Final touches

Nullus Anxietas is only a bit over a week away and I need to start getting myself packed.  I did want to make one last little thing for my costume that had been kicking around in the back of my mind for a while- my own dis-organiser.  I had found a cute little empty locket at Spotlight and thought it would make a great start.  Only problem was, it was tiny!  The cutting board I use has 1 cm lines marked, so you can see this is NOT a large space to work with.

My first attempt was less than successful. With the note on it, you couldn't see the interior.  On the other hand, that was a good thing since the interior was rubbish.

My imp (fimo) was way too big, as were the gears and the DIY bicycle the imp was meant to ride to power the clockwork was way too small.

So it was onto plan B.  Step one of which was to get my hands on some model railway figures (N gauge or 1:160 scale).
A bit of paint on a seated man reading a paper, a finetip marker to make it the AM Times and some scrap paper to make large ears and I had an imp.

New imp next to the old one and the old background in the top left

Next was to make a home for him.  The easiest way to to that with this scale was to use the printer.  A few google searches for suitable images and I had a gear background (actually the image of a old pocketwatch workings), and a room.

The window is from a model railway kit.  I was going to put some white paper or hints of another room on the other side but when I saw what it looked like with the gears, I left it as is.

A bit of very thin wood cut to size made a floor, aged up with a drop of woodstain after drawing floorboards with a fineliner.

The chair is hijacked from a 1:144 scale house that is a work in progress on long term hiatus and the corkboard and clock are another google image result, shrunk down to size and printed before being cut out and stuck down.

Finally, to add a bit of extra colour, I made a mini pot plant for the imp out of a seed bead, a scrap of green landscape foliage for railways, dotted with red paint for flowers.

And here is the result!

The note is now on the inside lid as now I want people to see the interior!  If anyone reading this is coming to the convention, come find me- I'd love to show it in person.