The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Creative Engineering => Models, Scratch Builds, and Miscellaneous => Topic started by: hemble on December 11, 2009, 05:14:55 PM
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Hi All
New to this forum and just thought that I would show you all the Indiana Jones figure's and Dio's that I have done over the years, some of you know my work already but for those that haven't enjoy and comments are always welcomed.
I have added a link as there are alot of pics so I figured that this would be the best way for you all to see them.
HembleCreations FB Page
https://www.facebook.com/Hemblecreations-489059647939401/?ref=hl (https://www.facebook.com/Hemblecreations-489059647939401/?ref=hl)
Ron
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I fondly remember these wonderful works also, Ron. That concept Toht is pretty killer, buddy. Great work all around.
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Clonehead - Cheers bro and glad you liked the concept Toht figure.
Ron
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When the 1/4 Premium Format indy came out from Sideshow Toys I always wanted to make something similar in 1/6 but never could find the perfect Indy Head sculpt with that cocky Indy smile.
Then the other week I friend on the Sideshow forums Paul Carson was selling the perfect head sculpt of Indy I've ever seen and he even had that cocky smirk.
So I ordered myself a Head sculpt and once I received it got to work on making my own 1/6 PF Indy. Instead of the pedestal that comes with the 1/4 PF figure I wanted to have a jungle scene instead as I really think it suits the figure very well.
When I was happy with the figures pose it was painted and weathered using Vallejo and Games Workshop paints and pastels.
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1: Indiana Jones - The clothing, whip, idol and body are from Sideshow toys, the head sculpt is from Paul Carson from Sideshow Forums. The hands are from an old AMT Luke Skywalker 1/6 figure kit and the hat is from The frontline custom head .
2: Base - The base is from the Sideshow Toys Indiana Jones figure. The figure was superglued and screwed inplace at the feet and then plaster was used to cover the base and left to dry.
When the plaster had dried I painted it dark brown and then added the ground work which a got from the back yard from the garden, the plants are plastic fishtank plants that I got from the local pet shop.
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Ron
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Very nice Indy.
That is a great head sculpt.
And the selections and presentation and weathering really pull the whole thing together.
Excellent work.
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This one's another winner, Ron! You are right, that is an amazing head sculpt. The base is perfect,
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your custom Indy blows me away, the best of the best
can't wait to see more
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dana.raye.smith, Clonehead & FialaFernbrugg - Cheers guys and glad you are enjoying the Indy custom, and more will be coming soon.
Ron
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Oh what a beauty Ron! I have never seen that head but is is simply brilliant! So I take it he sculpted it himself? Great job as usual my friend, I really like the smerk on his face!
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Luke Sprywalker wrote
Oh what a beauty Ron! I have never seen that head but is is simply brilliant! So I take it he sculpted it himself? Great job as usual my friend, I really like the smerk on his face!
Thanks heaps bro and the HS was done by Paul he is very talented.
Ron
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I figured that I would put up links to my other figures that I have done over the years enjoy and again all comments are welcomed.
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Wow Ron, is there anything you have not done? I really enjoyed checking out all of them out. What great diversity you have working with different size figures, the sculpting, the different materials, the paint and weathering, boiling technique to weather fabric, then all the different subject matter. I am once again blown away.
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Some of these, I have seen, Ron, and some, I haven't. They are all truly amazing, buddy. That Deckard figure from Blade Runner may well have been the first of your figures that I had ever seen, not too many years ago, and it drew me into the web of your fabulous customs. Yes, the diversity you show is inspiring and the exquisite detail keeps me wanting more.
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Luke Sprywalker wrote
Wow Ron, is there anything you have not done? I really enjoyed checking out all of them out. What great diversity you have working with different size figures, the sculpting, the different materials, the paint and weathering, boiling technique to weather fabric, then all the different subject matter. I am once again blown away
Really appreciate the commenst Spry thank you, as for the diversity I always like to try new things especially when it comes to customizing.
Clonehead wrote
Some of these, I have seen, Ron, and some, I haven't. They are all truly amazing, buddy. That Deckard figure from Blade Runner may well have been the first of your figures that I had ever seen, not too many years ago, and it drew me into the web of your fabulous customs. Yes, the diversity you show is inspiring and the exquisite detail keeps me wanting more.
Thanks very much buddy and more will be coming over the next few weeks.
Ron
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omg :o
just awesome mate, you made so many excellent customs. It was really a enjoyment to watch all your customs.
I'm speechless
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FialaFernbrugg wrote
omg
just awesome mate, you made so many excellent customs. It was really a enjoyment to watch all your customs.
I'm speechless
Thanks heaps FF really apprecaite the kind words.
Ron
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I was looking thru the Indiana Jones Magazines the other day and came across a pic of Indy in a deep sea divers suit and was intrigued by the picture.
After doing some more searching I came across Indiana Jones and the Shrine of the Sea Devil comics and saw that Indy used a deep sea suit, After seeing the pictures I decided that I would give this a go as it is such a different look for Indy.
Once I put the whole figure and base to together to see what it would like I pulled everything apart and painted and weatherd it using Vallejo, Games Workshop paints and pastels.
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1: Indiana Jones - Indy's body and head are from Sideshow Toys, the gloves are from a Dragon the divers helmet, The diving suit, shoulder plate and metal souls and weight blocks are from the old GI JOE figures.
The lead weight blocks are actually plastic I just repainted them to look like lead, The harness is made of leather and 1/6 scale buckles.
The knife and sheath are from Dragon and the boots souls are real lead weights from the GI Goe figure and the ankle braces are made from left over material and 1/6 scale buckles.
The diving helmet was missing the handle so I used some 1/72 scale pieces from the bits box to make one, The rope is from also from the bits box.
2: Base - The base is from the hardware shop from the craft section and the ships decking was done by using balsa wood and then I scribed the blank sections into it. The crate was made from scraps of balsa wood which I got from my scrap box and was built I scribed panels into it.
Ron
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Looks phenomenal Ron. Sounds like an intersting story. What was he looking for by diving? Atlantis?
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Very nice work, Ron! I love your little vignettes.
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Guys glad you liked it thank you and Tamer what info I could find it was a shrine of some sought but without reading the actual comics I honestly don't know what kind of shrine.
Ron
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Very nice work as usual Ron.
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(http://undergroundfreakz.com/s/cwm/cwm/eek2.gif) Holey Crap!!! that looks incredible Ron!!!! where are the job offers at? you have skills my friend, these need to be offered all round the world!!!
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That is really awesome Ron
Your are the best mate
10/10
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Really appreciate the comments guys thank you and TheCloneCommander no job offers yet mate :) but I wouldn't say no to a job offer doing this ;) ;)
Ron
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I've always loved stop motion films since I can remember and decided that I would give one a go using 1/6 scale figures. I thought about it for a long time a finally decided to do one about Indiana Jones.
This will be a project that I have set a completion date of March 17th 2011 as I'm still new to stop motion. In this section you will see how and what I have done to achieve this project and if you have any questions feel free to contact me.
I figured that I would start work on this film by making the Temples that will be seen from two different views one will be by plane and the other will be from a ledge in the mountians, The size is roughly 1/350th scale so it was made just for distance shots.
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I've done a tutorial for this little project so you can see how I made it and what I used. Here is a link to the tutorial section and enjoy.
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Wow, is this gonna be great. I will get this on the fp today!
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I love it!!!!
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Ron, you are the man! You got Indiana Jones on the front page of a Star Wars site! I have never seen that before today. This is a breath taking scene. I can visualize a plane flying over this diorama. As usual so well done, it looks perfect! I can't wait to see more from this project!
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Tamer - Cheers buddy and FP I'm honoured especially not being SW.
CaptainMountie - Thanks mate.
Luke Sprywalker - Mate I know FP and I can't stop ;D . I'm really enjoying this project and I really want to take my time with it. The other thing is the space I have about half a gargae where I'll be doing the filming but the sets will take up most of the room.
I'll have to get in contact with Hangerbay94 and ask him would he mind doing a little PS to this for me.
Ron
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Oh my, the combined powers of Ron Hemble and Julian Maurice, that will be a site to behold!
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Ron that dio is over the top, thx a lot for the pics.
You put so much work in all your custom projects and the result is always fantastic.
I hope you will never stop with your excellent custom work.
great job mate
1000/1000
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Can't wait for the stop mo! Bet it's going to be awesome! bbfet
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I was looking thru the Indiana Jones Magazines the other day and came across a pic of Indy in a deep sea divers suit and was intrigued by the picture.
After doing some more searching I came across Indiana Jones and the Shrine of the Sea Devil comics and saw that Indy used a deep sea suit, After seeing the pictures I decided that I would give this a go as it is such a different look for Indy.
i am really into deepsea diving suits and the space suits that look like them, and have quite a bit of the toys that are out there so i noticed quickly the joe parts, but this is really really nice it is a great job
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I was looking thru the Indiana Jones Magazines the other day and came across a pic of Indy in a deep sea divers suit and was intrigued by the picture.
After doing some more searching I came across Indiana Jones and the Shrine of the Sea Devil comics and saw that Indy used a deep sea suit, After seeing the pictures I decided that I would give this a go as it is such a different look for Indy.
Once I put the whole figure and base to together to see what it would like I pulled everything apart and painted and weatherd it using Vallejo, Games Workshop paints and pastels.
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1: Indiana Jones - Indy's body and head are from Sideshow Toys, the gloves are from a Dragon the divers helmet, The diving suit, shoulder plate and metal souls and weight blocks are from the old GI JOE figures.
The lead weight blocks are actually plastic I just repainted them to look like lead, The harness is made of leather and 1/6 scale buckles.
The knife and sheath are from Dragon and the boots souls are real lead weights from the GI Goe figure and the ankle braces are made from left over material and 1/6 scale buckles.
The diving helmet was missing the handle so I used some 1/72 scale pieces from the bits box to make one, The rope is from also from the bits box.
2: Base - The base is from the hardware shop from the craft section and the ships decking was done by using balsa wood and then I scribed the blank sections into it. The crate was made from scraps of balsa wood which I got from my scrap box and was built I scribed panels into it.
Ron
Man Ron that looks awesome
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Ron,
I use to follow you on Sandtrooper before I quit customizing. Now I am back and only posting here for the most part. Man I have got to say I cant believe I forgot to check your thread over there. These are awesome.
Congrats agian bro. Please show more.
Jon
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Thanks guys always appreciate the replies.
Ron
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I started watching the Thnuderbirds on DVD again and thought that it would be a cool idea to make some dio's, so I looked around the net and on ebay and found these cool Thunderbird Microman Figures from TAKARA.
I ordered a few and started work straight away once I got them, with the first dio I just wanted something nice and simple to show of the figure and hoverbike.
Once I got the look and feel of the dio I painted and weathered everything using Vallejo, GW and pastels.
When I was working on this dio I wanted the original feel of TB's in the way the scenery looked realistic and the characters acted real but had that puppet feel to them.
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Virgil and Hoverbike - Are from TAKARA's Microman series the only thing I changed was the hands as I think they were to small.
I swapped the hands for some 6" hands from the Angel action figures. I also repainted the head, boots and sash re- adjusted the sash to fit better.
The only thing that I didn't like about this figure was the sash as I couldn't remove the International Rescue logo as it is to low but other then that it's a great figure. The hoverbike came with the figure and I just removed the wheels that make it roll.
I decided to keep the figure articulated so I could put him in different poses when I get bored with the sitting pose his in now.
Base - I picked up the base from the craft section at my local hardware shop, I used putty for the actual ground build up and then used Woodland Scenics railway grass and shrubs.
The International Rescue logo came with the figure I removed it from the packaging cut it out then glued it in place.
To simulate the hoverbike hovering I used the metal rods that held the plastic wheels inplace. I drilled holes in the base and hoverbike and then attached them to the base with superglue and then attached the bike.
Ron
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Oh Hemble, your creations are so mad. This one has to be the coolest desktop dio's I have seen. I used to love Thuderbirds as a kid!
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Never heard of the Thunderbirds but this is a very cool display. So well done as usual Ron.
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Nice work, Ron!
Spry, you would love the thunderbirds.
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Guys thanks as always for the kind words and glad you liked it, I did another tracey figure and will pop that up soon. And Spry as Clonehead you would love the Thunderbirds the scenery is amazing.
Ron
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I received this figure when I got the TAKARA Virgil Tracy figure and decided to make another very easy diorama. Once I got the look and feel of the dio I painted and weathered everything using Vallejo, GW paints and pastels.
As with Virgil diorama I wanted the original feel of TB's and have the scenery look realistic and the character have that puppet feel to him.
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Scott and Hoverbike - Are from TAKARA's Microman series the only thing I changed was the hands as again I think they were to small. I swapped the hands for some 6" hands from the Angel action figures. I also repainted the head, boots and sash re- adjusted the sash to fit better.
I painted over the old International logo and replaced it with one a printed of the net and glued inplace. The hoverbike came with the figure and I just removed the wheels that made it roll. As with the Virgil figure I decided to keep the figure articulated so I could put him in different poses when I get bored with the sitting pose.
Base - I picked up the base from the craft section at my local hardware shop, I used plaster of paris and added fine sand into the plaster for the sand effect. The column and stones are from the Disney 7" Indiana Jones set and the International Rescue logo came with the figure I removed it from the packaging cut it out then glued it in place.
To simulate the hoverbike hovering I used the metal rods that held the plastic wheels inplace and drilled holes in the base and hoverbike and then attached them to the base with superglue and then attached the bike.
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STANDBY FOR ACTION!
hemble they look awesome mate, i also loved thunderbirds and stingray and captain scarlet etc etc
and just remember....
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR!
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Those are very cool, Hemble!
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Cheers guys glad you liked them and I had fun doing then as well.
Ron
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Completed this the other day and finally got around to taking the pics and video.
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1: Indiana Jones - The whole figure except the fedora is from Sideshow Toys and the hat is from The frontline custom head. I wanted to have a little fun with this so I added the Grail Cup, Coronado Cross which are from the Hasbro 3-3/4" figures the gold idol is from Sideshow Toys and the Sankara Stone is also from The frontline custom head .
2: Base - The base is frame is made up of balsa wood and foam core sheets. Once I got the desired look I used thin sheets of foam to cover the base and once dry I used superglue to dissovle the foam to give it a weatherd look.
When the base was ready I drilled holes in the top for the speakers and also the switch, I then covered the whole base in a two part mix of plaster of paris and woodglue. When the base dried I pulled apart the Hasbro 12" Talking Indy figure and attached the battery unit, speaker and switch the bottom of the base.
The snakes are are from a $2 shop and repainted them the bushes are from Woodland Scenics and the Indy logo is from the internet and has been printed off and cut out.
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEkuiwYN7nY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEkuiwYN7nY)
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A few more pics
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Wellguys here is one of the reason I'm having abreak from SW cutsom it's another Indy project and it's WIP for the boulder chase scene from Raiders.
The boulder is actually a large blow up beach ball and I have started to paper mache over it, I have done two layers and have another 3 to go. I'll update with WIP pics when I can so until then enjoy.
Ron
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Ron this is just exceptional work! A talking stand, now that is awesome! I love your updates! Can't wait to see the boulder chase scene from you.
If you get chance check out my Indy thresd. I just finished up the German Mechanic Hasbro witheld from us. I would love to hear what you think, I tried to recreate the Hasbro prototype on this one.
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Oh yeah, I gotta see in-progress shots of this bad boy! I can't wait!
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Sweet, I cant wait to see this one evolve into a masterpiece, Ron.
Hey, I picked up a 12inch indi jones figure the other day. would you or LE be interested in him?
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Well I did the first two coats of plaster mache yesterday and will do another two during the week and always I will keep you updated.
Clonehead - mate the only thing that I would need is the shoes only but thanks anyway.
Ron
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Not a SW dio or figure but they are coming.
In 2886 the Strahl National Defence Army detached a special unit called the RED CLAWS to destroy a number of Mercenary Army supply depots, this 8 man unit were highly trained in covert operations especially behind enemy lines. The mission went completely to the letter until the last depot was destroyed and the Unit became surrounded by the Mercenary Army.
The RED CLAWS fought there way out of the trap into the rocky and mud hole terrain but not after loosing 5 good men to the Mercs. Thinking they had succeeded in escaping SGT Wayne Berdans was hit in the right leg damaging his power cable, unable to go any further he orders CPL R.M Hunter and PVT R.J Nash to FALL BACK to the pick up point.
The pair make it to the pick up point and give their briefs regarding the incident which SGT Wayne Berdans was classed as MIA. And as always the dio and figures were painted and weatherd using Vallejo and GW paints and pastels.
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Mesuline - The Mesulines I picked up of ebay and did some minor conversions to the two on the ridge and a little more on the SCT lying down.
Base - The base is a picture frame I picked up from the local two dollar shop, the edging is balsa wood and foam was used to raise the base to simulate a small ridge. The ground cover is a mix of palster of paris, kitty litter and sand, the dead trees I got out of the back yard garden and the shrubs are from Woodland Scenics.
The small mud holes were done by adding some paint to some Woodland Scenics Real water and painting it into areas that were sucken once the plaster dried.
Ron
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great man!
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that is seriously cool!
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Wow Ron, nice update! I was able to get this on the front page this morning. This sure does sound like a great story.
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CaptainLux - Cheers mate.
wraithnine - Thanks buddy.
Tamer - Thanks heaps bro and thanks for adiing it to the front page, I love these SF3D or Ma.k figures these 1/35 scale figs are excellent and small enough to make great dios.
Ron
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welcome back Ron
Your dio is just breathtaking mate. It's now the fourth time that I watch it and I can't get enough of it.
There is so much detailing in it.
great job and I'm really looking forward to see some new pics of the Indiana dio
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FialaFernbrugg - Hey mate tahks for the feedabck and glad you like it that much, I have a few I'm going to do and as always I will post when there done.
The Indy dio is coming along slowly but surely I'm really taking my time with this one and I have a SW dio/figures that will be completed very very soon as well.
Ron
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Ron, that is some stunning work, sir! Your figures turned out great and the diorama is top notch. Very convincing.
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WOW! That is so cool Ron! I love those figures! Never seen anything like them before! and that dio rocks!
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Hemble, your work is just fantastic, proper old school model making, which is a rare art. Everything i've seen you create is simply stunning.
Jules
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Clonehead, Luke Sprywalker & hangarbay94 - Guys thanks heaps for the kind words and feedback, I'll have more dios soon as soon as I complete a SW dio I'm doing.
Ron
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Hey Ron, these new customs and dios are awesome.
Joe
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Mandalore the skepsis - Cheers buddy glad you enjoyed them.
Ron
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I picked my self up a few of these little 1/35th scale figures of the net and decided to start doing a few single figures an different types of paint schemes.
When the figures arms were is the pose I wanted I super glued them inplace and then pinned and super glued it to the base. Once the glued dried I used Vallejo, GW paints, pastels and a lead pencil to weather the figure and base.
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SAFS - The SAFS came in a box of five and has different arms included, I picked the arms I wanted and as mentioned before super glued them in place. I also added wire from the back of the feet to the lower section using thin wire.
Base - The base I got from the local games shop and are called BACK 2 BASE - IX and you get 3-5 bases depending on the size. The snow I also picked up from the local games shop.
Ron
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that is seriously cool ron!
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man that s amazing :o
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Whoa, very cool! Very old school sci fi look to it. Well done mate!
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That looks sharp, Ron!
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Nice work, Ron. I like the wires at the back of the feet. Man, that pencil lead sure did the trick.
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Thanks heaps guys and Clonehead the lead is just rubbed on and the using a tissue gently rubbed off.
Ron
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Did these little guys a few weeks ago and finally got around to taking pictures.
