This method of stone walling uses Bromley Crafts Realistic Brick compound https://www.craft-products.com/realistic-brick-compound.php. The process starts with the wall structure w made from mountboard and glued to the base. Originally the walls where painted a light grey but after seeing timms work on the forum using a much darker background I opted for painting the walls black. Work started with the gate posts.
The edges of each gateway where masked off and a layer of brick compound applied, masking tape removed, allowed to set and a layer of matt varnish applied to lock it in place. Before adding the varnish any stray blobs or irregularities can be removed with sandpaper or a scalpel.
Next the main stone work was applied. The rough stone stencil provided by Bromley just doesn't reflect the stone shape common to my local area so I set about making my own stencil. I drew out a stone pattern on paper then using a sheet of, I think 190 micron thick, Mylar layed over the paper pattern I cut out the shapes in the mylar with a craft knife.
The top of the wall was masked off for the capping stones and the compound applied in a rough uneven layer. (There are various youtube videos depicting how to use the realistic brick compound)
Finally the capping stones where done by using millimetre wide masking tape layed approximately 1 mil apart and a layer of brick compound applied
This method is great for fast production of stone walling on the side of sheds etc, but I felt wasn't the effect I was looking for with boundary walls so the above was scrapped and a new method used Stone Walling
Below are some photos of a shed produced using the compound
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