!!! Magnifecent work.

 

[eightcircuits]

Thanks everyone I cut the blocks in to 4 pcs. making the roof now its going to be full sheets of 1 1/2

 

[66539]

Ive been working on this all year when i get time. Thought it might help with ideas for other haunters.

Thanks for the post. I have used blocks of foam to create walls for my mausoleums as well, but have always backed them in traditional stage frames with a sheet of something supporting them, be it plywood or political signs. I notice that your approach provides needed support, but leaves spaces between the stones that let light through. I'm thinking that might lead to some very eerie back lighting where light creeps out from the cracks. I'm going to have to give it a try.

 

[Haunted Corner]

This is crazy insanely awesome. One Day I hope to create something that looks that good and is large like that.

 

[Bryan316]

Okay. This is WAY too cool.

But I wanna explore the roofless aspect... fog chiller hidden behind it, pumping up and over it, to let the fog fall down from the roof? A smoky waterfall? Then ground-mounted lights shining up into the fog?

 

[eightcircuits]

Thanks Chub for the resurrection. I had forgot to post the final pics. I use this for the entrance to the main tunnel. I have a laser vortex in the tunnel with fog so the fog does creep out of the front when the wind blows that direction.

 

[eightcircuits]

I hate posting portrait pics. They always post sideways.