In this video we'll look at how you can recycle garbage to make your own quality display plinths.
Stay to the end and I'll show you how they look in some real world examples.
You're gonna want to have a hunt about and find any little plastic bottles or lids, ideally
ones that have an interesting design on the side.
This Centrum vitamin bottle here will be ideal.
Now, there's a lot of different ways you can alter it to create a plinth, I'll go over
the basic process to get you started.
First we're going to shrink it down by getting rid of the top and bottom parts of the bottle.
And I'll do that with a thin hobby saw, just cutting right through the plastic.
And you'll also want to use the blade to remove the mold lines from the sides.
Give those areas a rub down with a piece of sand paper to smooth out any imperfections
left on the surfaces.
You should be left with something that looks like this, use your fingers to make sure you
haven't missed any rough patches.
It should feel smooth to the touch.
Next you're going to take a bit of plasticard, big enough that it'll cover up the top.
Apply some super glue onto the rim along the upper part of the bottle and press the plasticard
on top.
Making sure you get a good seal around the whole edge.
You can use an activator spray to speed up the drying time if you have one.
Once the glue has dried, use a pair of scissors to cut off most of the excess plasticard.
It's really easy to cut with normal scissors it feels a lot like cutting a thin piece of
cardstock.
Switch back to your hobby knife and carefully cut away the small parts of plastic that'sleft
over.
The scissors are a bit too imprecise to get a clean cut, but the knife will give you way
more control.
Once you've finished that, use a piece of sand paper to smooth down the edges.
And you can use a wakeup brush to get rid of all the dust.
If you like.
A damp cloth will work just as well.
You're going to be left with an obvious gap where the plasticard is joined onto the base.
An easy way to get rid of that is by simply running some super glue around the join.
The glue will sink into the recess and once it dries you can actually use a bit of sand
paper to smooth it down.
Leaving you with a seemless finish.
It's a lot quicker and and less hassle than using something like milliput.
If you find any bits where the glue hasn't filled the join properly, just add a bit more
glue to those spots.
And sand them down once it's dry.
Next we're going to be using some milliput so I'll whack on a pair of rubber gloves to
save my hands from getting manky.
If you haven't used milliput before, it comes in two little sticks, and you're going to
cut equal parts off each stick and them smooth them together for a while until they're mixed.
You're gonna know it's mixed once you stop seeing streaks in the putty, it'll just be
an even colour.
Set that aside for now and we'll fill the void inside our base with a bit of tin foil.
Just loosely scrunching it up and stuffing it unceremoniously into the hole.
One you've done that grab some of your milliput and start to press it into the tin foil.
The goal being to seal off the bottom of your plinth.
It also gives your base a bit of weight so it's gonna be less likely to topple over.
The tinfoil will give your milliput something to grip onto, and save you from using an ungodly
amount of the stuff.
Keep putting the putty into the hole until it's slightly proud of the surface.
Then you're gonna set it aside and leave it to cure.
It should take about 4 hours but I usually leave it overnight just to be sure.
Once it's ready it should be hard to the touch.
Now you're going to sand this flat but to save yourself a bit of time, just use a knife
to cut off most of the excess putty.
Being sure that you don't cut so deep that you go past that base line.
Then finish it off by smoothing it down with some sand paper.
Again you can use a soft brush or a cloth to get rid of any dust left on the surface.
As I said you can vary this process to get different results.
For example, here I've cut a wedge into the side, allowing us to attain two tiers, with
a neat water effect in the lower section.
In this one I made a much shorter version actually leaving the screw top in place.
That allows us the option of removing the top and replacing it with a new scene, if
we ever get bored of the one we have.
Here's a little ruined castle scene that we're busy creating, it's not painted yet but you
get idea.
The only limiting factor is really your own imagination.
So grab some glue and get cracking.
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