Washed UP, 1490 Doom diorama board
Bright Idea
It took a while to decide how to tackle the high point of the board. I eventually decided that the inhabitants would have made a great sacrifice atop the highest column in an attempt to appease the forces that had brought the deadly fog upon them. I sculpted a decaying shark in milliput, using a jawbone from “dead animal bits” as a starting point, and added a treadwheel crane to hoist it up the cliff face.
I thought flickering candles and lamps would add an eerie atmosphere, so I picked up a set of flickering LED string lights. I drilled a hole in the underside of the board large enough to house a small power bank, then threaded the lights around the board. The cracks I had previously made in the foam provided the perfect way to hide the wires. This took the best part of an evening; I kept the lights powered up and worked carefully so I would catch any breaks in the thin wire, but it held up well.


































