Mini Stephen world - bottles part 2
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nid_dabeilleTonight I distressed miniature bottles. Bet your evening wasn't as awesome as that.
(The oblong bottles have a tendency to fall over. No matter - I'll use wax to hold them in place on the shelf in my dispensary.)
And I distressed the medical instruments too. I'm especially proud of my bone saw on the right. It took a lot of altering. And I sharpened all the knives with a tiny emery board too. And I have two different styles of trephines! And I made the glasses with jewelry wire. The black trephine is made from a nail and a carved toothpick.
These were the same tools before I started tampering with them - note the bone saw with its bright red round handle there, and its square blade! And the trephine was a hand drill before I cut off the end of it.
I also found a way to paint with superglue to make it look like spilled liquid on the sides of the bottle. I was doing that anyway with paint, but then I realized that superglue would stick to some of the really shiny slick smooth bottles better than my paint would - or would give the paint something to cling to.
And those little jars with metal lids open and are hollow. I put sawdust in one, baking soda in another, and painty water in the third.
And for scale, and to give you an idea of my painting technique (which was primarily smear some paint all over the things with my fingers):
Up next: labels on the bottles, leather covered books and a bookshelf.
ETA: And look at this miniature model of a ship's surgeon's dispensary at the NMM site! How I squeaked with delight when I saw it!
Linked atdoll_houses.
(The oblong bottles have a tendency to fall over. No matter - I'll use wax to hold them in place on the shelf in my dispensary.)
And I distressed the medical instruments too. I'm especially proud of my bone saw on the right. It took a lot of altering. And I sharpened all the knives with a tiny emery board too. And I have two different styles of trephines! And I made the glasses with jewelry wire. The black trephine is made from a nail and a carved toothpick.
These were the same tools before I started tampering with them - note the bone saw with its bright red round handle there, and its square blade! And the trephine was a hand drill before I cut off the end of it.
I also found a way to paint with superglue to make it look like spilled liquid on the sides of the bottle. I was doing that anyway with paint, but then I realized that superglue would stick to some of the really shiny slick smooth bottles better than my paint would - or would give the paint something to cling to.
And those little jars with metal lids open and are hollow. I put sawdust in one, baking soda in another, and painty water in the third.
And for scale, and to give you an idea of my painting technique (which was primarily smear some paint all over the things with my fingers):
Up next: labels on the bottles, leather covered books and a bookshelf.
ETA: And look at this miniature model of a ship's surgeon's dispensary at the NMM site! How I squeaked with delight when I saw it!
Linked at
doll_houses.
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Date: 2007-09-21 05:50 am (UTC)Keep us updated if you have time! I'm certainly enjoying it! :)
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Date: 2007-09-21 06:42 pm (UTC)And yeah, my naval surgeon just LOVES scrapbooking. I'm going to turn that part of the charm into a wall plaque for him, maybe have it gilded first.
Erm, not really.
(imagines the call "Beat to quarters! Enemy sail on starboard bow!" Everyone rushes to their stations, while the doctor sweeps his arm across the operating table, shoving aside the paper stacks, ribbons, stickers, labels, photographs, corner-rounders, edging scissors, colored grommets, turnbuttons, acid-free glue...)