Welcome back to Reasonable Dioramas, where we make miniature dioramas from nothing but garbage and dollar store items. Creations? Nah, it's dioramas only now. Not really though. But apparently I'm branching out from making monster minis and am now doing terrain. Which I thought I'd never do because making terrain is b-o-r-ing. Or so I thought. What I didn't realize is that you can put your own twist on terrain as well.
A long time ago, my party entered a giant sewer. It's a common trope and most parties of adventurers will find themselves on sewer cleanup duty at some point in their career. It's a rite of passage, like meeting in a tavern. In their case, it was the Black Sewers of Raxivort and it was full of xvarts. For those less nerdy of you, xvarts are small, ugly, bluey-purple men. They're disgusting and evil and their lore has changed over the years but not their alignment: chaotic evil. They're fun.
A xvart was actually my first ever post on this blog. It was poorly made but it was fun and was a huge factor in me creating this blog. It's all thanks to xvarts is what I'm trying to say. Anyway, the xvarts had domesticated giant rats and bats. They used them as food, clothing and pets. It's gross but that's xvart lore. With all that in mind here's my take on what that sewer looked like:
I can smell it through the screen. Which means it worked, I guess? I'm pretty proud of this build and it was much simpler than I expected. I don't even need a list because it's almost entirely made of popsicle sticks and hot glue. The only other things you need are a shoebox, an old pill bottle, a cork and a couple of toothpicks. Then stick it together. I made mine to fit on a grid but that's up to you. Cut up and glue the popsicle sticks on the walls for bricks, use way too much hot glue for the waste water, the pill bottle for a pipe, toothpicks for bars, pieces of cork for solid waste, etc. It's all visible and fairly obvious, I trust you'll figure it out. When in doubt, add more hot glue. Rivets? Hot glue. Ladder welds? Hot glue.
If there's anything I missed that's not obvious, feel free to let me know. Have fun!
Finished pic with bonus balloon
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| "You'll float too." |
After gluing the base together
Before attaching the pipe
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