PHPaul Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) My youngest daughter, who has more artistic talent in her pinkie finger than I'll ever have, wants to do a diorama in a terrarium setting. The center piece will be the ruins of a small castle. She chose this picture from the web as the model. She's never worked with plaster so I volunteered to build the basic form for her, while demonstrating a few techniques. I printed out the picture which, conveniently, was scaled to nearly the exact size of the space available in the diorama, took some measurements and built a form to pour the front wall. Removing the casting from the form caused breaks in some of the thinner areas, but that's a "feature, not a bug" as it's supposed to be a crumbling ruin anyway, right? I carved the left side and did a dark wash on it to demonstrate the technique and then poured, carved and erected the other walls. And here's the "finished" project as far as I'm going to take it. She will finished weathering, detailing, adding rubble and vegetation and blending it into the rest of the diorama. I'll try to remember to post a picture when she finishes it. Given her skills in every other art/craft she enjoys, I expect it will be fabulous. Of course there's a small chance I could be prejudiced... Edited January 1 by PHPaul 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHPaul Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 Started on the weathering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 1/1/2024 at 4:31 PM, PHPaul said: Of course there's a small chance I could be prejudiced... If you weren't I would wonder what kind of Dad you would be. Looks to be an interesting build. I saw a terrarium diorama at a show a few years back with 1/25 scale vehicles in it, pretty intricate work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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charlie8575 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Her work is excellent. As is your casting. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Tier Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Boy this is super cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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