The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Creative Engineering => Dioramas => Topic started by: CustomCreator on February 25, 2016, 07:57:56 PM
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Back at it again on a bit smaller scale. Facebook user John Connor had a nice little stairwell made for him that I liked so much, I was inspired to create one of my own. This will probably be the quickest dio for me in a long time. 2 nights and already slinging paint.....but still a bit of a ways off....lol
Scraps and a glue gun
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/12321580_907293032725009_3162886982633077117_n_zpsh9fvz6cu.jpg)
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/10544359_907293122725000_2027694885929643589_n_zps34orajss.jpg)
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/12745455_907293066058339_6366477219259547632_n_zpskbkjux9j.jpg)
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Threw a heavily watered grey paint on it tonight to fill in all the cracks. This will be covered by either a very dark grey or maybe charcoal black, and then dry-brushed will all shades of colors. Going to have my hand at some graffiti as well, that should be interesting..lol. The fences got a grey wash too to kill the shiny metal.
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/12744429_907778919343087_7719069744601853135_n_zpstx79pjzj.jpg)
Stay tuned!
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Looks good to me. Good to see you back. Off to share your latest.
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Nice work.
Ron
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Thanks guys! Sadly, dioramas are becoming few and far between these days. :-\
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Thanks guys! Sadly, dioramas are becoming few and far between these days. :-\
Hate to read stuff like this, but loving your new dio.
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I always said that turning 40 wouldn't change me. I wouldn't hit the "mid-life crisis" button, but I just have less and less time, and less and less motivation most nights to do more than flip through channels or watch a movie. Even then, I am normally knocked out half way through. I don't actively collect anymore, so my reasons to build dioramas are waning as I just basically build them so they can sit on a shelf as I don't do much photography with them any more either. I know I'm not old, but I find myself questioning, "when is it time to stop?"
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Watching paint dry (always looks the ugliest at this point)
(http://i.imgur.com/KsUQz2V.jpg)
First coat (of many)
(http://i.imgur.com/RG7DQhn.jpg)
Love how the undercoat adds to the chipped concrete look!
(http://i.imgur.com/aU7rpoN.jpg)
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Your progress looks good. Off to share.
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This is look great already and the chipped and uneven areas make this look realistic.
Ron
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Thanks guys!
Getting closer......this will be followed by a dark grey wash.
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/12799286_915569505230695_6539960900586727127_n_zpshk8dzw1z.jpg)
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/12799380_915569551897357_6771584156169225177_n_zpsb0bqy9c5.jpg)
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/12801135_915569588564020_594947065708960464_n_zpsufqcqbgg.jpg)
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Nice. Back on the front pages with more comments. I like it.
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Added a very dark grey wash and some greenery. Now it's onto the part that scares me most; graffiti..lol
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/10262270_918873421566970_6371106701204007050_n_zpsyaecvaul.jpg)
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(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/1451963_918873571566955_3338384506859846467_n_zpswljq6abf.jpg)
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Wow, looking good. Off to share. I almost hate to see you vandal up the walls, but I wondered if you were gonna do a bit of graffiti.
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Yea, sadly, the graffiti is probably going to take the longest...lol. I am NOT good at it, so I might spend some time and practice first. It's also hard to "age" it, but I have some tricks ;)
On a side note, getting back to our discussion about not doing as many dioramas....I bought 48 bottles of new paint yesterday as Michael's Crafts has them on sale for .33 each! Guess I'm still in it.....lol.
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Great looking Turtles diorama! What did you use for the fence? I am thinking you cut up a office file holder or trash can. Glad to hear you are still in it!
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It's actually a 1:18 scale fence I got probably 8 years ago from Build-a-rama. It's still available on their website. Too small on it's own, but perfect for this application. I cut the barbed wire off (to save for another project).
http://www.build-a-rama.com/1_18/perimeter_fence_18/perimeter_fence_18.shtml
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Time to rattle some cans! Ok, not really. This was all done by hand with brushes and the help of a black and a white paint marker. All needs to be softened with some weathering. I think I might be able to fit a couple more in there....lol. I wanted to be sure I went with nothing really specific. The only "real life" thing in there is "DRE" as the first song on my Ipod tonight in the workshop was off the Compton album...lol. Also, gotta have the initials in there "CC"
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/934056_925420020912310_4478178741522461234_n_zpsilbc2ebj.jpg)
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(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/10420022_925420077578971_8280639055790835116_n_zpsoojtxsr3.jpg)
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(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/Diostructure/12814244_925420157578963_8253878507149878581_n_zpsmkdi68sd.jpg)
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I'll tell ya, I was scared shitless that I was going to mess up this dio by tagging it, but really proud of the way it's turning out. Not bad for a virgin, huh?? LOL.
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Awesome work mate the graffiti really brings it to life.
Ron
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Now that looks great! Definitely improves this and I liked it before! Off to share.
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The graffiti looks great! I like it a lot.
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Awesome detail work. It really looks like an urban environment.
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Added some "older" graffiti on the walls today (didn't take pic of other stuff), and started working on rusting the fence bottoms:
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/CustomCreator2008002/12932836_938767219577590_5577561843171889071_n_zpsejzkvega.jpg)
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/CustomCreator2008002/12920431_938767256244253_8689606373173574990_n_zpsso3cvhmz.jpg)
Couldn't resist setting up a pic!
Leo: "It's not funny Mikey!"
(http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc346/CustomCreator2008/CustomCreator2008002/tmnt_zpsffeopl92.png)
Pretty much done with this. I will add a bit more rust on the fence bottoms, dirty up a couple corners, and take some shots of the last of the graffiti. After adding figures, I wish I would have made this a bit bigger. It's really tough to get good shots without having to create a whole backdrop where the stairs don't look like they lead to nothing. I might start a street side dio on the back of this one.....*evil laugh*
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Very nice. Looks real. Off to share.