30 December 2015

Beach

My very first diorama built for public display was a little seaside town called Minotaur Bay. Before Minotaur Bay, there was just a beach.

It all started with blue and yellow bricks on a 32x32 baseplate, with a few white plates outlining "waves". There are no photographs of this first version, but after swapping out bricks for plates it essentially ended up as the area marked out in the red square below.



I used tan plates for the wet sand, and bright yellow for the dry sand. Note the white tiles and slopes representing waves coming in to shore.

Below are close-up shots of some details.


Look out for sharks!


A surfer riding on a brick-built wave.


A kid making a sand castle.


Two surfers look out at the waves, as a woman catches some sun.


Kids playing cricket in the park. I used a "popsicle" piece as a cricket bat.


A fisherman greets his friend cooking on the barbecue. At the front is an esky, and of course the cook has a beer can in one hand.


Palm trees.

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