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Hi Everyone,

 

I'm new to this forum so apologies in advance if any of my enquiries are not appropriate.

 

I am just wondering if anyone has recommendations for good places to source vac form with a stonework effect. Need to cover three walls built with standard 8*4' flats, altogether should be around 25m in length.

This is a student production and the most we can allocate on walls is around 200 pounds. I wonder if hiring or buying second-hand vac-form would be ideal for us? Most places come up during my research are selling brand-new ones and therefore more expensive. The studio is in London.

Any leads would be much appreciated! Thanks and have a good day!

 

Best,

Shawn

 

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Hi, welcome to the Blue Room!

 

I doubt you'll find anyone selling it used. Tends to be kept and used til it falls apart. You might find somewhere that has made up flats in stock they'd hire out.

In terms of suppliers I've always used Peter Evans Studios in Dunstable - are there other suppliers?

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Back in the day people used to carve stone walls out of polystyrene insulation. But it's neither fireproof or cheap. Plus the fumes given off while carving are toxic.

On a whim I bought a (Chinese?) photographic backdrop from eBay and it was remarkably good. They might do something that would work.You could try "scenery salvage" in great Missenden?

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One of my friends in the amateur theatre was an expert in carving thick polysterene sheets with a chainsaw into fireplaces and the like. I am well out of the scene now but they recently insulated our council flat in Jablite and I wondered at the time if that would make a safe alternative? Anyone know?
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IMO you have a budget vs effect problem. A 25m run of stone wall flat will need a big van or two to move it -if you find it to hire, so you'll be over budget by a lot by the time it's on stage. It's better to revue the whole project. To be honest the cost of timber for flats challenges your budget let alone the cost of paint. Theatre involves a lot of "suspension of disbelief" look for an idea that suggests what you want without all the costs.
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second for peter evans - could you however use partial sheets on the walls to give the effect of stones and fill in the gaps with paint. I did this with a fairytale castle when budgets were tight. Looked pretty good and gave the impression of old brickwork etc. If I can find a picture I will show it.
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At a school they gave thin 5-10mm sheets of sponge to the kids and told them to cut brick shape pieces, these were stuck to cream painted ply sheeting then the kits painted the sponge in assorted brick colours.

 

Certainly not fire retardant though.

 

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