I created the instrument that hangs above the specimen table. Since it was so intricate and small, I did a computer print out of a colorized drawing, since it would be really hard to make cleanly without a lasercut machine.
As noted in my last post, I replaced my organ, this time with a photo print, which looks really good in the back. And since it is in the back, it won't really matter if it's 3-D or not. The fact that the lighting in the photo and the lighting in the physical scene match is really good.
One of the details that I worked on this last week were all the books on the shelves on both sides of the scene. Getting a feel of the size of the books and the quantity from photos, I created each book by hand out of foam:
I could have took a block and scribed some lines in it for books, but it didn't really have the right feel to it.
Once I made about 90 books for both sides, they were all painted and glued together, and then glued to the shelves.
The Dinner table got it's cloth, made from a section of Kleenex soaked with a 50:50 ratio mixture of glue and water so that it'll remain stiff. I made the chairs from scratch, awaiting the future characters. I didn't bother making chairs for Ned Land and Conseil since you won't see those at all.
Then the table started to get loaded with details, such as dinnerware made from Plexiglas and sculpey. The seating areas are getting more details like pillows too.
The "railings" on the book shelves were a challenge to make because of their complexity and the lack of having a lasercut machine. So what I did was colorize a blueprint drawing of them and printed them out with a black background. They look pretty good despite not being able to see through them! Also some dinnerware details going in on the side table are visible.
I was hoping to get around to doing the characters last week, but I didn't. However, this week will be the week where this scene finally gets finished up, and that means all the characters will be done by the end of the week for this scene. Some of the details like jars and utensils will have to wait since I don't want to dwell on those and delay construction of the next scene(s). This is a busy month; I'm suppose to have this scene done (which was suppose to be done last month) as well as the next 2 scenes (I split one space into two scenes) done by the end of July.
To finish up this post, here's what the scene looks like right now as of this writing (it's a super-size image, by the way)
