Marine's Pirate hangout Diorama

The bamboo floor in progress! I laid the floor pieces staggered as that's what I felt looked best. They're just glued to the foam. I do not recommend this method, as the board ended up warping and had to be pressed flat for many days after the glue cured. 

After trimming and sanding the boards that were hanging off the edge, I wrapped the two sides in tape to prevent splinters. Using a dremel, I made holes and installed magnets under the tape in hopes of making the walls modular and removable. This idea did not work out in the end, unfortunately. 

The seedy underbelly of the beast. There are some metal pins connecting the two foam boards to hold them together and rubber feet were installed on the corners to make the room sit flat and ensure it doesn't slide around when seated on a shelf. 

The side walls, before paint. They are simple plastic brick sheets I found at my local craft store, glued to foam boards.

I carved concrete bases for the walls out of some spare foam. They're secured to the bottoms of the walls with glue and small nails. 

One wall, painted and weathered. I added some browns and greens towards the bottom to give the wall a dirty and damp feel. I am happy with how the concrete base came out. 

The same wall, now with a pipe! The pipe exists solely to cover the seam between the two brick panels. Said pipe is made from a model kit runner painted silver and is attached to the wall with some bent nails. 

A (dusty) close up shot of one of the finished wall bases. I painted a few random bricks different colors as well. 

Baseboard for the rear wall. I went with a different style for this wall while keeping the dirty and dingy aesthetic in mind. 

Using some chopped up spare foam pieces, I created some rough wood planks, intentionally making them uneven and crude. I carved some grain lines into these to give them a more realistic appearance. 

After some paint: shabby! But like, intentionally shabby. The window looks as if it was slapped together by a pirate who has never done woodwork before; exactly what I was going for. There is a sheet of thin plastic sandwiched between the decorative window pieces to give the illusion of glass (you know, like a real window).

A fireplace from the Re-Ment Rosen Palace series. I received this blind box as a gift from a very dear friend and wanted to incorporate it into Marine's room somehow. 

With a little paint, I was able to soot this baby up and make the fireplace a bit more used and worn looking. I had the idea of using the fireplace to help cover the seam between the panels on the second brick wall.

It is really starting to look like a room! The chimney is made from one of those brick wall panels, folded into a rectangle and glued together. The cabinet on the wall is from the Re-Ment Taisho Roman A Great Family series with custom supports added to make it wall-mountable. The photo frame is an unused window painted gold. 

The standing bookcase was a generic wood dollhouse bookcase that I stained brown and added decorative pieces to. The gold decorations are cut up bits of another unused window, painted gold. I think these little accents help make the furniture look more like they're from the same set or at least belong together in the same room.