Rackham Dirz Sewer Scene, Display Shelf

This display is being built to house all of the 'Alchemists of Dirz' figures from Rackham which I have collected over the years since around 2001.

Design

Rather than a single display that fitted shelf-to-shelf, I wanted something that was a little more modular and could be reconfigured or rebuilt differently if I wanted. Since the standard Ikea Billy bookcase is 80cm wide, with a 76cm shelf width (and 26cm deep), I needed a number of modular tiles that would fit easily.

A tile size of 12cm x 12cm fits neatly in two rows of six, giving a total of twelve tiles on display, with enough room for a 1cm gap around all of the edges.

• 1x Straight (damaged) sewer channel
• 1x Straight sewer channel
• 1x Large sewer drain pit
• 1x 90 degree corner sewer channel
• 2x Flat sewer floor
• 1x Flat sewer floor with puddles
• 2x Raised platform tiles
• 1x 3-way sewer junction channel
• 2x 90 degree corner (damaged) sewer channel

All of the tiles with sewer channels will have the channel placed at the centre point of the tile, and the channel itself will be a consistent 30mm wide. The raised platform tiles will be at normal height (i.e. 3 tiles tall) + 80mm of additional foam, with ladders, pipes etc up the side; they will be built with sewer channel 'grills' on each of the 4 sides, so that they can be matched up with any number of sewer channels if needed.

Materials:

• 12cm x 12cm x 1cm XPS foam tiles (cut from a larger sheet)

Individual tile stacks cut out. Each tile will be 3 layers thick; one for the base, another layer for resin/pits/holes, and the top layer for the sewer floor itself. The raised platform tiles will then have another solid foam structure mounted on top. On the right are the two texture terrain rollers; the more rectangular one was used for the pavement, the rounder profile is used for the sewer walls and uprights:

Mockup of most of the sewer tiles in place: