I have been working on a large nativity that I purchased while on vicarage and added significant numbers of pieces to last year. I thought the best place to begin after adding so many pieces was a manger. While constructing the manger, I ran into a few snags on getting the plaster moulds of rock to adhere to the wood. (since historically, Jesus more than likely would have been in a rock/field stone/brick type building) After months of pondering what to do, I changed my entire plan, which was to have plaster molds covering all of the wood, to this more simple design with carved in stone. After nearly completely wearing out a dremel bit with probably about 6 hours of carving individual rocks, here is the rough draft.
Here it is after primer. I added some plaster filler between some of the moulds after this picture was taken, because I felt it just looked like a bunch of pieces simply slapped onto wood.
And here you see it with the new plaster, and a couple layers of airbrushed paint.
Next up will be getting the base color of the logs and adding more color to the rock. This will probably be done by Christmas 2025, but I will at least set out what I get done each year. ;-) It has been a great way to remain focused on the God/man behind all the preparations, and a great stress reliever as well.
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