I got these little guys from ebob Miniatures there great figures and can be bent into what ever pose you like. The figures where painted using Vallejo paints.
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Skeleton - As mentioned above the skeletons are from ebob miniatures.
Base - The rond base came with the figures and the square base is from back to base-ix
Ron
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4 more
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reminds me of "Jason and the Argonauts"
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Hemble,
As always, simply superb. Your weathering is always amazing and I love your display bases.
I've seen your work on Starship modeller, and have commented on them also. I am a huge fan of your creations.
Jules
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wraithnine - Yeah spoton mate I wanted to see what they would look like before I actually did a Jason and the Argo's dio.
hangarbay94 - Jules thanks heaps bro, and always apprecaite your support mate thank you.
Ron
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as always Ron fantastic work
the figures and the base are absolutely amazing
excellent job
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man that skeleton its amazing, the base is incredible too!
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CaptainLux & FialaFernbrugg - Thanks guys and it's great to do something a little different.
Ron
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Those are very nice!
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Phatty - Cheers mate.
Ron
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Ok after putting this aside and looking at it for months I started back into it tonight, as you can see my photoshop work is totally crap so I'll explain how I want this to look.
Instead of the old style look of dios I decided to go for a sought of shadow box dio but have different viewing angles, one will at the front as seen in pics, second will be on the left side and I'm thinking of adding a third view hole from the top still deciding.
The dio will be inside a crate as my poor PS drawing shows, the boulder is complete and just needs to be painted and weathered.
I'll will have updates every two to three days so keep watching and any comments welcomed and I will reply to them I promise
Ron
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Yes!! I love shadow box dios. Can't wait to see you progress on this one, Ron, as it is one of my favorite scenes from the IJ series.
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Pat and I saw this 9(stunt show) while at Hollywood Studios and it looked great. I like the look of this too!
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Cheers guys I'm doing more tonight and will post the pics soon.
Ron
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Well got the four sides up and have started on the frame work ran out of balsa wood so the crate will have to wait till the weekend now. But till then here are a few pics showing how big it will be.
Ron
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are those - awesome- skelletons 3 3/4 inch ? and im lovin the shadow box
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Ron this looks great! Hey Wattoh this is a 12" scale diorama.
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Cheers guys and WATTOH the skeletons are 28mm so that's about 1/56-1/60 scale.
Ron
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What is this, another Hemble awesome creation! oooh, I'm looking forward to this!!!
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hangarbay94 wrote
What is this, another Hemble awesome creation! oooh, I'm looking forward to this!!!
I hope so mate ;D I'm doing some of the boards tonight and will post pics over the weekend, started at 03:30 this morning so the old eyes are having a terrible time trying to stay open :)
Ron
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Cheers guys and WATTOH the skeletons are 28mm so that's about 1/56-1/60 scale.
Ron
ohhhh
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Well here is a little more work on the crate, I started adding the wood sides using balsa wood. I have the back, right side and top and bottom left to do then I 'll be starting on the interior.
Ron
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cant wait to see this completed ! its gonna look minty
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wraithnine - Cheers mate it's slowly but surely getting there.
Ron
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This is shaping up nicely! Can't wait to see more!
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Luke Sprywalker - Thanks mate and once I get more balsa and add it on I'll post more pics.
Ron
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Well this project has been redone to a more cheaper version as it was costing me a fortune in balsa wood. I have already done the frame work and interior for the new version, I was lucky enough to download the things I need to post pics etc before I headed out field to my external HD so as soon a I get a chance I will show pics.
Ron
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Cool, can't wait.
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ClonSniper78 - Cheers mate I'll have pics up within a week, I'm just doing the interior frame work befor I actually do any full on work to it.
Ron
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Damn an Indy update enjoy and as always comments welcome.
I had this figure partially done and decided to complete him while having small breaks from other work that I am doing and after getting inspired by all the execellent Indy customs over at the sideshow Indiana jones forum section.
Satipo for those that don't him is the poor guy that gets impaled by spikes after he takes the idol from Indy and does the runner, but as we know he doesn't get to far and Indy takes the idol back.
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1: Satipo - The head is from the 12" Doc Ock figure and the body and hands are from Soldier Story, the shoes, trousers and belt and holster are from Sideshow ROTLA Indy.
The jacket (WW2) and singlet (Modern) are from Dragon, I used model knife and heavy grade sandpaper to give the jacket a really worn feel and did the same to the pants but only minor worn feel.
2: Basket and Equipment - I got frustrated trying to find a cane basket so I made my own it's not movie accurate but I think it came out really well.
I used a toilet roll and cut to size and then used packing string (the white type), I wrapped it around the roll and then used PVA/woodglue to keep it inplace.
The carry brace was made from balsa wood and the shoulder straps are from my 1/6 bits box, the inner lining of the basket was done using left over material and glued inplace.
Some of the utensils are from some Geman WW2 food canisters and wattle bottle, the cup is from a WW2 figure and the pan or skillet is made from a Games Workshop paint lid and plasti card.
The bed roll is again left over material and tied up using model Ship sailing robe. The torches are made using handles from two German intrenching tools.
The torch section themselves are from old plastic model knife containers that you get the spare blades in and the interior of the torches are pieces of plasticard and tissue paper.
3: Base - The base is a Indiana Jones stand and has plater of Pris and sculpty clay added for the ground work, the soil is mulched up dirt/bark from the garden and the plants are from the local pet shop.
Once I was happy with the overall look and feel I used Vallejo, Reaper, GW paints and chalk pastels to paint and weather the entire thing.
Ron
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Few more pics
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Looks good to me, on the front page!
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now theres one guy who certainly did end up "getting the point" lol
looks awesome Ron!
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Ron, this is amazing! That is the best 12" Satipo I have ever seen, and I know, I have studied all the details thru screen shots and this is very screen accurate. The colors of his clothes and the wear on them is perfect. The back of the jacket with the rip, you too have been looking at screen shots I see. The face repaint with the scruffy 5 o clock shadow is also perfectly done. I love this villan and you have done him justice bringing him to 12" form. Very well done mate!
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Satipo looks amazing, Ron! Excellent likeness and detail, and as usual, a great diorama/base for him. You truly are a master, my friend.
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ron, I always enjoy seeing your Indy customs and the attention to detail on this one is just as stunning as usual. I love how his equipment turned out.
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stunning work as always
it's always a pleasure to look at your art Ron
great job
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This is awesome ron, details as always amazing!
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Thanks guys I really enjoyed making this figure and will be making more figures from each movie, and Tamer thanks buddy.
Ron
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Good detail as always Ron. I wish I had time to do a dio.
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CloneSniper78 - Thanks mate and when I start a project I always put at least 1hour aside during the week and weekends I can spend hours on them.
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Hope you all had a Great Xmas and Wonderful New Year. Well just got back from being away and late late last night, I couldn't sleep so decided to add the finla touches to this figure and dio.
This small dio depicts a SAFS FIREBALL enetering a Mercenary Ore Processing Plant stationed on Mars. I had a few tools and equipement lying around the entrance to the Air Lock as if the crew had left in a hurry.
SAFS - SUPER ARMOURED FIGHTING SUIT - FIREBALL Ma.k 1/35th
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SAFS - The SAFS I picked up of the web and pulled it apart and repostioned the figure to the look I wanted. I also added wire from the back of the feet to the lower section using thin wire. The figure was painted and weathered using Reaper and Games Workshop paints and also pastels.
Base - The base I got from the local games shop and are called BACK 2 BASE - IX and you get 3-5 bases depending on the size., I then used plasti-card and bits and pieces from the bits box to make the girders and cross sections. The signs I got from the web and down sized them and printed them off, the tools are from a company called Verlinden. As with the figure the base was painted and weathered using Reaper and Games Workshop paints and also pastels.
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reminds me of the Tactical Dreadnaught A.K.A. Terminator Armour from Warhammer 40K ,looks ace Ron
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Gorgeous work! (being an old 1/35 modeler, I'm kinda partial, tho)
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nice ! i love that dull armour look you Incorporated looks more realistic
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Wow, just outstanding. On the front page Mr. Hemble!
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WOW! More mind blowing craftsmanship from Ron Hemble! This is a fantastic set up Ron. Shawn beat me to FPing this baby and it is well deserved!
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as always, outstanding work Ron
the figure and the base are phenomenal
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Ma. K is one of the greatest SF things nobody knows about. These things used to cost amazing amounts of money, so glad they're cheap now and all over.
I've been wanting to do one of these kits since I was 9 and bought a japanese-language hobby magazine at the model railroading store my grandfather always went to. I poured over the beautiful pictures and kits for years. In college I bought someone's epic Ma. K kit collection for really cheap at a garage sale, and they sat in on my closet floor for years until the late 90s, and eBay.
This looks great thanks so much this made my day! This just puts the fire in me to pick up some 1/20 kits ;)
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Ron, that is seriously wicked! Your creations are always spectacular, and this one does not deviate!
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awesome just awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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yeah, MaschinenKrieger stuff---LOVE it :)
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woow man, your job is outstanding!
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Guys thanks heaps for the feedback on this and appreciate the front page thank you.
flaccideagle - Yeah mate these are great figures to say the least and as you said very cheap now, I got my first 1/20th kit back in the 80's and loved em then as well. I've got a few 1/20th kits arriving soon and can't wait to get stuck into them I'm even thinking of adding more articulation to one or two of them and even adding 3-3/4" figs in dio's with them as there isn't that much of a hieght difference.
Ron
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Well, with using larger sci-fi models of an off-scale (1/20th) with figures of a more standardized size (1/18), you can pull it off easier - "it's a smaller vehicle." Same goes in reverse from 1/20 with 1/35 fig's - "hey, it's a *larger* model."
The SAFS kits have always appealed to me, but I've never had the money to get them.
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Docoutlands - I've been looking at a few 1/20 Ma.k kits and the SAFS and Mesulines would look great with 1/18 figures.
And if you haven't already head over to www.hlj.com (http://www.hlj.com) they have %15- %20 of Ma.ks all year round.
Ron
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THANKS!!! (I think..... ::) ;D )
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That is one sharp looking piece of mech, type, armor, Ron. Once again, your light weathering makes this one look just right without looking too dirty. Love the little diorama, buddy.
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DocOutlands - Your welcome mate and I've just ordered 4 kits from them can't wait to get em.
Clonehead - Cheers bro and these little guys are great and fun to do but must start on my SW stuff again.
Ron
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Ron, I showed them to my wife and she likes them for her version of Mandos. :o ;D
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DocOutlands - It's funny how wives look at things mine thinks they look like eggs with legs. ;D
Ron
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Well I put the 1/6 boulder chase dio on hold for a short period and started another indy 1/6 project, this time the entrance to the Map Romm from ROTLA. This is a WIP and here is what I have done so far enjoy and lmk what you think.
The first 4 pics so the frame work which is foamcore for the sides which will be built up more using balsa wood and some scrap foam I got from work.
Once I got the angle I wanted I then drew a rough outline of teh size of the entrance using a perm marker. I then used superglue and traced around the marker and the superglue ate into the foam leaving an impression in the foam.
I used pottery clay called DAS clay here in Australia to build up the stone work and once I was done I used a sandstone to make impression into the clay to simulate the stone. (more on the next post.)
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As you can see by the close up the sandstone really gives a great realistic stone look when pressed into the clay, and next to that is the stone I used.
I have also done the barricade that stops any small rocks or sand falling into the area, this was made by using balsa wood for the wooden blanks and dried tree branches from the back yard.
The bolts are pieces of plasti card which were inserted after drilling holes and then using a hot screw driver the tips were pressed down to simulate the bolts.
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I picked ip a Sallah outfit from a great guy called Deniz from the Sideshow forums and here is the link to his site http://www.d-artstudios.com/ (http://www.d-artstudios.com/). He also does other outfit. I also just wanted to show the scale with the figure added.
The shovel is from the bits box and is an American trench shovel I cut of the small handle and used a skew stick and drilled into the shovel and glue and inserted the stick.
The staff of Ra is again a skew stick with a 1/35 scale resin tank shell attached and the the top was cut and sanded to allow the medallion (medicom) to either be removed and kept in place.
The torch is made from thin decorative sticks that you get from furniture places they sit in pots/vases that sought of thing. I cut them to size and then used model ship rope to tie them all together I have made 3 of these already for other project and they are really easy to make.
Ron
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this is nice, looks intresting!
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Ron this is looking great! I really like your techniques and thanks for showing these progress shots. The Sallah robes look awesome! Can't wait to see more of this.
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Oh yeah, this is turning out great. I can't wait to see the finished product.
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that Sallah outfit is very nice looking. I love the etching technique you used with the superglue and foam. Another winner in the making.
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Cheers guys I am just waiting for some river sand to arrive at my local garden shop so I can finish it off . I have another Indy dio in the works as well and will post pics as soon as it's done.
Ron
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Looking good Ron, I can't wait to see more! :o
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CloneSniper78 - Thanks heaps bro and just wanted to let everyone know that I may not be posting for a couple of days as we are getting ready for a CAT 5 cyclone to hit. Their saying that power could be out for a few days but fingers crossed that all will be well.
So will talk to you all soon
Ron
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CloneSniper78 - Thanks heaps bro and just wanted to let everyone know that I may not be posting for a couple of days as we are getting ready for a CAT 5 cyclone to hit. Their saying that power could be out for a few days but fingers crossed that all will be well.
So will talk to you all soon
Ron
You be careful, Ron. We got dumped on with a foot of snow yesterday.
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I saw that it looked like Queensland was getting ready to get another hit. Wow you guys have gotten some precipitation of your own the past few months. Stay dry and safe Ron. By the way I added your site's link and your store link to our hyperlinks page. I hope you didn't mind, if you do let me know and I will pull it down.
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Blimey! Ron everytime i see this dio i wanna go and watch Raiders of the Lost Ark ! your Indy dios are THAT good!
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Clonehead & Tamer - Hey guys well we made it and F*@k me it was scary, we were lucky we only lost one roof tile and the back fence fell down and the large tree out front fell down.
We got power back up at 15.00 hrs today so that was good, and yep we are suppose to get another three cyclone coming so that will be fun.
Tamer mate that was great of you adding the links to the hyperlinks section thank you.
wraithnine - Cheers bro Hopefully in a few days thins around here get back to normal a little I'll be able to go and get my river sand to finish it off.
Ron
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Good to hear that guy. Wow I hope you guys get a break from the weather. We are having a pretty nasty winter as no doubt Phatty and Clonehead can attest to this week, but you guys haven't gotten a break in almost a year it seems.
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Tamer - Yeah it seems like it been going on for that long, it did start way earlier then usual. We get some sunny days but when it does it's damn hot and humid.
I was watching the news last night and damn the snow is incredible, I really feel sorry for them as it looks bloody freezing and I hope everyone over there stays safe.
Ron
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Yes, good to hear from you ron. Glad all is well, hang in there man!
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Luke Sprywalker - Thanks Spry and finally got my river sand to finish of the Map Room entrance, I'll have WIP pics in the next day or two.
Ron
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Sounds great Ron. Good luck! I am getting ready to post a new Indy figure in my thread.
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looking so forward seeing this build continue!!
BTW working hard on your Indy artwork you suggested some time ago :D more to come, soon.
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Thanks guys and just been tryingto get the right mix for the sand and plaster but not to long to go. And Art really looking forward to seeing them mate.
Ron
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Well here is a little update just some plaster and paint added. The pics from left to right is the order I did them in.
Pic 1: I used plaster of paris and fine washed river sand and PVA/Woodglue and mixed it all together. Once all parts were mixed add the water until you come up with a mixture that is soft but not runny.
While the mixture is drying I got a wide brush and dipped it in water and lightly stroked it over the mixture to tone down the clumps. Finally I got a pair of SS Indy shoes and started pushing them into the almost dried mixture.
Pic 2: Once the mixture has completely dried I painted it using Vallejo's Beige Brown.
Pic 3: I then used Vallejo's Desert Yellow and dried brushed over the top of the Beige Brown. I did in total 4 coats of dry brushing.
Pic 4: I then used Vallejo's Dark Sand and gave it 4 coats. Also the stone was given a drybrush of Games Workshop's Snake Bite Leather then Beastial Brown.
Ron
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Looking good Ron! Have you seen the Indy Toy Fare news?
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Luke Sprywalker - Thanks Spry slowing getting there. I have seen the news and happy and worried at the same time, Happy that there their finally getting off the butts and getting these figures out.
Worried as well as their going to do them in a box set which means two things, 1- that it will cost a fortune and be hard to get especially here in Australia.
Or 2 - that people will sell them seperately and still cost a fortune so either way I think it's going to be very hard to get them unless they make a bulk load of them which I doubt.
Ron
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Like your update work to the dio, ron. Those colors are great! Isn't drybrushing fun?
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I have tha same concerns Ron. I do have a friend that will not miss comic con and plan to get mine through him.
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Clonehead - Cheers mate and yeas drybrushing is awesome, I've started on the barbed wire and also the posts so will have another WIP update soon.
Luke Sprywalker - I hope he is able to get at least one for you buddy that would be so cool, and it's ashame as I really think that the Indy line could've been a huge hit if Hasbro promoted it correctly.
Ron
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Ron, I could not agree with you more. If I could have been the person in charge of a vision for the line it would have been a huge success. Now mind you the person in quality control should have held back the entire first release of the crappy painted figures to help me in this. If I want a line to sell I need people to want to play with the figures and vehicles. There are certain scenes you want to act out so you need at least the hero and villan in the proper outfit, companion figures. I would have released entirely different figures than they did as far as the order. The first Belloch would have been the jungle outfit not ceremony. Toht needed to be released in the second or no later than the third wave. That is when ceremony Belloch could come out as a companion for Toht. I feel like the ball was dropped on a great villan figure. I am talking major characters, we did get the swordsman as it is a no brainer, with only 1 minute screen time. After the single card Marian and the 3 pack they should have offered a wagon, 3 baskets, 2 bails of hay and a super articulated Marion that would fit in the biggest basket. Collecters and kids would have been all over it. I have so many easy ideas it really sickens me to list them all out.
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Spry that is were Hasbro went wrong they didn't bother asking what Indy fan's wanted. I think that more vehicles like the Flying Wing, Crusade Tank, Jock's plane should have been made and they would have selled big time.
And as you said thing like a wagon, crates etc would've been instant winners, Don't get me wrong as you all know that I love to build dio's but hell playsets are the way to go. They should have also made 3-4 playsets from each movie below are just some examples that I think they should have done.
ROTLA
1 - Gold Idol playset
2 - Map Room playset
3 - Well of Souls playset
4 - Cairo streets playset
TOD
1 - Sacrifice playset
2 - Mine car playset
3 - Rope Bridge playset
4 - Clob Obi Wan playset
TLC
1 -Library and Catacombs playset
2 - Castle brumwald playset
3 -Grail booby trap playsets
4 - Train playset with young indy and thiefs
KOTCS
1 - Area 51 playset
2- Burial site playset
3 - Akator playset with different sections.
As for figures again you are correct they could have made the major characters then have done minor and back ground characters. This way the line would have gone on a lot longer and they could have done what they do with SW and ask what fans would like to have.
Even if they did all the major characters first then added other figures, playsets and vehicles over a 6 month period we would still be getting our dose of Indy.
Ron
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Well finally got the barbed wire and posts done and I'm very happy with the way it they turned out.
A BIG SAFETY WARNING GUYS
Be very careful if you do attempt this one day as the barbed wire will cut and injure you if you don't be careful as it is actually real barbed wire just on a smaller scale.
THE POSTS
The posts were done using an old metal coat hanger there not either movie or history accurate which is ok by me. To make them I got to 2 pairs of pliers and a thick metal tube and twisted them aroung the metal tube until I was happy with the amount of twist there was.
