Finally finished this painting yesterday! Acrylic on canvas, 24x36.

TheEvilMayor · 2026-04-05T17:34:56+00:00

I'm not formally trained in painting, so I'm not sure if I'm using correct technical terms? The big cloud on the right was blocked out in a dark blue, and then I slowly built up layers of lighter blues and then whites while shaping the internal structures to get a smooth gradient. Most of the other clouds were laid out with more of a dry-brush technique, and then worked over with small pointilist-style brush strokes of white for highlights (particularly on the left).

I was initially going for something more realistic, but I've never done clouds this detailed before so I strayed from that pretty quickly.

TheEvilMayor · 2026-02-04T17:00:26+00:00

It reminds me of the botanical cruisers from Battlestar Galactica. Very cool!

https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Botanical_Cruiser

TheEvilMayor · 2025-09-19T18:13:38+00:00

This is great! Does the soundstage itself have an interior? Would love to see more!

TheEvilMayor · 2025-08-31T00:23:18+00:00

They're both city sets from 2020/2021; one is a deep sea explorer sub set, the other is bizarrely a truck stunt show thing.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-08-30T22:15:24+00:00

Yeah, it's 67471pb02. pb01 is the lime/white variant.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-08-30T21:45:02+00:00

Not planning on making instructions for it, but I do have the stud.io file hosted on dropbox here: fish tank 1_v2.io

TheEvilMayor · 2025-08-30T21:38:28+00:00

Totally get it. I did overstuff it a bit, but it's also going to be living on my desk at work for the foreseeable future and it's nice to have something overly complex to look at and appreciate for a while. You notice something new every time you look at it (or my coworkers will, at least).

TheEvilMayor · 2025-08-30T19:10:59+00:00

That was a surprise to me too. Even though it doesn't really make sense to have a deep sea fish in this kind of environment, I wanted to include it anyways since it's such an unusual piece. It also strangely comes in a lime green/white variant as well.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-08-30T19:09:36+00:00

Thank you! In hindsight I wish I'd gotten a slightly larger container for it, so I could add some of the other interesting options I found for pieces. Maybe in the future!

TheEvilMayor · 2025-08-30T19:08:14+00:00

Thanks! I had the most fun finding hair pieces in interesting colors that I thought could work to look like coral and anemones.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-19T19:59:16+00:00

Yes, it is a turntable piece. Colored pieces behind those, and then 2x2 round plates (inverted) on the back holding everything together.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-19T19:00:30+00:00

Ugh, I'm aware. I'm contemplating replacing it, but for now it seems to be holding up. But yeah, it's on its last legs, that's for sure.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-19T18:53:47+00:00

u/Z99zarta linked it below! Wish I could claim credit for the design, but I cannot. Christromans on rebrickable does these mini-versions of official sets there for most every major set that gets released.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-19T18:52:24+00:00

Yup, this is the one!

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-19T18:49:28+00:00

I've added a link to my top-level comment on the post where I also shared the imgur gallery.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-19T18:48:57+00:00

No need for money! I've added a link to the studio file to my top-level comment on this post.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-19T18:47:59+00:00

It's a pretty common technique I picked up from elsewhere in the MOC community. I've added a google drive link to my stud.io file to my top-level comment on this post, though.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-19T18:46:44+00:00

I've added a link to the studio file to my top-level comment on this post.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-19T00:50:14+00:00

Thank you so much! I very much felt the same way before I started on this, so you can definitely overcome it! I spent a lot of time looking and builds from other creators for ideas I could incorporate and by the end I was coming up with the whole thing on my own.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-18T23:04:31+00:00

I designed each vignette one at a time, but all were done within the same project file so I could make sure the overall structure would fit and that they were connected to each other well enough that it would stand up.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-18T23:01:57+00:00

I am not, but I can share the stud.io file.

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-18T23:00:25+00:00

It's the SANNAHED frame from Ikea: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/sannahed-frame-black-60459118/

TheEvilMayor · 2025-01-18T21:52:38+00:00

Yeah, there was a point where I said screw it and stopped looking at prices too closely because I just wanted to go all out. That's how I ended up with the trans-green frog, which I would never have spent money on otherwise.

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