AFT Doctor Who: Futuristic lab setting
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dieastraThis is what I have been working on the whole weekend. I didn't like the first set of pictures (too cluttered) so made some changes. It's for another competition with the title "Futuristic". It will be in May but I want to show them in here early! The Doctor meets a strange scientist in a futuristic lab.
If you click the LJ cut, I'll show more detailed pictures and I would like to explain how you can have a futuristic scene with ordinary household things. Looking around and getting inspired of which things to use is my favorite part of creating these!
The table is constructed out of many music cassette cases and the plate is a clear plastic lid of a former Ferrero chocolates box.
What you see here on the table are the remnants of an alarm clock that had stopped working. I took it apart to see if I could use any pieces. The cogwheels were in white plastic so I painted them silver to make them look metallic:
The "shelves" are for holding music cassettes. They are supposed to stand horizontally, not vertically. The tubes were filled with sprinkles for baking. The silver balls are still original, the red and green balls are from my childhood collection of marbles. The crystal balls on top are from the acrylic photoholders I once bought to make a glass table.
I filled the shelves with every metal thing I could find. I was surprised I had so many springs from old ballpoint pens. Some of the shiny silver things are also fridge magnets that look like kitchen tools, I just removed the handles:
The blue thing in the corner is a cakepops holder. I had to file the holes a little bit so the colorful drinking straws would fit into it. I actually went to the DIY shop and bought a set of miniature files I had my eyes on for a while now:
Now comes the best part, my favorite. I have some old technology on display in my futuristic setting. In a previous picture we already saw K-9 and a Cyberman head, and here we have a Russian Sputnik and an Astra satellite. The clear tables they stand on are two halves of a photo cube. The Cyberman head is on a glass candleholder.
The silver plate at the wall is a plate from a cake box and the biggest wheel I once found in a glass of gherkins. For getting them out better I suppose. All the other wheels are things found in Kinder surprise eggs or other plastic leftovers. Told you I never throw anything away! Again I painted everything silver. Such great details!
I didn't want to glue it permanently to the plate so I used Blu Tack. In case you don't know, this is kneadable, sticky, reusable and removable without any remains. Best stuff I ever found. Also for keeping the screwdriver of the scientist here in the hand etc.
For keeping the plate at the wall (which is a wooden shelf) I used double sided tape which is actually for putting photos into a photoalbum. It came down a few times but overall it all held surprisingly well.
"Hey, old buddy, what are you doing here?"
Edit:
I won first place! Here's the winning header picture:
If you click the LJ cut, I'll show more detailed pictures and I would like to explain how you can have a futuristic scene with ordinary household things. Looking around and getting inspired of which things to use is my favorite part of creating these!
The table is constructed out of many music cassette cases and the plate is a clear plastic lid of a former Ferrero chocolates box.
What you see here on the table are the remnants of an alarm clock that had stopped working. I took it apart to see if I could use any pieces. The cogwheels were in white plastic so I painted them silver to make them look metallic:
The "shelves" are for holding music cassettes. They are supposed to stand horizontally, not vertically. The tubes were filled with sprinkles for baking. The silver balls are still original, the red and green balls are from my childhood collection of marbles. The crystal balls on top are from the acrylic photoholders I once bought to make a glass table.
I filled the shelves with every metal thing I could find. I was surprised I had so many springs from old ballpoint pens. Some of the shiny silver things are also fridge magnets that look like kitchen tools, I just removed the handles:
The blue thing in the corner is a cakepops holder. I had to file the holes a little bit so the colorful drinking straws would fit into it. I actually went to the DIY shop and bought a set of miniature files I had my eyes on for a while now:
Now comes the best part, my favorite. I have some old technology on display in my futuristic setting. In a previous picture we already saw K-9 and a Cyberman head, and here we have a Russian Sputnik and an Astra satellite. The clear tables they stand on are two halves of a photo cube. The Cyberman head is on a glass candleholder.
The silver plate at the wall is a plate from a cake box and the biggest wheel I once found in a glass of gherkins. For getting them out better I suppose. All the other wheels are things found in Kinder surprise eggs or other plastic leftovers. Told you I never throw anything away! Again I painted everything silver. Such great details!
I didn't want to glue it permanently to the plate so I used Blu Tack. In case you don't know, this is kneadable, sticky, reusable and removable without any remains. Best stuff I ever found. Also for keeping the screwdriver of the scientist here in the hand etc.
For keeping the plate at the wall (which is a wooden shelf) I used double sided tape which is actually for putting photos into a photoalbum. It came down a few times but overall it all held surprisingly well.
"Hey, old buddy, what are you doing here?"
Edit:
I won first place! Here's the winning header picture:
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Date: 2016-02-29 12:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-02-29 03:23 pm (UTC)Hehe, an Astra satellite!
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Date: 2016-02-29 04:19 pm (UTC)Good luck with the competition!
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Date: 2016-02-29 07:23 pm (UTC)Is it what you're nickname is from? :)
Funnily, it isn't ;) My nickname was invented back in the Sixties by my father actually. The A is from my forename and the Stra is from my last name. He signed his drawings with that and since I also drew all the time I liked and used it. When it was time to find a name for the internet I took it, as I wanted something that has nothing to do with fandom and can be used in every forum.
Sadly, wherever I come it is often already taken! This is why I had to put the "die" before here. Astra alone was not possible.
It also means "stars" in latin. "At astra" is a famous phrase. Aside from the satellite there is also an Opel car with that name, and beer even. But it has nothing to do with any of this.
There is a funny story how I came to that satellite. It belonged to the husband of one of my friends. He had it on his desk at work or something. And he wanted to throw it away. But my friend said, can't you see that it that this belongs to the person whose name already is on it LOL I waited for years to finally find a way to include it into one of my stories. She will be very happy.
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Date: 2016-03-14 11:43 am (UTC)Throw away such beautiful object? I'm glad it didn't happen. And you made a use of it!
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Date: 2016-02-29 11:53 pm (UTC)Stacey
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Date: 2016-03-03 07:33 am (UTC)And I'm going to take apart every pen before throwing them out. LOL
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Date: 2016-03-03 06:43 pm (UTC)I'm happy if I gave you some suggestions ;) Even as a kid, I always had a use for everything. I also found lots of things on the street LOL
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Date: 2016-08-12 07:58 pm (UTC)My favorite is the scene with the wheels and Cyberman head. Great idea on using the candle holder, it works perfectly. And thanks for talking about the adhesive you use. It's good to know that you sometimes need it for the Doctor's hand and such.
But those shelves! I can't imagine how long it took to get all that on there. You must have a very steady hand. Did you have to use tweezers?
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Date: 2016-08-14 03:32 pm (UTC)That Blu-Tack stuff is really great. No idea if you can find it in America though. I bought it on an airport in the UK when going home. I guess if re-used for a long time it will get less sticky, but I still have enough left as I only need very small bits to put into the hands.
But those shelves! I can't imagine how long it took to get all that on there. You must have a very steady hand. Did you have to use tweezers?
No, but the springs were killing me! They always rolled off the shelf at the slightest vibration! In the end I took some stuff out again as it always fell off and just wasn't worth the hassle.