The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Creative Engineering => Dioramas => Topic started by: CustomCreator on April 24, 2014, 08:19:26 PM
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30" wide, 22" high, with two 4" wide columns on each end. Middle gap up top will be for a balcony or something.
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The door will be made from wood I am thinking. Not sure if it will be operational or not seeing as I don't want to have to make an area behind the door...we'll see.
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First time doing "bricks" in foam....go easy!
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Going for an older run down castle, not the pretty polished ones in the games
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Block wall
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Called it quits a bit after this picture. I did finish above the door though (pics next time)
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I plan on having a moat, front "lawn", foliage, and maybe some trees...stay tuned!
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Loving This so far! For a more weathered look, try putting a weak mixture of acetylene-based nail polish remover and water in a spray bottle and spraying the bricks. It will leave the styrofoam with a pitted, eroded look. Try it on a small, expendable piece first to get a feel of how it'll interact!
Also, LOVING that Figma Link figure! I'm planning on getting one myself!
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This is looking great so far.
smeagol is correct the spray should work great or if you aren't that confident grap a piece of sandtone or a rock and press lightly into the foam this will also give a nice stone effect. Also what you could do is get a led pencil and on the stone/brick go around the edges and lightly press down and this will give the stone an even more work look.
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Great tips guys! I do have some of my own techniques I like to use. I started wearing the stones a bit more after these pictures (pushing in corners, tearing up edges) I don't want to overdo it either. I am going for a more video game look than a "real" world castle if that makes sense?
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I know it may not look like much work was done tonight, bu tit was a lot of sitting and staring. I am stuck between design and build stages where I can't go too far with the block work for there are things I want to incorporate but not settled on what yet.
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Just a close up of the block work, I think the "abutments" are deep enough the way they are, what do you think?
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That brick work looks great to me. Off to share more comments to the front page.
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This is coming along great mate and the wear on the stone work is great.
Ron
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Whoah! This is outstanding! Its great to see another LOZ fan on the yards here. I think the bricks look fine. Which Hyrule castle are you going for? Twilight Princess? Ocarina of Time? well I guess I should start making assumptions here you could be doing the sealed grounds or temple of time too. Either way though it looks fantastic!
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I am not doing any specific Hyrule Castle, just kind of one of my own. Basically an homage to the game (my fav franchise of all time). So I have some really cool ideas for this dio, just hope I can pull them off!
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It's coming together beautifully.
...And sitting and staring is a HUGE part of customizing! You are definitely on the right track.
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Finished off the blocks for the main part of the castle. YES I know I messed up the bricks around the window, but I am hoping some well placed ivy and moss will cover that. Gave it a quick paint to see how the detailing will hold up too.
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Don't mind Sam, he's been having some problems lately
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Looking Great mate and yeah once you put moss/ivy on you won't even notice it.
Ron
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I wouldn't have noticed it already if you hadn't pointed it out. Looks part of the deco to me. Off to the front page.
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Did a black wash, and started adding my shades of grey (about 50 ;) )
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I used two types of black paint on each side. The right side (looking at it) I used just regular Tamiya spray black. The left side I used Tamiya Spray flat black. You can see the left side took the grey paint much better. Hoping I can even them out as I go.
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Wow, it looks great. 50 shades of grey! Wow. Off to share again.
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That's really looking fantastic!
So what are your thoughts on the teaser that was shown at E3 yesterday? Any thoughts on the "Protagonist is a female and not necessarily Link" theories floating around out there?
Realistically, I think Nintendo's full of hot air and they'd never make a Legend of Zelda game without Link as the male protagonist, but we can dream...
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Wow, it looks great. 50 shades of grey! Wow. Off to share again.
That was a joke.....you know, 50 shades of grey?? Lol Thanks though!
Sadly, I have no urge to ever own a Wii or Wii U, so sadly, my run with Link and Zelda is over. I can't stand the system and HATE the nun-chucks, etc. My LOZ gaming ending with Twilight Princess on Gamecube. I have now switched to collecting LOZ stuff.
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Now I know how doll makers feel putting hair on dolls. This is tedious work, but I think the end result is paying off. LOTS more to do!
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"Itsa me! "
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The moss is looking great mate.
Ron
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The moss is looking great mate.
Ron
Yes, I agree. Are you gonna put fake mud on it? Would be cool on the base.
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The bottom will be dirtied up....I have LOTS planned for the base still.
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Wow, that is looking great. I love the moss on this. Back to the front page.