Eeee project!
Oct. 1st, 2006 04:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
constanceI'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.
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.
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Date: 2006-10-01 09:14 pm (UTC)Also? Fine job with the stool! *g*
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Date: 2006-10-01 09:15 pm (UTC)you are the coolest. B-)
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Date: 2006-10-01 09:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-01 09:16 pm (UTC)Man, that stool. It looks sort of innocuous, doesn't it? IT IS NOT, I tell you. >:O
Thank you! :D
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Date: 2006-10-01 09:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-01 09:28 pm (UTC)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!
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Date: 2006-10-01 09:45 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2006-10-01 11:12 pm (UTC)What vision you have! I never in a million years would have imagined such a thing. It is so very perfect. God, I love angry little comical Snape. I do think he's angry because he's so cute. I love the curtains and the quill and the perfection of all the cutting. I especially love all those black and white patterns.
You are amazing.
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Date: 2006-10-01 11:17 pm (UTC)Please come and design a house for me to live in, with or without Professor Snape. I know you will make it beautiful even if the evil ruffians try to tear it down.
Your best friend forever if you do this for me,
Amelia
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Date: 2006-10-02 12:17 am (UTC)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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Date: 2006-10-02 12:24 am (UTC)Gorey for the win!
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Date: 2006-10-02 06:23 am (UTC)M
FG!!!!!!!
It's pretty incredible. Keep going back to stare at the photos some more.
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