How to Make a Concrete Garden Statue - DRAGON / ALLIGATOR скачать в хорошем качестве

How to Make a Concrete Garden Statue - DRAGON / ALLIGATOR

Follow along with this video tutorial to learn how to make your own dragon garden statue from some simple materials and a little concrete mortar. Sculpting garden statues and lawn ornaments from a cement mix can be a fun and rewarding hobby. With just a few materials that are easy to source, you can make all kinds of interesting pieces on your own. For this dragon, the sculpting is started by using reclaimed styrofoam to make a base form. There are a few options for sourcing styrofoam other than to buy it, especially if you are a resourceful person. Pieces of the foam are built up together and cut to shape the basic form you want the sculpture to be. This base form is held together with a few common nails. Once the base form has been shaped, it is wrapped with galvanized steel mesh, also called diamond mesh, steel lath, diamond lath, etc. This layer of steel mesh has two jobs to do - one is add strength and structure to the base form, and the other is to give the concrete a good surface to cling to and be worked into. This is especially good for any vertical surfaces the concrete has to cover. A cement mortar mix is made and applied to the entire dragon statue. Sculpting, shaping texturing, and detail work of the mortar mix is done using a margin trowel, a point trowel, a sea sponge, a small paint brush. When the sculpting is all done, the statue will need to cure fully for about 28 days. This is when concrete, and mortar, reach full strength. Use a grinding stone, file, and or sand paper to smooth out the rough concrete finish before painting and sealing. Painting the dragon statue is done using both an airbrush and a spray bottle technique. The two different paint applications give more depth to the colors. Both methods use acrylic paint with water added at about a 4:1 ratio (4 parts water to 1 part paint). Airbrushing gives full coverage as well as good shading. Painting with a spray bottle leaves spots which add to the depth of the coloring. A layer of silver is added to the dragon for a shimmer effect adding some "magic" to the statue. Once the painting is complete and fully dried, concrete sealer is used to protect the new paint as well as the whole concrete statue in general. With the acrylic paint, you want the concrete sealer to be compatible, so this statue has a water-based acrylic concrete sealer applied. After a day or two of drying thoroughly, the concrete statue is ready for the garden! 00:00-02:28 - Introduction to dragon garden statue tutorial 02:29-10:43 - Building a styrofoam core form 10:44-17:28 - Galvanized steel mesh applied 17:29-22:50 - Mixing concrete mortar 22:50-59:29 - Sculpting, texturing and adding details to the garden statue 59:30-1:08:07 - Scraping and sanding the cured concrete statue 1:08:07-1:33:04 - Painting the dragon garden statue 1:33:04-1:39:40 - Applying concrete sealer 1:39:40-1:41:44 - Finished dragon statue, pictures, materials used #creatingconcrete #diyconcrete #tutorial