Then I got the pliers and stretched the wire until I had the length I wanted and teh made a loop on one end for the wire to go thru.
THE BARBED WIRE
The wire was made by getting some thin wire from the hardware shop I then got a piece of coat hanger and made a hook in one end and then attached that to my drill.
I then got about a 1-1/2 metres of thin wire and folded it to the end and then wrapped it around a draw handle. I then got the end that had the bend in it and attached that to the make shift coat hanger hook which is was attached to the drill and started pressing the trigger until I was happy with the tightness.
Once the wire was done I measured out 3cm lengths were I had to attached the barbs and cut out 53 x 10cm lengths of wire to start doing the barbs. With the barbs I just twisted around teh main wire about 4 times and then once that was done pressed the barbs in place with some small pliers and cut of the remaining pieces a few millmeteres away from teh main wire and there you go brabed wire.
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Love your home made barbed wire, ron. That turned out perfect!
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Clonehead - Thanks heaps mate I'm glad I don't make them for a living ;D
Ron
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FANTASTIC work, Ron! Thanks for sharing your techniques - CA to etch foam?? Genius! Now I've got *another* crazy scheme to try out... I wonder if a nice chunk of sandstone would work for texturing the wall-plaster I have. That would make for a nice bit of artistry on a Mos Eisley-style building wall.
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DocOutlands - Mate glad you are enjoying it and appreciate the reply. Wall-plaster I'm expectiong is the same as plaster board which it's called here. All you wiil have to do is peel off the paper/cardboard that is over the plaster and the sandstone will work perfectly.
On a side note when your peeling the paper/cardboard away from teh plaster and some of the plaster does come of don't worry about it as this will add soem great texture to the building.
Ron
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Well the dio is 95% done just have to do the figures and then use some pastels.
The barberd wire was given a paint of gunmetal and then a wash of hull red and beastial brown to give it a rusty look.
The boards were painted and washed using black, beastial brown and a mix of flat earth and flat white. Once dry I gave it a quick sanding.
The entrance was given a final drybrush of dark sand to tone down the darker stone colour.
Ron
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Looking good Ron! Like I've said before, you are the master.
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Looks amazing Ron. Can't wait to see the final display. Not sure if everyone knows but I have this scene in my posession made by ron in 3 3/4 inch csale. It also features Indy descending into the Map Room. I treasure it!
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Luke Sprywalker - Thanks buddy and glad you still enjoy the dio.
And now for a little tease I picked up my Sallah and Detriech heads from thePost Office today and couldn't wait to get stuck into Sallh and just completed him about and 1 hour ago.
It's 21.30 hrs here so I'll take my normal shots tomorrow outside and the pics are in sepia mode yes I do love to tease.
Ron
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Looks amazing Ron! Love the torch in the other hand.
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Sallah looks great! The sepia tone is a perfect choice!
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Woow man, this is an awesome work!
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Luke Sprywalker, DocOutlands & CaptainLux - Thanks heaps guys and Doc you are right he sepia tone looks great I just wish I knew how to age it better.
Also guys here is the completed dio and figure enjoy and as always commensts welcomed.
Ron
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A few more.
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this is so wonderful, what a great Sallah!! most excellent dio.
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This is perfect Ron! That Sallah head is so life like, the weathering on his clothes is perfect. Did you use pastels for that? I went out to by some but was not sure I had the right product. Are they oil pastels? I really want to start weathering with them. Another piece that belongs in a museum, well done my friend.
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Breathtaking! So realistic.
On the front page.
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nice detail on this!
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that is gorgeous spot on awesome job !!!!!!!!!!!!
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You're the best Ron.
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WOW!!!
Love everything about this!!!
The detail is amazing!!!!!
Great Work!!!
Rich
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That turned out beautifully, Ron. What a masterpiece of museum quality you have created. This should be behind glass at the Smithsonian institute.
Tamer beat me to the front page with this one.
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Ron you have produced another Hemble Legend ..you attention to detail is almost supernatural
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Looks great Ron
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Guys thanks so much for all the comments I really do appreciate them, I have also started on a 1/6 ceremonial Robe Belloq and a 1/6 Monkey Man so I'll have pics up when there done. Also guys does anyone know where I could pick up a Hasbro Ark of the covenent from.
Ron
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Ron, I am totally impressed
the detail is absolutely amazing
this work of art belongs in a museum
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FialaFernbrugg - Thanks heaps mate.
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Well I just completed my Map Room Indy and took some sepia pics until I can get outside and take better pics so enjoy till then.
Ron
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A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. !!!!!!!!!! :o :o totally love this
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Sweet, on the front page.
Once again this looks like it walked right out of the movie. So precise.
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WOW !!! The black and white pic's make it look like a movie still!!!
Great !!!
Keep up the great work!!!
Rich
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Awesome pics Ron! I love the black and white photos! The diorama is simply perfect, as usual! Thanks for sharing!
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really cool scenery Ron
I like the black and white pics
as always perfect
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I love that amazing work man!
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Guys thanks heaps for all the replies on Indy and as soon as this weather clears up I'll you all coloured pics.
Ron
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Stunning work, Hemble. Those pics are just absolutely amazing.
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Thanks Doc glad you liked it.
Ron
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Well the weather cleared up enough for me to take coloured pics and as always enjoy and comments welcomed.
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1: Indiana Jones - The head is from Sideshow and the body is a Soldier Story body and the hands are from a TTL v3 figure. The robe is the same as Sallah's and was cut down the middleto give it the wrap around affect.
The turbin and sash are from the cloth bin and dyed white, he is wearing the Sideshow pants and shirt that and the boots are from the 12" talking Indy figure from Hasbro.
The staff is just some plasti rod cut to size and then sanded so the paint would adhere much better.
The medallion is from the Medicom Indiana Jones figure and the brass connection that holds the medallion in place is from a 1/35 shell. The bag is from DID with the Sideshow strap added and so is the small circular piece that is on the side of the bag.
2: Base -Is the one that I used for Sallah and you can see how I made it NEWER FIGURES WILL APPEAR AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE (http://www.hemblecreations.com/tutorials.htm)
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A few more pics.
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:thumbs-up: Glad you got some sun, finally - been waiting to see these guys in color for a while. ;)
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such a joy to look at, stunning work!!
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Ah yes, some outdoor color shots. Looks amazing Ron! Very well done on all aspects.
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Sweet pics Ron. Back on the front page. Daggone I wish I had those types of skills.
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Guys always a pleasure getting feedback on my non SW stuff thank you it's all very much appreciated. I have just completed the Monkey Man from Raiders and as soon as I can get a monkey for him I'll post pics.
Ron
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Ron let me tell you this is incredible, amazing work!
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CaptainLux - Thanks heaps buddy and I'm really having a blast doing all these Indy figures.
Ron
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If you ever take over the world make sure you know where you are suppose to land. This little guy got excited about the invasion and instead of landing in a major city he ended up in a swampy area and now his wondering WHERE IS EVERYONE.
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UFO & Alien - The UFO and Alien are from a model company called PEGASUS HOBBIES and is 1/32nd scale, the box came with two UFO's and Aliens. My daughter got one and I couldn't resist in doing the other one up for some fun. The kit was built straight from the box and then painted using GW paints.
Base - The base is actually from one of the Thunderbirds diorama's I did a while ago, I had a little accident and the hover scooter and figure fell off. I kept the base and used it for this little project and added a few extra shrubs and bushes and also the water by mixing brown paint into the Woodland Scenics realistic water to give it that swampy look.
Ron
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That reminds me of an old Far Side comic... ;D
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I love that ship. Reminds me of the old 60s sci fi movies that my brother and I used to watch.
Lovin that diorama.
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man, I love these little dios, very cool......was this inspired by the new movie "Paul"?
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That is super cool!
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Woow this is soo cool!
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Ron strikes again with another great one! This is an awesome set up and allows the mind to wonder what is going on, where he is, and on and on. Love it buddy.
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wow, so cool and clever idea!!
superb stuff :)
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Guys as always thanks heaps for the replies. Spookymufu my daughter is into aliens and UFO's at the moment so I jumped onto ebay and told her to pick something and this 2 x alien and UFO kits was it. Sorry to say that I wish the Alien was a little more like Paul or I would have done a dio with him.
Ron
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reminds me of the video game "Destroy All Humans" lol
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Very nice, on the front page.
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That's a wonderful diorama Ron
reminds me of the film "Mars Attacks"
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As always guys thanks so much for all the replies and comments.
Ron
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I've always wanted 1/6 scale Trek figures but never got really motivated to do any until nanjin over on Sideshow Freaks forums was making TOS Kirk, Spock and McCoy to sell in limited quantities. I was very impressed with the figures but never would be able to afford them so decided to make my own.
Ron
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Spock - The body is a Soldier Story, the hands are TTL v3 and the head I got from Lonnie The frontline custom head he doesn't have the Spock head on his website I got mine from ebay, but if you email I think he should be able to let you know where to get them.
The pants are from the 12" TOS Playmates figures I just cut them off the outfit, the top is from D-Art Studios http://www.d-artstudios.com/index.htm. I couldn't find any swirly embroidery so I cut up some old 1/6 straps I had in my bits box and painted them gold.
The science emblem on his chest was drawn by hand and then hand painted as my printer decided to give in and then it was glued inplace. The boots, tricorder, phaser and Vulcan saluting hand are from the old Spock AMT model, the tricorder has had a leather strap added.
Base - is from an old Indy figure I had I'm just using it as a generic base till I build Kirk and then I will be making a dio for them both.
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excellent Spock and exceptional head sculpt, can't wait to see Kirk :)
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Ron great work as always. Your work is always impressive....after seeing it for almost 4 yrs it still amazes me how awesome you are and how far I still need to go.
Joe "cuyvaldar"
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Ron, your work never ceases to amaze me, your Spock rocks!
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That is another amazing creation Ron!
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Guys thank you for the replies and again gald you all like seeing my none SW customs and I will get of f my butt and start doing a few SW ones soon.
Ron
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I know it looks good to me. On the front page. I love all this non SW stuff too. Keep it coming.
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Great spock man!
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Cheers guys always appreciate your feedback.
Ron
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Adding to my already growing Raider of the lost Ark figures I have added Monkey Man and his little sidekick to the collection. I have always been surprised that no-one has ever made a 1/6 version of him that I know of.
I decided to mix this figure with both the movie version and Hasbro 3-3/4 figure to get the desired look you see now.
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1: Monkey Man - The head is from Dragon's Timeline figures I think it was Auret, I added a little extra hair and goatee to the head. The robes inner and outer are from D-Art Studios http://www.d-artstudios.com/index.htm (http://www.d-artstudios.com/index.htm).
The body and hands are both from a TLL v3. The eye patch is made from left over leather and you can't see it that well but he also has the scaring as well.
The turbin and scarf are pieces of material from the material bin cut and dyed to the desired colours, The pants are from my 1/6 bin and again dyed to the desired colour. The sandels are made from the inner soles that come with the Dragon shoes and the starp is some left over leather.
The Monkey is from Ebay and was painted to try and get the look of the little guy and the vest is tissue paper glued inplace and then painted.
Ron
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Ron this is amazing! Also the first 12" Monkey Man I have seen, ever. The monkey looks great as well you have really captured the look of both.
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this figure is awesome!! brilliant work, lifelike, right out of the movie!!
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another masterpiece Ron
the "Monkey Man" is very well made and absolutely lifelike as well as the little monkey
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Very nice! On the front page.
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Amazing work on the Monkey man, Ron. Very lifelike.
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right! youve done it again! ..."trudges off to watch ROTLA again"
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Guys always a pleasure to get feedback in this section thank you, and Spry that's what I thought as well mate. And wraithnine I did the same thing last night.
Ron
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After being attacked and becoming severely damaged by a Klingon Battle cruiser the U.S.S APACHE NCC-1968 Captain orders all hands to abandon ship. The escape pods reach the planet SALMAR MINOR VII a muddy swamp planet void of any intelligent life.
Several pods are destroyed by the Klingon Battle cruiser before they could reach the atmosphere, one escape pod does make it and lands in a muddy bog, Science Officer P.T McPhillips and Ensign R.W Stern survive and start to find shelter. Five hours after the landing McPhillips and Stern come under attack by a klingon landing party and they fight hand to hand with the klingons.
After several minutes Stern is able to kill the agressor with his phaser and then turns o help McPhillips, he fires at the klingon and kills him instantly. Stern runs to McPhillips aid and see's he has several wounds inflicted by the klingon, Stern helps him the best he can and then picks him up and starts to find a place to hide till help arrives.
Now the the two must fight for their SURVIVAL till helps arrives.
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Figures - the bodies and hands are from Sideshow and the heads are from Dragon, the uniforms are again from D-Art Studios http://www.d-artstudios.com/index.htm. The phaser is a recast from an old SPOCK AMY kit.
Base - is built up with foam core and balsa wood, the figures and scenery were placed in position and then plaster of paris mix was poured in and let to dry. Once dry the plaster was painted dark brown and then a mixture of woodland scenics realistic water and light brown were poured over the top of the plaster to get the muddy water look.
The plants and drift wood are from the local pet shop and the algae is woodland scenics shrubs just broken down and sprinkled over the base.
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Looks good to me Mr. Hembling, on the front page. I was glad to get a synopsis of the episode too as I don't recall that one and really wish I could find it now. I need to see if I can find an online tv site to go back and watch some of these as I really did like some of the older episodes with Shatner and crew rather than all the new series that happened. To each his own though. I have been meaning to ask you your opinion on the newer Star Trek TV Series.
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those poor blue shirts, they always got it on those excursions.....
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those poor blue shirts, they always got it on those excursions.....
wasn't it the red shirts?...
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those poor blue shirts, they always got it on those excursions.....
wasn't it the red shirts?...
I dunno, I never liked that show, I was just trying to be funny....
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Man, Ron, that is distilled AWESOME!
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Excellent dio, ron! The boggy feel of your groundwork is perfect and the detail to the figures is exquisite. I especially like the tears and wounds to the one figure's torso.
Spud is right in that it was usually the unknown red shirt away team member that always bought it.
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Ron I absolutely love your work. Great job.
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Appreciate the feedback on the dio thank you.
And yes the poor red shirts always got the raw end of the deal that was for sure but I didn't have any red shirts so I figured a blue shirt had to be the next in line. ;D
And Tamer the story was something I just made up for fun but I have no doubt that it would have worked in an TOS series. As for ST series as like you I grew up on TOS and loved it and still do the other series I also liked alot but as with all the series I found that they started off way to slow and then got excellent as they went on then that's when they always cancelled them.
I've always been surprised that they never made a ST series from different persectives and different era's so one week we would see the federation then the klingons then the Vulcans and so on.
But my favourite series besides TOS would have to be in this order.
1 - TOS
2 - Enterprise
3 - Voyager
4 - Next Generation
5 - DS9
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I'm not the biggest Star Trek fan but your dio is phenomenal Ron.
The amount of detail and the realism of your work is outstanding.
hats off Mr. Hemble
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this is extraordinary!!! excellent work and idea, wonderful details all around on figures and dio *eyes-open-wide*
fantastic!
happy easter, my friend.
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Ron this piece really displays your legendary skills. This is museum quality stuff here! The rips in the shirts and the wounded flesh are superbly done. The diorama is more classic Ron Hemble quality! You are awesome with any thing you touch.
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Guys again thanks for all the kind words I really do appreciate them, and hope everyone has a great Easter.
Ron
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This is amazing ron!
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CaptainLux - Cheers buddy just got my other pieces for Kirk and will have him done in a few days.
Also thought that I would show a sculpt I did for a one/one trade with a mate over seas, he made Grim Reaper outfit but didn't want the usual skull and so he asked me to come up with something different.
I thought that a decayed head with dried skin and parts of the skull showing would be a great idea and more scary then the usual skull head.
The head is a 1/6 plastic skull with a neck section cut of a Dragon head and then super glued the two together. I then used GW's greeenstuff (two part putty) and covered the skull and then got a sculpting tool and just satrted digging and scrappping into the putty and what you see is the end result.
I then used GW paints to paint and wash the flesh to the desired look.
Ron
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reminds me of the sister in law ;) 8)
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wraithnine - LOL nice one mate I was thinking along the lines of my wife, please dear don't hit me again and not the cellar again ;D
Ron
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After completing Spock I put Kirk on hold till I got some more boots but once I got them I got stuck into building him asap. I'm in the process of collecting materials to make a TOS Captain Chair but till then the chair in the pics will do.
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Kirk - The body is a Soldier Story, the hands are from TTL v3 and Sideshow Indy, the head I got from Lonnie The frontline custom head he doesn't have the kirk head on his website I got mine from ebay, but if you email I think he should be able to let you know where to get them.
The pants are from the 12" TOS Playmates figures I just cut them off the outfit, the top is from D-Art Studios http://www.d-artstudios.com/index.htm (http://"http://www.d-artstudios.com/index.htm"). I couldn't find any swirly embroidery so I cut up some old 1/6 straps I had in my bits box and painted them gold.
The command emblem on his chest was drawn by hand and then hand painted as my printer decided to give in and then it was glued inplace. The boots and phaser are from the old Spock and Scotty AMT models.
Base - is from another old base I had lying around I'm just using it as a generic base now till I can get Kirks chair built.
Ron
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great!!
my fave is the shot together with Spock, its such an iconic scene. fantastic.
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Art deWhill - Hey Art glad you like the pics mate and thanks for teh reply.
Ron
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as much as it pains me to say it it looks superb ! ("sigh" Star Trek on a Star Wars site -now the rot has really set in..... ;) )
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wraithnine - LOL Hey mate at least they both start with Star and glad you liked it.
Ron
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Another Indy figure to add to my Raiders collection, I really love the head sculpt on this figure it's the best likeness of Ford I've seen. I have more figures to add to the Raider series and I will post them as soon as there done, once I was happy with the overall look and feel of the figure and base I used Vallejo, Reaper, GW paints and pastels to paint and weather the entire thing.
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1: Indiana Jones - The body is a TTL-V3 as are the hands, the head and Fedora is a shruken down PF Indy head and is an awesome likeness of Ford. All the clothing and revolver are from Sideshow's Indy figure, The whip has the Sideshow Indy bendable whip handle but the whip itself it leather coil which I got from the local craft shop.
The gloves are from a Soldier Story WW2 parachute figure and the torch has been made from decrotive sticks that I got dheap from a home ware shop.
2: Base - The base is a Indiana Jones stand and has plaster of Paris and sculpty clay added for the ground work, the soil is mulched up dirt/bark from the garden and the plants are from the local pet shop.
You can see more pics here http://www.hemblecreations.com/indy%20page%202.htm (http://www.hemblecreations.com/indy%20page%202.htm)
Ron
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Oh my Ron that head sculpt is the best I have seen! Everything looks amazing my friend.
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Luke Sprywalker - Cheers buddy and wish I could get my hands on more of them as they are truely amazing.
Ron
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Wow Ron, looks great to me.
On the front page.
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Amazing indy Ron!
Damien.
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Tamer & CaptainLux - Guys appreciate the commenst and thanks for the FP Shawn.
Ron
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Love this Indy Ron. Your attention to detail is amazing.
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CloneSniper78 - Mate glad you like him and thanks for feedback.
Ron
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Well yet another character to add to my Raiders Collection this time the double crosser Barranca who tries to shoot Indy and then ends up being killed by the Hovito's by being killed with poison darts.
The figure and base were painted and weather using Vallejo and GW paints and weathered using Vallejo paints and pastels.
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1: Barranca - The body is a TTL-V3 as are the hands, the head and shorts are from BBI the shorts were actually trousers from a WW2 Aussie digger figure and have been cut to shorts and the hair was added by using GW greenstuff.
