#MyPrinterIsRunningOutOfInk

[stubbornnesskeepsmesane]

Continuing work on the book book diorama, I've finished the floor and it's worked well. I cut a bunch of coffee stirrers into between 2-4 pieces and glued them down to the base using PVA glue. I was initially planning to make it even, but the stirrers themselves were of varying thickness and width so old and uneven it is.

I painted them in very watered down GW paint (doombull brown) and used a gel pen to add nails at the end of each panel.

So that's the bit that worked well. I then tried making bookcases out of craft lolly sticks and that didn't work so well, they warped in the watered down paint, so I'm going to leave them to dry and see if they can be saved.

My initial mock up of the idea so far. My thoughts:

- The floor looks good but a bit bare

- I'm thinking of putting a table in and/or a door on the back wall to break up the monotony.

- I need many more books

- Luminous pink is a terrible colour for a dragon (it was the resin I had left over)

- Given the amount of ambient light when I took the picture and the interior was still dark, I'm going to have to do some kind of lighting set up. Bugger.