WW1 Trench

My idea was to make a diorama with a small light in it. To get some experience with electricity. 

A rough cut out where the light would shine through. 

 

 

 

I didn't own a dremel yet, so I had to drill holes and file everything. Not really fun... 

Fixing the led and wires with some vallejo putty. 

First rough idea how the led should work. I still had to think of a way to fix the battery in place. 

Attempt to make floor boards but it wasn't the right scale. 

Behind the floor boards is my "barbed wire" made with some wires out of cable. 

Using vallejo earth texture as mud base and tried to make some water effects with revell 1 transparent email color. (Didn't really work) 

My process of making corrugated sheet metal. I made a groove for the brass sheet to lay on top of. 

Then I made elongated dents with a geo triangle (what I had at hand). 

And voilá, good enough for my purpose. 

After painting and weathering. Really proud how it came out! 

Sandbags of milliput. First time making them and it was really easy and fun to do. 

 

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. 

A tiny ladder made of wooden cocktail sticks. 

 

 

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. 

I bought a button and a dremel which made this process so much easier. Now I have a way to opperate the light. 

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. 

Added the ladder, some grass and vallejo still water. This is the current state of the vignette. 

 

 

 

This is the view when the button is pressed. The light flickers and subtle.