Making a diorama/booknook/background for a friend part 14

The final product 🥳 - with lights on

On-and-off building took 1 1/2 years, painting about a week. Happy to finish this!

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Making a diorama/booknook/background for a friend part 13

The final product 🥳 - the outside

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Making a diorama/booknook/background for a friend part 12

The final product 🥳 - the inside

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Making a diorama/booknook/background for a friend part 11

Last step: adding a marble effect on the outside relief

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Making a diorama/booknook/background for a friend part 10

Coated everything with a lot of thinned down lamp black oil paint for depth, added tiny propaganda posters for scale :)

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Making a diorama/booknook/background for a friend part 9

Basecolors on the inside done :)

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Making a diorama/booknook/background for a friend part 7

First post after Meta exodus - this is the diorama before base coats. Added a bike light I found on the street. Relief finished with a lot of skulls.

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