I thought that if I create this thread, I am committing myself to actually creating a diorama. It will not be complex but I will be making it without buying anything other than materials.
I have created an A4 base that fits into a thin black photo frame, so yes, I did by a photo frame..... failed already lol.
Anyway, I have given it a bit of a 3D look in that it has a bit of height to the rear which I hope to finish with a hedgerow (if I can work out how to do it
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failing that, it will be a fence....
I decided that the left hand back corner needed height but not too much, something like a tree. As I have made the no buy rule, I have started to make a tree
Yep, I am diving in at the deep end but after reading loads of ideas and watching a few videos, I have gone with the twisted wire method. Why? Well, I had some soft wire that would just about enough to make a smallish tree with a decent canopy.
This is the basic tree made from 28 gauge jewlers wire from HobbyCraft
Here it is roughly where it will end up on the diorama base which has just been plastered with filler for the first coat
This shows the height relative to the UHU, ignore the weird colour, I have taken these with my phone and I have not altered the colour balance
Here is the tree with the first coat of PVA mixed with Tree Mendus Earth Powder (which I suspect is finely filtered soil, it certainly smells like soil!) It will need more coats to thicken it up and hide the twisted wire look. I hope that the PVA will remain flexible enough to allow a little alteration to the branches position.
Sorry about the duff pictures. To be honest, when I started making the tree, I thought it would be in the bin within minutes but it turned out better than I expected. Still a long way to go though
I have created an A4 base that fits into a thin black photo frame, so yes, I did by a photo frame..... failed already lol.
Anyway, I have given it a bit of a 3D look in that it has a bit of height to the rear which I hope to finish with a hedgerow (if I can work out how to do it
ops failing that, it will be a fence....I decided that the left hand back corner needed height but not too much, something like a tree. As I have made the no buy rule, I have started to make a tree
Yep, I am diving in at the deep end but after reading loads of ideas and watching a few videos, I have gone with the twisted wire method. Why? Well, I had some soft wire that would just about enough to make a smallish tree with a decent canopy.
This is the basic tree made from 28 gauge jewlers wire from HobbyCraft
Here it is roughly where it will end up on the diorama base which has just been plastered with filler for the first coat
This shows the height relative to the UHU, ignore the weird colour, I have taken these with my phone and I have not altered the colour balance
Here is the tree with the first coat of PVA mixed with Tree Mendus Earth Powder (which I suspect is finely filtered soil, it certainly smells like soil!) It will need more coats to thicken it up and hide the twisted wire look. I hope that the PVA will remain flexible enough to allow a little alteration to the branches position.
Sorry about the duff pictures. To be honest, when I started making the tree, I thought it would be in the bin within minutes but it turned out better than I expected. Still a long way to go though
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