Work In Progress

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July 6, 2023
Starting to place some destroyed building made from foam boards.
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July 6, 2023
Starting to place some destroyed building made from foam boards.
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July 6, 2023
The buildings are being texturized.
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July 6, 2023
The main work on the building's texture is done and this would most likely be the final displacement of the diorama.
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July 10, 2023
I have have spent some time to give the diorama a ground texture. I have tried a variety of patterns and techniques to find a suitable cobblestone texture, but none of them was satisfying enough, maybe the left part of the one on the lower left was closer to what I had in mind but it was off scale. Also, it came to my mind that the ground will be completely covered in rubbles so there's no point in making a texture... BUT, creating these tiles made me thinking: the buildings I already carved looked more like medieval castle / Northern Europe than Central Italy, so I used one of the texture I got from these trials to make a new building.
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July 10, 2023
New building with updated texture (left) along the old one (right). Misses a few details but I think it's way better.
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July 11, 2023
Some little details have been added to the background building and all have been primed with a mixture of plaster, white glue and water. The ground is one of the tiles used for trying groud textures reversed and then glued to the wood shelf.
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July 11, 2023
Some little details have been added to the background building and all have been primed with a mixture of plaster, white glue and water. The ground is one of the tiles used for trying groud textures reversed and then glued to the wood shelf.
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July 12, 2023
Railings have being added using strecthed sprue and a 0.25 mm plastic rod.
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July 12, 2023
Closeup of the balcony railings
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July 12, 2023
Railings have being added using strecthed sprue and a 0.25 mm plastic rod.
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July 15, 2023
Today I have applied a diluted grey as a base on the whole buildings and gave some “movement” to the rocks with random mixtures of primary red, primary yellow, white and burnt umber. Next step I’ll be giving a very light white/yellow coat to the less damaged part of the walls where the plaster hasn’t fallen off, plus adding some dust effect between the rocks to blend them better.
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July 27, 2023
Added several coats of color to better match it with original walls
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July 27, 2023
Added rubbles (cat littler, popsicle sticks, leftover foam). Colors will be matching in next steps.
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July 27, 2023
Added rubbles (cat littler, popsicle sticks, leftover foam). Colors will be matching in next steps.
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July 27, 2023
Added rubbles (cat littler, popsicle sticks, leftover foam). Colors will be matching in next steps.
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July 27, 2023
Added rubbles (cat littler, popsicle sticks, leftover foam). Colors will be matching in next steps.
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July 27, 2023
After further consideration and advice from fellow modelers, I decided to take some rubbles off for a cleaner scene.
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July 27, 2023
After further consideration and advice from fellow modelers, I decided to take some rubbles off for a cleaner scene.
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July 31, 2023
The third time is a charm! Again, I took everything out because the cat litter started to crack once dried. This time I took some plaster, PVA glue and water, spread it on a pied of wax paper, let it dry, then broke it and put it on the base with a mix of water and PVA. This time it didn't crack so I could apply Vallejo grey primer.
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July 31, 2023
For the color, I tried and keep the tone similar to the walls
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July 31, 2023
For the color, I tried and keep the tone similar to the walls
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July 31, 2023
Almost done, I just need to set some tones straight as maybe the central part of the street should be darker.
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July 31, 2023
Done! Lots of trials and error but I’m kinda proud of how I managed to get it together. It was a very fun and instructional process!
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July 31, 2023
Done! Lots of trials and error but I’m kinda proud of how I managed to get it together. It was a very fun and instructional process!
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July 31, 2023
Done! Lots of trials and error but I’m kinda proud of how I managed to get it together. It was a very fun and instructional process!
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July 31, 2023
Done! Lots of trials and error but I’m kinda proud of how I managed to get it together. It was a very fun and instructional process!
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July 31, 2023
Done! Lots of trials and error but I’m kinda proud of how I managed to get it together. It was a very fun and instructional process!