Brick impress moulds
New privy
New 1/12 figures
New 1/12 furniture
These brick impress moulds provide a simple way to produce superb brickwork in minutes using DAS (or any other) air drying clay.
 BIMs

Brick Impress Moulds cost £5 each and include full instructions.

Our new DVD shows how to use these moulds to produce realistic finishes on 1/12th and 1/24th model buildings
  • 1/12th scale
  • 1/24th scale
  • Technique
bim001 BIM001 - English bond  bim002

BIM002 - Flemish bond
bim003 BIM003 - Stretcher bond bim004 BIM004 - Floor bond
bim005 BIM005 - Herringbone infill bim006 BIM006 - 6" tiles
bim007 BIM007 - Tudor brick bim008 BIM008 - Brick Quoins (2 moulds - single and double brick quoins)
bim009 BIM009 - Rubble Stone bim010 BIM010 - Coursed Stone
bim011 BIM011 - Roof Slates bim012 BIM012 - Roof Tiles
bim101 BIM101 - English bond bim102 BIM102 - Flemish bond
bim103 BIM103 - Stretcher bond bim104 BIM104 - Floor bond
bim105 BIM105 - Herringbone infill bim106 BIM106 - 6" tiles
    bim108 BIM108 - Brick Quoins (2 moulds - single and double brick quoins)
bim109 BIM109 - Rubble Stone bim110 BIM110 - Coursed Stone
bim111 BIM111 - Roof Slates bim112 BIM112 - Roof Tiles
bim method

The moulds are produced for many different types of brick bond. Brick bonds are the way that bricks are laid to create an interlocking wall. The earliest buildings were built with English bond, where alternate rows are laid along the wall (stretchers) or across the wall (headers). In the 18th century, Flemish bond was introduced, where the bricks are laid with alternate headers and stretchers in each row. Modern buildings with cavity walls have all the bricks laid as stretchers (Stretcher bond). Other moulds can be used for brick floors (bricks laid flat), herringbone infill between timber framing (brick nogging), floor tiles and tudor bricks.
The DAS is rolled out into a flat sheet (like pastry) and then glued onto the wall using PVA glue. The mould is then pressed into the DAS to create the brick pattern. The pattern is repeated across the wall, butting the mould up to the previous imprint. When the wall has been covered the surface is stippled using an old toothbrush to give texture to the brick surface.
When the DAS has dried completely, the brickwork is painted with acrylic paints, using variations of the basic terracotta colour. The colours may look a bit bright at this stage. When the paint has dried, a thin grey-brown wash is applied over the wall to weather the bricks and provide the mortar colour (where the paint settles into the mortar grooves).

Click on the following links for a copy of the instructions: