RANDOM MEANDERINGS

I've decided to only do bricks for 1/3 of the way up the diorama and doing a stucco type exterior for the rest. This will add a more interesting texture to the outside and not make it appear like a prison cell! Having completed the brick section, i have commenced grouting inbetween the bricks tonight. 1. Using Polyfilla and mixing scrapings of soft pastels to colour i then put the mixture in to a syringe 2. Squeeze the mixture into the spaces of the bricks [harder than it looks!] 3. Using super thick Pams brand baby wipes, i then smoothed the grout into the gaps and wiped the excess off 4. Rear of diorama completed with the ungrouted bricks to compare on the right 5. Side section half completed Part 1 - 1:12 scale Genealogists study Part 2 - 1:12 scale Genealogists study Part 4 - 1:12 scale Genealogists study ©2010 Sarndra Lees

Continued with some more of my diorama tonight. Previous diorama posts Seedy diorama part 1 Seedy diorama part 2 The 'stained' mattress and pillow. Seemed a shame to stain it cos it looked so nice with the new material but would have looked silly to have had a new looking mattress in the scene, so using a wet teabag i made gross stains :-). Stuffing out of bottom of mattress to add perception of age. Close up of the fork on pizza box and there's the coat hanger... Close up of rolled up legal documents and also on the floor behind the bed There's the fork and i was particularly pleased at how real the mattress looked! Toilet paper, floppy disks to shelf; danger sign to door; coat hanger on side of bed.

Another couple of photos from yesterday. Stuck some comics on the floor and a donut too; made a shelf and stuck some 'dimp' on it; a can of drink on the end of the bed and pizza slices in a box under the bed. I thought comics would be more g rated than 1:12 porno mags LOL! There's that shelf with the dimp and a coin to scale