Between
the strips, the outer walls were painted flat black with powder paint added for
a thicker texture, then painted dark red and highlighted red in the centers.
The strips and window frames were done brown metallic.
Prepainted
plaster gears cast from a Keebler Gear mold were added on the sides of the
porch. Definitely adds a Steampunk feel.
A
finished window.
The peak window was glued
on with Super Glue.
I
made the outside door and the insert above it as well as the two interior
elevator doors using craft findings. There are three levels underground (who
KNOWS what the professor has going on down there!), a first/ground floor, and
the second floor. All were glued to the building once it was painted.
Except
for the detailed elevator doors the interior was kept very simple. Half of the
upper floor lifts out for figure placement below with the table as a handle.
The floors are simply scribed/painted mat board.
The
roof was painted in shades of green. The chimney platform assembly was painted
and glued into place.
Chimneys.
The large one is a toy party favor whistle from the Dollar Store. The one in
the back is a wooden train smokestack with a craft finding on top. The small
one in front is a dowel with a finding.
Left: In back, there's a small shed and the elevator "chain assembly" made from a strip of wood covered in card.
Right: On the other side of the elevator there's machinery made from Hirst mold castings with control wheels from Vector Cut Steam Age Industrial Gears and Handwheels.That's about it. I've got to prepare some tea and crumpets for our good professor's return. In the middle of June he went off on another excursion, this time to Overpond to be in awe of renowned inventor Count Rivets. The Count has recently been gallivanting about in a new wondrous rocket ship he's constructed and, in addition, is to release an album of rocks in the near future. CHEERS!
