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Cidermans Hell Bent (ish) Console

Started by ciderman, Dec 03, 2021, 08:40 pm

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Volpone

Yeah, technically they're a little small if you're going by the actual onscreen ones, but you can take advantage of that for a "forced perspective" effect--the room will look bigger because the roundels are smaller and thus appear farther away.  (For true forced perspective, you've start with full-sized roundels closest the audience/camera and have them gradually smaller as you went back.)  When I first did my TARDIS, I didn't have actual windows.  I just painted window-sized spots grey and then put the glass and frame over them.  Then I bought a pack of styrofoam plates and glued them up on the inside.  Not at all accurate to the size of real roundels, but since the interior space is about 4x4 it was a kind of neat effect.  These are MUCH nicer than disposable plates.
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ciderman

Quote from: Berenvonbaggins on May 22, 2023, 03:05 amThose bowls look a treat! As they are, they'd make nice roundels for a Master's TARDIS as well!

Depending on your resources, an option for roundels that is common here is casting duplicated out of resin or some other material.

How large are the bowls? I fear they may look a bit small on a full size door!  :-\
15 inches in diameter but my console is a little over 6 foot as opposed to 8 so it prob will even out scale wise.

ciderman

Quote from: Volpone on May 22, 2023, 03:18 pmYeah, technically they're a little small if you're going by the actual onscreen ones, but you can take advantage of that for a "forced perspective" effect--the room will look bigger because the roundels are smaller and thus appear farther away.  (For true forced perspective, you've start with full-sized roundels closest the audience/camera and have them gradually smaller as you went back.)  When I first did my TARDIS, I didn't have actual windows.  I just painted window-sized spots grey and then put the glass and frame over them.  Then I bought a pack of styrofoam plates and glued them up on the inside.  Not at all accurate to the size of real roundels, but since the interior space is about 4x4 it was a kind of neat effect.  These are MUCH nicer than disposable plates.
Thanks! Nothing against disposable plates but they just look close enough and my console and room are not huge so it will probably all balance out. To be honest I was thrilled when I saw them because 15 inches is the biggest plastic 'dish' Ive seen and reasonably priced too.