November 18, 2001
Next I bought some regular cotton balls at the drugstore. |
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November 18, 2001
Place pieces of cotton into the box between the wires... |
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November 18, 2001
...then using a pen or stick, poke the cotton behind
the wires.
This will become the insulation that was placed on
the real movie set. |
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November 18, 2001
Now I want to give the same texture as the insulation
in the film so i took some tan latex paint and added
water at a 5:1 ratio.
This way the paint is very watery, more like dye.
Use a brush and wet the cotton. The cotton will
absorb the paint and get mooshy. When dried, it will
look just like in the movie :) |
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November 18, 2001
Then I wan't to hide the foamcore edges of the main
corridor.
Using my trusty Hot Glue Gun, I put some glue along
the cut edges and covered the glue with pieces of
cotton. |
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November 18, 2001
Then I wet the cotton with the same watered down
paint mixture as I used on the boxes. |
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November 18, 2001
For the inside, it's good to let some pieces of the
cotton to poke through. It gives us more the look
of insulation and makes us forget it is made of cotton
balls. |
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November 18, 2001
When I was placing the boxes to the corridor I noticed
that you could see some of the edges of the box, so
I decided to take a bit more time and cover every
edge with cotton also. |
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November 18, 2001
Paint all the exposed cotton and let dry completely
before attaching to the diorama. |
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November 18, 2001
The cotton is dry and now we can use the hot Glue
Gun to bond the boxes to the corridor.
This is what the finished boxes look like in their
proper resting place. |
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November 18, 2001
Here is the back view of the hallway showing us the
other boxes.
I noticed once in place that the pipes are maybe
a bit too far back. But that's ok, it still gives
us the same effect and completes the main corridors.
Well, if you don't count the lights that we still
haven't placed yet :) LOL |
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December 16, 2001
Finally after almost 1 month I am finally able to
work on my diorama again. Did I ever tell you that
work and dioramas don't go well together - LOL.
There are TWO walls left to make before the room
can be accessorised.
This is the wall behind Han Solo's Control Panel.
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I cut 2 pieces
of foamcore and glued them together at the same angle as
the supports. |
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December 16, 2001
Here is a new support I cut out of foamcore to help
keep the roof up but also to keep the wall from colapsing
:)
I made it 2 foamcore thickneses for extra strength. |
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December 16, 2001
Here you can better see the proper angle of the wall
and how the support beam helps keep everything in
place.
You can notice that the beam doesn't reach the top.
Don't worry because the ceiling beam will rest on
top of it. |
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December 16, 2001
Next I want to cut out some holes to make box details
like on the main walls on each side of the circular
hallway entrance. The ones with the wires inside them. |
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