Match Furniture - Plates (Model 02)

here's a little update regarding my match furniture project, which is an experimental part of my diorama project..
it is still in the experimental stage since there's really a lot of factors to consider, like the: durability of the material over time, wood-eating insects (or infestation), and what paint to use on them...


since i have been accumulating a lot of used matchsticks for the past few weeks..
i decided that i should come up with some new model(s)..
and i thought of creating a new plate design..
coz the plates (model 01 or simply 'plates') looks too simple...

and here's what i came up with..
i made these during the early part of April...

plates (model 02)..
unlike the basic or the first model, this type has spaces in between each stick..
each space being as broad or as thick as a single matchstick..
they're quite tricky to produce, coz only the tips are being glued for most part..
i make use of heavy materials with straight edges as guide, just to make sure that each side of the plate would also be straight (90 degrees for every corner)..
plus, while gluing, i need to temporarily put matchsticks in place of those spaces, to come up with spaces of almost the same sizes and also to keep the sticks in the inner side of the plate straight while still waiting for the glue to dry...

i think i can make use of some of these as air vent...

The Long Box

well, still no update here regarding my collection..
besides, i haven't sold anything from my ebay store yet.. (poor me) T,T
so i don't have extra money to buy miscellaneous units...

anyway..
here's a new box that i made last March 21 (if i'm not mistaken)..
i decided to throw out some old college books from my cabinet, to make some space for more Star Wars action figures...

i call it a long box, coz it's quite long..>,<
just like my other custom and handmade boxes, this is made out of illustration board material..
the black (or colored) side of the illustration board has a tendency of losing its color and staining anything that gets near it and of course we wouldn't want it to ruin the color of our beloved toy collection (especially the troopers' white armor >,<), so to avoid that i always cover the interior (the base, the sides, and even the top) of the box with plain, white typewriting paper..
this has a dimension of 7 x 11 x 5(height) inches..
and it can hold up to more than 50 Star Wars 3 & 3/4 inch action figures of the average size..
but this box is not yet complete..
i still need to look for a Star Wars logo (preferably one from the blue or red Legacy Collection), a Hasbro logo, and maybe a bar code, so it can look like my very first starbox...

boxes are quite useful for me..
because i'm not the type of collector who would just let the action figure rest inside their packaging for eternity and accumulate monetary value..
every time i buy a new unit, i'm always excited to take it out from its packaging..
i wipe or brush them (coz sometimes even if they are sealed they still accumulate some dirt), i check for paint job error(s) (which i think is just normal for mass-produced toys), and i also check if their points of articulation are working fine or are in perfect fit (which can sometimes lead to a disaster, in my case, i broke the hands of 2 of my AT-RT Drivers in the process of inspecting them, i managed to glue them back but i'll never turn those hands again coz i'm afraid that i might break them again)..
after the inspection and after each pictorial, that is when i need my boxes, so i can re-store my units to protect them from dirt and from fading until the time when they finally have a decent gallery...