Before creating the mountain we had to draw out on the base where everything needed to go and then router where the lake was going to go. To create the shape of the mountain, we stuffed scrunched up pieces of newspaper into chicken wire and created the shape we needed. When we finished with stapled the wire down, trimming the sides and started working on the plaster. The kind of plaster we used was called, 'Plaster of Paris'. All we did to make it was we mixed the powder with water until it was a perfect. The plastering took a long time as our mountain was very big, but we finally finished it and after waiting for the plaster to dry I started painting it. To make the paint job look as realistic as the plaster felt, we brought in spunges so that the mixture of colours would be more suttel. Mixing the paints to get the perfect colours took a very long time, but after I'd gotten the perfect colours, I started layering the paint on and mixing them together. The feedback we got for the mountain at our presentation was very positive as they sayed that it looked very realistic. Rosy and I are very happy with the way the mountain turned out. After the mountain had dried, I then started straight away with the extra landscape features. My mom and I found a great Christmas shop on our way back from school where they sell really cool miniature trees and model accessories. While I was there I bought a few fake small trees and some fake dirt. I first applied the dirt to the bases surface by painting watered glue down onto the base and pouring the dirt onto it. I gradually and carefully made my way through the whole surface (making sure I had covered as much wood as possible and that the dirt was set successfully so that it wouldn't fall off). I then started gluing on the trees with the hit glue gun (which was easy enough), and when Rosy had finished the the homes I hot glued them into place as well. Overall, I think the landscape for our resort turned out great.
Base with rough sketch of where things will be placed
First Design
Second Design
Third and final design
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