Board nearly finished

Finally a pic again. The board is nearly finished. There's some paint cleanup to be done and I'm not sure I like the color around the grate. Also a bunch of details need to be added: some blood spots, painting the pit, etc.

It's really nice to see it starting to come together though.

Plaster!

50 lbs of plaster on the doorstep today. I'm going down to the basement now to start casting and gluing. I'll probably work on some of the basecoating as well.

Shouldn't be long now. I'll throw some basecoating pictures up shortly.

Base coating

No pics this time, but I broke out the airbrush and started base coating the two sections I have while I wait for the new box of plaster to arrive.

I use an airbrush because the propellant in a regular can of black primer will melt the foam. I'm not 100% sure it's faster than using a brush, but the airbrush is still new to me so I'm experimenting.

And more casting

As of last count I have 230 tiles done for the middle tier so I'm past the halfway point... give or take...

It looks like I have maybe 10 more molds worth of plaster before I run out so no need to rush since I don't have my new box yet.

I do have some tiles set aside for some color experiments so that should be done shortly. Hopefully I'll get some time Sunday for that. Saturday we're having a party during the day and returning to KotS at night.

Casting, casting, casting

Not much to add, been casting molds, but not at the rate I would like. I think I need somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 tiles for the center section and I've only cast 150.

Of course speed isn't a big deal yet since I'm going to run out of plaster. I've contacted the nice people at Clint Sales and should be able to order my new box shortly.

I've started the statue, I should be posting about that process within a day or two.

Altar floor finished

The altar floor is finished. This one was really easy, just a straight tile job over the foam. My supply of Merlin's Magic is running low so I'm going to order a 50lb. box on Monday. Hopefully it'll get here before I run out. Even if it doesn't I need to do a couple of casts with Plaster of Paris to experiment with color schemes.