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My exhibition role

For the exhibition I was on the invigilation team. We had multiple meetings to discuss how we should handle things, along with a group chat on Instagram. 

I also did a large part of the install shopping together with one other course mate for everyone at B&Q. We made a shopping list that everyone could access to add what they need. This included things like nails, screws, wall plugs, hooks, various colours of emulsion paint, and even a curtain rail.

Here is some documentation of the invigilation chat:

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Work in the exhibition space

Finished dioramas and printed booklet in the gallery space.

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Finished Dioramas

At this point all I had left to do was gluing in the characters (and grass in the cemetery) and the dioramas were finished! I also really wanted to print out a backdrop for the 2 outdoor locations, but unfortunately I ran out of time, so I ended up just going with a gradient to give a mild effect of something growing in the distance.

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Diorama progress 5

After painting everything separately, I glued all the pieces into place, and installed battery operated LED lights in each diorama

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Diorama progress 4

Dioramas with everything primed

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Diorama progress 3

After adding the textures, floors, walls, and various effects on the dioramas, I painted them all with black acrylic paint mixed with water and PVA glue to cover and seal the wood, as otherwise spray primers don’t tend to stay on very well.

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Diorama progress 2

Primed terrain with the region colours, along with characters during the painting process

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Test paints

I decided to prime the models with different coloured undercoats depending on the region they come from, and try out Army Painter Speedpaints, which are supposed to make the workflow a lot faster, by creating midtones and shadows at the same time. This was a series of tests I did with various partly failed and extra character prints I had.

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Diorama progress 1

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After I got all the parts 3D printed and the diorama bases built, I started trying stuff out to see how it all fits, and what layouts would work

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Backstory booklet

A series of completed booklet pages to go in the exhibition, next to my dioramas

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Diorama + gallery space sketches

Some sketches for the diorama designs and layouts, as well as the exhibition layout.

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Diorama terrain

Admittedly, I started making the terrain way too late into the project, and since I was rushing to actually get it all done in time, I did not take many screenshots along the way. All the terrain I made ended up looking very good in the end however.

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Finished character models

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Model 7

I also started working on the 7th model, however, I realised that I wasn’t going to have enough time to actually complete it, so I decided to leave it there, and maybe continue later on if I found the time.

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Model 6

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Model 5

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Model 4

By this point I have also completely given up on even making sketches of the characters, as I got a way better hang of the sculpting software, and I actually quite enjoyed being able to improvise some details, as well as some parts I found easier to sculpt rather than draw, as there was no need for difficult drawing techniques like for example foreshortening