When I had my condo in the Skid Row district of downtown L.A., I used to do a lot of walking in order to sit, talk, and photograph the street people - the crack addicts, the junkies, and the prostitutes. Although the street people move in and out like shadows that course across the landscape during the day and disappear at night (along with the determined souls whose dwelling and furnishings consist of everything that can fit in a shopping cart), one thing in common to the streets is literally the sidewalk, and how they remain blackened from the organic matter that is spewed upon it daily. Rain just serves up a biohazard slurry that never fully cleans it. My diorama hopes to capture rain effects, and a Downtown Los Angeles’ Skid row street at San Pedro and 5th.
Welding rods epoxied to convey the folds of an extended soft top. Top from old tee-shirt first water proofed with Woodland Scenics Water Effects, then pooled with Envirotex epoxy to show standing water.
Undercarriage photo with oil pan grime and leaking transmission, before being epoxied to the diorama and permanently hidden.
My take on a neglected interior.
Take-out food chopstick, fashioned into a drainage pipe. Water from the drain pipe from Water Effects, and wet ground from Envirotex.
That’s is some really nice piece of work, and the water looks great. I really need to try some of those materials, how exactly did you do the water from the pipe, I am assuming you laid the wall on its back.
And on the envirotex, i did a search and found an Envirotex Lite High glss, is that the one you used.
Pawel, I sense a “hot rain” effect, with the lush, green landscape, rain tarps, and wet ground - along with the boonie hat. Now all you need is steam rising from the landscape! Very good rendition in conveying a monsoonal environment.
Bish, I used the Woodland Scenics Wet Effects on a piece of wax paper, mimicking the Monster Energy drink logo. When it drites, peel it off and fold it into a circle longitudinally, which will give the 3-D effect of cascading water. White glue can secure the cascade to the pipe, while added Wet Effects along with white pigment powder can portray a kind of disturbance as it splashes on the ground. This was done with the wall in the upright position.
Right, got it, thanks a lot. I keep meaning to get some of that water effects, but then i need somthing else and out it off. But i must get some as i have a few dio ideas it would be great for.
Gamera, thanks. I try and put the viewer into the setting by invoking some elements, whether natural or man-made to tell a story - and especially this diorama, which I lived out in downtown Los Angeles for 7 years.
Bish - yes, I used the Envirotex Lite High Gloss. It comes with a lot of specific instructions and warnings, but the end result is a super clear and super hard finish. The stuff is pretty hazardous, and all the safety precautions should be regarded. I get a central nervous system buzz off of it which isn’t very pleasant.
Very nicely done, sad but true. It reminds me of one of the saddest songs ever written, again by Tom Waits, Waltzing Matilda. I would love to see a lone saxaphonist playing on the street corner with the sounds resonating from building to building.
That’s VERY convincing. I couldn’t help think though that a human element in it would really make it powerful. Maybe a set of legs sticking out of a box “home”? Or something similar? It would be powerfully evocative…
Doog, thats a good suggestion. A two-person tent with an occupant huddled inside, revealing just a glimpse of the face. A shopping cart parked alongside the tent…
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