Wesley Scoggins
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Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Fake Brick
While we've shown you how to make plenty of smashable accessories, something that you guys keep on requesting are how to make fake bricks that can be thrown without actually smashing someone's head in, so here you go, fake bricks.
First, start out with a brick of floral foam, you can find them already the appropriate size, BUT if you can't, you should still be able to find larger blocks, and the material is so soft that you can cut it with a spoon, so just cut it to the right shape you need.
I got this drill bit out of my drill kit, and I used it as a texturing tool. You don't have to have the exact same thing (you could just as easily texture this with an old fork or a screw driver).
I just tapped the sharp end over and over against the brick just real lighting, leaving all sorts of tiny pits and scratches on the surface. (While they aren't that visible now, they will be once I start putting down paint, which will really show off the depth better.)
I then painted on a layer of grey primer paint to seal the foam.
I then started layering dark red paints on top of the primer paint.
I then rubbed some chalk on it to give it a dusty look, and that is it. After the paint has dried, you can use it however you want. It's light enough that you can throw it as hard as humanly possibly and it wouldn't be able to really hurt anyone, just add in a loud "thwack" noise, and you can really sell it being thrown or whatever else you need it for.
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