Tuesday 13 December 2022

Dollarama Find - Egyptian Monolith

 I found this a plaster Egyptian monolith for $4 at a local Dollarama store. It looks similar to the statues that would be found in the Valley of the Kings.  It should work well as Egyptian themed background in a Pulp game set in Egypt.  


Egyptian monolith with two 28mm Dark Fable Egyptian figures

It will  need some painting, possibly with the Woodland Scenics Yellow Ocher stain that will create a naturalistic sand stone look.


Woodland Scenics Yellow Ocher stain

3 comments:

江北武士浪人 said...

Nice find! A nearby store also has them in stock. They seem to be more like unglazed ceramic than plaster

Lord of the Western Keep said...

Thanks, If they are unglazed ceramic I am not sure how well the Ocher stain will work, I will test on an inconspicuous area first.

江北武士浪人 said...

The material may be called "bisque". Here are a couple of pages that discuss painting acrylics on bisque. Priming may reduce the paint absorption:

https://justpaint.org/painting-on-ceramics-with-acrylics/

https://paintinggal.com/how-to-fix-acrylic-paint-on-ceramic-and-keep-it-off/