WW1 Trench
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My idea was to make a diorama with a small light in it. To get some experience with electricity.
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A rough cut out where the light would shine through.
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I didn't own a dremel yet, so I had to drill holes and file everything. Not really fun...
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Fixing the led and wires with some vallejo putty.
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First rough idea how the led should work. I still had to think of a way to fix the battery in place.
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Attempt to make floor boards but it wasn't the right scale.
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Behind the floor boards is my "barbed wire" made with some wires out of cable.
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Using vallejo earth texture as mud base and tried to make some water effects with revell 1 transparent email color. (Didn't really work)
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My process of making corrugated sheet metal. I made a groove for the brass sheet to lay on top of.
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Then I made elongated dents with a geo triangle (what I had at hand).
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And voilá, good enough for my purpose.
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After painting and weathering. Really proud how it came out!
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Sandbags of milliput. First time making them and it was really easy and fun to do.
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Drybrushed the surface with brown paint and the craters with black. I also fixed the sticks with barbed wire in place and painted the sandbags. The corrugated steel sheet is not fixed in place yet.
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A tiny ladder made of wooden cocktail sticks.
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From toothpicks and cocktail sticks I made the wall and only used a brown wash. I also fixed the corrugated iron sheet in place and added some supports for it.
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I bought a button and a dremel which made this process so much easier. Now I have a way to opperate the light.
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A glamerous view of the bottom. I figured that the fasted and easiest way was to use the base of the tealight I pulled apart as a way to fix the battery in place.
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Added the ladder, some grass and vallejo still water. This is the current state of the vignette.
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This is the view when the button is pressed. The light flickers and subtle.
Kommentarer
24 January 2019, 10:26
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Haha there wasn't really much behind it. I began sketching and when I measured it, it was around 1:80. I could have easily picked 1:72 or 1:78. 🙂
10 September 2019, 13:19