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not bad, i could do better
« on: 2012-02-12, 01:47:55 »
http://offbeathome.com/2012/02/game-room-inspiration

how would you lay out your secret man cave dragons lair?
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #1 on: 2012-02-12, 13:29:45 »
It needs more armour.  ;D
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #2 on: 2012-02-12, 17:48:56 »
Agreed!  Still, the room has great bones.  Thinking I should finish the basement...
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #3 on: 2012-02-12, 20:46:57 »

I love it. But I agree, it needs more swords and armor and the like. One little rack of weapons off to the side doesn't cut it.

I think more of that shelf space should be displaying period manuscripts and medieval artwork too, in addition to lots of books. :)
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #4 on: 2012-02-13, 03:45:57 »
I remember seeing this years back. I never did see pics of it with the smoke/fog machine or anything else "operational". I love the stone walls though.
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« Reply #5 on: 2012-02-13, 04:04:40 »
I do have to say though, it's a wondeful foundation for something that could be great.  :)
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #6 on: 2012-02-13, 22:03:33 »

A few additional pics here:

http://www.acaeum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8714

I'm wondering what the "stone" in the walls is made out of. I think they're a little bright and don't have enough contrast with the "mortar" lines between them. For my taste, anyway. But in any case, it's beautifully done.

I need to do something like this for an armory room eventually. :)
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« Reply #7 on: 2012-02-14, 05:43:41 »
The stone looks like either cast "surface" stones, like the kinds you'd put over top of a concrete block wall, or possibly just a very thick layer of stucco that he used a bricklayer's mortar tool to scribe the mortar lines, then stippled the "stones" with a brush. Those were the two "practical" ways I came up with back when I was castle-build-planning many years ago.
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #9 on: 2012-02-14, 12:27:23 »
tile, not a bad way to go!
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #10 on: 2012-02-14, 14:00:21 »
I'll be keeping this for inspirational purposes...I think it is time for me to start planning that sort of thing.  I know, I know...I'm the world's worst at starting stuff.  RK, love that tile...love it.  Wow.
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #11 on: 2012-02-14, 14:22:52 »

One idea I had was to do it the way people make stone facades for Halloween displays. Basically, screw 1/4" plywood panels onto the wall (so they're removable), and then glue onto them "stone" slabs made from foamboard. The foam can be cut and shaped pretty easily with the right tools, and can be roughened up on the surface with spray-paints (they "eat" the foam to some degree). This keeps the panels light-weight and removable, and they can still be painted with latex paints to look very real.
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« Reply #12 on: 2012-02-14, 15:01:20 »
glue will eat that foam too!! foamwould be so much cheaper i think.
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #13 on: 2012-02-14, 15:33:17 »

It depends on the glue. Liquid nails or silicone should be safe to use.
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #14 on: 2012-02-14, 16:22:53 »
Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2012-02-14, 12:27:23
tile, not a bad way to go!

It's actually cultured stone.  Looks very real in person.  We're using some of it in the office.
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