I tried to find the same head that I used on my Monkey Man as both characters were played by Vic Tablian but with no luck so the BBI head was the closet likeness I could find to my Monkey Man custom.
The hat, singlet, Revolver, belt and holster are from Sideshow, the hat is from Belloq and has been put into boiling hot water to get the desired look and the hat band is cloth painted and then cut.
The torn singlet is from the Bespin Luke and the belt and holster are from a Indy figure. I couldn't get my hands on the same type of firearm Barranca used in the movie so I used a KOTCS Revolver.
The socks, boots and jacket are from Dragon, the jacket was soaked in diluted bleech and then it was given a wash of khaki and desert yellow to get the desired colour. The socks are from a turtle neck sweater, I just cut the arms off at a deisred length and folded them up.
2: Base - The base is a Indiana Jones stand and has plaster of Paris and sculpty clay added for the ground work, the soil is mulched up dirt/bark from the garden and the plants are from the local pet shop.
Ron
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Wow looks great Ron.
On the front page.
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Wow! I love the shot of the three of em in the jungle. Another great creation, Ron!
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the outdoor shot looks really cool Ron
another masterpiece for your outstanding Indy collection
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barranca looks perfect Ron! That is a great match for the head sculpt. Every piece of clothing looks perfect to me and I too love the shot of the 3 of them. Sooooooo well done!
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Guys thanks heaps for the replies on the Indy figures this makes 6 now and 14 to go for the Raiders Collection and then onto TOD collection.
Ron
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Another character to add to my Raiders Collection and this time it's Jock the pilot with his pet snake Reggie. Jock was the pilot that flew Indy out of the Amazon Jungle after being chased by the Hovito Warriors.
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1: Jock - The body is a TTL-V3 as are the hands, the head is from Dragon. The pants are from the Sideshow Indy figure, the shoes and shirt are from Dragon the shirt has had it's sleeves cut and then glued and folded to a short sleeve version.
I originally had him with bare feet and his pants rolled up but didn't like the look so went with him wearing boots which I think he would have when he first flew indy in.
I don't know if Jock actually had a name tag but in those days companies usually had them on the shirts. The name tag is paper cut to size with a black border added, the writing was done by using the dry transfers that you use a pencil to rub off onto whatever you are using.
The AIR PIRATES logo was done by using a plastic lettering stencil and firstly using pencil and then painting over that with Matt Black. I couldn't find a dark blue baseball cap so I used a black one, sorry can't remember what company I got it from, the NY logo was again done by using a pencil and the painting over that if Matt White.
The t-shirt is actually a Aussie WW2 singlet which was soaked in bleached and then given a drybrush of Matt White. Reggie is a rubber snake I got from a two dollar shop and he was repainted. After I got the items all together they were painted with Vallejo and GW paints and slightly weathered using pastels.
2: Generic Base - This base is the same one I've been using for a lot of the new Indiana Jones characters. The stand and has plaster of Paris and sculpty clay added for the ground work, the soil is mulched up dirt/bark from the garden and the plants are from the local pet shop.
Ron
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3 more and with Reggie
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Looks spot on to me, on the front page.
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Tamer - Cheers Shawn I'm having a blast creating all these indy characters, now 7 down and 13 to go ;D
Ron
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Ron, Jock looks great! Love the small details you add that bring out each character. Well done as usual.
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Spry as always mate thanks for the comments and I'll be having another character or two soon.
Ron
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This time round for my Raiders Collection is a German Soldier, I really enjoyed about making this figure as I didn't have to be historically correct when it came to the uniform. The movie version soldiers were a mix match of uniforms and and equipement for example the figure you see here has KAR 98 ammo pouches and the weapon is a MP40 machine gun.
Once the figure was done he was painted using Vallejo and GW paints and weatherd using Vallejo and pastels.
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1: German Soldier - The body is a TTL-V3 as are the hands, the head is from an old BBI figure. the webbing pouches and pants are from Sideshow's German Indy, the boots, shirt, MP40 and Bread bag are from Dragon and the cap is from Soldier Story.
2: Generic Base - This base is what I'll be using for all my Indy figures that need a desert base until I get all my figures done then I'll be making bases for them. The base is a Sideshow Indy figure base and has plaster and putty fot the ground work.
Once the plaster and putty had dried I used washed river sand and to cover the base, once the sand had dried I used Vallejo paints to paint and weather the sand.
Ron
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Next up for my Raiders Collection is the iconic German Mechanic. Alot of cutsomizers have done this guy either in 3-3/4" or 12" scale I even did him in 7" scale years ago and with all the customs of him everyone even myself have done him without his shirt on as that is the way we all remember him.
I decided to go for a different approach and do him with his shirt and cap on as his coming out of the hut and he see's Indy near the flying wing. As with all my figure and dios once I got the look and feel I wanted I used Vallejo and GW paints to paint him and Vallejp and pastels for the weathering.
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1: German Mechanic - The top half of the body is a 12" Aggression Wrestling figure which has had it's forearms, chest and upper neck heavily sanded to get the shirt to fit. I used GW greenstuff to add some thickness to the neck to get the head to sit correctly.
The chest and stomach has had greenstuff added also to get rid off any extra creases which happened after the sanding. The head is from a 12" Jesse Ventura figure which has had the paint stripped off and then repainted. The lower body is from a Dragon figure as the wrestling legs were just way to huge to put ons and also I needed to give him some height which the wrestling legs didn't have.
The pants are from the Sideshow German Indy, the boots/garters, belt and shirt are from Dragon and the cap is from Soldier Story.
2: Generic Base - This base is what I'll be using for all my Indy figures that need a desert base until I get all my figures done then I'll be making bases for them.
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Hey Ron, again these are amazing figures!! a really breathtaking Indy collection one can build a historic dio in a museum!!
Masterpieces.
Stefan
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Wow that Mechanic looks spot on. I just watched him and Indy get into this past Monday.
I like the German Soldier too, on the front page.
Mr. Hembling it was a pleasure talking customs with you last night as well. Thanks for giving us some interview time.
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Art deWhill - Stefan appreciate the feedback my friend thank you and that is now 9 figures and 11 to go ;D
Tamer - Shawn thanks for the kind words buddy and it was a pleasure for me also I had a ball. Anytime you want me back on just let me know I can always do with the time off work ;D
Ron
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Ron Hembling has just hit 2 more home runs with these latest custom figures! Love the German soldier, everything on him looks perfect! Then you give us the Mechanic! I love this guy and your custom is just flawless! That Jesse head really works well for him. The clinched fist is a great touch as is the dirt on his knees. Sooooo well done my friend. Great show yesterday and thanks for answering my question.
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Luke Sprywalker - Spry thanks for all the kind words buddy I really appreciate them and no worries more then happy to answer any questions mate on or off the show.
Ron
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Well guys here are the WIP pics of the Space Marine Armour all other projects are on hold till I complete this and teh Space wolves one
I decided to hold of on my Space Wolves marine and go with my own style of marine first. I spent a good 5 hours on this so far and yes there has been swearing screaming :).
I dropped him and broke off the foot pin so the left leg and armour as been superglued together but that doesn't bother me.
Also I warped the cod piece to much and didn't realize it until I had it all together but again no big deal and it's a great learning curve.
It will have both the bald head and the helmet so enjoy and I will have more pics up when I restart him tomorrow arvo.
Ron
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That is sooo freakin cool Ron. Can't wait to see him all painted up. :o
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as a big time 40k fan i can say this looks friggin AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
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Looks great to me Ron. On the front page.
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Wow Ron! I am not familiar with 40k at all except for being mentiooned by guys like you and Jay on here but this is very cool! Makes me want to know more about them! Cannot wait to see him all painted up!
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This looks really cool Ron! So what have you done? Does that armor come as a kit and you are adding it to an articulated body?
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sweeet lord ron, this is amazing!
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Guys thanks heaps and glad you are all liking it so far and I'llhave more WIP pics soon.
Spry - the armour was done by a good friend and is a kit and sorry mate no names yet until I get the ok.
The armour has been added to a TTL v3 body for articulation and the first 3 pics I'll I've done is add some pieces from from bits box in the way of a 1/35 tank road wheel and the belts are 1/6 belts from the parts bin.
Ron
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Hey Guys
Thanks guys I'm loving this project and can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with.
Here are a few more WIP pics the power fist is done so is the backpack and started on the bald head details.
The tubes on teh power fist and head are pieces either pieces of electrical wire and parts from other figures.
The white section on the head is a spare bicep guard from and old hasbro clone.
The Backpack has had pieces added from 1/6 head set and belt buckles and communicators from ST TWOK.
Ron
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woahh its so so cool, can´t wait to see it finished! :o
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CaptainLux - Cheers mate and I have done a little more and will post pics soon.
Ron
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Done a little more work added studs and redone the chest plate and have started on the shoulder armour.
Ron
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WOW, Ron... most excellent built so far!! great design, really love it :)
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wow Ron
this is an impressive figure
I love all the small details
I can´t wait to see it finished
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Holy crap Ron, this guy is coming along even better than I imagined. You always amaze me.
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Art deWhill, FialaFernbrugg & CloneSniper78 - Thanks heaps guys I have a few more little details and then it will be ready for painting.
Ron
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what chapter is he going to be from?
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wraithnine - His going to be from the 9th LEGION which is my own creation, It's going to have a little Roman influence in it.
I have another set of armour but wanted to see what it looks like and how it came out before a start on a Space Wolves one.
Ron
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Amazing Ron, that guy looks incredible! :o :o :o
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CaptainLux - Thanks Buddy.
Ok guys here is some WIP pics of the painting so far enjoy still have to add weathering, gear and weapon/s.
Ron
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your skizzlles are the shizzles....:)
nice job on this, you do some great work
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Spooky - Thanks heaps buddy and I have completed him so here are a few pics until tomorrow when I get better outdoor pics.
Ron
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After I received my armour from a good mate and put it together I didn't want to do one of the normal chapters that are out there and after watching the movie EAGLE I decided to go with the 9TH LEGION.
I thought that a Roman/Marine style armour would be a great way to go, and also giving the armour a more rustic colour scheme it would add more to the feel and look of Roman armour. After the armour was all put together it was painted and weathered using Vallejo, GW paints and pastels.
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Armour - The armour and grenades are all resin and needed just minor sanding to get it to fit correctly. The tubing is from other figures and kits from the bits box, the right shoulder armour design was built up using plasti-card and laurel stickers and a 28mm shield.
The helmet, chest plate, right/left knee guard and left leg have had laurel stickers and parts from some LOTR action figures also 28mm shields and 1/6th badges used. The chest straps are 1/6th modern day belts cut and glued into place, the waist belt is from the Hasbro Jango figure.
The front and back skirts are pieces of old hanky and the leather strips have been cut and glued inplace and the studs are 1/6 buttons. The studs all over the suit are also 1/6 and the purity seals are again strips of old hanky and the seals themselves are putty with three 1/6 buckles and the other is again putty with a 1/72 idle wheel pushed into it.
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He looks A-M A-Z-I-N-G !! stunning details and face!
exceptional work, Ron.
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Uh wow Ron!
My comments and this great new creation are on the front page. I simply don't know how you do it, but I am glad that you do!
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that looks...breathtaking! FOR THE EMPEROR!!
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I love everything on this guy, unbelievable !!!
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Thanks heaps guys I really appreciate the feedback.
Ron
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I certainly notice the roman styling right off. I loved your wip pics and explanations for this one. Brilliant work, Ron!
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Ron, this is just breath takinly awesome! OK I can breathe again. I love everything about this and will have to look at this when I am not so Tired to make a proper response, but wow!
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Guys thanks as always for the replies and comments I really do appreciate them all.
Ron
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Here is two quick indoor pics of the Space Wolves - Space Marine I completed, It's been very overcast here so hopefully the sun will be out tomorrow and I can take my usual pics.
Ron
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ahh the mighy space wolves
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hope you dont mind Ron ,but i thought you'd like to see these ..i used to play WarHammer 40K and here is my Logan Grimnar Great WolfLord of the Space Wolves
very proud of this one
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Wow, I like the new one too Ron. On the front page.
Daggone Jay, that is an awesome custom 40K figure too.
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Ron you are amazing! And Jay if you see this I like yours too.
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Thanks as always guys and Jay don't mind a bit mate totally love Grimmnar. And here are my usual outdoor pics and as always guys enjoy.
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Armour - The armour, bolt pistol and grenades are again from my good mate and needed very minor sanding. The additional tubes, chest plate/straps, extra bullets and bolts are pieces of 1/6th and 1/35th from the bits box. The small skulls are from some Warhammer and Warhammer 40k parts which have been cut and placed on the armour.
The bone trickets and runes are done from a 1/6th plastic skeleton and the rune stone is a piece of marine foam cut to shape and a symbol cut into it. The fur pelt is a piece of imitation fur from the craft shop which has been washed and drybrushed to get the grey affect.
The purity seals have been done using putty and 1/35th parts with and old hanky cut out for the ribbons.
Power Sword - The sword has been made from a hilt from a 1/6 timeline figure the blade is plasti-card which has been cut and shaped. The skulls are again from Warhammer and Warhammer 40k parts and the bone trickets are from a 1/6th plastic skeleton and the rune stone is a piece of marine foam cut to shape and a symbol cut into it.
Bolt Pistol - The pistol is resin and came with the kit I just added a sling and some small parts from 1/6th and 1/35th parts. And again the bone trickets and rune stone have been done the same as the Power Swords.
Knife & Sheath - The knife's handle is from a 1/6th German Bayonet and the blade and hand guard are made plasti-card. The sheath is made from some old leather.
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TOTAL AWESOMENESS!!!!
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Mna1 Both are fantastic pieces. Great work as usual!
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Wooooow Ron, these guys really rock, soo awesome man, incredible work!
Demian.
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CloneSniper78, lucasclones & CaptainLux - Guys thanks heaps for the feedback on this figure I really appreciate it and CS and LC sorry for the late replies guys.
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Well after having this sit on the work bench for a while I decided to complete it of over the last two days. I wanted something different in the way of a dio and also be able to store the figure safely if it needs to be moved.
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Indiana Jones - Everything on indy is from Sideshow except the Hat which is from Hero Heads and the shoes are from Hasbro's Indy. The whip has been made using the hand grip from Sideshow bendable whip with leather braiding which I got from the local craft store, the torch is made using sticks again from the local craft store with string wrapped around it.
The Crate/Display - The crate is a bottle holder which is used to transport the bottle so it doesn't get damaged. I used balsa wood and glued it to the holder then scribed the lines into to simulate the individual boards and the garage cut to size and then pushed into place and superglued.
The interior was built up using high density foam then carved to the desired look and then a mix of plaster of paris, woddglue/PVA and fine sand was mixed together and was then applied to the foam. The moss I picked up fro the laocal florist and the vines/roots are from some old small palm plants that died after the cyclone we had.
Once both the figure and dio/display was completed I painted and weathered them using Vallejo, Games Workshop paints and weathered with chalk pastels.
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Ron that is such an awesome idea! How cool would it be to have each figure in it's own environment that is storable!?! The room would look really cool with a stack of crates to boot! The best part would be opening a closed crate and seeing all the breathtaking art inside!
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Ron that is such an awesome idea! How cool would it be to have each figure in it's own environment that is storable!?! The room would look really cool with a stack of crates to boot! The best part would be opening a closed crate and seeing all the breathtaking art inside!
Hi Spry thanks for the reply mate and really glad you liked it. I think the stack of crates are a great idea and would be awesome to see peoples face when they opened them up.
I'm in the process of doing one with two sides, one side will have the figure and teh other will have all the gear etc I'm about 80% done so as soon as I complete it I'll throw up the pics.
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Ron, that is just too slick.
On the front page. What an awesome idea.
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Another awesome creation by one of my favorite artists. Totally awesome Ron!
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WOW- what a great idea, and what a cool dio.
A great achievement!
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Guys as always thanks for the kind words and glad you liked it.
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now THAT my friend is a very very clever idea
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Thanks wraith appreciate the feedback.
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After completing the first dio/storage crate I started straight away on the one, this one is a WIP two section one and all that needs to be done is the outside which I'll have to complete when I get back from training in two weeks. So until then enjoy the pics and I'll have the recipe when it's all completed.
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nice work!!
(what kind of training?)
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nice work!!
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Thanks Doc and just field training mate nothing to special.
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Great stuff Ron!always enjoy seeing your work.you are one of my all time favorite custom creators around.you put so much effort and detail into each piece,and it shows in all of them.I've drawn some of my inspiration for customs from different people along the way,and you have always been one of my go to guys for that,and one of the first.love the Indy,and I always like to see the Stormtrooper dio's.keep up the great work. ;D
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Amazing work again Ron! Great idea and execution on a way to hold all those accessories!
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Whoaaa amazing job!
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Guys thanks heaps for the kind words I really appreciate them. JediMindtrix mate really glad that you like my work that much and there is an amazing abundance of talent on this site it's not funny.
Ron
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This is spectacular Ron. I love the whole idea of getting a storage container, a diorama, and an accesory locker so to speak all in one setting. I can't wait to see if you do this in the SW Verse, but these Indy Dios just look sweet to me. On the front page.
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Tamer - Thanks buddy and appreciate the FP and yes I actually have plans of doing a Sandtrooper one as soon as I can get hold of another one.
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Well finally started on the Map Room dio, Firstly sorry about only having one pic my camera's battery went flat so it's charging at the moment.
I've still got some weathering to do but so far I've given the buildings a a coat of flat earth and then a wash of biege brown, I then started drybrushing them using dark sand, I used Vallejo paints up this point.
As you can see the dio is going to be shorter then it should and won't have any walls but this is due to time as I will be gone for 8mths in the new year and I want to complete two more larger dios before I head off.
When I get back I have plans on doing a complete map room dio with ceiling, walls etc. so enjoy the pic and I will have more WIP soon.
Ron
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/hemble/indiana%20jones%20custom%20and%20stuff/mar01.jpg)
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Wow Ron, looks outstanding even from the start. On the front page.
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Ron. my friend, as always awesome stuff.
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Now, THAT is some epicness in the making.
Nice work, Ron..Hope all goes well with the trip and take care.
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Guys as always thanks for the replies, Shawn always appreciate the FB mate thank you and SSS cheers buddy and I will.
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Hey bud, this is going to be great! The love you have for everyone's second most favourite trilogy* is just terrific. The map room is one of my favourite scenes! Is this 1/6 scale?
*: yes, I'm not counting IJATKOTCS ;)
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Incom - Thanks mate and it is 1/6 scale. I'll be doing the basing today and hopefully have it complete by tonight.
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When Sideshow made the Map Room dio I thought to myself how cool it would be to have a larger version of it especially with the buildings and when a mate from over at the Sideshow Freaks forums by the name of IndianaPaul decided that he was going to make all the buildings and cast them I knew I had to get hold of a set.
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1: Indiana Jones - The clothing for is a mix of Sideshow and Hottoys, the boots are from Hasbro and the staff of Ra is from Hottoys. The body is a TTL V2 and the head is from Sideshow toys. The figure was painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints and pastels.
2: Base - The base I picked up from the local hardware store, the sand is a mixture of fine river sand, plaster of paris and PVA/Woodglue. The tape measure is just some A4 size paper cut to size and measuring lines added, the barrier around the last building is made from toothpicks and red cotton wool.
All the buildings as mentioned before are made and casted from IndianaPaul over at the Sideshow Freaks Forums and he did one hell of a job making these buildings the details are amazing to say least. The buildings were painted and weathered before putting them onto the base and as usual the base/buildings were painted using Vallejo paints and pastels.
