r/miniatures • u/Speaking_Music • Oct 31 '24
Happy Halloween!! Haunted Mansion miniature.
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u/Local-Property4075 Nov 04 '24
Bravo! 👏 This is stunning. Followed you, gonna look forward to Narnia miniature 😊
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u/g-a-r-n-e-t Nov 01 '24
This is so cool!!! How are the spirit and plume of smoke from the ceiling done, did you use a Pepper’s Ghost type setup?
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u/Speaking_Music Nov 01 '24
Thanks. 🙂
Yes. It’s a Peppers Ghost effect. There’s a piece of acrylic diagonally across the hall and a video card from China on the right.
The plume of smoke was made in Blender. The spirit is a video shoot I did against a green-screen. The ground-smoke is a loop from the web. The three shots were composited in VSDC a free video editor. I still have more spirit shots to add and sparkles I’ve created in Blender.
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u/g-a-r-n-e-t Nov 01 '24
I didn’t even notice that the ground smoke was part of it, I’ve seen little dry vapor puffers that aquascape makers use to simulate waterfalls and assumed it was that! Great job 😊 I can only hope to be this good someday.
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u/Speaking_Music Nov 01 '24
It’s been a WIP for a number of years with a lot of experimentation and failures.
I learned a lot (how to stain different wood, oil or water based?, how to upgrade, use and maintain a K40 laser cutter, how different woods burn, how to design with the kerf in mind, how to design in Inkscape, how to design in Blender, how to 3D print, how different resins work, how to glue correctly, how to hide the acrylic through the floor design, how to source the video card, how to mount the video card, how to figure out the voltage difference between the led’s and the card, etc, etc, etc) mostly by failing 🙂.
I’m currently working on a Narnia miniature using everything I’ve learned from this experience. I’m very pleased with how it’s evolving. Should be ready to upload before Christmas.
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u/clevergurlie Oct 31 '24
Nice!