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CD City.

As part of the theme of opening a CD player and finding a tiny city, I modelled the water of the sea pouring out of the (now open) front.

I'm sure the boats will be fine...

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CD city. A city in a CD player. Front view.

CD city. A city in a CD player. Rear view.

Close up of the CD City sea, as it pours out of the CD player.

More angles of the CD City.

Including the service station on the bypass (gotta build bypasses...), and a subway that makes use of the headphone and power ports with track and a train peeking out.

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Close up views of parts of the CD City; a service station next to the bypass, complete with advertising billboard.
and a subway train peeking out of a port of the CD player.

Rear view of the CD city. The clouds painted on the clear lid of the player were first painted in reverse; darker details first then working up to the lighter full shape of the cloud. And then on the inside, the clouds were painted as normal so that they are visible from both sides.

CD City.
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I was looking for something to do with a broken CD player and thought of making a diorama of sorts.

I imagined opening the player and a tiny city magically pops up.

I couldn't achive the magic or popping, but I did scratchbuild a city at the smallest scale I've worked at.

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Rear view of the CD City model. Clouds are painted on the clear plastic and the outside is weathered.

Scale view of the CD City model. Showing a tapemeasure with inches and centimetres.

Close up of the docks of the CD City model.

More CD city.
To complete the story of finding a magical miniature city in a disused trinket, I painted the outside of this CD player grubby and rusty.

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Underside of the CD player that houses the CD city.

The CD City, as a sci-fi city, took some inspiration from Blade Runner; Large billboard screen showing a giant face, and the blimp carrying more advertising.

Again, that face was a challenge in itself; it's small enough to fit on your smallest fingernail.

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View of the CD city model. A blimp hangs over the city carrying advertising screens.

Another view of the CD city model. A large advertising screen, hanging from a building, shows a close up of a face.

Closer view of the CD city and the face on the advertising screen.

Across the river, to the left of the city, is the industrial complex of CD City.

For these buildings I chose smoother, rounder or flatter shapes, and painted them in mainly greys to contrast with the colourful city full of interesting shapes.

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Side view of CD City. The industrial complex is on the near side.

Side view of CD City at a lower angle. The industrial complex is on the near side.

Side view of CD City with more of the rear of the CD player visible.

Close up view of the industrial complex of CD City.

Another look at the CD City.

Finding a use for parts of the CD player that couldn't be removed:
At the rear of the city was a piece of plastic that housed the player's controls. I painted a landscape of rolling hills to serve as a backdrop.

And the ports for charging and headphones became two ends of the subway, complete with train.

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