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Making an original model

So for this model, i decided to start the process by just sitting down and trying to think of objects that could be in the room. The brainstorming process was not even thinking of a specific layout, but just spamming a bulleted list with a minimum of 50 things to look at. I figured that this would make for enough objects to create, that the room would be full of visual interest, by virtue of just simply being full of stuff. Lots of Stuff. And that stuff would help fill in the story of what was going on, and what the space was used for. I decided that the actual building process would come after i decided what needed to be built. That list is at the bottom of the page.

I started with building the furniture. Just this process alone was a lot of fun. I ended up using legos to sketch out the build, so i could get an approximate sense of scale, and shape for each object. I landed on using the legos for a rudimentary scale as well. 2 stud units to a foot. This gave reasonable scale, and things fell into place.

a small lego writing desk, next to an unpainted wooden version of approximate size and shape. — **The writing desk.**
The desk was me having too much fun with adding structural detail. Here you can see the lego sketch next to the final project!

A top down shot of the room. All of the furniture is raw basswood, and unpainted. A bunk bed, a weapon rack with weapons, a cabinet, a writing desk, an end table, a dresser, and a sheild are loosely arranged in the space. — **The unpainted majority of furniture.**
Here was a dry fit, to make sure that all the pieces actually fit in the room, and that it still felt comfortable. Maybe i over did it, but oh well!

once i had most of the content built, it was truly a tough task to paint it. Im not as practiced at this part, and i was getting a lot of really flat looking pieces. I tried dry brushing, to minimal success, but i cant expect to be good at it on my first try. I got it to work in splace places, but decided not to worry too much about it. I sewed up a few pieces, like the blankets, and a banner. I used water color to make some additional pieces, like metal part, book covers, the felt of the writing desk, and other details. Then i needed to start the floor. Oh no the floor. The floor i decided was going to be individually cut, arranged, and glued pieces of paper to make the floor pop out a little from the wood floor, which would be painted the grout color. This was laborious becuase i picked a very thick paper. I couldnt water color it ahead of time, becuase then the cut edges would be a distractingly white color. I would need the water color on the edges as well. So i cup, rounded, painted, arranged, and glued all of these stones over the course of about 4 hours, broken into a few session.

the floor, with a pile of paper stones — **Laying the stones**

the floor, half covered in glued down paper stones. — **Laying the stones, halfway done**

But here it is so far! I still have to do the walls, but this is a comfortable stopping point in my opinion.

the mostly done model. The furniture is all present, and painted, but there are no walls. — The Barracks




    • Key Artifacts

        ◦ Jeran’s Sword

        ◦ Jeran’s Shield

        ◦ Tor’s Round Shield

        ◦ Tor’s Altadorian Shield

        ◦ Wrought Iron Chandelier

        ◦ Brasiers(Triangular quartered toothpicks, with cup bead inside.)

            ▪ coal bits painted orange and white

        ◦ Writing Desk

            ▪ Books

            ▪ paper quill and inkwell

            ▪ open scrolls 

            ▪ bundle of scrolls

            ▪ pages of bills and invoices

            ▪ Picture frame of Gaius 

        ◦ End Table

            ▪ glass vase with flower from Roberta

            ▪ Candle and Candlestick. 

        ◦ Burlap wrapped Training Dummy (cotton ball wrapped in brown gauze, tied in T shape)

        ◦ Armor Cabinet. 

            ▪ Open door, showing an empty armour stand. 

            ▪ Make trim with cardstock. Use pattern sissors to make the curved VVVV trims, and paneling.

        ◦ Weapon Rack

            ▪ Generic Sword

            ▪ Spear

            ▪ Sunblade

            ▪ Axe

        ◦ Clothes Dresser

        ◦ 2 Chests

            ▪ 1 Chest Closed.

            ▪ 1 Chest open, with a small tunic flopped out. 

        ◦ 2 stool Chairs

        ◦ Barrel

    • Wall Objects

        ◦ Wall crest

        ◦ Wainscoting?

        ◦ Archer Slots

        ◦ Spear Rack

        ◦ Dried Lavender

        ◦ Painting of the Castle w/ Ornate frame

        ◦ Banners

    • Features

        ◦ Bunk Beds

            ▪ Upholstered Mattresses

            ▪ Fabric Sheet

            ▪ Stuffed Pillow (glue edges of 2 papers together and 

            ▪ Ladder

            ▪ Name Plaques – Tor on Bottom, Jeran on Top

        ◦ Turret Corner Walls (Pringle Can?)

        ◦ Arched Doorway

        ◦ Stone Walls. 

            ▪ Solid grey wall, paste stones on top of the grey wall for the stone work pattern. Thick paper. Texture the whole sheet with a thin watercolor wash and spray first

            ▪ Create stone arch around doorway /w keystone.

            ▪ Ghost architecture of an old doorway.

    • Accessory objects

        ◦ Meridell Themed Round Carpet

        ◦ 2 Rectangle Rugs at the side of bed.
 
       ◦ Chainmail folded up (small mesh cut and folded)