Sweeney Todd: Part Three.

During the last week I continued working back into the steampunk oven for sweeney todd, touching up the surface detail and improving the overall look of the set piece. I also continued organising the other aspects of the set in preparation for the production week. In terms of the oven I attacher the feet, gluing the backs of them and securing them in place with masking tape whilst they dried.

With the feet in place I then secured more smoothly the Victorian motif, as it had only been attached with LX tape at this point I used papier mache to smooth the surfaces and attach it to the main oven better. Although I would eventually be cladding the sides in card to make them more rounded and fit the shape of the oven, I did this for the time being incase the tape came lose whilst it was left in the workshop.

At this stage I started working on the rest of the oven whilst the feet and newspaper dried. I began smoothing down the sides of the corrugated cardboard with builder's cork to give a more realistic look to the oven.

Once I had worked on the frame of the grill I concentrated on the general surface of the oven, creating a smoother, more realistic surface detail. As I had attached the feet earlier I made them more secure with the poly filler and also worked into their surfaces. Having done that I painted the rest of the structure with white emulision.

After this I worked on the top chimney section, as the victorian motif had altered the shape of the top of the oven I used card to reshape the chimney. Giving it a more circular look again.

As I had secured the card with masking tape I instantly painted over it with emulsion as the tape would have only stayed stuck down for so long. As can be seen below.

Although not perfectly smooth and with still a little work to do the oven is close to finishing. All that remains is to finish working on the surface detail, paint, and reinforce the interior to prevent from burning by lights.

The oven so far.