The Evil Dead 1:25 Cabin & Workshed area scale model

EDChainsaws

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This is Rob from the UK Evil Dead fansite BookOfTheDead.ws, I started work on a 1:25 scale model of The Evil Dead cabin back in February, and it's take me 14 weeks but I just completed it yesterday. I do build projects regularly, but this is my first scale model. It's not built for anything specific, beyond making it for myself. Anyone who wants to read a write-up and see extensive build photos can take a look at this page;

http://www.bookofthedead.ws/website/features_evil_dead_cabin_miniature_scale_model.html

Below you can see photos of the finished scale model. The first eight photos are night-lit, and the rest daytime. With a model like this, there is really no end to the amount of work you can put into it, the amount of fine detail you can add. I'd never intended to do the inside, or the cellar, but they're both possibilities should I ever re-visit this project.

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Fantastic! If you take pics in bright daylight you might be able to get more DOF to make it look even more lifelike at eye level.
 
I've been working on an Evil Dead fanfilm trailer on and off for the past two years. while I had my reservations initially, a few people suggested I could film my above model as a miniature and edit that into my previous fanfilm footage to add exterior shots of the Evil Dead cabin, which would increase the scope & production-values. I tried a number of shoots over a few weeks; daylight, night, indoors, outdoors, lighting colour combinations, smoke/mist, wind, and eventually I got a few brief shots I felt looked convincing enough to roughly pass as the full size cabin. They're all night shots, no matter what I tried, the model just looked like a model in daylight. You can see those shots in the trailer below;

 
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Awesome sauce! Makes me wish some model company would make a 1/25 scale Delta 88 so that you could have one in this scene optionally. :)


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Not a fan of Horror films in general , but your model building and diorama skills are incredible . Simply superb execution of both .
Thanks for sharing .:p


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First off wanna say I love your website. Been visiting it every day for weeks now, somehow missed this model. Second... Would you be willing to make another one to sell?? I MUST HAVE ONE! Great job!
 
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