March 08 2007 |

Sorry for the late in posting this. lots of job to do in the daytime, the sea presented here (well the master) was done during 2 evenings.
so here's the story.

there is no way i can reproduce a half transparent sea shore with another product than polyester resin

Then there is no way that i can produce some realistic waves just by sculpting them for the 10 minutes or so the resin will take to set

I then have to make a mold...

March 08 2007 |

So first sculpting some feather cardboard like below and then covering the stuff with plaster of Paris

March 08 2007 |

"there were those films made in the seventees, where dolls ran through fields, late at night after men"
Piano Magic..

March 08 2007 |

When the plaster is set, i then proceeded to sculpt the waves with Magic Sculp on the top of the plaster. then to reproduce "accurately" (well, we'll see the result eh..) the movement of the water;, i used some thick acrylic gel above it and shaped it with a brush.

Now it's time to make the mold in latex!

March 10 2007 |

Now it's time to do the ground cover..

So now when i have the time I will certainly prepare this "the 10 capital sins of diorama making" bit; buf for the moment here is the theory:

March 10 2007 |

First the picture, and then what we want to do, but how to get there?

March 10 2007 |

here is the first part of my fern doing lesson

March 11 2007 |

here is the part 2 of the "beach ferns" SBS ;)
more professional looking!