I was working on a concept for a competition entry and I needed a way put the mini in some kind of context for the viewer. So I was doodling around with a paint scheme and trying to figure out a way to show off the mini in context for viewer. The mini needed to be easily removable for judging and transportable to boot. Then this little concept hit me:
So I finished my chores off today and decided to see if this concept is going to work or not. So here we go:
A repeat picture, my classic mockup materials |
Laying out the pattern |
First cuts, looks good so far. |
Starting to assemble the pieces |
Two more of the set of four |
The initial assembly is complete. Everything looks to be coming together |
Here is one of the cubes I use for my display bases. Here we see the display base in the cut out in the bigger display. |
Adding in the background pieces. With these in place I can paint in some backdrop scenery or make some 3D additions. |
This is the complete setup |
What I'm really thinking of for display purposes. The background displays will really put the mini in context for the viewer. |
And the remains of the construction. |
I pretty happy with how this came out. Now I just need to figure out how to make it out of something a lot sturdier. I may be spending a lot of time with my hobby chop saw and some hard wood.
I never thought about the judges needing to remove the mini from the background to see it properly. This is a clever design and I'm interested in seeing what you do with the backdrop.
ReplyDeleteWe will see how it works! Very few competition pieces come with their own backdrop like this and I think it can really help sell the piece. I thought the judges might feel like I'm hiding something if the piece wasn't removable and that is what was really driving my thinking behind this. The mockup works great will see how it goes when I take wood to saw though. The backdrops will really challenge my painting skills, that's for sure.
DeleteThats a great idea best of luck with it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Simon! Hopefully I can bring the whole thing together.
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