Since the last time you joined us, we finished the diner floors and jumped up and down for days.
Then it was time to get back to work. There was still much much more work to do.
Like for instance, one of those holes in the wall the food travels through needs to be made (Image below)
Also, it was about time that we started thinking about the exterior of the diner.
Say…like how the diner’s front would look like?
While traveling to the Pittsburgh Comic Con (For those of you who don’t know, I also write comic books for Curls Studio, which you can also check out here. We’ve toured up and down the east coast and have been apart of such great conventions as Heroes Con, SPX, Baltimore Comic Con and New York Comic Con every year. The comic book art form is actually where I get a lot of my inspiration)
So, while traveling late at night to the Pittsburgh Comic Con, we stumbled upon great inspiration for the exterior tone of the diner.
If you were wondering how our diner set is supposed to look like at night, here are few inspiration from real life bel0w.
The greatest part about finding these locations was how we stumbled upon them.
So basically we took a wrong turn on the highway and thought we should just get off on an exit and turn around. Well, that wasn’t so easy and actually it made us more lost. What ended up happening next was that we took a turn and started driving down a dark and desolate road. Then whoa! Suddenly we found these buildings. SO of course the first thing that popped up in my head was, “That’s totally perfect for our set!!” So, while peeking out the window of the car (Cause I was too scared to get out) I took photos. It was a pretty scary area. In actuality, the images are a million times brighter than how it was in real life. But it was perfect to capture for inspiration. Because that scariness is what we want.
I just have to say that Esta Esta in Pittsburgh has some great food. I’m just sayin…
So after the convention was over, it was time to get back to work.
We need to cut out that rectangle.
Watch as Brian slices and dices. Yes indeed, VIDEO!
Below – The wall bleeds
VIDEO – And there you have it!
Below – The next step is to add the platform for where the dishes and meals will be passing on.
Below – We were surprised too.
When I was looking at the diner as a whole, something was bothering me, and that something was the counter top. You see, the mixture that we placed on the counter top wasn’t exactly working the way we wanted it too. It was too shiny, there were air bubbles, blah blah blah. We decided to start over, sand it down and put a deeper color on it. Actually, the same color that was on the love booths. The diner needed more of that color.
Below – The color test. Also in the background you can tell that we put matching trim on the rectangle.
Below – The new coat, plus two new shelves on the wall.
Below – The kitchen so far.
Below – The diner with it’s new counter top color, booths, hole and shelves.
Below – How exactly is everything held together?
With pure Hollywood fakery.
Now whats left to put on the platform would be a sheet of aluminum. But where can we find that?
Someone had too much fun while cleaning up… Or was it trouble?
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