I was kind of stuck on this Dagobah Camp Diorama. I ran out of foam board and I wasn't sure how to do the charging lantern or the lamp. I came across the Saga R2-D2, he came with a few camp accessories, including the charger. I was just going to hollow it out and use that, but it didn't work. Back to square one. I found a gel pen in the parking lot the other day. If you unscrew the point, the end of the tube is transparent and grooved. So I used that, along with a base and a top made from model kit parts. I might add some more details to it. Also wired up the lamp, using a Pico chip LED. It was super dooper bright. I covered the chip with a drop of glue and it was still bright, so I added some paint, except for the tip. now that I have foam board I can do some tree work and groundwork and that's it.
I made the trees. I used the Grapevine I pulled up several months ago. I like grapevine roots, they're pretty gnarly. I was going to make things really complicated and try to replicate the gnarltrees like in the movie, but keep it simple. I made the soil out of Coffee grounds, white glue, spackle, water, watercolors. It's still incredibly wet.
