As another strength precaution, without wanting to add a lot of weight, I've pushed up a set of BBQ skewers from the base up into the back piece, these will get a quick hacksaw flush with the bottom and then it will be left to fully cure overnight.

Here's a set of 3 angles with today's start on the mammoth project!!

Sometime ago I sculpted a bas-relief Cthulhu tomb sarcophagus lid around an intersecting triangle pattern, again it's the weigh up between what I can achieve and what goes on in my head! Marking out the same shape onto the foam I then cut using a metal saw blade to avoid ripping up the material too much. To break up the outer lines I used a fine tooth hacksaw blade and marked out some semi-circles for removal.

The back edge of the base piece is angled backwards, I'm hoping this will act as a cantilever support for the mausoleum, although I've got some thin MDF which I can put right through the back piece to assist with that if needed. A good bead of no nails to hold the 2 pieces together is now required!

day one - well day three but I digress already

Having seen Fenris Games post for a world building diorama competition info here I ordered some parts from them to include the Copp's Hill Mausoleum. I'd been chewing the ideas over in my head during the daytime having had an eye on the resin scenery piece for a while.

In keeping with the Cthulhu mythos I imagined a non-euclidean diorama and then worked backwards from that to get something I could build in the time allotted, while still maintaining an other worldly feeling. One large sheet of extruded polystyrene insulation foam would supply the basis- here it is doing a good impression of the 2001 Space Odyssey monolith! I've done this with the comp page in the background to help time stamp it as a new build.