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Darth More's Dioramas: Felucia - Display Diorama (Test)
Darth More:
Just wanted to share some pictures of my mini dioramas, I built on picture frames. I hope they give you some inspiration! Please, feel free to comment on, share and post pictures of similar projects of your own! Enjoy!
I haven't been active on here for 5 years!! That's a shame I know, BUT I haven't quit the hobby and I probabally won't. In the meantime I collected way too many ideas, created drafts and realized at least some of them. My last project in 2011 was my big Mos Eisley diorama, which still needs to be completed. I will post some updates on that topic later on.
Since I also build model kits and saw some other model builders on fairs here in Germany, I got the idea of making mini dioramas on picture frames. After the big Mos Eisley project I wanted to go small before starting the next big project. Therefore I built different dioramas on picture frames which depict some famous planets of the Star Wars Universe such as Endor, Hoth, Tatooine, Kashyyyk and more... Enjoy!
Best regards from Germany and may the force be with you!
Philipp
List of contents:
Page 1:
Picture Frame Dioramas
- Hoth: Ice Desert - Reply #3
- Tatooine: Landspeeder Display - Reply #10
- Endor: Speeder Bike Display - Reply #11
- Kashyyyk: Swamp Speeder Display - Reply #12
Page 2:
Picture Frame Diorama
- Geonosis: Desert - Reply #19
Scenery
- Star Shooting: The Emperor's Arrival - Classic Style... - Reply #27
Page 3:
Fantastic Plants and Where to Find Them...
- Which materials do I use? - Artificial Plants - Reply #32
Picture Frame Diorama
- A Message from Yoda: Panda bear/Kashyyyk Diorama - Reply #40
Page 4:
Picture Frame Dioramas
- Endor: Ewok Assault Catapult (Display inspired by TVC packaging) - Reply #47
- Endor: Battle for Endor Scenery - Reply #55
- Endor: Ewoks! Almost all Ewoks of the modern line...do you know which one is missing? - Reply #56
Mini Diorama Display Stands by FialaFernbrugg - Reply #59
- BB-8 on Mini Diorama - legion078
- Clone Assassin - FialaFernbrugg
- Sandtrooper with Custom E-11 Blaster - FialaFernbrugg
Page 5:
Shelf Diorama:
- ANH/Tatooine: Mos Eisley - Work in Progress... - Reply #67
Page 6:
- Picture Frame Dio: Utapau: The 10th Level (ROTS) - Reply #88
Page 7:
- Display Diorama: Hello there! - Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. General Grievous - Reply #92
- Display Diorama:Scarif: Landing Platform 09 // Cargo Area - Reply #100
Work in Progress:
- Modular Diorama: Battle of Utapau: Large Scale Display diorama
Coming sooner or later...
- Shelf Dioramas:
TPM: Naboo
AOTC: Geonosis
ROTS: Utapau
ANH: Tatooine (work in progress...)
TESB: Hoth
ROTJ: Endor
- Picture Frame Diorama: Felucia
- Mini Diorama Display Stand for TVC Aayla Secura
hemble:
Look forward to seeing the dio once you upload them.
Ron
Tamer:
Yeah, that last thing was weird. I can't even get into that one mini dio thread now.
Darth More:
All you need for this diorama is:
materials:
- picture frame $2-6
- artificial snow powder <$2
- cardboard <$0.50
- white acrylic paint <$1
- wood glue <$1
tools:
- pair of scissors
- a brush
For this diorama I used the smallest white picture frame I could find in a dollar store ($2). It should be just big enough to display 2-3 3.75" action figures. The measures are:
outer edges: 20x15cm (7.8"x5.9"), inner surface: 15x10cm (5.9"x4")
The snow powder is actually a very funny story to share! I have been looking for the right snow powder for months! I finally found this one here in a local craft store in July 2015!!
I asked them for Christmas decoration and told them I needed it for model building. It was weird to ask for winter stuff during summer, but anyways they had two bags left for me!
What gave me a hard time before was finding powder that was small enough for 1/18 scale. Most of the artificial snow for Christmas decoration is too big and looks fake if you know what I mean...the picture below schows how small it actually is next to a millimeter scale:
Advice: Most of the artifial snow is just shredded foam. Don't use spray glue to fix it! It will liquify because of the propellants in sprays...
Figures:
The Snowtroopers on display are custom painted and weathered. Unfortunately I did not paint them myself. I got all three of them on eBay for just $9 ($5.50 plus $4.50 shipping)!
So thanks to the talented painter! Almost all joints are glued. Some thin tape/ribbon is applied to the boots to make them look more authentic.
Step-by-step:
1. You take out the glass of the picture frame and remove the frame's stand on the back.
2. Cut four stripes out of cardboard that is about as thik as the glass to replace the glass.
They should be as long as the edges of the inner frame and around 0,5mm (0.2") wide (depending on the picture frame). Put the four stripes underneath the edges of the inner frame and fix them with wood glue. They just fill the gap between the bottom wood plate and the frame. Make sure to put newspaper underneath in order to protect your work surface. You don't want to have glue on your table.
3. Paint the wooden plate beneath the glass in white to support the white ice/snow effect.
4. When the acrylic paint is dry, apply the wood glue on the white surface and scatter the snow powder on it.
And that's how mine turned out:
They are easy to make, not much work and just a great way to display your favorite figures of your favorite movie scenes! Feel free to ask questions, share your ideas for improvement and have fun trying it yourselves!
Darth More:
I already made 3 Hoth based dioramas on differently sized picture frames. They are not only great for displaying your favorite figures, but also to honor Hasbro's best figures of the modern series!
There are basically endless combinations of what and how much you display on these dios!
Some day I will build a huge diorama to display the battle of Hoth with the AT-AT, AT-ST and a nice trench for the rebels' defence...so these small dioramas are like a test/study before I go BIG!
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