Gotham Subdivision : Grimm's funeral home build gallery : Conservatory 2

Welcome to Grimm's!

Here is a walk through the build process. I'll try to give some detail about how things were done or about new techniques or materials that I tried out. If they worked for me, they can work for you too! This was a fun project, a bit stressful as I had a lot to do and a little time to do it in. I worked on this off and on for about three weeks at night - maybe 2-4 hours a shot. I'd say I probably ended up with around 50 hours in it so far.

I wanted to do this page a little different from the normal small thumbnails, so I'll be posting big pictures with descriptions. The comments for any picture will be right below the picture. I'll need to split this into different pages to keep it loading quickly. Use the menu below to conveniently jump around OR start on this page and keep going forward at the end of each page.

:: Intro :: Tower :: Walls :: Door :: Stairs :: Roof :: Bay Window :: Conservatory :: Fountain :: Scenery ::

To determine the size of the end windows, I used pieces of heavy weight paper and cut to fit. Trial and error. Here is an end window and its paper piece.

In order to get the top started, I tacked the white styrene to the room and then glued the two side pieces to the white bottom pieces and the top. Does that make sense? I'm not sure, even I'm confused now.

Same deal different angle.

In order to glue the rest of the windows down etc., I put the whole assembly on wax paper and then added lots of glue.

My original plan called for a peaked roof like this (above), but I ended up thinking that it looked better flat - with the railings.

To stiffen the whole thing up, I added the white strip in back.

The groove created by the fame on the skinny rooftop and the windows leaning up was the perfect place to put railings. I then dry brushed it all and angled the tops of the window pieces.

Here chalk weathering has been added. So have the corbels. I used light green and yellow chalks to make the metal part look old and then added a little rust here and there.

The stained glass really looks great outside. I'll have to add a light in the conservatory to illuminate it when it goes back inside.

With the roof removed you can see the visitation going on. The wreaths of flowers were made from strip wood and paper and ground foam with little flowers added. Well, I hope you liked this part - it was fin to make - albeit a little bit tedious! Now....

On to the fountain!