The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Creative Engineering => Dioramas => Topic started by: Raylen on December 04, 2021, 11:24:59 AM
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I sold this one off about a year ago. We moved and it was designed for a shelf at our old place. Plus, this was before I got into making diorama parts and kits. It used Frank Diorio's decals. I had LED Christmas lights bundled in between levels. Never got much done on the surface and never finished the med-bay bunk.
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You have shared so much great stuff. So awesome.
This is great too. I know I would have sure bought it.
Off to share this on the front pages too.
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Looks very nice, I'm eager to see more.
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That was a nice dio. I'm curious to see how you would build the same scene now.
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This was my most recent dio. Its a little difficult to see the details in the alcove with the reddish door. Would little to add lights at some point. Nothing seems to be quite enough. Archways, red door, white doorway, and control panels are all available from Hole in the Ground Productions.
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Wow, nice dio. It looks great to me.
Off to share it and your dio store on the front pages.
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That looks great. I like the red doors. What are the columns made from?
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Very nice diorama pieces there! Are you going to add some panels for texture to the floor of your last one? I think the walls look superb! Can't get more starwarsy than that! Thanks for sharing and thank you for joining this forum!
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Here's my Star Tours diorama. Originally I wanted to more closely duplicate the layout from the ride itself but the control tower would be roughly from where the viewer would be looking, so had to take artistic license. Main construction is wood, along with PVC, sheet styrene, some kit bashed parts, 3D printed parts, and some crates and door from Hole in the Ground Productions http://www.holeinthegroundpro.com/dioramas.html
I have lights installed but the ones in the overhead gantry weren't getting enough power so I cut em. The control room lights up along with a few wall lights. If you've been on the ride, there are conveyors moving stuff around overhead so I included that idea at the back. I even cut one the the crates so it appears to be going "through" the wall. The crane for the gantry slides back and forth and the claw pivots. It's designed to be able to hold the R2 figure outside the Starspeeder.
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That looks absolutely amazing. It totally captures the ride. The conveyors are great and the cut crate was an excellent idea to convey motion. I'm impressed!
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Wow. So impressive. I have a friend who is down there now who was blown away by this.
Thanks for sharing.
Off to the front pages.
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That is one convincingly awesome diorama!
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The dio is awesome, great attention to all the details. I love it!
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Excellent work on all the dios mate.
Ron
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About time I start working on some of my own projects again. Here is the Death Star Tractor Beam Chasm. I considered going higher So I could add another doorway and ceiling greeblies to double as the chasm "swing" scene but I have a specific shelf it needs to fit on. The walls, doorways, bridge "stubs", Tractor Beam Generator, and the two "thingys" in the background are all sold through Hole in the Ground Productions. I then added the support tubes and bridge (which can lift out). Painted wood base and frames to hold the walls in place. Unfortunately no way to have a matte painting that can work from all angles! So the plain black makes it more like a piece of art.
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That looks amazing! I assume those are all Hole in the Ground parts?
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Man that is nice.
Off to share on the front pages.
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That looks amazing! I assume those are all Hole in the Ground parts?
most of it, yeah
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Jabba's Droid Dungeon - this was actually one of the first dioramas I made. The two torture racks and Hole in the Ground kits. At this point I had not done any figure customs and my EV-9D9 was customized since the pics were taken. You can see how that custom was made in Raylen's custom figures thread.
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Nice! I love the wood and metal "generator" parts. Very creative.
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Man, one of your firsts you sure did start out awesome. Very nice.
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Yeah, I'm sure everyone has seen something like this a hundred times. However, for ME this was an exciting step because despite all the kits I make, dioramas I created, etc.... I have never done any diorama that needed any sort of landscaping! This was a relatively simple first try. I used a 1/2 MDF board as my base so I could recess the building, Under the MDF is a masonite board so there is a visible floor. The smooth side is face down so it can slide around on a shelf easily. A couple strips of wood for stairs and surround. Covered up gaps between dome and MDF with putty. Then came new territory. I first used Aleema's Tacky glue (which I think may be like Hodge Podge) and tossed some diorama sand on it. Brushed of what wasn't sticking. Did that a few times. Nice thing is the sand was the same color as the MDF so any showing wouldn't even be noticed. I then did a few more dustings of sand with spray glue made for dioramas. Another dusting with a finer, lighter color of sand. The barrels, crates, generator, and droid are Hole in the Ground kits
Nice to gain some experience where any errors would be minimal or fixable.
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Sure does look good to me too. Nice.
Off to share on the front pages.
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Awesome. Far better than the original base from Hasbro.
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The latest..... A bunch of people just sitting around never looked so good! LOL War table is a Hole in the Ground Productions piece, along with the doors and doorways, and the little computer units. Almost all of the plastic walls and steps were scrap leftovers from other projects so I didn't have to sink hardly any money into it. The decals I created myself.
The Death Star hologram was a big challenge. Used a DIY clear acrylic Christmas ball. Cut the tabs off, I had a clear dish the perfect size to go with it. Had to cut that hole and the unfinished chunks. I sprayed that with the transparent red paint. Cut some clear rods and bits (again leftover from other projects) and painted yellow and mounted inside for the detail of the pathways to the Death Star power core. Used red pin striping for the structure lines. The transparent red paint I think was the only thing I didn't have on hand.
Although not an "exciting" diorama with just a lot of people sitting or standing around, There are a LOT of figures that can go into this which makes it nice from the "shelf real estate" point of view. One frustration is holsters! Holsters make is so hard to have a figure sit down properly. I'll need to figure out what to do with Han and Chewy. I'd love if they could put them on a peg that would allow the holster to rotate. I guess then, they charge $35 for a basic figure. smh
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I mean hands down one of the coolest dios I have seen. Love that Death Star. Just magic.
Off to share.
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Your Dioramas are just TOTALLY FANTASTIC! Awesome job!
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Saying this looks phenomenal still sounds like an understatement. What a masterpiece!
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That is...well, its already been said - phenomenal! Really nice work and great creativity on the Death Star hologram.
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This dio is my favorite so far. It is PERFECT!
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Luke's Garage. After coming out with the Oil Bath Unit (from Hole in the Ground Productions) I thought I needed some structure to build out the scene. I debated on making the entire round floor but it would have taken up much more shelf real estate and I figure most everything fits within this area. At some point I'm going to add the nose of the Lars family speeder on the left and Skyhopper on the right behind the doorways. Could have used more lights in the top but it was causing a bit of voltage drop. The little red LED also couldn't take the voltage the others can. Still happy with the results
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That looks great! Your oil bath works really well.
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Wow. Man this looks like it came right from the movie. Just outstanding.
Off to share.
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Wow, this is truly awesome!
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That looks so cool
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Your builds are some of the very best I ever seen. I hope to see even more.