Post #801299 by TheLuckyParrot on Sat, Mar 14, 2020 12:19 AM

STAGE ASSEMBLY, PART 9

Alrighty, then...the paint finished, I added the deco. Lots of hobby store moss, a couple of hidden light features (neopixel strips for those with some knowledge and curiosity), gotta have palm trees, of course, way in the back a tiny Easter Island homage, and tucked far off into the corner for some extremely dedicated person to possibly pick out...Spongebob's pineapple house.

This is the overall decor. From back here you can't see much of the paint and opalescence detail but it's there:

This is the head-on view, as will commonly be seen by the viewer. The wires that you see hanging out from under the stage deck are the wires for the added light feature. I'll be explaining this later. And, by the way, the enclosure for the ship-in-a-bottle at the rear is still not secured to the assembly. That's why it looks a little cock-eyed:

I have the moss hanging down in the front to help obscure any ability to peek under the stage from the front and see the mechanics and electronics.

Volcano and palm trees. And down there in the far left corner of the volcano....

Easter Island for the keen-eyed:

And now, after all this time, it really should be apparent that we will be able to hide Trader Sam successfully among everything else going on. You only know how to identify that Sam is back there because you can go back in time in this project thread and spoil the surprise: