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Victorian Bandstand
« on: July 09, 2012, 23:01:32 »
I finished my bandstand today for my Victorian diorama at Kirkbean.
It was a bit late when I took the photos so the light is not too good. 
(I now need to replace the pieces I took from our fairy tale palace  :-[)









Thought I might see if I can find some plants to grow up the supporing columns to hide the holes.

Hope you like it.  :)

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Re: Victorian Bandstand
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2012, 23:30:05 »
It looks wonderfull, it only misses a crowd of clickies so your band gets the appreciation they deserve.  :)

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Re: Victorian Bandstand
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2012, 01:15:12 »
Fantastic custom Elaine...love it!
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Re: Victorian Bandstand
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2012, 01:32:48 »
Absolutely awesome, Elaine, I love it!!! Vines are a very good idea, the holes do seem to stand out on the columns. But I just love the colors, and everything. I really like the brick stairs and wood plank floors.
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Re: Victorian Bandstand
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2012, 06:26:13 »
That's fantastic, Elaine!  Excellent!  :clap: :clap: :clap:  Victorian municipal architecture at its best!

How you did the steps would be interesting to know.
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Re: Victorian Bandstand
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2012, 09:11:45 »
Amazing creation Elaine, I really like it very much. :love: :love:
Many thanks for the pictures. :wow: :wow:

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Re: Victorian Bandstand
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2012, 10:43:06 »
Thank you all for your positive comments  :wave:

That's fantastic, Elaine!  Excellent!  :clap: :clap: :clap:  Victorian municipal architecture at its best!

How you did the steps would be interesting to know.

The wood covered base is made up of two semi-circles of floor from the palace covered in wood print paper, but the actual steps are cake display boards.

The cake boards were covered in silver foil and I thought the acrylic paint I used would stick - it did partly, but after two coats some bits just weren't covering and I had to peel it all off -  I got in a terrible mess doing this!!  :(

However the card underneath gave it a good texture for stone.  I just painted the uprights dark grey and the steps terracotta then added the lines for the mortar to seperate the tiles.
I got the idea from a photo of a bandstand I found online, I'm very pleased with the result.

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Re: Victorian Bandstand
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2012, 11:16:19 »
Thanks for the info, Elaine.  You certainly made it look very realistic.
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Re: Victorian Bandstand
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2012, 12:06:20 »
Fantastic work queen elaine. I always loved that band klicky since i was a kiddo ( still have them ..) and its great to see then in use again .  :love: :love:
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Re: Victorian Bandstand
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2012, 14:48:26 »
This is sooooo beautiful Elaine!!! I just  :love: :love: :love: it!!!!