You can see more pics here http://www.hemblecreations.com/indy%20page%202.htm (http://"http://www.hemblecreations.com/indy%20page%202.htm")
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Wow Ron. The rest of my comments are on the front page. Daggone guy, you have some talent.
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Very impressive Ron, very impressive. The maquette shows quite a lot of detail, despite the uniform colour. Job well done, mate!!
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Tamer - Thanks mate and as always I appreciate the plug on teh FB.
Incom - Cheers buddy and the uniform colour turned out way better then I imagined it's amazing what pastels can do and paint weathering can do.
Ron
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I havent worked with pastels since I was big into military modeling as a kid. This is just fabulous, Ron!
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Clonehead - Thanks heaps mate and I never even used pastels until a while ago and love em.
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I have a few of these hard plastic SF3D/Ma.k figures in my parts box so I decided to pull another one out and do a simple dio with it. This small dio depicts the SAFS FIREBALL running along a asteroid.
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SAFS - The SAFS I picked up of the web and pulled it apart and repostioned the figure to the look I wanted. I also added wire from the back of the feet to the lower section using thin wire. The figure was painted and weathered using Reaper and Games Workshop paints and also pastels.
Base - The base I have had for years and belonged to a 120mm figure the small rocket is from a WW2 German kit, the base was painted and weathered using Reaper and Games Workshop paints and also pastels.
Ron
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always cool to see a Maschinen Krieger kit and a joy to see it turned into such a great dio!!
merry christmas, my friend!
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Awesome Ron, on the front page. and Merry Christmas.
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Art deWhill - Thanks bro and Merry Xmas and yeah I love Ma.k from the first days the were in the shops back in the 80's and I really want to start doing some 1/20 scale kits again as soon as I can get my mits on some.
Tamer - Merry Xmas Shawn and appreciate the feedback and the FB.
Ron
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In the harsh desert regions of Australia there is a small sector called NO MAN'S LAND this area is a short cut back to the Mercenaries base camps after hit and runs on Strahl National Defence Army. This area is not for the faint hearted as it stretches for over 100 kilometers and many have tried to pass thru this area and many have failed to get thru.
The area is staturated with high radiation that drains a suits power cells and interferes with comms and radar equipement. The pilot of this SAFS attempts to do the crossing and hopes he doesn't end up like his comrade that tried it before him.
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SAFS - The two SAFS I picked up of the web and pulled it apart and repostioned the figure to the look I wanted. I also added wire from the back of the feet to the lower section using thin wire. The figures was painted and weathered using Reaper and Games Workshop paints and also pastels.
Base - The base is some left over marind foam cut to shape, the sand is a mixture of plaster of paris, fine river sand and ground up kitty litter. The rotten log I got from the garden and the tried plants are roots from and old palm tree once everythng was tried the base was painted and weathered using Reaper and Games Workshop paints and also pastels.
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Nice Ron. Nice. Guess where you can see this now?
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spectacular work on these kits, ron! Your paint work is perfect.
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Clonehead & Tamer - Thanks heaps guys and as always Shawn appreciate the FB.
Ron
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The other day I was fixing up my web site and saw the 6 inch Phantom figure I did backin 2006 and thought that I would make him again in 3-3/4".
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The Phantom - is a combo of a Marvel Universe Bullseye Body, boots from a Star Wars figure, hands from a Indiana Jones figure and the head is a Marvel Universe Bullseye with the face cut off and replaced with the front half of the face from a Star Wars AT-ST pilot.
Once the parts for the head were glued together I use GW greenstuff to putty the seams up and once dry it was sanded down. The mask is a piece of thin pleather as is the belt and holsters. The pistols are from some old GI Joes figures and the skull buckle and skull rings are from some old GW 40k pieces I just cut off and glued inplace.
The Phantom's wolf (Devil) - is from a GI Joe figure and as with the figure it was painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints.
The Base - is just an old base that I use that I keep in the cupboard.
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After I completed the Phantom figure I wanted to do Superman and while looking at pictures I saw the Cyborg Superman and knew that it was the next figure I had to do but I wanted to do him so his suit was battle torn and ripped.
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Body & head - The body is the Marvels Universe DareDevil and is was cut up and the Cyborg parts added from a Playmates Terminator figure. The head is mostly from a Terminator figure and the small face section is from a Star Wars figure and once all the parts were superglued together GW greenstuff was used to do the hair and all the parts of the battle damage suit.
Chest Emblem and Cape - The chest emblem is some old thin pleather and the cape is a piece of an old hanky, once everything was togther I painted and weathered him using Vallejo and GW paints. The chest and cape emblem were then drawn on with a pencil and then painted.
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Wow, that superman is just over the top Ron! On the front page.
I like the Phantom Diorama too.
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Wow. Just wow.
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Amazing work on both Ron but that Super Man takes the cake! So cool and I have never seen that art let alone a Super Man figure that looks that cool.
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Simply amazing Ron!!
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great job on cyborg sups.it's amazing how you made it all look so cohesive as one complete figure.can hardley believe his cape is an old hanky.that just goes to show that almost anything can be used in customs.
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those are superb Ron the cyborg superman is mega cool mate
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Fantastic work, Ron. Just over the top, buddy!
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Thanks for all the great feedback guys they were fun to do and if I get a chance I'll be doing more in the future.
Ron
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Started on this about 4 days ago once I finally was able to get the snakes, as you can see it's not the complete layout due to the size it would have been (wish it was thou).
I decided to make it with only half the crate and partial alter/steps my my goal was to show Indy and Sallah with the ark. I have to get some dowel to replace the crappy plastic poles and a little more weathering to do on the sand and alter/steps and then add Indy and Sallah.
Ron
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Wow Ron. I love this shelf idea too. This is gonna be awesome. On the front page.
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Thanks Shawn and again appreciate the FB mate.
Ron
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Oh wow Ron! This looks spectacular! I can't wait to see this with Indy and Sallah in there!
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Spry - Thanks buddy I'm just waiting for some parts to arrive so I can complete it, hopefully they'll get here soon.
Ron
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After doing the Cyborg Superman and The Phantom figures I started going thru the internet looking at other superheroes to do and saw Aquaman. I remember watching the old Aquaman cartoons when I was a kid but also liked him with the beard so I combined the old style outfit to the bearded character and what you see is the end result.
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Body & head - Is made from a WWE Build N' Brawlers figure, I super glued the joints and once dry I puttied the joints and then used watered some PVA glue and then got tissue paper and started to adhere to the body to make the outfit. The gloves are from a Star Wars figure and teh belt is made from left over leather and the A symbol was cut from some left over plasti card.
Once the tissue paper had dried I used GW greenstuff to make the beard and then I started to paint over the dried tissue paper, I used Vallejo and GW paints to paint and weather him.
Base - The base is an old Sideshow 12" Star Wars base I had in the cupboard. I used clay to build up the ground work and before it dried I used real coral and shells I found at the beach and pushed them into the ground work along with some plastic plants I got from the local pet shop.
The Manta Ray was from a tube of sea creatures I picked up at the local toy shop, once everything was on the base I glued fine river sand over the top of the clay and let dry. Once dry I gave the sand a wash of brown and then dry brushed till I got the effect I liked.
Ron
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Ron, I am speechless again. My comments are on the front page.
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Tamer - Thanks Shawn I have a Doc Savage that I just completed and will post soon.
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While looking for another 3-3/4" hero to do I got the inspiration to do Doc from Actorjez over at the Fwoosh Forum he does such awesome figures and the way he presents them is excellent.
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Doc Savage - is a combo of the lower legs from a young Indy from TLC, boots from a SW figure, upper body from a Build N Brawl figure and head from a GI Joe figure. The belt is from the Hasbro Indy figure line with the holster and whip holder cut off, the shirt was made using an old hanky. Once put together the figure was painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints.
The Base - is just an old base from another dio that I use that I keep in the cupboard.
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I have always wanted to do a Dutch figure but couldn't decide on which version I wanted then I watched Predator again and after watching it decided on the muddy version as I've never seen it done in 3-3/4" scale.
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Dutch - The upper body is a Build n Brwal figure the lower legs and head are from a GI-Joe figure. The spear is made from thin stick and the blade on the spear is from a GI-Joe figure and was attached with super glue and then tied off using string.
The bow was also made using thin stick and string was again used, the mud was done by mixing plaster of paris and PVA glue and then paint was added to get the colour. The plaster once mixed with both the paint and glue becomes tacky and gives the appearance of smeared on mud.
The Base - is just an old base from another dio that I use that I keep in the cupboard.
Ron
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I like that Doc a lot, Ron, but Dutch reallly is stunning. Great original choice of making him in his mud cover, such a cool scene.
Are those build 'n brawl figures easy to work with as in being compatible with SW and Joe figures?
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Incom - Thanks buddy and the BnB are a good height for SW compatibility but the upper body is very bulky as in muscle size. I haven't seen anyone use them for anything else but superhero figures.
Ron
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Oh whooa that Dutch from Predator is looking awesome!
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Ron, both figures are superb as usual mate!
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Ron, what Joe head did you use?
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Spry and CS78 - Guys thanks heaps and glad you like them and Tom the head is a Duke from Rise of Cobra.
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I have slowed right down in my work for when I go which I'm stoked about so until I go I have a little bit of free time and I have had this figure sitting on my bench for a long time and finally decided to complete him. And there is a SW dio coming within the week so stay tuned for that in teh SW dio section.
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McCoy - The whole figure and equipment is from Artasylum/Diamond Select TOS series which was made a few years ago. The figures joints were superglued together and then puttied and let dry for a few hours.
The uniform (top & pants) were done by using tissue paper, I cut out the tissue paper and then used watered down PVA glue and attached it to the base figure and once the tissue paper dries it's actually very rigid.
The equipment as mentioned above is also from Artasylum/Diamond Select TOS series, the communicator's flip top section was cut and glue in place to simulate a closed communicator. The medical pouch was made using another tricorder and some left over leather and both the figure and equipment were painted and weathered using Vallejo, GW and artist paints.
Base - is from another old base I had lying around I'm just using it as a generic base till I decide what type of base I want for the figure.
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Just superb! and an excellent collectors piece if ever I saw one.
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Ron that looks superb mate !
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hangarbay94 & wraithnine - Thanks heaps guys and I'm really stoked with the way it turned out especially the tissue paper. I think it gives the figure more depth and character especially on statue type diorama's.
Ron
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That one is awesome ron!
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CaptainLux - Thanks Buddy.
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Ron, the tissue paper trick... very clever! very clever indeed! and you are right, it really makes a difference.
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Ron, again amazing work! I will be trying your tissue paper trick as it looks awesome! Well done mate!
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hb94 & Spry - again thanks guys and Spry love to see what you come up by using this technic.
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Well guys this is it my very last custom/dio until I get back :'( once I get settled in where I'm going I'll let you all know how I'm going which should be about 2-3 weeks so take care guys and be safe.
Ron
While in standard orbit around Trident Telsee IV awaiting to rendezvous with the U.S.S Parramatta for resupply. The Captain of the U.S.S Vampire orders a small six man away team to head down to the planet to for some routine surveys of the fauna on the planet.
After beaming down the team separate and start doing their surveys and not worried about the primative indigenous tribes that inhabit the planet as they have never cuased any problems in earlier visits to the planet.
Head Botanist Lieutenant Mike McDonald and Head of Security Lieutenant Jake Peterson after about an hour of seperating from the rest of the group get ambushed by the local primative tribes that inhabit the planet. McDonald is pierced in the back by a spear and dies instantly and Peterson drops to the ground and starts to open fire and while this is all going on he can't belive that they got AMBUSHED.
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Figures - The figures and equipment are a mixer of TOS/DS9 Trails and Tribulations/Enterprise from Artasylum/Diamond Select series which was made a few years ago. The figures joints were superglued together and then puttied and let dry for a few hours.
Once the putty and glue had dried the uniforms (top & pants) were done by using tissue paper, I cut out the tissue paper and then used watered down PVA glue and attached it to the base figure and once the tissue paper dries it's actually very rigid.
The equipment as mentioned above is also from Artasylum/Diamond Select TOS series, the communicator's flip top section were cut and glue in place to simulate a closed communicator. The Tricorder is straight out of the package and was repainted, both the figures and equipment were painted and weathered using Vallejo, GW and artist paints.
Base - are two old picture frames I had in the cupboard glued and secured together, the ground work was built up using plaster of paris and fine washed river sand. The dirt is a mixer of smashed up kitty litter and dirt from a pot plant I keep outside, the grass is model railway grass which was atatched then painted.
The small tuft of grass are from Army Painter Modelling Supplies and they come ona sticky clear sheet and you just pull the tufts off and glue inplace. The larger plants are plastic which I picked up from the local pet shop and the spears are just skewer sticks cut to size and painted.
Ron
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Ron it just looks superb. I have got to get this to the front page.
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Nice job on the ST customs.
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Guys thanks for the replies and sorry for the late reply.
Ron
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I decided for my first 1/6 custom since I've been back would be the Pulp action hero Doc Savage, I've always like Savage but the hairdo always annoyed me especially the way it whent to a point on the forehead. So when I was searching for reference pics I came across some old Savage comic book covers that had a different hair style which suited the 1930's and 40's style that I wanted to go for.
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Doc Savage - Main body is a ACI muscle body the hands are from Sideshows and Hottoys Indy figures which have been repainted. The head I have had in the parts box for a long time and can't remember which company made it.
The shirt is a Indy Hottoys and the pants are from Sideshows Indy, the boots and belt are from Dragon and the left wrist brace was made from some old leather and small plastic buckles.
The gun is from and old sci-fi figure with an added sight added to the top from plasti-card and the torch is made from some old house hold decorative sticks and the flame was done by adding plaster of paris and woodglue together and then waiting till is started to dry and then sculpted it to the wood using thin strips of wire.
The Base - I wanted to give Savage a base and decided to give him a desert style tomb one, the base was made using high denisty foam and cutting out the desired shape and the column was made from the excess foam and the piller was cut from some thich cardboard tubing.
Once the column/pillar had dried I scribbed the stone floor using a soldering iron and added some extra details to the pillar using thin styrofoam. I then covered the whole base using a mixer of plaster of paris and woodglue and let that dry and then added fine river sand. Once everything had dried I used Vallejo and Games Workshop paints to paint and weather both the base and figure.
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WOW!Cool ! He look's awesome! ;D
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Wow, Ron is back with a new Custom! Horaay!!!
Man this brings a smile to the ole Tamer's face. Look for this to be prominently displayed on our fp by tomorrow.
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Thanks for the comments and as always there very much appreciated and I'm in the middle of a another 1/6 dio/display and yes it is Tatooine go figure LOL.
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That sounds awesome Ron. Got that Savage on the front page!
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Tamer - Thanks mate.
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Glad to see you back and glad to see Doc Savage!!!
I think I can help you out on that head sculpt's identity. It's got that BBI look to the sculpt and I would guess it is from those LAPD figures they did a while back?
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flaccideagle - Thanks mate and thanks for the heads up on the HS it has been bugging me not knowing what company made it.
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I decided to make another superhero and started looking on the net and came across a Hanna Barbera web link and saw Mightor and decided to give him ago. I wanted to give him a more caveman look and subsituted the gold braces and belt for a more leather feel to him, the figure and base were painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints and pastel chalks.
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Mighty Mightor - The body is from ACI and the same type I used for Doc Savage, the head is a resin Arnie one I have had in my parts box for a long time which I picked up from Lonnie. I put some plastic soles on the feet which I grabbed from a pair of Dragon boots, I then used pleather for the main boots and wrapped the pleather around the feet and lower legs to get the look I wanted.
The straps around the boots are leather strips and the fur at the top of the boots is fake fur I got from a haberdashery. The loin cloth and belt is pleather and was cut to shape, the wrist bracelets are pieces of cloth and strips of leather.
The horns are two old Spiderman the Lizards tails that I cut to size and secured to the head I then used model sail boat string and wrapped that around the tails and superglued the string inplace. Once the glue dried I then used a mix of plaster and woodglue and covered the string with the plaster and woodglue mix and let it dry.
The cape was made using an old Jiff cloth which is a dish cloth which was perfect as I wanted to have something that looked like scrapped down fur. The mask is some old pleather cut to shape and glued inplace, I tried the mask with the eyes slit open but didn't like the way it looked so went with the cartoon style white eyes.
The medallion was made using some left over High density foam which I used for the base it was cut to shape and two small holes were punched into the foam and some model boat string was used for the necklace. The club was cut from an old branch from the back yard and the bark was stripped off and then I widdled one end to make the handle.
The Base - was made using high density foam and cut and shaped to look like rock and the logo was cut into the foam using a soldering iron. Once I was happy with the way the it looked I then covered the base with a two part mix of plaster of paris and woodglue.
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Awesome looking custom!!! :)
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Awesome Ron. Time to go let him dominate our front page. It is so good to see you back and customizing.
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Mando Assasin, Tamer & mr.Jedi1977 - Thanks guys and glad you are liking the non SW builds as well. Shawn as always buddy appreciate the FP and it's great to be back and customizing again let me tell you :)
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Are you back home yet or are you still at war! I am glad you are OK! ;D We missed you! ;D
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Are you back home yet or are you still at war! I am glad you are OK! ;D We missed you! ;D
Hey Mate, I'm back home now and will be very along time fingers crossed.
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Good i hope you stay safe at home! For a long long long long long long long long long long long long time! ;D
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Good i hope you stay safe at home! For a long long long long long long long long long long long long time! ;D
Cheers mate and I hope so to I think I might have to go back on to deployment I'm getting on the wifes nerves and it would be safer back over there ;D
Ron
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LOL! Nice one! ;D
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Hi All
I have started on my 1/6 Phantom and decided that he need to have his chair as well. The chair is being made from high denisty foam and small quanity of thin styrofoam, I still haven't decided if I want to make my own skulls of buy some for the chair.
The Phantom has a Hottoys Indiana Jones body as I wanted him to me be more slimmer but still toned like Billy Zane. The boots are frpm Dragon and the head I picked up from ebay, the tights are from triad toys and I had an old suit from them and used that to make the head section.
The mask is made using some left over leather, I'm waiting for more leather to turn up so I can make the belt and holster. Enjoy and hope you like it so far.
Ron
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Wow, this one is gonna be awesome too. I need to get this one and your great new Sandtrooper work on the fp.
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PULP! Love it!
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Great work! ;D
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Hi All,
Tamer, PackRatStudios & Mando Assasin - Thanks for the comments guys I'm jsut waiting on the blue and black shorts to arrive and tweek a few things and he'll be done, not to long now I hope. And Shawn again I appreciate the FP thanks buddy.
Ron
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You are quite welcome Ron. I love to see an update by Hemble.
I finally got the Sandy Dio Update on the fp too. I know that one is your favorite character so was glad to see it too.
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Shawn sorry buddy I didn't even see last post, a belated thanks you.
I have done a little more to both The Phantom and the chair.
Pics 1, 2 & 3 - I have given him two skull rings which were made using thin plasticard and some small skulls from some GW weapons. The skulls were gently cut off sanded and then put into place using superglue.
Ron
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Hi All
Pic 1 - I have also done some work on the Phantom's outfit by given it a lighter purple drybrush to show a little more muscle definition.
Pic 2,3 & 4 - I finally found some skulls at a local gift shop and picked up a few skull heads. The heads look like they are made from resin and had flames scribed into them so after attachimg them to the chair I started using a mix of plaster of paris and PVA glue and covered the chair and skulls.
I haven't completed the chair as of yet as I'm deciding if I want to go darker or lighter and also I 'm thinking of adding fur/leather to the sit so the Phantom's bum doesn't get soar. ;D
Ron
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Stunning work Ron! The 2 rigs are such a great touch!
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Stunning work Ron! The 2 rigs are such a great touch!
