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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #15 on: 2012-02-14, 16:27:41 »
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.

It looks great. Any idea on the pricing? I don't see it on the website.
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #16 on: 2012-02-14, 16:56:11 »
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #17 on: 2012-02-14, 19:25:06 »
This is the stuff I would use.

http://www.culturedstone.com/photos/6/houses-interior.aspx#123

I had one of their sample books about 15 years ago. Good stuff, and they even have one called "castle stone". :)
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #18 on: 2012-02-15, 18:43:48 »
This is a more expensive option, but there are some Halloween vacuum-formed wall panels here (scroll down a bit for the "cathedral" walls and so on):

http://www.hauntedprops.com/Vacuform-Wall-Panels-Halloween-Props-s/73.htm

And here's a Halloween display that someone did on his house/yard in Leesburg a few years ago, using the foam-board method (the realism varied):

http://makaabe.necrobones.com/gallery.html

Another panel option:

http://www.textureplus.com/stone/
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #19 on: 2012-02-15, 19:22:53 »
Very want!!!!  8)

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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #20 on: 2012-02-15, 20:24:30 »

Yeah, he did a great display for Halloween. It was pretty crazy, he needed a 30' storage unit to store what he couldn't fit in his basement and garage. :) But it was fantastic. The "stone" facade covered the entire length of the front of his house, with the large castle entrance in front of the garage. He had a walk-through haunt, then went through the garage and around the back yard, with a whole walled-in yard area. Very elaborate for a home-haunt.

BTW, here's another faux stone panel option-- they're more expensive (though the cost per square foot could be similar), but also much larger panels (4'x8'), which will make the repeating pattern less noticeable:

http://www.fauxstonesheets.com/store/c/2-Urestone-Panel-Series.aspx

I'm posting a lot of these for my own reference too. Eventually I'm going to need this stuff, either for a room in the house, or for a Halloween display. :)
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Re: not bad, i could do better
« Reply #21 on: 2012-02-15, 20:49:31 »
Oh man, you guys...this is AWESOME.  If anyone's going to be doing up or redoing their man caves, I wanna see pics!  This one sort of reminds me of some of the remains at Kerak.  Not sure if it'd translate well indoors though...what do you knights think?

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