WIP -- Castle Diorama, Part 2!

[Alipes]

Hey guys!  I've made some good progress on my castle diorama, so I thought it would be fun to share what I'm working on with it at the moment.  Last year I had a thread going for my original work on it, which you can find right here if you're curious to see older bits of work.  Basically, at some point I decided the white and pink color scheme wasn't to my taste, so I am doing a repaint of the whole thing.  That involved dismantling and painting every piece, and I figured, hey, while I've got it dismantled, why not make more work for myself and add new flooring, wallpaper, and finish decorating the rooms?    So, here's how that's coming along!

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If you compare the photos, you can see a big chunk of the castle is currently still missing, but what's here is complete -- the library and art gallery are looking lovely!

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Here's a better shot of the library -- looks like someone's been reading in here recently...

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And the art gallery -- frames and paintings are handmade, mirror from Michael's, some random sculpted doodads and bits and bobs of other interesting stuff.

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The library has handmade wood flooring, most of the rest of the castle will have "marble" flooring -- here's an example of the completed section on the bridge.

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And here's how the castle looks from the other side!  The textured stone effect is made using Rust-oleum Stone spray in Bleached Stone and Pebble.  The roofing and gold doodads have also been repainted.

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You may remember from the old thread that there was a little pond out front, which had come with the castle.  It was looking increasingly plastic-y and out of place with the other updates, so I replaced it with a pond built into the diorama base, along with some critter friends.

And that's what I have to share so far!  If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!  I am absolutely happy to help if you're interested about materials or tutorials or whatnot. 

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Beautiful!  I love the stone work you are reproducing!

[Uninu]

Lovely work and result!

[Luxrayx]

Oh, I had forgotten about this! I remember looking at the old thread and hoping you'd be finishing it... I'm glad to see that you are

[Leave a Whisper]

Oooh! That is magnificent!

[Griffin]

Goodness, that looks amazing! I love the textured stone finish especially, and the flooring and wallpapers and other materials are looking very elegant. Can't wait to see the finished result!

[hathorcat]

Gosh! That looks fantastic - great work