April 22, 2001
Print the Spine Download Textures and cut them with
an exacto knife or scissors if you prefer. |
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April 22, 2001
Apply the Spine Printouts to the sides of the floor.
Here we can also better see the foamcore strips we
glued to the bottom to raise the floor in the diorama. |
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April 22, 2001
Slip the floor between each seperator making sure
not to tear any of the decals we aplied earlier. |
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April 22, 2001
Once the seperators are at the proper distance, Use
Hot Glue to fix them in place so that it adds stability
to the diorama and will prevent the divisions from
tipping over and tearing the floor in half. |
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April 22, 2001
Time to paint the straws. I used a grey spray primer
and then silver car paint in a spray can. Once dry,
as you can see, it really looks like metal rods. Sooo
Cool :) |
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April 22, 2001
Cut the straws the correct length and slide the straws
through the holes into place. You can use glue but
it is not needed since the holes are a nice tight
fit and will prevent them from falling out. |
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April 22, 2001
Here is another angle of the straws and we can better
see the raise in the floor. |
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April 22, 2001
Next, Print and glue the grid floor to some foamcore.
Then cut the excess foamcore away. This will give
you super clean edges. Now the piece is too long to
fit on the floors side, so I cut the correct length. |
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April 22, 2001
Same technique as we did on the floor, Turn the grids
to their undersides and Hot Glue Gun small foamcore
strips to allow the grid to be raised as well. |
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April 22, 2001
Now place the grids to make sure they fit and then
glue them in place to prevent them from slipping out
of place. Though you can leave them loose if you prefer. |
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April 22, 2001
Now time to make more gridfloors for the back of
the hallway. Same procedure...Print, Apply, Cut the
foamcore and apply the spine decals to the sides of
the grids. |
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April 22, 2001
Again, raise the platforms by with small strips of
foamcore and Hot Glue them into place. |
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April 22, 2001
Next we place the grids in the center of the divisions.
These grids lead to the escape pod doors. I Hot Glued
my grids to the base but you don't have to to that
if you wantto move them around. |
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April 22, 2001
One more pipe - oops straw - LOL - is left to place.
Put a dab of glue to the end of the straw and a little
on the side of the floor to prevent the straw from
tipping over. |
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April 22, 2001
Well this is how far I got this weekend. My friend
thought it was the movie set when I showed him the
picture - Heh heh. What do you think? I really love
it. but we are not quite finished yet. |
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