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My 45 Pics Of A Miniature City From ‘Salem’s Lot’ I Built As A Tribute To Stephen King

With my latest model “Nightfall in the Lot” I return one more time to the literary world of Stephen King. This time I decided to realize “Salem’s Lot”, one of the very few highly praised classics of the vampire genre.

What still enchants me about the novel after so many years is its melancholic autumnal mood and its elegantly woven, fragmentarily narrative perspective. In almost lyrical visual language, King constructs his seemingly simple story about the creeping decline of a city on the example of numerous individual fates. It was the complexity of the story from the numerous perspectives of its inhabitants that I wanted to reflect in my very personal realization of the novel.

So I used a constructional idea that I had previously fancied – the principle of a rotating world. This is why my Jerusalem Lot is set upon a rotating disk. Each little twist offers the viewer new perspectives and insights into other parts of the city, into other stories and aspects of its downfall. Only one view stays the same from every angle in the city: the view of the Marsten House, that legendary old estate in the center that oozes out all evil while the viewer never approaches it.
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My 45 Pics Of A Miniature City From 'Salem's Lot' I Built As A Tribute To Stephen King

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Airinga has a degree in Marketing from a Top 10 UK University, which she puts to good use as a digital advertising analyst at Bored Panda. A self-proclaimed writer of fantasy stories (is yet to finish a single one). Typical introvert. An avid fan of anime and manga. Fascinated by ancient history, astronomy, and artificial intelligence.

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Kristy P 5 years ago

Amazing detail & artistry. I hope Stephen sees it!

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Mario Unger 5 years ago

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kkathleen517 5 years ago

Wow. This is fantastic. I love it. I've read the book a couple times but it's been a few years. When I'm done re-reading The Stand I'm going to read this one again. I really hope Stephen King sees this. I thought I was a big fan..oh man

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Kim Bush 5 years ago

You need a job in Hollywood now building miniature sets!

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Pokemon sa 5 years ago

This just blew my balls off , holly c**p its pretty

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Mario Unger 5 years ago

Thank you

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Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

No, no and again NO! What kind of a sorcerer are you?! Damn. The level of detail, the craftsmanship, the photography ... And now you are forcing me to read the book, on top of it! Wow! I am impressed.

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Teresa Cline 5 years ago

This is so malevolent and magical to me. I hope it finds it's way to Mr. King and he is blown away as well. I vividly recall watching the two part mini series that came on TV when I was 7 with my mother and grandmother. I loved it, but had just as vivid nightmares for years after watching. It has still been my favorite as an adult. Your model is so amazing that I could easily envision the characters there. Hoping to see the movie again soon. Thanks for sharing your work with us.

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Miss_Olivia 5 years ago

You have made Stephen King proud

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Don Loughrey 5 years ago

Wow. My favorite of King's Novels an my favorite Novel period. Mostly because the town reminds me so much of the small town in upstate NY I grew up in. I would buy this if it was for sale. Well done.

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Dr.Scott 5 years ago

I have read this a few times. The only books I liked as much (maybe even a little more) were the Jonathan Maberry Ghost Road Blues books. They're similar as in a vampire invasion in a small town and set during Halloween.

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Pretty Pangolin 5 years ago

Oh, I read those. If you have the time/money to read only one, I would suggest the last one, "Bad Moon Rising."

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Laura Zaini 5 years ago

wow

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PandaPiñata 5 years ago

I think that somehow the comment section messed up a little. Mario Unger thinks that people are responding to one of his original posts. He is the guy behind the posts with old photos being colored. So I doubt he is trying to get credit here. Obviously a mixup. So stop and think before you hate :)

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Kassiopeya (Post author) 5 years ago

Jhep, you are probably right. Haven't seen the temporal resemblance of his post at all. Thanks for pointing out.

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Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

Kasiopeya has documented the process here: https://www.kassiopeya-sachenwerkler.de/hinter-den-kulissen/wip-nightfall-in-the-lot-2-english/ It is well worth a look. How long did it take to build? How did you get into doing things like this? It is way beyond the level of crafting.

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Kassiopeya (Post author) 5 years ago

Hey thanks =) Working on the model itself took me from June 2018 till Mai 2019, what means something about 1700 hours. After that we spent something about 2 months with photography and editing. And how I got into doing this - I've always spent a lot of time painting oil and building stuff. Then one day I found a model building platform on the internet and wanted to try out the technique - and got stuck =)

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SH Kaiser 5 years ago

Brilliant!

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Mimi M 5 years ago

Absolutely amazing.

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westwing 5 years ago

Wow, truly a labor of deep admiration!

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Coraline Brown 5 years ago

Amazing detail..do the overlook hotel next! Complete with snowy maze and deep frozen jack

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Ina 5 years ago

Wow this is amazing work! I hope this person will make a stop motion film one day. Such a talent!

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Bettina Jansen 5 years ago

Awesome ! Thank you for sharing this, I'll think I'll go re-read the book now, while the images are fresh in my mind :)

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Kathy Wazny 5 years ago

Great job love it

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Randall Flagg 3 years ago

Kurt would be proud...

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Lulik 5 years ago

Just WOW.

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Kristy P 5 years ago

Amazing detail & artistry. I hope Stephen sees it!

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Mario Unger 5 years ago

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kkathleen517 5 years ago

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Kim Bush 5 years ago

You need a job in Hollywood now building miniature sets!

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Pokemon sa 5 years ago

This just blew my balls off , holly c**p its pretty

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Mario Unger 5 years ago

Thank you

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Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

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Teresa Cline 5 years ago

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Miss_Olivia 5 years ago

You have made Stephen King proud

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Don Loughrey 5 years ago

Wow. My favorite of King's Novels an my favorite Novel period. Mostly because the town reminds me so much of the small town in upstate NY I grew up in. I would buy this if it was for sale. Well done.

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