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  1. PaulinKendal

    First diorama - The Choice

    The tree is going to take a while...
  2. PaulinKendal

    First diorama - The Choice

    I've started on the tree.
  3. PaulinKendal

    First diorama - The Choice

    Thanks for the advice @wotan. Re. empty spaces, I'm intending to make a really large tree. Like, REALLY large! I want it to dominate the scene, pushing viewers to really inspect in detail what's going on beneath it. I've taken tons of pictures, but this tree, with its big, intricate trunk and...
  4. PaulinKendal

    First diorama - The Choice

    I should say that it looks like I'm just slapping this all together, but there has been plenty of forward planning - lots of this going on: That planning seems absolutely vital to me. Without it, I might've missed that my intended front view would've presented one of the figures to viewer like...
  5. PaulinKendal

    First diorama - The Choice

    This is the arrangement I'm going for - the jar is where the tree will go.
  6. PaulinKendal

    First diorama - The Choice

    I decided to whack on some Sculptamold, just to get a feel for it and set up the underlying structure. Once this has gone off I can start thinking about the bare rock outcrops. I added some burnt umber acrylic paint - but clearly not nearly enough! Still, it should ensure there's no completely...
  7. PaulinKendal

    First diorama - The Choice

    I've not got a hot wire cutter, so the foam's been cut with a craft knife and the sides are far from straight! I've got some balsa sheet on order to finish the sides - I'm hoping that'll cover up these sins!
  8. PaulinKendal

    First diorama - The Choice

    I'm also wondering whether I should coat the styrofoam in PVA - I'd like to use the flexibility of the rocks to bend them around a bit, but to do so I really need to use cyano - and I think that'll attack the Styrofoam. The foam clay rock is weird stuff - like a damp, greasy-feeling, slightly...
  9. PaulinKendal

    First diorama - The Choice

    OK, I'm one of the world's great procrastinators, but I've run out of excuses not to start on this. The three figures are painted, and I don't want to start building the feature tree until the base is at least part-completed. So start on the base I must. I started by cutting a 12mm ply...
  10. PaulinKendal

    The Choice

    For scale...
  11. PaulinKendal

    The Choice

    OK, so this has been a real struggle. Lots of issues with priming, lots more issues with skin tones - and I'm still not wholly satisfied with the end result. However, I'm hoping that the flaws are more obvious to me than other viewers, and that once she's in the finished diorama even I might be...
  12. PaulinKendal

    Latest Acquisitions (2023)

    Just in from 4D Model Shop - for my first-ever diorama! Four sheets of Styrofoam, a bag of Sculptamold, two flexible mixing bowls (for mixing batches of Sculptamold), a couple of packs of tongue depressors (to stir and apply it), two Woodland Scenics rock moulds, some craft foam clay (to go in...
  13. PaulinKendal

    Making chilli sauce

    Back to the sauce. 48 hours in, and fermentation has definitely begun. There's a distinctive spicy, fruity smell in the kitchen and, if I press down on the glass puck keeping it all submerged, co2 bubbles up.
  14. PaulinKendal

    I love making curry

    I bet that's good. Here's my favourite curry cookbook, even though I'm not a Hindu and I do eat fish! :hungry:
  15. PaulinKendal

    Making chilli sauce

    Kendal is too small (and, dare I say it, too Anglo-Saxon) to have any Asian mini-markets, so I have to wait until I'm somewhere more diverse to get chillis in bulk at a sensible price for this chilli sauce. I stock up on dried pulses at the same time. And yes, I do cook my own curries! I...
  16. PaulinKendal

    Making chilli sauce

    Thanks for the clarification, Tim. All makes sense to me! I also make chutney and jam. Or rather marmalade - tons of it!
  17. PaulinKendal

    Making chilli sauce

    I don't think it really matters. You roughly chop the chillis, pack them tightly in a jar and cover with the brine. So the amount of brine you need to add depends on how tightly you pack the chilli pieces. How salty does your brine need to be? That's largely a matter of taste, I believe. Here's...
  18. PaulinKendal

    Making chilli sauce

    If you love commercial hot sauces (Encona, Sriracha etc.) you might consider making your own. I've started doing this, it's dead easy and absolutely delicious. My first batch was made with Jalapeño peppers and garlic. You roughly chop the ingredients, cover them in brine and leave them to...
  19. PaulinKendal

    The Choice

    I nearly always do eyes first too, Tim! I've been all over the place with this figure - outside-in on lots of it, and I'm going to have to do loads of touching up, I've badly rubbed paint off and sloshed paint over finished bits. Inside-outwards is definitely the way to go!
  20. PaulinKendal

    The Choice

    Trying to wrestle her face into some sort of order - pushing paint around, as Tim says.
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