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So a family member married this weekend. She asked for some cash as a wedding present. Money to invest in a new VW bus camper. So we decided as the more creative branch of the family: let's at least present the present in a unique way.  The theme was: Built a diorama with a camper van and maybe a bit of references to marriage. I built a camper van and a base to stand on. My partner's daugther did some origami on the Euro bills the family collected. Here is what I built: The Terrain Piece: I started with coating a placemat with some Art Podge and paint to seal it. I coated the rock pieces I tokk from some old Playmobil sets with paper mache. The road is a piece of anti slippery mat. And then I made a texture paste from Glue and various grains of sand and rubble with paint. I pressed some monster truck tires into the soft paste.. Washes, drybrushing on rocks and road. A bit of static grass flocking on the greenery, some paint and grounded chalk pigments on the landscape, and it w...