Thanks Spry it is coming along slowly but I've really been enjoying this project.
Ron
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Hi All
I have put the Pantom on the back burner till some material arrives. Until then I started on this dio yesterday which will be a 1/6 Lost Temple Jungle Ruin for a new custom Indy figure that I'm doing.
Pic - 1, 2, 3 & 4 - I have started on the basic layout of the ruin which is made using high density foam. I have also done some wall reliefs in the inside of the temple and also at the front above the door.
The wall reliefs where done using some scrap foam and drawing basic designs into them using a texta and then using a soldering iron to carve the design out.
In Pic 3 the wavey looking foam coming from the top to the base of the dio is going to be made into vines and roots which will come from a partial tree which is the thick piece foam on top of the roof.
More WIP soon.
Ron
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Hi All
More of the Jungle Ruin WIP. And I forgot to mention the floor and wall stone work outlines were done using a soldering iron in Pics 1, 2, 3 & 4.
Pic - 5, 6, 7 & 8 - Once the wall reliefs had dried I started using a sandstone rock and pushed it into the foam to give the floors and walls a good aged stone affect. If you ever try this don't worry if you push to hard into the foam with the stone as the small cracks will give it that little extra realism.
More WIP soon.
Ron
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Hi All
Little more work done today.
Pic - 9, 10 & 11 - I have added a main feature wall relief this was done differently to the last ones as I used and pen to draw the design and the a toothpick to scribe over the pen and Pic 11 has a close up view of the relief.
I also gave the roof and back wall a few cracks due to old age and stress, the two holes in the roof will be where the roots/vines will come thru. The cracks were done by drawing were I wanted the cracks to be then using a model knife cut the edges then I used a pair of tweezers to scrap out the foam.
The holes in the roof were done by drawing the basic outline and then using a long knife cut the foam and then pushing from the top of the roof to push the cut foam out. The reason I do it from the top is when you push down the foam it will have a more realistic feel to it as thou the stone has crumbled away.
Ron
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that is amazing Ron your attention to detail is stunning
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wraithnine - Thanks for the kind words mate and here is the start of the vines/roots/tree.
Pic - 12, 13, 14 & 15 - As you can see the vines/tree are taking shape by using aluminium foil. I tore lengths of foil and scruntched them up and place them over the foam and then glued them inplace.
I then made off shoot vines by again tearing lengths of foil and twisting them to the how I wanted them and then glued them inplace. I'll let this dry for a good 20 hours and then start on plastering the vines/roots/tree tomorrow.
Ron
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Now this is awesome. My comments are on the front page.
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Wow this is fantastic !!! I am so looking forward to seeing this completed some real outstanding work my friend ..... art
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Ron this scene you are setting up is just perfect! This will become such an iconic display! Very nice work.
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Looks great! I really like the technique you used to give the stone a realistic surface. I think the Indy font you used in the pics is cool too.
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Tamer, mr.Jedi1977, Luke Sprywalker & XTS_Operative - Guys I really appreciate the replies thank you and Shawn as always appreciate the FP buddy.
XTS glad you like the font mate, when I take my pics I like to try and have a font as close to the style of the character as I can, I think it just adds that extra little something.
Ron
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Hi All
Well guys a little more progress to wet your appetites.
Pic - 16, 17, 18 & 19 - The plaster and woodglue mix has been added over the top of the foil. I gave it two thick coats and then let dry for about 3 hours and once dry added another mix of plaster and woodglue but made this last coat a little more watery to smooth it out a little but not to much.
I don't know if you can see it but I also used the soldering iron on the large wall releif to give it more depth.
Ron
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indeed you are wetting at least my appetite to seeing this one finished, Ron, I am a huge fan of this type of setting/scenery :)
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Beautiful work Ron! The construction of that tree is just awesome!
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Holy Shazbots...This is some amazing work, Ron!
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Awesome work. Back on the front page with the update.
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Great work love the step by step process your showing.
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Very cool!
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Ron, I'm loving this latest piece of work. I've often seen wood glue form into odd shapes but have never twigged how good it would be when used for dioramas. Clever, very clever.
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Hi All
Guys always appreciate the replies and feedback thank you. Again I'm glad you are all enjoying the step by step process as well as I'm really enjoying showing them to you.
Jules it is amazing how good woodglue can be for dio's and I like to experiment to see what I can use things for and to what extent. I have been experimenting with making waterfalls using woodglue and that has shown some promise and I will post pics of that little project in the near future.
Ron
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Hi All
Painting has began.
Pic - 21, 22, 23 & 24 The whole dio has been given a wash of JO SONJA'S Burnt Sienna and left to dry for a good 2 hours.
Ron
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Pic - 25, 26, 27 & 28 once the wash has dried I then sprayed the whole dio using Tamiya Dark Brown.
Ron
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Pic - 29, 30, 31 & 32 - The stone was given a drybrush Vallejos German Cam Orange Ochre 824. The Ochre is great as it brings out the finer details of the stone detail that I pushed into the foam using a sandstone rock.
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Pic - 33, 34, 35 & 36 - The stone has now been given a drybrush of Vallejo's Pale Sand 837. This drybrush give the stone a lttle more depth and a little more detail.
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Pic - 37, 38, 39 & 40 - I wanted to give the stone a bit of a reddish/brown tinge to it to break up the lighter colour so I used GW Vermin Brown. Instead of drybrushing I dapped very softly onto the stone in an un random pattern.
In pic 40 I did a close up of the main wall relief to show just how much detail can be done to foam by using a stone to inprint it's texture into it and also a nice paint job.
More WIP sonn.
Ron
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Hi All
more started on the roots today.
Pic - 41, 42, 43 & 44 - I'll be giving the trunk and roots a grey/khaki look to them so here is the start of the painting. The trunk and roots were given a wash of Vallejo's Medium Grey 70987.
Ron
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Gorgeous Ron. Once again thank you for giving us your tips along the way.
Back on the fp.
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Beautiful work !!!
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Tamer & Jedi1977 - Thanks guys and again thanks Shawn and more then happy to give tips of how I do things.
I have almost completed the trunk/roots and I have changed my mind on the colour (yeah I know I'm like an old woman LOL), I have gone for a more brown/earthy colour.
Pic - 45, 46, 47 - the next process was to give the trunk/roots a wash mix of Vallejo's Medium Grey 70987 and Pale Sand 837.
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Pic 48, 49, 50 & 51 - the trunk/roots were then given a wash of GW Chaos Black. The black wash is great espcially if you have a large project like this it helps cover any small areas that you might have missed in the previous washes.
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Pic 52, 53 & 54 - the trunk/roots were then given a wash of Vallejo's Pale Sand 837 and Beige Brown 875, this wash was for the sole perpose of giving the trunk/roots a lighter highlight with some small tinges of brown thru it. The pics aren' the best but you can see the brown tinges ever so slightly.
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Pic - 55, 56, 57 & 58 - The trunk/roots are 95% complete I just have to add a little more highlights and there done. As you can see I have give them a more wood/earthy type feel to them, this was done by giving them a wash of Vallejo's Flat Earth 70.983 and then staright after a wash of Vallejo's USA Tan Earth 70874.
By doing the second wash straight away it blends the two washes together to give a more natural looking look. Once the washes have dried I then gave a very light drybrush of Beige Brown 875 to highlight certain area's of the trunk/roots.
Next up will I will be doing the ground work, plants and mildew/fungi/moss.
Ron
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It looks fantastic Ron.
I'm sure this is going to be another masterpiece.
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FialaFernbrugg - Thanks buddy and have done a little more tonight.
Pic 59, 60 & 61 - I have started laying down the soil this was done buy applying woodglue to the base and pouring the soil over the glue. The soil is a mixer of dirt from the backyard and pot plant mix, I like to use the plant mix as it has small shredded pieces of bark, roots etc and is perfect for a jungle floor.
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Pic 62, 63 & 64 - I have started applying the mildew/fungi/moss around the stone work and this was done by first grinding up some dark green pastel chalk and then appying dark green paint and mix the two together. Once the paint and chalk is mixed water it down and apply the mildew/fungi/moss to what areas you like.
more WIP pics soon
Ron
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Hi All
Pic - 65, 66 & 67 - Where the mildew/fungi/moss was done last night it was left to dry over night and then I ground up lichen moss to almost a powder and dabbed woodglue over the area's I did last night and then sprinkled the lichen moss over the glue.
I let the lichen moss dry for about 2 hours then using a wide brush I brushed the excess off until there was just a thin layer left over.
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Pic - 68, 69 & 70 - I have started applying the jungle plants and the ones in the pics are plastic plants from the local pet shop. I gave them a wahs of Vallejo's German Cam Drak Green 979 to tone down the shine a little but not to much.
More WIP pics of the jungle planting soon
Ron
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Looking great! I like the stages of coloring that went into giving the tree its natural appearance. I've noticed in nature that some trees have a more greyish hue.
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Brilliant work Ron and thanks for the step by step photos!
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XTS_Operative wrote
Looking great! I like the stages of coloring that went into giving the tree its natural appearance. I've noticed in nature that some trees have a more greyish hue.
Thanks mate and you are correct alot of trees do have that greyish hue to them. I was going to go with the greyish hue for this dio until I saw a pic on the net where the bark was a more light browny earth colour pic attached below.
(http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000fjFygRBiH3M/s/750/750/cambodia-09303.jpg)
Once I saw the pic I knew that the more light browny earth colour would be perfect against the reddish/brown stone work and the also the jungle vegetation.
Luke Sprywalker wrote
Brilliant work Ron and thanks for the step by step photos!
Cheers Spry and my pleasure mate I have alot of fun doing the tutorials.
Ron
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Hi All
Well 90% complete just have to add some minor weathering and make Indy and will have pics soon. Also I will be doing step by step pics on indy as well.
I'm not to sure if I'll show the WIP pics but if you are interested in seeing LMK and I will post them.
Pic - 71 & 72 - All the jungle vegetation is now complete and as with pics 68-70 the plants have been given a very minor wash of Vallejo's German Cam Drak Green 979 to again tone down the glossy plastic look.
Ron
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Ron, this is epic. Back to the front page. Thanks once again for showing us exactly what you are doing.
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This is unbelievable !!! Fantastic work my friend i really enjoyed the step by step . looking forward to seeing your next project . all the best... Art
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Great work here Ron. A Truly awesome peace of art!!! 0/
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Tamer, Jedi1977 & mrapocalypse2020 - Guys thanks heaps on the replies. Well I have finally completed Indy tonight and will take my usual outdoor pics as soon as I can but until then here are two teaser pics.
I did one with a low light to give it a darker fell to it and another one in sepia mode, if any of you photoshop guru's have any suggestions on how to make the sepia pic look older using Paint shop Pro 6 it would be very much appreciated.
Ron
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Hi All
Here are the completed pics of the temple jungle ruin.
Ron
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some more pics.
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and a few more.
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Ron, what can I say. It turned out wonderful. Time to take it to the fp.
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Nice photography, setting, and framing.
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Man there is little more i can say to this beautiful project that you havent heard already , except i am speechless . I loved the teaser pictures you did ( the low light ) especially I can only imagin what your gonna do with photoshop Again awesome!!!!
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Tamer, XTS_Operative & mrJedi1977 - Guys glad you liked it and thanks for the comments and as always Shawn appreciate the FP.
Ron
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Ron, your work will always make the front page, but adding your tutorials with it makes it even more fp worthy. I just appreciate you being willing to show us your trade secrets.
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again mind-blowing work, just love it :)
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For me this is one of the most epic dios you have created. I really love this piece, classic Indy setting for sure. Brilliant work Ron.
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Ron, this dio looks like a movie prop! Great job!
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Hi All,
Tamer, Art deWhill, Luke Sprywalker & CloneSniper78 - Appreciate the replies guys thank you, Shawn to be honest I'm more then happy to show how I make my dios if it helps just one person with their work.
Ron
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Hi All,
Well thought I would show another WIP figure this time it's Batman, he's about 90% done just have to weather him a little bit more and make a base for him. So enjoy and as soon as I have completed the base and Bats I'll get the completed pics up.
The pics of window ledge/wall is from my TLC Indy I just wanted to see what he looks like on some sought of ledge looking over the city. I also wanted to give him a more gritty look like he's been out all night fighting the bad guys, so let me know what you think.
Ron
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another superb Hemble creation ! Ron there is a reason why Ron Hemble is a legend in the customizing community and you just keep proving it again and again mate ,
love your attention to detail ,its a priviledge to be able to say "yes i know Ron hemble he is a friend of mine" .
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I agree Jay, a legend. Love it Ron. Back on the front page with more comments.
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Another marvelous piece my friend !!!
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gorgeous looking batman Hemble.. Glad to see your work outside the SS freak forum... :)
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wraithnine, Tamer, mr.Jedi1977 & dr0d26 - Thanks sooooo much guys I really appreciate the very very kind words.
Ron
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Hi All,
I have started on the dio for Batman and after a very long disussion with my 8yr old daughter I have decided to make a alley way dio instead of a roof top one. I was all for the rooftop dio but my daughter insisted that Batman wouldn't fight that many bad guys up there so who am I to argue with a child (to be honest I did and I lost ;D).
Pic - 1
The main structure is made done using marine foam, once I got the size I wanted I started marking out the bricks with a pencil and ruler. The brick size is 12mm high x 30mm long, once the bricks were marked out I then used a flat head tweezers and scribed along the pencil lines.
When scribing the lines I wasn't to concerned with the foam chipping away as it adds that little extra realism especially when painted. Once the bricks were all scribed I then used a broken piece of old brick that I got from a work site near work and very softly pushed that into the bricks.
Next I did the alley way floor and same as the bricks just marked where I wanted the cement slabs to go with a pencil and ruler and then used the flat head tweezers again to scribe over the pencil marks. I also added cracks and chipped areas using the pencil and then using a model knife to make the chips a little more rugged.
The steps leading up to the back door is just some left over foam cut to size and glue inplace. Once the step had dried I used a small broken piece of cement which I also picked up from the same work site as the brick and with that again softly pushed that into the floor and step.
The door is made from some left over foam core which has had a small section cut out which is the small sliding security window, the frame work around the door is thin plasticard cut to size and glued inplace. Once I cut out the security window section I then used thin plasticard to cover the edges so it won't look like foam but a steel door.
The pallet is just from some left over balsa wood and that is 5" x 5" square and the I used pin heads to simulate nails. The escape ladder is made entirely from plasticard using this strips and tubes and cutting small pieces off to simulate the bolts that go into the brick work.
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Is to show the scale of the dio when Batman is on it.
Just a side note I have had a few emails from people asking me why I used a piece of sandstone on my Indy dio. As I said to them when you are making a dio no matter what it is try and use as many natural items as you can as it gives your dio a more natural look.
So don't be afraid to use real dirt from the garden or potty mix or in the case of this new dio a broken piece of brick and cement to simulate the above mentioned material and above all guys/gals have fun as thats what it is all abaout.
Ron
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Love the step by step instructions with this. Thanks Ron. Back on the front page.
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That is one awesome looking Batman! This dio is destined to be as epic as the others before it, a legend indeed.
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Hi All,
Tamer & Luke Sprywalker - Thanks heaps guys.
Ron
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Hi All,
Sorry to say I only have three Photoshop pics of the final dio, I dropped my camera today which had all the other WIP on it so I had to use my wifes new camera and have no idea how to use it yet. That is why I did some PS pics plus it's been raining so I can't get my normal outside pics till it clears.
Ok lets start on what I did.
1: The dio was sprayed with Tamiya's Drak brown and I did three coats to make sure the paint absorbed into the foam.
2: Once the paint had dried I then painted the concrete using a mix of Dark Grey and Faltt White paint.
3: I then gave the concrete a wash of Matt black to bring out the impressions I did using the broken piece of cement. Once the wash dried I then drybrushed the cement using a Greeh Khaki and Falt white and then a wash again of Matt black.
4: After the cement was done I started on the bricks I gave them a wash of Burnt Sienna and once dry used Dark brown, Red brown and Snake bite leather to create different colours of bricks.
Once the bricks dried I then gave them all a wash of Matt Black and when that dried I dry brushed the bricks with there different colours I used before the wash.
5: The escape ladder and drain pipe were given the same treatment I used on my Tatooine display pipes but used I wash of Hull Red and Matt Black at the end. After the ladder and pipe were dried I gave them I drybrush of Mithril Silver and Gunmetal.
The door was given two coats of Flat Grey and left t0 dry and then I applied a wash of Light Grey, when the wash dried I used a mix of Mithril Silver, Chainmail and Gunmetal to give I some wear and tear. And once I was happy with the final look of the dio it was given more weathering using pastels.
7: The pallet was given a wash of different browns and tans and then once dry it was given some wear and tera using the back of pair of tweezers.
8: The rubbish bags behind the pallet are made from light grey plastic bags and I gut different size sqaures and then used tissue paper and wrapped them up and used thin metal to tie the end off. I then used black paint to paint the bags. The larger bag I made a slit into it and pulled out soem tisse and used a mix of greens, yellows and browns to give it that rotten garbage look.
The left over pieces of grey plastic bags I just stuck down to the.
9: The money was printed off the internet and cut out and laid out. The newspaper I made using Paint Shop Pro 6, the pieces of rubbish/paper is left over tissue from the rubbish bags. The broken glass is from an old clear hard plastic lid I had in the bits box , I broke it up using a pair of pliers and scattered it over the ground.
The blood is a mix of Red Gore, Blood Red and Matt black and then painted it over pieces of glas and I made a trail has to show that soemone has been severely injured. Th ebottle is from Side shows Belloq figure. The green rotten water near at the left back corner was done by mixing Dark Green, German Field Grey and Woodglue and then adding it to the base.
To top off the dio I used watered down Matt White and a small amount of Grey to paint the KILL BATMAN sign. Once the weather clears I 'll take my usual outside pics.
Ron
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I looks awesome Ron. Back on the front page.
Bummer about your camera!
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Hi All,
Tamer - Hey Shawn thanks for the reply buddy and yeah your not wrong bummer alright, it didn't fall far only about 60cms but you know it's broken when the lens pops out.
I've been playing with the wifes new camera today and have taken like 200 pics and not one of them is looking any good, I have to play around with the settings damn gadgets. As soon as I get it figured out I'll post the dio and Bats.
Ron
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I have done this before. The sad thing is you can never find one as good. I usually just hit ebay or amazon and try to find the same one I broke if I really liked it. I have definitely found that newer doesn't always mean better.
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Again awesome !!! Yeah i can relate to your story bout the camera sorry to hear but tamer said it the best look on amazon or other sites , which im sure you're way ahead of us . who knows you may just find the same one... Anyway once again Fantastic work ...... Art
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Hi All,
Tamer & Jedi1977 - I took your advise and had a look on amazon and ebay the prices were god but postage was a killer so I decided to dabble with the wifes camera and got same nice shots. So here are some final pics of Bats and teh alley way.
Ron
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Now with Batman.
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Brilliant work Ron! The dio and Batman are both amazing!
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Ron, add me to the list of impressed. Back on the front page with the final reveal.
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That is an epic piece !!! The attention to detail is outstanding on everything i have to say that wooden pallet is great !!!! Btw looks like you got the new camera down the pictures came out fantastic...... Art
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Hi All,
Luke Sprywalker, Tamer & mr.Jedi1977 - Thanks heaps guys and the camera is working out way better then I thought.
Ron
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Hi All,
When I made my 3-3/4" version of The Phantom at the beginning of the year I wanted to make a 12" version of him as well. So once I got all the items together I then had to decide whuch version I wanted to make. I liked the Billy Zane version with the darker purple suit but also liked the comic version with the blue and black striped trunks.
