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Yesterday, I finally had the guts to glue/epoxied my structure down to the base. I wanted a concrete floor on the right side of the building, so I took a mixture of cement and plaster and spatuled that roomfloor before glueing.
After the epoxy set, I sprinkeled sifted dirt as the first base layer around the building, as advised in the instructions, wetted the dirt with alcohol/water, and sealed everything with a water/glue mix.
Here is a picture in the evening sun.
You can use some sandpaper on a finger to smooth out the pathways and work area a little to differentiate them, I do that sometimes. Texture is nice under the junk and natural areas though.
Karl, I will try to smooth the ground with the sandpaper. I am sure that will work cause this hint was yours...
Joel, you did a great reference work, so I really appreciate your comments.
Right now I glue down the furniture on the inside, and prepare the lamp shields with micro LEDs. For the lamp rods i used 0,9mm cannulas. The light bulbs are made of two or three drops of epoxy. I made several "bulbs" because I got them rarely in the same size
The "bulbs" were glued onto the led and a thin coat of matte medium was applied to dull down the shiny epoxy.
Nice work.
I added some raw umber, dark gray and black chalk along the workbench and the corners.
Looks much better now.
The adjustments to the floor are subtle, well thought out and enhance the scene.
Well done.
I finally installed the first lamp in to the office room. The wiring is still sort of improvised, but here is a little teaser for Karl.
I think I am quite done with all the interior details of my Truck Repair, so I am really on the way to go outside and put up the barrels, drums, crates, buckets, axles, wheels, rims, sawhorses, chains, ladder, grids......