1:35 Printed Accessories: Wall and Floor Tiles Nr.5

Wall and Floor Tiles Nr.5 - a surface for a vignette in 1:35 scale

The fifth numbered version of wall and floor tiles from the range of printed RT-Diorama accessories for dioramas in 1:35 scale. It is a flat subject for the floors and walls of an interior; no model on its own comes out of it, and it counts on the base of the scene already standing.

A small scene, a large role for the surface

On a vignette with a single figure or a single vehicle there is nowhere to hide an unfinished job. The area is small, the viewer takes it all in at one look and everything on it is visible close up. That is exactly why it pays to give the surface of the floor the most attention in small scenes: it decides the impression of the whole piece of work more than any individual object in the composition. The floor also takes up the largest continuous area on a vignette, so the overall sense of color of the scene rests on it too.

Tips for small scenes

• Choose a section of a room rather than the whole layout; on a small area a detail works better than an overview.
• Keep the number of objects low; empty space is part of the composition.
• Place one dominant element off the center of the area, and the scene will come alive by it.
• Concentrate the dirt where people would have walked, not evenly everywhere.
• Unify the plinth and the frame of the vignette in shade, so that the scene does not stop abruptly.

Who the accessory is for

It suits modelers who make vignettes and smaller dioramas in 1:35 scale, and those who want to add a small scene with a believable interior to an existing model in a display case.