Hello and welcome to my channel, in this video I will show you how I built this little Diorama in a 3D frame. The scene represents an old door of a neoclassical building. I tried to combine the architectural elegance of the time with the wear and tear of the passing of time, trying to create a slightly melancholy and at the same time realistic atmosphere… Well, now let's get to the heart of the construction… I bought a frame of deep, from which I extracted the internal frame that will serve as a container for the Diorama I want to build… After taking the internal measurements of the frame, I cut a piece of Carving Foam, which I will use to create the wall around the door… I cut a piece of 4 mm thick polystyrene, which I will use to create the pavement of the street in front of the door… With the help of a strip, I draw the reference lines for the engraving of the pavement stones… To build the door, I drew a template in 1/1 scale, which I glue onto a cardboard to make it stiffer and therefore more manageable… With the help of the template, I cut out the bottom of the door on which I will then glue the strips… Always with the help of the the template I establish the width of the uprights, which I cut from a balsa tablet, using the balsa stripper… Before gluing the strips, I rub them with a metal brush to age them a bit… To build the door steps, I use polystyrene 8 mm thick… I momentarily insert all the pieces into the frame, to be able to trace the outline and cut out the hole for the door and the steps… Now I start making the incision on the wall.
I start from the bottom by drawing three rows of stones… I then continue by drawing some bricks, up to the level of the arch of the door… I start making the incision by first passing all the horizontal lines with a cutter, so as to create a small furrow, which he will then act as a guide with the engraver… To finish off the stones and bricks, making them more realistic, I give a light pass with a tuff pebble… To create the plaster, I use plaster paste for walls and plaster powder… After having spread the grout, I sprinkle a little gypsum powder with my fingers, then I dab it, again with my fingers, to make it penetrate the wet grout as best as possible… After the grout has dried, I use sandpaper to eliminate all surface roughness and smooth the plaster a bit… To make the external decoration of the door, I use 5 mm thick pieces of polystyrene , which I then engrave to create a stone-effect texture… To make the capitals, I use 3 small rectangles of the polystyrene, offset from each other by about 2 mm. I glue them one above the other, creating a frame effect… Using the template, I cut out a piece of polystyrene to create the upper arch… Now I start the painting phase, first of all, I give a base coat with acrylic color , to which I add vinyl glue and water… When the base coat is dry, I start with the base colour, first on the stones, then on the bricks and the plaster… When the color is dry, I fill the joints between the stones, using the grout in powder… To fill the joints of the bricks, I use a white stucco for walls… Finally I create aging effects, using these washes… I now start gluing the pieces into the frame. First, I create a background for the frame, using 2 mm thick cardboard… Before gluing the door, I draw the wrought iron grates of the windows, which I then print with my 3D printer… To simulate glass, I use a transparent acetate sheet.
. . I'll now move on to the vegetation, to make it, I use teloxis sprigs, which I sprinkle with green leaves and red flock to simulate the little flowers.
. . Finally, to fill in the scene a bit and make it more lively, I decided to insert a kitten, which I place on the door steps… Well, I hope you enjoyed the video.
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