The first thing that stopped my progress was the Washington summer. You know that when SeaTac registers 108 degrees it is down right miserable for people like me who start to wilt above 75! I basically hibernated in my bedroom with the a/c blasting which made life tolerable but not conducive to working on my minis.
The second thing that stopped my progress was I got stuck. I couldn't figure out how to get the next section to look like the original photo. I pondered and tried different things and it just didn't want to go together. September 30th was drawing closer and closer and closer...that was the date I needed to submit my photos for the contest...and the project just wasn't going anywhere. Then I decided I didn't really HAVE to finish the project the way it showed in the original. The contest wasn't to make a copy of a real building, it was to make something without using a kit.
I had gotten a little further than the last photo I showed you in July but I didn't remember to take a picture of it before I ripped it off...sorry. So although it isn't like the original photo, I did get a roof on it. The following four pictures are the ones I sent into the contest. I also sent one of the ones during the construction phase as they requested but I can't remember which one I sent so that isn't included here.
Since I wasn't finished with the project I tried to make it look like the area was a construction site.
Shows some of the terracotta planters and garden gnomes that will go inside and around the building.
The back view. I'm hoping they won't notice that the back hasn't been grouted yet or realizes that it is still under construction...lol.
Here the workers are looking over the blue prints trying to figure out what's next. You can't really tell from the photos but the grey floor is actually miniature gravel. So there you have it. I've actually gotten a little further on this since these were taken. I've started to put on the clear plastic that represents the glass. I have photos but will share those with you in the future. Hope this finds everyone well and I'll try to update this more often now that the weather has gotten to respectable levels...lol
