I think it might be fun to get some input and share ideas among those of us who are planning Mad Scientist Laboratories (as in, la-BOR-a-tries).
My own lab plans are many, but finished props are few (mostly because of the space they take up when done), however, if there's some interest I'll share as I go. My plan is to have 3 basic areas with some location overlap. Collections, Specimens and Oddities should wind up just off the kitchen, outside the laundry room door. Inside the laundry room I plan for an area centered on electricity and chemistry (plasma ball, bubbling beakers), and what I hope will be the pièce de résistance-- the Cloning and Regeneration area, complete with a monster on a slab AND a gauze-wrapped mannequin floating in a big aquarium-- Hoping for a little Rocky Horror vibe to that part.
I whipped this up just for fun:
(the one on the right doesn't show well in this shot, but she's "student body president")
Yeah, I know Dr. Frankenstein was Swiss, but I like the idea of his being educated in Transylvania. I'll run the diploma by an actual Romanian-speaker for editing before I print up my final copy. (I have no command of the language. I know a few important words, like-- "good day", "where is...", "please", "thank you", "mushrooms", "cheese"-- the necessities.)
When I get back from the grocery store, I'll do a trial run on an idea that's been playing bumper cars with the others in a corner of my mind.
So, folks with lab displays, collections, or even nebulous ideas, what do you say?
My own lab plans are many, but finished props are few (mostly because of the space they take up when done), however, if there's some interest I'll share as I go. My plan is to have 3 basic areas with some location overlap. Collections, Specimens and Oddities should wind up just off the kitchen, outside the laundry room door. Inside the laundry room I plan for an area centered on electricity and chemistry (plasma ball, bubbling beakers), and what I hope will be the pièce de résistance-- the Cloning and Regeneration area, complete with a monster on a slab AND a gauze-wrapped mannequin floating in a big aquarium-- Hoping for a little Rocky Horror vibe to that part.
I whipped this up just for fun:
(the one on the right doesn't show well in this shot, but she's "student body president")
Yeah, I know Dr. Frankenstein was Swiss, but I like the idea of his being educated in Transylvania. I'll run the diploma by an actual Romanian-speaker for editing before I print up my final copy. (I have no command of the language. I know a few important words, like-- "good day", "where is...", "please", "thank you", "mushrooms", "cheese"-- the necessities.)
When I get back from the grocery store, I'll do a trial run on an idea that's been playing bumper cars with the others in a corner of my mind.
So, folks with lab displays, collections, or even nebulous ideas, what do you say?