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Andy

Calling the diorama finished. I just need to leave it alone now. Don't mess with it, think of new things to add to it, add more drybrushing to the waves. And definitely. No. Seagulls.

This is going into the island Open Exhibition. I never thought of myself as an artist before, and it'll be sat alongside photographers, knitters, painters, and the like. Which is weird. But I feel pretty pleased. I learnt some stuff. I made some mistakes. I had fun.

A view of a diorama from above and the front. It features a large cliff to one side, covered in a mixture of green and brown, rough grass. This leads down to a sandy beach with a figure on it carrying a sack away from a small drakkar (Norse longboat) that has been landed. The boat is full of sacks and ropes, and has a sail on a mast that has been handmade, furled up, and is lashed to the yard. The water is resin but has gentle white waves on its surface. The foot of the cliffs are green with seaweed and several larger boulders, topped with green-yellow lichen. The diorama scale is 28mm.
A view of the previous diorama from the side, looking down the beach towards the cliff, with a close-up of the drakkar. The sides of the drakkar are hung with hand-painted shields. In the background, there is modelling gear on the desk the diorama sits on.
A view of the previous diorama from the cliff-top, with the beach out of focus in the background. The top of the cliff features a previously unseen figure; a shieldmaiden looking out to sea. In her right hand she holds an outrageously out-of-scale spear with knotwork on the tip. In her left hand she holds a round shield, painted with an anthropomorphic animal. Her eyes are heavily shadowed and her plaited blonde hair is loosely reminiscent of Lagertha, as played by Kathryn Winnick in the Vikings TV series. Or is meant to be.
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Andy

So it did seep a little, and the resin made contact with the foam on the side and bottom edges, which I didn't seal in the same way as the sand.

Seal everything with PVA. Then seal it some more. ALL THE SEALING! The exothermic reaction must have got really hot, as it's melted the XPS foam in places where the heat got to it.

So today will be filling holes, finishing the shieldmaiden, and maybe the cliff. Still, success!

A close-up of some coloured polyester resin on top of an XPS foam base. The resin is a greenish-grey and the foam is black. The foam has melted into bubbly pockets where the heat from the curing resin has reached it.
A close-up of the side of a black XPS foam cliff. This is the "outside" of the diorama, where it is smooth and will be left unpainted. Where the resin has heated up, it has melted a large, bubbly section of foam back.
A diorama featuring a beach, a cliff, a small boat, some seaweed, and a deep block of green-blue-grey resin to mimic the sea, The front of the diorama has minimal damage from the resin curing process. Overall, it looks pretty good. Just needs some cleaning up and the diorama finishing.
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Andy

We're looking okay this morning. The left side of the dio has bulged a bit and the resin seeped down the side (where land would be) but I can sand that back. A few bubbles (as per pic, the extra-shiny bits) on the seaweed but I'm pretty pleased overall. Plus, once i get the water gel on to texture some gentle waves, and touch it up with some white, you won't notice.

A close-up of the previous resin pour and diorama, focusing on the beach, seaweed, front of the drakkar, and the little Viking fella looking out to sea. The cliffs in the background are currently a mixture of greys, and need more colour and white picking out on them. The seaweed looks good, wet from the resin but with very tiny bubbles that make it look silvery. The resin itself is a deep, semi-transparent green-blue-grey. Clear enough that you can see the seaweed beneath it, as well as the sand on the surface of the beach.
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Andy

First ever resin pour. Send thoughts and prayers. 🤣

Assuming it survives the next 72 hours, I need to add waves, finish the cliff, add static grass, build up the sand around the boat, and finish off a couple more miniatures. I have a week before final submission date for the local craft festival...

A square diorama featuring a small drakkar (Norse boat) that has been dragged up the shoreline of a small cove and onto the sand. The diorama features a cliff to one side. The model is partially flocked.
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