L-Bend Hardware Scenery

Carrying on from the last post, today is just to highlight a small scenery piece that was made from parts purchased at the same hardware store. This time, I am using a pair of plastic L-bend pipes from the store. 

The plastic pipework was firstly glued with superglue to a square MDF board. In this case, the MDF was bought as a table mat (the kind that you would put glasses of wine on, or just drinks in general). Following that, I used filler to mould around the base of the pipes to create a rugged look as if these pipes had been there for quite some time. Inside the opening of the pipes, I glued in to place a plastic square grid mesh. This was probably the hardest part to be honest as I could not quite get the grid cut to a perfectly circular shape. Hence if you look carefully, you will see a distortion in the grid as it sits inside the L-bends. I actually don't mind this one bit as to me it simply suggests more ageing. 

Painting followed the same scheme that I had used for the toilet parts in the previous post: red as the base colour followed by sponging of rusted oranges and selected use of black here and there. 

At the "lip" of the L-bend where the grid was glued, I applied a liberal amount of watery black ink. This gives the appearance that the pipes have seen extensive use and are probably a significant source of pollution. The overall effect is that of a forge world, or an industrial hive perhaps. These pipes have been there a long while. But does any seriously know where they connect to or what their actual function is these days? We're not sure. So we'd better not move them in case they actually are important after all!