Today I'm discussing a very cute, little oil lamp for Jane's attic. Measuring less than 4 cm (1.5 inches) tall, this 1:12 scale beauty didn't arrive looking anything like the way you see it here.
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| The oil lamp standing on the French dresser. |
For starters, the lamp's font (the 'body') was painted in a very cheesy yellow color, and didn't have a wick regulator, let alone a wick (the lamp's 'fuse'). So I added these and painted the font using various color layers, including some green coloring suggesting brass corrosion.
The chimney consisted of a piece of massive plastic that made the lamp look very unrealistic. I changed that by hollowing it out with my multi-tool, an extremely delicate process which required surgical precision, as one wrong move would destroy the chimney! Luckily, the material proved quite resistant, so I managed to achieve my goal. The below pics are a tribute to the humble, yet gorgeous oil lamp. It offers close-up views of its key elements for you to enjoy!
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| The oil lamp with its chimney next to it. |
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| The upper part of the font, with the added burner, the wick, and wick regulator. |
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