October 08, 2001
Now we can start attaching the center pillows.
Most of them are not in yet because I have to fill
in the squares for the lights. Then I have to attach
the tube to the diorama room before placing the final
pillow arch in the front.
I would say I am maybe half way done. |
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October 08, 2001
And here is our result after 3 long days work. Once
the front arch is in place as well as the Chess table
and bench, it will all fall into place. |
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October 13, 2001
I stuck Super Sculpey in the cracks around the pen
caps, used my Paint stripper gun to harden it and
then used my latex paint to color the squares green
and cap tops grey. |
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October 13, 2001
Since these will have lights in the back and we only
want illumination in the cap slits, I painted the
back of the pieces in black to block out all excess
light. |
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October 13, 2001
Next up - OH NO!!! - More pillows - LOL.
These are for the side entryway to the cockpit hallway.
At least there were not 150 of them :)
I put these in the oven and then painted them in
the same fashion as the other hallway pillows |
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October 13, 2001
Using my trusty Hot Glue Gun I secured the "light
pannel" pillows to their propper positions.
You can also see in the center the side pillows leading
to the cockpit hallway.
A little decal was created in Photoshop and applied
with Gluestick to prevent warping of the paper.
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Han decided
to check up on the construction process :)
The hallway is almost complete. You probably have noticed
some holes in the wall. This is where the exposed pipes
and wire boxes will eventually be placed. |
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October 14, 2001
Time for some last details before attaching the walls
to the floor.
Another 3 holes were cut out in the ceiling's front
extrusion.
The dotted lines help us see better the shape of
the cut.
The white arrows point where the 3 boxes were removed. |
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October 14, 2001
Since I want light to shine in, I have to cut 3 holes
in the roof as well do that outside lightsources can
be pointed inwards to light up the set.
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October 14, 2001
This picture shows us where the light sources will
shine into the diorama. But we can't just leave ugly
holes now can we? :) |
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October 14, 2001
I found an old lamp that had plastic sheets as a
lampshade. Since I haven't used that lamp in 6 years,
I thought let's recycle :) hee hee.
I cut rectangles in the same size as the ones I
cut out from the ceiling.
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These cuts were
difficult and required HARD pushing with the Xacto knife.
Remember to be VERY carefull when cutting in such situations.
A diorama is not worth loosing a finger. |
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October 14, 2001
The 3 pieces of plastic fit perfectly into their
respected slots.
Now the light can come through and add ambient light
to the diorama :) |
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October 14, 2001
I knew one day I would find a use for these cool
shapes of plastic!
I took 2 razor protection caps from Gillette (shameless
plug - heh heh) and used a little bit of hot glue
to bond them together.
On the left you can see what a single cap looks
like. On the right, the bonded caps. |
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October 14, 2001
Since I only want light to come through the holes,
Again I painted the entire surface with latex Black
paint.
Make sure to paint on the OUTside. This way, when
viewed from the front, the plastic retains it's glossy
look. |
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October 14, 2001
This is where you can see how the pattern acts perfectly
as fancy light source. |
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October 14, 2001
Just stick the razor caps into the slots and voila,
instant fancy grid lighting.
If you don't want to put real lighting you can always
use a printed decal to simulate the grid. |
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