I got the roughly 4′ hight x 2′ wide Silent Night, Deadly Night design for the over-sized Christmas VHS tape printed today. I am pretty excited with how good it looks.
Tomorrow I get the OSB board that is roughly 4′ x 2′ and attach the front cover to it. But before that I need to paint the perimeters of the boards black. That way we have no wood bleeding through. The spines are pretty solid and the OSB board fit is perfect, so just one cut in the middle (I need to remember to bring the extra set of sawhorses). I’ll also need to get both long and shallow screws to secure the spines to the front of the tape (brackets and right through).
I had luck screwing together the base for the Halloween diorama, so this should be pretty easy (famous last words).
I need to get some spray glue for attaching the glossy prints to the wood and we should be off to the races.
Apart from that, I need to put the whole thing in a bed of fake snow (Alexis recommended something today I am forgetting) and then figure out the best way to black the back walls out. I had some black plastic wrap we used on the windows and to hide the storage shelf in the arcade, I wonder if that stuff will work. Anyone have recommendations? I just want the three walls (and the ceiling) of the diorama to disappear as if into the night.
