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Imperial Creative Engineering => Dioramas => Topic started by: boba772 on January 26, 2010, 09:29:32 PM

Title: How do I make a diaroma?
Post by: boba772 on January 26, 2010, 09:29:32 PM

How do I make one? I have never attempted it, but would like to. What should I get? What would I need?
If I have to get more specific, some type of Clone base.  fett Thanks!

Title: Re: How do I make a diaroma?
Post by: Clonehead on January 26, 2010, 11:09:21 PM

Yeah, the foamcore would work well for an interior dio. I usually make exterior dios and do what I can to emulate an outside environment. I would like to do one with some building ruins, though.

Title: Re: How do I make a diaroma?
Post by: JTrooper on February 01, 2010, 05:37:18 PM

It really matters what are you going to make if its the DS you should start with ZNuib Nuib universe and get some decals. That is were I got start it gives you step by step how to make dio's of the DS. If you need help just come to the forums and see some of the dio's that other people have made

Title: Re: How do I make a diaroma?
Post by: hangarbay94 on February 06, 2010, 03:08:04 PM

This guy is the Star Wars Diorama Guru..you'll see tutorials and texture downloads a plenty on his site...

Niub Niub:
http://www.niubniubsuniverse.com/ (http://www.niubniubsuniverse.com/)

Title: Re: How do I make a diaroma?
Post by: hemble on March 01, 2010, 02:59:30 AM

Mate when making dio's just remember that you don't have to go out and buy heaps of expensive materials to make a great dio. Look around the house first and you will be amazed what you can find and use. eg - cereal boxs, margarine containers, plastic bottles  and the list goes on and on.

You will have to go to the hobby shop and buy glues, plaster etc but we all have to do that at some stage when building dios.  Now the most important thing to remember when building a dio is the composition you have to make sure that you don't have to much or to little on the dio.

Here's a tip on how I see if the dio looks ok, get the figure, vehicle, parts and place them on the base and then place the base/dio in front of a mirror and stand back about 60 cms.  Kneel done  and look into the mirror and look at the base/dio and you will get a different perspective when looking thru the mirror, and you will be able to see if you have to much or to little on it.

Ron
 

Title: Re: How do I make a diaroma?
Post by: banthatootiee6 on June 17, 2014, 06:51:45 AM

I am new to this but ive been making masks, custom halloween decorations, crafts etc my whole life. You can buy plaster of paris at walmart very cheaply and also clay that hardens or clay that wont harden unless you bake it. Usually the devil store aka walmart is much cheaper than craft stores. Also I saw a hoth that looked like they used paper mache which can easily be made via corn starch , a few dollars.