So I decided to mix the both together incorporating the draker movie style suit with the comic trunks. I also wanted to make a dio for him and thought about a jungle setting but thought that the Skull Chair would be a very iconic look. Once I got the look I wanted for both the Phantom and chair they were both painted and weathered using Vallejo, GW paints and chalk pastels.
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The Phantom - The body and hands are from Hottoys Indiana Jones, the head was one that I had lying in the parts box for ages. The boots and pistols are from Dragon, I got picked up to bodysuits from ebay and used the second one to make the neck section and cowl.
The cowl was stretched over the head then I cut out the design and then glued in into place, the mask is made from some left over pleather. The trunks I got from d-artstudios, The belt and side sections leading sown to the holsters were made using leather and the holsters are from two Hasbro Indy figures, they were both cut down from the top to house the psitols better.
The buckle and rings were made from plasticard and the skulls were cut from a GW War Hammer figure and cut and then sanded down and glued into place.
The Base - was made using high density foam, the chair was cut out and then glued to the base and then I carved small sections away to simulate stone. The skulls are resin pieces I picked up from the local gift shop, I glued them inplace and once dry I used a mix of plaster of paris and woodglue to cover both the chair and skulls, the sand is a mix of palster of paris woodglue and fine washed river sand.
Ron
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Few more pics.
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Very cool!
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Hi All,
ghostskull18 - Thanks mate.
Ron
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Brilliant work! I love the Batman Dio! :)
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Very good, reminds me of my old comics.
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Ron, I love to see your updates. So daggone nice to have you back customizing. I hate it when you go on deployment. This is great work too and is also featured on our fp this morning.
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Ron your work is so Inspiring!!!
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WOW Ron! The Bat Man and Phantom figures and dios are just amazing! Very inspiring work my friend.
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Hi All,
ShamanLogRay, BlackThorne, Tamer, Tankster & Luke Sprywalker - Hey guys thanks heaps for the replies I really appreciate them and Shawn as always I appreciate the FP thank you.
Ron
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You keep on posting and so will I! We all enjoy your work Ron.
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You keep on posting and so will I! We all enjoy your work Ron.
Thanks Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All
Sorry I haven't been around much I have been busy with real work getting this dio complete and also getting Hembles Hobbies back up and running again after being way for half the year. I hope everyone had an awesome christmas and got heaps of great gifts, I also wanted to say I hope all the Yarders have a wonderful New Year.
Now on to the dio. This dio was the inspiration of this artwork (below) from a fantastic artist Alexey Samokhin and you can find is others works here www.mexart.ru (http://www.mexart.ru).
(http://www.hemblecreations.com/ancient_waterfall__by_sidxartxa-d5lo4w9.jpg)
While I was searching for reference material for a dio I want to make I came across the above artwork of a Mayan/Aztec looking structure with a waterfall coming out of it, I totally loved the look of the artwork and contacted Alexey Samokhin and asked would he mind me making his artwork into a diorama.
Alexey was more then happy with me making his artwork into a diorama and with a little customizing interpertation the diorama was made. I decided to make the dio into a glass/shadowbox display as I wanted to make it look like it had depth to it.
I have to thank Alexey for allowing to make his wonderful artwork into a diorama I had a great time making it and if you like to see more of Alexey's amazing work just hit the link above.
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The Figure - The figure is made of the lower legs of a Hasbro's Indiana Jones Ugha Warrior, torso from Cemetery Warrior. The arms are from Hasbro's Star Wars Dagobah look and the head is from a Clonetrooper and the hands I got from the bits box.
The spear is made from plasticard, cardboard and model ship rope. The necklace is made using plasticard and model ship rope, the head piece was made using thinly cut pieces of marine foam. and the loin cloth and wrist and arm bands are made using pieces of left over cloth from the bits box.
The Base - was made frame was made using a picture frame from a two dollar shop, balsa wood and foamcore. the structure and stone work stream were made using High Density foam, I drew the design onto the foam and then with a led pencil scribed over the areas I had marked out.
The stone head was cut out from High Density foam and then carved into shape and was glued inplace I used a piece of sandstone and pushed that into the foam to give it a natural stone look.
The ground work was built up using plastacine and plaster and once dry I painted the ground and then used dried out potty mix to cover it. The palms trees were and other plants were picked up from the local pet shop, the palms were for a lizard inclosure and had to be repainted and then cut to look like palms. The palm trunks are real pieces of branches I got from the front garden and are perefect as they look like real palm trees.
The waterfall was made using woodland scenics water affects and the steam was done by using woodland scenics realistic water and PVA glue. The white froth affects on the water fall and stream were done by using a little watered down white paint. The hanging vines are pieces of vine a got from a florist, they come in large buddles and I just cut off pieces I wanted.
Once the base work had been done I got on the net and downloaded and printed off some backdrops and glued them inplace to give the diorama a little more depth.
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OH WOW!!!!! This is just a super nice piece. I find it hard to tell the difference from the drawing to your finished version.
The original artist would be extreemelly happy with your take on his work. The shadow box frames it perfectlly.
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Gorgeous Ron. Chad and I were just talking about getting you back on our upcoming season of CAFN. I would love to hear you talk about this one. Off to the front page.
I also gave your site a shout out and will be sure to do so for your hobbies site too once I find the link.
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Brilliant Work Ron! A real work of art! I especially love the water, thats come out amazingly well! :)
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Beautiful work Ron! The art work you found is indeed very inspirational! You have translated the painting into a beautiful diorama. Great looking figure as well.
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superb work Ron ,can i ask how did you do the water flow ?
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Too cool! Love it!
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dont ya just love that Woodland Scenics Water Effects?
Makes great ice too
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Stunning work!
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Hi All,
Guys thanks heaps on the comments and and replies I really appreciate them. I also forgot to add the dimesions which are 12.3"L x 8.9"W x 10.5"H.
M4K3R1 - I sent the artsit some pics earlier during the week and he loved it.
Tamer - Shawn as always buddy appreciate the FP and just let me know when you and Chad want me on again.
wraithnine - Woodland Scenics Water Effects looks like glue when you open the container and what you do is get a brush or wooden iceblock stick and dab it onto a very smooth non stick service and dab it in rows either single or together and once dry you peel it off and you have a running water affect.
To make the water look like white when it's running over rocks etc you hust add white paint to the areas you want. This is the first waterfall dio I have done but I'll be doing more in the future.
Spookymufu - Yeah you do have to love it and I saw a video on youtube of a guy making a winter diorama and the way he did the ice and icicle was awesone.
Ron
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I think you meant to say this to wraithnine...
wraithnine - Woodland Scenics Water Effects looks like glue when you open the container and what you do is get a brush or wooden iceblock stick and dab it onto a very smooth non stick service and dab it in rows either single or together and once dry you peel it off and you have a running water affect.
To make the water look like white when it's running over rocks etc you hust add white paint to the areas you want. This is the first waterfall dio I have done but I'll be doing more in the future.
Spookymufu - Yeah you do have to love it and I saw a video on youtube of a guy making a winter diorama and the way he did the ice and icicle was awesone.
Ron
Yes, thats the same video I saw that made me buy it and use it on my HOTH dio, awesome product
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Thanks Spooky I just fixed it up ;D and yeah you can't go past woodland scenics products thats for sure.
Ron
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Absolutely phenomenal, Ron! Your interpretation of the artists work was perfect and your execution is inspiring and had to be alot of fun. I tried a shadow box dio years ago and really enjoyed it but this work of yours is a masterpiece. Your water turned out great! I have not tried water in a dio since i was a kid.
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Hi All,
Clonehead - Apprecaite the kind words thanks mate and I did enjoy making this alot and I have plans on doing more shadow box dios in the future. Glad you liked the water as well as you know I've done water in a few of my dios but never a waterfall and I was stoked with the way it turned out.
Ron
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Hi All,
While I'm waiting for materials to arrive so I can build my 1/6 Boulder Chase diorama I decided that I would give Sideshows Pursuit of the Ark a go using a 3-3/4" Hasbro Deluxe horse figure. Once the diorama and figures were done they were both painted using Vallejo and GW paints and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel Chalks.
RECIPE
1: Figure & Horse - The horse is from Hasbro's Indiana Jones Deluxe and the joints have been repositioned and superglued inplace and once the glue dried the joints were puttied up using Greenstuff. The saddle and stirrups are also from the deluxe set and have been repainted, the stirrups have had thins strips of leather added to them.
The bridle, reins and leather fasteners are again thins strips of leather cut and glued inplace and the small buckles on the bridle have been cut off the plastic deluxe set sanded down and glued inplace.
The figure is a combo of the legs and arms are from the Indy and Horse deluxe set, the torso is from the KOTCS Indy figure and the head is from the TOD Indy. The whip, belt/holster and bag are also from the Indy and Horse Deluxe set.
2: Base - The base I got from the local craft shop and the mound was built up using left over pieces of high density foam cut out to the desired shape and glue on the wooden base.
The sand is a 60/40 mix of sand (60%) and plaster of paris (40%) and five tablespoons of PVA added to the mix, once the whole mixer is ready I started dabbing it over the foam and then with an old brush I dabbed that into the mixer till I got the look I wanted.
Ron
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Wow, fantastic Ron. Looks like here is one more thing we can talk about next week. Off to the front page.
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WOW Ron! That is a beautiful, museum quality work of art! Everything looks perfect!
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Fantastic piece, Ron. Especially the horse, you can't tell anymore it's that Hasbro one, which is a great toy, but your work really put it on a higher level!
Wow, fantastic Ron. Looks like here is one more thing we can talk about next week. Off to the front page.
That is so cool! When I was up for my cross examination interview I listened back to the earlier podcasts and thought it was unfortunate that not all of them were very audible. Luckily, the boys fixed that soon enough, but having you on the podcast again, with the new system, will sure turn out to be terrific! Looking forward to it!
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WOW!!! Ron another beautiful work of art ! I really enjoy how you brought out the life from a regular toy, and made it so much better !!! All the best Art
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Ron you are my Hero :D
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Hi All,
Guys as always thanks so much for the kind words and the FP Shawn I always apprciate them and Mr. Black I am looking forward to the CAFN next week.
Ron
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OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
very cool, nails the scene perfectly too!
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Hi All,
Spooky thanks buddy.
Ron
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most excellent work, Ron, I can instantly hear the soundtrack, one of my favorite scenes of my fave movie of all time!
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Hi All,
Hey Stefan glad you like it buddy and I know what you mean I kept humming the Raiders tune alot while making this and have started humming it again while Iim makinug my 3-3/4" boulder chase scene.
Ron
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WOW!!!! What a nice piece! That's more a work of art than anything resembling a diorama. Of course you always are setting really high standards. Love it.
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Hi All,
XTS_Operative - Hey mate thanks for the kind words.
Ron
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Hi All,
Did a little story to this one so there is a little reading before the Recipe and pics.
Story
It's been almost 3 years since they arrived, at first there was excitement even thou there was no contact from them for about 2 months then one day small craft started coming out of the larger ships then all hell broke loose. The smaller craft started firing and people started to scream and run and tried to find cover.
The first attacks lastest for about two days and not even our military forces could with stand the massive fire power that the enemy had. After the attacks everything went deadly quiet and at first we all thought that would be the end of it but we were so wrong, the first attack was nothing compared to what was to came next.
Like the first attack small craft began to spue out of the larger ships that hovered overhead but these ships were a little larger and bulkier then the first and when they landed hundreds and hundreds of reptillian creatures emeregd and started to scatter themselves throughout the city.
As the days and weeks went by we found ourselves becoming fewer and fewer. At first we thought that we were just getting killed after raids and battles but we were so wrong. The HUNTERS as we call them are hunting for food and we are the cattle, they always hunt in pairs no more no less.
The pair always consist of a tracker who seems to be the less dominate one and it uses some sought of motion tracking device that it has strapped to it's back and a hand held device that picks up movement. We have found that the motion trackers aren't very good when there is concrete around so we try to move around the debri of the buildings.
The leader is the most aggressive of the two and doesn't seem to be afraid of anything, they both carry some sought of energy weapon that their right arm slides into. The weapons look very intimidating but the blast from these weapons only do minor damage so not to damge their food source.
We have found that if we don't stop these HUNTERS of EARTH soon that the human race will be exstinct within a few years.
RECIPE
Hunters - The Hunters are the Lizard figure from the Amazing Spiderman movie, these ones are the ones that have the clear forearms and lower legs. The right forearm on both figures were cut off and replaced with an arm section from a figure called an APE from the old Starship Trooper miniatures.
They have both had leather straps added from leftover pieces from the bits box, the buckles are 1/6 buttons and 1/35 scale photo etched pieces. The belts are from two Hasbro Chewbacca Bandoliers and the canisters on the leader are from some Hasbro Stormtroopers.
The helmets are from Hasbro's Death Star Troopers and have just been turned upside down, the tracking backpack was from the bits box as was the cord and the tracking device is a tricorder from a 7" Artasylum Enterprise figure. The cloth parts are from the bits box which were just cut out to a desired shape.
The shoulder pads are 1/6 scale knee pads with the padded section cut out. The figures joints were glued inplace after I got the desired pose and then putty was used to cover the joints except of the heads as I wanted them to be able to move around with the helmets on. Once they putty dried I painted and weathered then using Vallejo and GW paints and pastel chalk.
Base - The base I picked up at the local craft shop and the main section of the base is high density foam, this foam hasn't had the sealer put onto it like the blue foam you get so it was ideal for the making of the road. I cut out the foam and then pulled it apart from underneath so that it the dirt could be applied.
The dirt I used is some dried dirt I got from the landscapers, the pipes are pieces of plasticardcut and inserted into the foam. Once I got the pipes inplace I started to do more detailing to the road by adding cracks and more damage to the edges.
The footpath is foamcore with the thin cardboard peeled away from one side, one the cardbaord was peeled away I did the detailing and damage by using a pen and model knife. The damaged signs were made from plasticard and the signs were printed off the net and glued to thin card from a chip box packet.
The little shrubs are from Woodland scenics and the muddy/sludge was done painting the base the desired colour and then using a few coats of Woodland Scenics realistic water, I also added realistic water to some light brown paint to give it an even more muddy/sludge look. The sludge running from the pipes was done using Woodland Scenics water effects with a mix of light brown and white paint added to it. The base was painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints and pastel chalks.
Ron
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A few more without their helmets.
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Wow! Great Dio, and awesome use for those lizards!
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Aw Ron, these guys are awesome! Very creative use of that Lizard body! I love all the small details and the backwards helmet is a stroke of Genius. The base really sells this one, so well done. Great story to get is ready to see these awesome figures.
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I would love to see the movie made with these. Reminds me of Independence Day meets "V" if anyone remembers that show with a good dash of Predator. Off to the front page.
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Reminds a lot of Thundarr. 0/
Exactly what I was thinking. Great show!
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Hi All,
As always guys thanks for the replies and Shawn and Chad thanks for having me on CAFN again. And Shawn hope you get better soon mate.
Ron
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Thanks Ron, I knew I wasn't gonna miss this podcast no matter how sick I was. It was nice talking about your new work.
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Hi All,
Tamer - Hope your feeling better now Shawn and it was great to talk to you and Chad again.
Ron
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Hi All,
I've been thinking of doing this vehicle for a long time now and finally decided to do it after watching Raiders on bluray. I decided not to give the vehicle any figures as I wanted to just show of the vehicle itself.
The vehicle and diorama were painted and weathered using Vallejo, GW paints and pastel chalks.
RECIPE
1: Vehicle is from the Hasbro Indiana Jones line and all in all not a bad representation of the movie vehicle. I made a few alterations by cutting the lights and mirrors off and removing the plastic/rubber holdings and adding new ones using plasticard and metal photo etched strips.
The seats and roof were covered with two layer of tissue paper by using diluted PVA glue. The MG34 machine was made by using the end of a Star Wars weapon (sorry can't remember which one) and the barrel of a Sandtrooper MG - 15 Blaster, the ammunition canister I used from a 1/18 German MG42.
The MG mount was made using plasticard and 1/35 scale parts I got from the bits box and I cut the right hand side windscreen simulating were the German soldier went thru it by using a model knife.
2: Base - The base was cut from some left over High Density foam I had lying around. The base was done by mixing 60% sand-40% plaster of paris and five tablespoons of PVA.
Once mixed I scribbed the foam with a model knife so the mixer would adhere better and then started applying the mixer to the base.
Once the mixer was added I started to use a damp medium size brush and spread out the mixer until I got the look I wanted, I used a flat head srewdriver and slightly pushed it into the mixer to simulate tyre tracks.
The mixer was left to dry and once dry it was painted, I added a few small tufts of grass which I got from Army Painter and the tall dry bundles of grass are bristles from and old paint brush which have been cut to size and then the bottoms glued and then inserted into the base and then painted.
Ron
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Hi All,
Tamer - Great to hear mate and it's amazing how it can take it out of you, and thanks as always for the FP and here are a few more pics on different angles.
Ron
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Need to remove that comment so you can keep it together. Very nice Ron. On the front page.
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Now I do love me some soft skinned armor vehicles and this one certainly fits the bill, Ron. I do love that tissue trick for the seats and rolled up top. That is an old school modeler trick there.
Your assembly of the MG34 and the scratchbuilding of the mount is inspiring and the dio base went together in perfect fashion.
Very well done and a perfect addition to your indiana jones works thus far.
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Another grand slam buddy !!! Very clever on the seats would have never of thought of that. I love you're work on the Indiana jones line and how realistic you make your pieces !!! I Wish more Artists would cover this line Again awesome work .....Art
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Awesome weathering!
The reworked troop car is thousand times better than the original!
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Oh man, that looks perfect Ron! Such a great job on this one!
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right out of one my fave scenes! top notch work as always :)
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Hi All,
Again thanks for the comments guys I always appreciate them and I have a few more Indy customs/dios in the works.
Ron
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Hi All,
When I made my 1/6 Shrine of the Sea Devil with Indy in Deep sea diver outfit I always wanted to make this diorama from the comic book cover of the same title.
RECIPE
1: Figure & Octopus Tentacle - Indy legs, torso, head and upper arms are from the TOD figure and the forearms are from KOTCS figure. The figure was repositioned and then the joints superglued and once dry the joints were puttied up.
The bag has had the plastic straps removed and replaced with thin leather strips and the knife was the ROTLA Monkey Man figure which as had the tip reshaped. The Octopus's Tentacles were made by cutting up a wire coat hanger and shaping them and then air dry clay was used to mold around the wire until I was happy with the thickness.
The suction cups were also made from air drying clay and small ball were made then pressed onto the tentacles and then I used a tooth pick and scribed around each suction cup to get the desired affect.
2: Base - The base was cut from some left over High Density foam I had lying around and once cut the tentacles were attached by using superglue. The wrecked part of the ship were made using different thickness's of balsa wood and once built it was painted and then Indy was attached and then I used model ship string for the ropes.
Once the wrecked ship parts were ready I dug out some of the foam and inserted the pieces, this was also done to give the impression of the parts being deeper in the ocean. Once I had everyting inplace and attached I used a mixer of 60% plaster of paris and 40% PVA glue and mixed both together until I got a pancake type mixer.
Once the mixture was ready I scribed lines into the foam so that the plaster would adhere better and started spreading the mixture over the base, I gave some areas thicker amounts then others so when I make the waves it would look more natural. The waves were made by lighlty wetting a teaspoon and lightly pressing and then flicking the plaster so the the plaster would raise.
Once the waves were doen I let the plaster start to dry and once it started hardening I then got an old paint brush and started dabbing it around the wrecked parts of the ship and the tenacles to simulate foaming from all the movement. Once the plaster had dried I gave the base two coats of dark green paint and let it dry and then a wash of watered down dark green and flat white.
