10-17-16 update- I've FINALLY gotten around to uploading some of the lost photos. It would be a huge task to go through the thread and figure out which picture goes with which post, so instead I will just post them all here in the first post. These are the photos of Jabba's throne room under construction and completed:
This is the Rancor Pit which was built later, but is right under the throne room diorama:
And here is the Walking Dead diorama:
01-02-2015 update- welcome to my thread showing my various Pop scenes and dioramas! This thread is in sequential order, as I create new scenes I don't update the first post about them, I create a new post within the thread with pics. So as you read through the thread you'll see the scenes from oldest to newest. if you've already seen the older scenes then you can skip to the end of the thread to see the newest updates. I hope you enjoy the journey
I posted a sneak peak of this in the WD thread, but thought I would post a new thread on it in case anyone has questions about it so I don't muck up another thread with a bunch of off topic discussion
I've been collecting and building plastic model kits for many years and have made a couple of dioramas to display the models on. I was trying to come up with a unique way to display some of my Pops and thought hmmm, a diorama might be cool! I have these niches between my living room and bedroom that were very poorly lit and hard to see into, so that seemed like the perfect spot to create a little lighted display. And at the time I was working on my WD collection, so that became the theme I'm not sure how much or how little info any of you are interested in, so I'll just try and hit the high points and if you want further info on any of it please ask, I will be happy to answer.
Pretty much the entire diorama is scratch-built. The base is 1/2" foam core. The rock formations are plaster cloth over wadded up newspaper with some rock features cast in plaster using a rock mold for added texture/ detail. The plaster was painted with acrylics, then "talus" (the rock material) was applied over that along with the shredded grass material. The corn stalks and flowers were the only things I didn't scratch-build, I bought those pre-made from my local hobby store. The side and back panels are canvas-over-hardboard that were also painted with acrylics. The prison tower is scratch-built from foam core, paper, folder plastic (for the windows), wood dowels (handrails) and plastic sheet for the walkway. The prison fence and gate was made of a drywall repair screen glued over a wood dowel frame with some spruce extensions for the razor wire (which is picture hanging wire that was wrapped around a rod to give it that shape). In the show the fence is a weathered silver color, I actually wanted to match that but when I tested the paints it looked TERRIBLE so I ended up stripping it and just going basic black.
The figures are all unmodified production figures, all are the "bloody" variants except Daryl and Teddy Bear Girl neither of which were offered in a variant. I had to have Teddy Bear Girl on there even though she doesn't match because she is my all-time-favorite Pop
The only thing I added to the figures was the chains going from Michonne's fist to her pets. Lighting is strip "natural daylight" LEDs, one strip is concealed behind the shelf lip above and the other is along the bottom edge mounted to an aluminum angle that also conceals the raw foam edge of the base. The strips were hooked up to a remote controlled device so the lights can be turned on and off via remote.
There is another shelf above and below this one that I also plan on building dioramas on, at this point I think one will be Batman-themed and the other will be Star Wars
I hope everyone likes it!
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