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Here is how the dead tree will look like.

Epoxy glue was used to hold pinned bits together.

The column were glued to the court yard walls.

The main entrance is taking form.

Some putty was mixed to fill the gaps.

Some carved roots for the dead tree.

A textured plastic sheet was cut to create the stone walkway.

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Then, the dead tree as to be attached to its base.

A hole was drilled under the tree that was previously filled with putty.

A wood pin helped center the tree to the foam base. 

The wood pin was used to punched the hole in the foam base.

Her is what it looks like so far.

Next, the roots were glued to the foam base.

 

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Thread were then made in the putty using screw.

The foam was too soft so the plastic washer helped make a solid attach.

Some foam was removed to imbed the plastic washer.

Here in the washer housing under the foam base.

Here is the plastic washer imbedded in the foam base.

The screw is more firmly secured to the base that way.



A plastic washer was made to secure the screw.

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Here you can see the screw getting through the foam base.

Now the tree is solidly attached to it’s base.

Without the plastic washer the screw would have get through the foam base.

The roots have now cured and are ready to be glued to the foam base.

A final test to make sure every roots will fit great.

Regular white glue was used to fix the roots to the foam.

Here is the final result. Foam react and melt when put in contact with super glue so it’s best to use regular white glue as it will not damage the foam base.

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Here is where the tree will be standing when completed.

The main entrance stairs were made of foam.

The stairway as to match the main board cut-out.

Textured plastic sheet were cut to match the size of the stairs.

The stone walkway was placed on the main board to see if it fits nice.

All the stairway pieces were ready to be glued together.

Again, white glue was used not to damage the foam.

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The second layer of foam was cut in order to embed the stairs.

Here is a close up of a wooden dowel used to mark the foam board.

No more nail cement glue was used to fix the foams together.

See the wooden dowels under the building.

The marks left by the wooden dowels will later be useful to know where to drill the wooden base to fix the building on the base.

Wooden dowels were installed under the building to punch the foam board.

Elastics were used to hold pressure on textured plastic sheets covering the stairs.

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The dead tree base was covered with white glue and sand.

A wood stick was used the push the sand in the glue.

Here is the dead tree ready to be primed.

Metal pins were glue under the courtyard walls.

Thick cement glue was used to fill the joint between the foam boards.

The cement glue was left raw on the rocky sides of the board.

The dead tree and the courtyard walls were primed.

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I had to sandpaper the thick cement glue so there will be no marks on the joints between he foam boards.

I also sandpapered the foam board itself to help the white glue stick to it.

Cleaning the board from any particles.

After placing the cathedral on the board lines were drawn around it to help placing it centered to its right place during the upcoming steps.

These marks will be useful later so no rocks will be glued where the building is to be fixed.

The wooden dowels previously installed under the building have left some marks on the foam board. A long drill bit was then used to drill through both the foam and the wood base.

A larger drill bit was finally used to drill a chamfer under the wood base.