Beer Bottle and Clipboards, What the?
Yep, that about sums it up, alright. Needing more smaller items I've gotten some great suggestions, so back to the bench before anymore grass is placed. I made a loop-type clip board, then realized I also needed a standard spring-type clipboard as well. I printed up vintage French sale receipts from the net, cig pack labels, and some box layouts, but I will forgo the card board box. It doesn't fit in the scene correctly and it's too unrealistic in appearance. I really don't feel like going through the trouble to make that item work, so on to the rest.
As you can see from the bench photo, I've made a small metal barrel for odds and ends, tools, etc., plus there is a hanging peg-board in there for placing tools across a 2x4 that will be placed between the heavy beams above the second fence rail. Plus, in that mess is a chunk of heavy sprue for a larger heavy pry bar, and more gears, whatever. There is a set of three horse shoes in there too, but they are slightly covered up. Those will hang by the gate entry, one on the ground, and all of them rusted up good. The empty beer bottles will be dropped in innocuous locations to add to a neglected shop appearance.
I still need to make several oily rags and get them placed, plus I do have a very small grape box on top of the large wine barrel, not photographed. I've gone through my kid's old toys for broken mechanical items trying to find funky odds and ends that will fit the scene without too much suspicion. I'm running out of easy options, lol.
Lastly, I need to keep in mind the dust factor in the end so that everything has a decent coat of dust, but yet there is still a path through the shop for walking. We've all seen it, a well beaten path through a mess of junk with only enough room to walk safely. This won't be that bad, but close enough to see that this place is very close to being abandon. That's why I wasn't concerned about adding anything atop the wine barrel outside. This winery has probably been shut down or the owner has ceased operations for a time, who knows.
So, if you have any more suggestions, please let me know. Yall have come up with some great ones, so don't stop now, HA!
Thanks for watchin. Cheers, Ski.
P.S. Once this shop is done then the fun begins again. I'll be adding some hanging moss from the rafters once the roof gets installed, following Lazlo Adoba's tutorial.
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