While I was waiting for some oil paints to cure, I knocked up some
detritus to put in the cab and make it feel more lived in. Now, going by plot development these
items shouldn't really be together in one place at any one time, and the
lifemask would never be in the Carnivàle truck, but they're little
flavourful items that add to the identity of the piece.
The box is about 6mm by 6mm by 6mm to give you an idea of scale. These items are never going to be particularly visible, they'll be inside the closed cab of the truck and the only way you'll be able to see them will be through the dusty stained windows (to be honest, I haven't tested to see if they'll be visible at all).
Hawkin's lifemask was made from the head of the German driver that came with the Gaz-AA, trimmed down and hollowed out.
The box for the mask was made from paper, reinforced with superglue.
The dagger (which represents the Crone's trench knife) is just a 40k Cadian
bayonet- i know it doesn't really look like a civil war era knife, but
since it'll barely be seen through the cab windows i figure accuracy
isn't that critical.
Sofie's tarot cards are cut from slightly thicker than normal paper and painted up.
The newspaper is made from thin layout paper, soaked through with matt varnish to strengthen it up.
I'm tempted to make a few Nehi bottles too since they feature quite
heavily in the series, but i'm not certain how to go about it... Hmmm.
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