08-26-2009, 01:31 PM
I agree with Ed and Russ on concrete for the steps, but part of that has to do with my feelings on the stone texture.
While I think that the stone texture looks very convincing and the method for attaining it is pretty straightforward, I don't think that it's the "right" stone for this structure. In the current application, it appears to me to be too modern for the age of the building - this is not necessarily solely because of the texture, either, but coupled with the non-staggered mortar joints, it reminds me more of some '70s and '80s renovation projects that used textured faux-stone panels to update older structures.
I think that the texture method, as used, would work for more modern structures, as outlined, or on older buildings or construction that used rough-cut stone. Here's a bridge abutment that the texture paint might well replicate, especially with a little weathering:
[album]1368[/album]
...or this pier (note the "seam" lines at the corners, as if it were built from poorly mated plastic sections)
:
[album]1369[/album]
For the headquarters building, though, I think that a stone such as this limestone on Hamilton's former TH&B station would be more appropriate:
[album]1371[/album]
As for replicating it, though, not something that I've been able to do effectively :oops: :
[album]669[/album]
Wayne
While I think that the stone texture looks very convincing and the method for attaining it is pretty straightforward, I don't think that it's the "right" stone for this structure. In the current application, it appears to me to be too modern for the age of the building - this is not necessarily solely because of the texture, either, but coupled with the non-staggered mortar joints, it reminds me more of some '70s and '80s renovation projects that used textured faux-stone panels to update older structures.
I think that the texture method, as used, would work for more modern structures, as outlined, or on older buildings or construction that used rough-cut stone. Here's a bridge abutment that the texture paint might well replicate, especially with a little weathering:
[album]1368[/album]
...or this pier (note the "seam" lines at the corners, as if it were built from poorly mated plastic sections)
:[album]1369[/album]
For the headquarters building, though, I think that a stone such as this limestone on Hamilton's former TH&B station would be more appropriate:
[album]1371[/album]
As for replicating it, though, not something that I've been able to do effectively :oops: :
[album]669[/album]
Wayne