October 24, 2004
Apply the Decals to a piece of Foamcore. DO NOT cut
them out just yet...
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October 24, 2004
Slice apart the Foamcore to seperate the 2 Decals
but LEAVE AN EDGE around the sticker. Take a similar
size piece of Foamcore. The doors are Double Thickness.
Get your Hot Glue Gun and attach the 2 pieces together
like a sandwich.
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October 24, 2004
Once the Hot Glue hardens you can use your Xacto
Blade to sut along the edges of the stickers creating
a perfect CLEAN edge.
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October 24, 2004
Now get your brush and paint the exposed Foamcore
edges.
Niub Niub Tip:
Keep the brush at an angle so you don't get paint
on the Door Decal.
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October 24, 2004
When dry, you can lean your Blastdoors against the
Top Panel and the Corridor Floor.
Looking cool :)
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October 24, 2004
Here is where we are at as of now. As you can see
with the Yellow Arrows, the Blastdoors can open and
close to recreate different scenes from the movie
or just be like a cool playset.
There are 2 ways to display the Diorama. You can
leave the gap on the Left so that when you look into
the Diorama you will see the Doors and the Walls,
like in the film. |
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Or you could Continue
the circle and build more Wall Units, and use the Door Opening
to look inside the room. Both are cool ideas. I will keep
the Open Wall for now. |
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October 31, 2004
Every table needs some legs to stand on right? :)
Well since the table is so wide, I thought of using
some leftover Poster Tube. These are easily found
in post office or Home Depot stores and cost about
$3.00.
Measure 4cm all around the Poster Tube with a pencil.
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October 31, 2004
Now take your Xacto Knife and score all the way around
once to mark the path the blade will take. Then you
can go deeper and poke a hole with your blade.
Simply roll the tube with your hand while you push
the blade in, making it "slide" against
the tube's cardboard surface. This will give you a
clean cut.
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October 31, 2004
If your blade was sharp enough you should have a
perfect 4cm tube like in the picture.
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October 31, 2004
Get out some leftover Mac Tac and cut a piece long
enough to go all the way around the Tube.
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October 31, 2004
Peel the backing slowly to avoid making air bubbles.
Press the Mac tac agaisnt the tube with your fingers
from the center outwards.
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October 31, 2004
Now we just have to trim the excess Mac Tac. Use
a sharp blade and rest it on the top surface of the
tube. Now simply move the knife inwards as you move
slowly against the tube. You should be cutting like
a knife in hot butter :)
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October 31, 2004
Now your table leg is almost complete. I want to
make sure I don't see any ugly brown cardboard reflected
on the main floor so...
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October 31, 2004
It's time for the Big Fat Black marker trick :) Simply
color the edges with your Sharpie.
You could paint, but this is much easier and dries
instantly.
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October 31, 2004
Now use the Hot Glue Gun to attach the tube to the
underside of the Table.
As I was doing this step, I decided to paint the
foamcore a dark grey (a color I had from a previous
Diorama) so that it wouldn't look all white.
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