The baseboard I have designed will contain little more than the area of Parliament Square that the venue stands on and a diagonal cut through of the High Street on the north side of the square. The top of the board will stand 62-63mm high (dependent on adhesives and finish). It was originally intended to stand only 60mm but I forgot to allow for the top board representing the square which, is raised above the surface of the road by 2.5mm (representing a rise from road to pavement of 100mm).
SketchUp model of my baseboard. I sketched this design to work out the physical dimensions, making it easier to cut out and assemble.
The area representing the square will be finished in a pale greyish-brown (to show paving slabs/cobbles). I had hoped to laser-etch a cobble texture into the top board but am not able to as the sheet is too large to fit in the laser cutter.
The road surface will be sprayed with either a slightly textured paint or a plain, matte grey which, will represent the tar macadam.
The sides of the board will be clad with a wood veneer. I am, as yet, undecided on which wood I will use but I would like to compliment the colour of the beech I've used for the fins of the venue's walls. I had been thinking along the lines of either a very pale wood - maple, sycamore, birch etc. - or a much darker wood - ebony, walnut, sapele etc. Ebony is unlikely as it's a hard veneer to come across and very expensive. Walnut would compliment the pale, warm and slightly pinkish appearance of the beech very well.
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