So I've been steadily working on the river banks over the last couple of weeks.
I got the first set of foam blocks installed and got most of them carved out. Things were looking good. But then I had an idea, what if I could enhance the depth of the river, make it look as if it continues around the bend? So I grabbed a small mirror and started playing around with it.
After a few tries it looked as if this could work? I've never made use of a mirror, although I've always wanted to. Hmmmm?
After placing the mirror in what I thought was a good place, I stepped back and took a look at it. Not bad, but I was going to have to change the angle of it as well as redo the foam blocks along the backdrop.
So the trouble was, at this angle it made the river bend to the right and not to the left. So I ripped out the rear two blocks of foam and started playing around again with a pencil line, trying to line up the mirror so the bank turned to the left. I had to angle the mirror quite a bit to make the curved pencil line line up properly. But this would work.
I ordered a new larger mirror and sat it in place, then I got the two new foam blocks installed and carved them to fit. Using the line I drew as a guide I shaped the last foam block and got them glued in placed.
The next thing to do was to get the blocks shaped and painted.
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