Eeee project!

[constance]

I'm finally finished with my Snape diorama. It was more fun than I've had for ages, from start to finish, and excepting only the stool, which let's not talk about the stool, okay? It's a teeny bit messy, but overall, I think it turned out okay.




First of all, the outside. If I had to do it over again, I'd change things up a little -- only one dormer -- because the way I've set it up here doesn't really coincide with the plan of Spinner's End I have in my head. But screw that, man. I kind of like the two dormers.

The wallpapery wall is actually a wall inside the house, a hallway leading into Snape's room. I didn't bother to do the rest of the house for this one. Maybe one day.


It's the scene Harry saw in Snape' pensieve, the one where Snape's zapping flies with his wand, which Snape is actually holding in this photo, but because of the angle, and because everything's so low-contrast, you can't really see it here.


In this photo, you can see the wand better.


From the hallway, looking in. Does Snape look pissed off and a little anxious at the same time? Because I totally think of him looking that way as a teenager.


He's posable, to a degree -- he can't, for example, bend enough to sit. Don't feel sorry for him, though. He'd kill himself if he tried to sit on his stool.

Note the cauldrons. The potions ingredients are stowed in boxes under his bed. :D


From this angle, you can see the stool that ate an entire night of my life. And also the enormity of Snape's nose.

And that's that! Except that if you're curious to see how it fits together, there are a few more pictures and explanations in this gallery. And I had so much fun that I feel a little sorry it's over.

Comments

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

I'm so overcome I don't even know where to start. I love how Snape looks simultaneously like himself AND like an Edward Gorey character, and the patterns on everything are so amazing. I'm only halfway through the extended gallery-n-notes, so I'm not sure if you mention how you do that. Did you print out patterns and then glue them to the foam core architecture and furnishings? Where did you get the patterns to do it?

I love the parchment rolls! And the cauldrons! And that wonderful bookshelf! And the fact that he's poseable! But my very favorite part of the whole thing is that window with the curtain pulled back. That and the candle- I never would have thought to make one out of rolled-up tape, but it's perfect- it really DOES look waxy!

You rock so mightily! I'm using too many exclamation points! I'm off to read the rest of the notes!

[tofty.livejournal.com]

By now you may have found the note that talks about the patterns, so I'm sorry if this is a repeat. :/ I found images of patterns I wanted to use in Amphigorey and Amphigorey Also, scanned the images, cropped them to a repeatable size, set them to repeat in a web page and then printed full-size sheets of the resulting patterns. Then I cut them into the needed shapes and rubber-cemented them all to foam core and cardboard of varying thicknesses. Oh, the rubber cement I used! I probably have brain damage from the fumes!

I'm so happy that you think Snape was both himself and Gorey-esque -- that is absolutely what I was trying for! I hope you loved it as much as I love yours! We should do this again -- only not too soon, because this thing has eaten a whole week of my life. You should see what my house looks like right now, what with paper scraps everywhere and nothing picked up for a week. Worth it, but not something I can afford to do more than once in a while.

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

Aha! That must be why some of the patterns look familiar; I have Amphigorey Also and the chillun are always reading it. I can totally relate to the hearth-n-home suffering during the creation of something like this. I have a couple of raw-sculpey-ground-into-the-carpet souvenirs, plus it took me all week to catch up on the laundry and cleaning.

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Yep, I think it'll probably take me about that long to catch up as well -- I find that if I leave things and tackle one room/project a day, rather than try and get everything done at once, I work faster.

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[leestone.livejournal.com]

This only took you a WEEK? :O Guh.

The curtain shape and detail are my absolute favorite, favorite part of this whole diorama. Cammy, it's so excellent. Your projects amaze me, always.

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[tofty.livejournal.com]

It was a very long week, though, in which I got nothing else done!

My life would be empty, empty I tell you, without my projects. It makes me happy just doing them, and it makes me even happier when other people like them -- especially people like you. :*