The waves and foam were done by lighlty drybrushing the tops of the waves and foam with white and continuing until I got the desired affect. Then I used Woodland scenics realistic water and covered the entire diorama with three coats, I then used Woodland scenics water effects and made some strips to simulate water running off the tentacle and the wrecked ship.
Ron
INSPIRATION
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Wow Ron, that just looks spot on from that comic book cover. awesome work. Back on the front page.
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Incredible work here Ron! I am loving the water effects a step by step guide would be great to see from you!
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Incredible work here Ron! I am loving the water effects a step by step guide would be great to see from you!
We got him to talk about some of this during our last podcast with Ron. Did you see his Mayan Waterfall yet? Just awesome water stuff from Ron.
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holy crap, Ron, thanks for explaining how you did all of that. Nice water effects, buddy. This piece is another of yours that is just inspiring!
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Awesome!
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WOW Ron! This one is truly breathtaking! Excellent work!
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Ron there are no words to say that will do this gorgeous piece justice !! IMO this has to be some of your finest work !!! Outstanding ! all the best.......... ART
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Ron!!, you are the master plain and simple.
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Man Ron, you are really knocking these latest customs out of the park. Seeing all your recent posts makes me wish I still had my Indiana Jones action figures.
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Hi All,
Guys thanks so much for the feedback it's great to read your thoughts.
mrapocalypse2020 - read this mate and if you still aren't to sure drop me an email at hemble@optusnet.com.au and I'll be more then happy to answer your questions.
Once the mixture was ready I scribed lines into the foam so that the plaster would adhere better and started spreading the mixture over the base, I gave some areas thicker amounts then others so when I make the waves it would look more natural. The waves were made by lighlty wetting a teaspoon and lightly pressing and then flicking the plaster so the the plaster would raise.
Once the waves were doen I let the plaster start to dry and once it started hardening I then got an old paint brush and started dabbing it around the wrecked parts of the ship and the tenacles to simulate foaming from all the movement. Once the plaster had dried I gave the base two coats of dark green paint and let it dry and then a wash of watered down dark green and flat white.
The waves and foam were done by lighlty drybrushing the tops of the waves and foam with white and continuing until I got the desired affect. Then I used Woodland scenics realistic water and covered the entire diorama with three coats, I then used Woodland scenics water effects and made some strips to simulate water running off the tentacle and the wrecked ship.
Ron
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Hi all,
Sorry I haven't been around with work and seeing doctors for more surgey on my ankle the last few weeks have been very hectic. But on a happier note my 8 yr old daughter Rhylie wanted to make a small diorama so she can display her schliech animals so I told her to use what she wanted from from materials and she went to town.
She was very determined to make the dio all on her own, the only help I gave her was with mixing the paint with the woodland scenics realistic water. She aksed me would I post it here to show everyone and how could I say no.
She calls this diorama The Water Hole.
Recipe
The base - is a piece of high density foam which she cut to shape. She then used plaster cloth to make the small rocks and then stuck them to the base while they were still wet.
She then painted the base brown and once dry she used woodglue/PVA and covered the base then covered that with a mix of soil and potty mix and let that dry. When it was dry she got small bushes and plants from woodland scenics and placed them around the base and then using the mix of paint and woodland scenics she poured that onto the base to give the water hole affect.
The stones were painted using craft paints and Vallejo paints. To say the least I was stunned at how well the dio turned out and yes I am very pround of her ;D
Ron
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That's a beautiful dio Rhylie! You are very clever & your Rhino looks very happy at the Water Hole! :)
Ron your talent must be partly genetic, because your daughter certainly has it! :)
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Way to go Rhylie! Your post is now on our front page.
I am gonna use this to hopefully spur my own daughter (she is 6 getting ready to turn 7) as she has some animals like that too.
Ron, what can I say. You are a treasure to our hobby and thank you for reminding us all that while we enjoy our customizing its all about passing it on to the next generation too.
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Well this young lady certainly has her dad's talent! That is a great looking diorama and very realistic! Most excellent work on all accounts. Ron, I know you are very proud of her.
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Hey All,
ShamanLogRay, Tamer & Luke Sprywalker - Guys she really appreciated the kind words thank you and I wish I had the camera on when she saw her dio on the FP it was priceless thanks for that Shawn.
As for me I'm holding off on doing any dios/custom until after Friday April 26th as I go in for surgery again (4th time) on my ankle so I'll have 4-6 weeks off so I'll be popping a few out ofver that period.
Ron
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I wish I had the camera on when she saw her dio on the FP it was priceless thanks for that Shawn.
Ron, its things like this and seeing you and your daughter create cool stuff that is priceless to me. Tell her I can't wait to see what she creates next time. Maybe she and dad can work on another while you are recuperating from thank ankle surgery. Hope that goes well!
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Ron, phenomenal work on the Indy diorama. You are truly a man of many, many talents, and it shows in every piece you touch.
I see Rhylie is following in her father's footsteps with her brilliant diorama. Excellent work, Rhylie!!!
I hope your ankle is better soon, mate.
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Hi All,
Tamer & r1bb1t - Thanks guys I appreciate the comments and so does Rhylie. I had ankle surgery last Friday and it went well, it has taken over a week for me to start getting around again which is great I got bored just lying on the couch. I'm in the middle of doing some SW and non SW dios so hopefully I can them done and posted within a week or two.
Ron
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Sounds good Ron. Glad to hear everything went well with your surgery. Looking forward to seeing your new work.
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Hi All,
Tamer - Thanks Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
I wanted to make a small Indy dio with Indy coming down a rope getting ready to explore an old forgotten temple hidden away for centuries. Once the dio was set up to the desired look it was painted and weathered using Vallejo, GW paints and chalk pastels.
RECIPE
1: Figure - The legs are from the Indy and Horse deluxe set, the torso is from KOTCS Indy the jacket and arms are from the Pitfall Indy and the head is from the TOD Indy.
2: Base - The base I picked up from local hardware store in the craft section, the column is from the 7" Disney Indy figure. The back wall and floor are pieces of foamcore cut to size and then very carefully peeling off one side to reveal the foam underneath.
Once the foam was revealed I started drawing the stones into the foam using a STABILO felt 0.4 pen and then once happy with the look I used a ballpoint pen and started going over the felt pen lines and pushing the ballpoint pen into the foam. The stone effect was done by pressing a sandstone rock into the foam and the rope is some left over string I had in the parts box.
The snakes and skulls are from The Indy Pitfall deluxe set and the torch is from Sallah. The ground work was bult up using modelling clay, the dirt is a mixture of potty mix and model railway tree bushes which were broken down and added to the dirt.
The smaller pieces of grass stubble are from The Army Painter, the vines are also from The Army Painter. The larger plants are plastic fishtank plants and were given a wash to tone down the plastic look.
Ron
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Amazing! Brilliant! More incredible work from the master of small dios! They always look so tasteful more like statues than toys! :)
Sorry but , There is one small thing bugging me though, that black blob on the top of the column,are you planning to add a statue there or something? If not, it would look a lot better if painted the colour of the stone.
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Nice! One day I wouldn't mind seeing how you have all of your dioramas displayed. I think these pieces are just the right size, and of exceptional quality to look good in any setting. My wife lets me build as many dios as I want, as long as they all fit in my little collection room. LOL.
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Amazing! Brilliant! More incredible work from the master of small dios! They always look so tasteful more like statues than toys! :)
Sorry but , There is one small thing bugging me though, that black blob on the top of the column,are you planning to add a statue there or something? If not, it would look a lot better if painted the colour of the stone.
I think it's hollow....
Awesome dio Ron, your work makes me want to get better!
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Hi All,
ShamanLogRay, XTS_Operative & CloneSniper78 - Guys thanks heaps and as always appreciate the feedback. ShamanLogRay, CloneSniper78, is correct the column is hollow. I was going to fill it in but decided against it and PS the black area instead but I think I will go back and fill it in.
Ron
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I got this on the front page, but not sure where my comments went. It looks outstanding Ron. I always appreciate you detailing how you did what you did too.
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Ah, that would explain it Ron! I thought it was a bit unusual for you as usually everything is finished to perfection and that bit just looked unpainted on my phone and that may just be the lighting, im sure it probably doesnt look like that from close up, it's only the above angles it shows in though! But still outstandingly brilliant craftsmanship as always! :)
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Simply mind-blowing! Sideshow-caliber work as always! You are a master of the dios! We should have a custom contest prize to hang with you in your workshop for a weekend. :)
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Hi All,
Tamer, ShamanLogRay & Bubba Fett - Thanks again guys and as always Shawn I appreciate the FP.
Ron
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I never get tired of seeing your work Ron. Daggone but you can make some realistic looking environments. I am still having a hard time getting over that Mayan Pyramid Waterfall.
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Sorry I missed replying here Ron. Beautiful work once again! You must have a boat load of these Disnet temple columns! I have seen you use those so many times! I have been thinking about opening my set and casting that part.
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Hi All.
Tamer - Thanks heaps Shawn I always appreciate your comments.
Luke Sprywalker - Cheers Spry and no worries at all mate. I am down to my last two columns so if you are going to cast some let me know.
Ron
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Hi All,
I always wanted to make a Raiders Well of the Souls diorama but in 3-3/4" scale finding snakes that look good and finding a lot of them was my biggest problem so I decided to scale the dio down to a partial Well of Souls as you can see in the pics.
I have to thank inky_skin from the Raiders forum for sending me what snakes he had if he didn't I wouldn't have been able to build this partial dio THANKS BUDDY. Once the figures and dio where done they were painted and weatherd using Vallejo, GW paints and chalk pastels.
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1: Figures - Indy and Sallah are both from Hasbro and Sallah is straight from the package, I filled the joints up using plastacine and then covered his main body with soaked tissue paper to hide the joints and to see how tissue paper would look as cloth at this scale and I was more then happy with the results.
Indy like Sallah is from Hasbro, I used KOTCS legs and torso the head is from TOD and the gloves are from the A-Teams Face figure. Once the parts were put together and placed in the pose I wanted I used superglue on the joints and then used modellers clay to cover the joints.
The Ark is again from Hasbro and I added the small rings by using thin plasticard and the poles are skewer sticks and the cloth pattern was done by adding soaked tissue to the poles and once dry painting the desion over the tissue paper.
2: Base - is a piece of blue marine foam I had lying around from some older projects. The lower half of Anubis was made by using a pair of Dragon legs and sealing the joints up with superglue and then filling the joints in with plastercine, The legs were then covered over using plaster bandages to give it a more stoney look once it was painted.
The skirt was made using blue marine foam and using a knife and sandpaper carved and sanded out the shape, I then hollowed out the bottom so it would fit over the legs and once I was happy with the fit over the legs I used a thin felt tip STABILO 0.4 pen I drew the design over the foam.
When I was happy with the design I then used a ball point pen and scribed over the felt pen so it would leave an impression in the foam. The sand was done by mixing plaster of paris with fine washed river sand and PVA/woodglue, I also added a beige brown to the mix so once it dried it would look like sand.
The snakes are from Hasbro and again thanks to inky_skin for sending me the snakes he had. The torches were made from small thin sticks and then thin model boat string was used to tie them up.
The flames were made by using Woodland scenics Ripplin Water kit and mixing it with orange, red and yellow and then dapping over the torches to simulate fire.
Ron
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Ron, I tried to do it justice on the front page. Just wow!
I always get excited when I see a new update from you as its always just over the top like this. Thanks for always sharing your work with us.
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Ron, I am blown away! I have wanted to capture this scene for so long. The huge Anubis has been what kept me from trying. I love your solution and the way you handled it. Also the display doesn't have to be so big. I always seem to think in terms of capturing the whole scene, I need to think like you and dissect a portion of the scene that still tells the story. Brilliant piece of art my friend. Everything has been superbly recreated just like the scene in ROTLA! Fedoras off to you mate!
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Ron this is fantastic!!! You keep raising the bar. I'm at work and just had to comment
This was a great distraction from work lol I must have stared at this for a good 5 min
Keep me coming all the best art
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Hi All,
Ron, I tried to do it justice on the front page. Just wow!
I always get excited when I see a new update from you as its always just over the top like this. Thanks for always sharing your work with us.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I'm always very appreciative of the FP support thank you.
Ron, I am blown away! I have wanted to capture this scene for so long. The huge Anubis has been what kept me from trying. I love your solution and the way you handled it. Also the display doesn't have to be so big. I always seem to think in terms of capturing the whole scene, I need to think like you and dissect a portion of the scene that still tells the story. Brilliant piece of art my friend. Everything has been superbly recreated just like the scene in ROTLA! Fedoras off to you mate!
Hey Spry, thanks buddy and like you the Anubis Statues were what stopped me and after a long time thinking about I said to myself if I can dissect a dio going length ways why not height ways and iy payed off.
As for story telling you you are right the dio doesn't have to big at all and this is another reason I like these small dios place the extra room you get to make more.
Ron this is fantastic!!! You keep raising the bar. I'm at work and just had to comment
This was a great distraction from work lol I must have stared at this for a good 5 min
Keep me coming all the best art
Cheers Jedi, and I'm glad I could stop you from thinking of work even if it is only 5 min.
Ron
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Again, I'm blown away by your skills and resourcefulness, Ron. Amazing work again and it's very inspiring to see so much devotion.
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Again, I'm blown away by your skills and resourcefulness, Ron. Amazing work again and it's very inspiring to see so much devotion.
Mate thanks so much for the kind words I really do appreciate it.
Ron
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Hey Guys,
I just wanted to show you some WIP of a ToD mine cart scene I am doing, as you can see it is at the scene where Indy, Willie and shorty almost crash into the barricade.
I still have to do a little work on the tracks, walls and do some more weathering then I'll be starting on the figures and the cart. I hoping to have the completed dio done within the next 1&1/2 and once complete I will post pics with the usual recipe description.
Ron
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we need "like" buttons!
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we need "like" buttons!
Hey Spooky, sorry mate this comment went straight over my head ???
Ron
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its a reference to a facebook thing, Ron. This is going to be another amazing dio from the looks of things.
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its a reference to a facebook thing, Ron. This is going to be another amazing dio from the looks of things.
Thanks mate and no wonder I didn't get the comment from Spooky I have a facebook account but never ever use it.
Ron
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Ron this is a great scene to capture! So are you the one our friend Phillip was doing a run of carts for?
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Ron this is a great scene to capture! So are you the one our friend Phillip was doing a run of carts for?
Thanks Spry and yeah Phillip did four of them for me and they look amazing.
Ron
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Man, I am telling you you can create anything you set your mind too. Outstanding and more comments can be found on the front page.
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Man, I am telling you you can create anything you set your mind too. Outstanding and more comments can be found on the front page.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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Well Ron you've done it again! Love the "why did have to be snakes??" Dio & this looks like a great start to yet another work of art! I'm sure this new dio will be a real roller coaster ride! :)
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Well Ron you've done it again! Love the "why did have to be snakes??" Dio & this looks like a great start to yet another work of art! I'm sure this new dio will be a real roller coaster ride! :)
Appreciate the comments mate thank you, I will have the mine cart dio completed tonight and will post tomorrow so stay tuned.
Ron
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Hi All,
Finally got pics today as the sun decided to come out and thanks again to inky_skin from the Raiders forum the carts that he makes are amazing, great detail and very crisp molds. Once the dio and figures were done I painted and weathered everything using Vallejo and Game Workshop paints and pastel chalks.
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1: Figures & Mine Cart - Indy, Willie and Shorty are all from Hasbro's Temple of Doom series and have been repostioned and the joints superglued and then putty was used to fill in the joints. The Mine Cart as mentioned before was made by inky_skin and is cast in resin again he did an awesome job creating the cart.
2: Base - The bottom of the base is marine foam and the left and back sides are pieces of foamcore, once I got the base together I then used ripped up newspaper and crumpled it in my hand and then used PVA glue to attach the newspaper to the foamcore. I then used plaster bandage and covered the newspaper and sat that aside to dry.
Once the plaster bandage had dried I glued down the wooden track slabs which are pieces of balsa wood cut to size and the I made the barricade which is made from plasticard, balsa wood and small branches cut to size then cut in half. The support beam is a piece of branch cut to size and secured onto the base and once the barricade was complete I glued that to the base as well.
Once the barricade, support beam and wooden track slabs had dried I then mixed plaster of paris and a small amount of fine sand together and then applied that to the walls and floor. When this had dried I placed down the rail tracks which are pieces of I beam plasticard, the track fasteners/bolts are small 1/35 scale pieces I had in the parts box.
The debri at the end of the tunnel are pieces of I beam, plasticard, branches and wire. The cables under the tracks and on the wall are some old head phone cables I had and have been cut to size, the cable cable holder on the walls are pieces of thin wire cut and shaped and then drilled into place. The lantern on top of the barricade is from a cheap $1 flickering light and the bulb was removed and then thin strips of plasticard were used to make the frame.
The smoke coming from Indy's shoe was done by pulling part a cotton bud and taking what I needed and glue inplace between Indy'd shoe and the wheel.
Ron
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Wow, so nice. Even that cotton bud on the shoe part. So much great stuff to talk about here. First things first, on the front page.
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What's new? Just another amazing creation!
I love reading about all the parts choices that went into details like the scrap pile at the end of the tracks. That is just masterful use of available supplies and creative use of ordinary items. That has got to be the coolest part of seeing your breakdowns of what goes into your dios.
You're right: This film sometimes gets a bad rep, but its one of my favorites (first movie I remember seeing in a theater when I was a kid) and is now one of son's favorites as well. You've done it great justice with this dio scene!
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Ron you did it again! Excellent! Personally I think you should try doing actual statues! These all have the quality to them, as I've said before not toys....art! :)
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Amazing work once again Ron! I really love this display, it belongs in a museum!
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Wow, so nice. Even that cotton bud on the shoe part. So much great stuff to talk about here. First things first, on the front page.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
What's new? Just another amazing creation!
I love reading about all the parts choices that went into details like the scrap pile at the end of the tracks. That is just masterful use of available supplies and creative use of ordinary items. That has got to be the coolest part of seeing your breakdowns of what goes into your dios.
You're right: This film sometimes gets a bad rep, but its one of my favorites (first movie I remember seeing in a theater when I was a kid) and is now one of son's favorites as well. You've done it great justice with this dio scene!
Appreciate the comments thanks mate and not much new going on getting thru a heap of dios and commissions
Ron you did it again! Excellent! Personally I think you should try doing actual statues! These all have the quality to them, as I've said before not toys....art! :)
The statue idea is great I'll have to have a look at it and see what or how I could set them up and appreciate the feedback thanks mate.
Amazing work once again Ron! I really love this display, it belongs in a museum!
Always a pleasure buddy thank you and can't wait to see what indy stuff you are coming up with and Les (Throw me the idol) keeps saying the same thing :)
Ron
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Ron, you are a true artist and once again your passion for the indi series shines with this creation. The build up of the dio is amazing and very true to life.
Boy, you are right about that mine cart. That is a nice looking piece.
Well done, sir!
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Ron, you are a true artist and once again your passion for the indi series shines with this creation. The build up of the dio is amazing and very true to life.
Boy, you are right about that mine cart. That is a nice looking piece.
Well done, sir!
Really glad you liked the dio mate and thanks heaps for the kind words.
Ron
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Ron, another fantastic scene capture. I have really fond memories of seeing TOD for the first time in the theater. I went to see it with my little brother and he got so scared by the bug tunnel, an employee of the theater took him upstairs to watch Tom & Jerry cartoons :)
The mine cart scene is a favourite of mine and I clearly remember seeing the Making Of in which they explained how they made it. Respect, is all I can say!
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Ron, another fantastic scene capture. I have really fond memories of seeing TOD for the first time in the theater. I went to see it with my little brother and he got so scared by the bug tunnel, an employee of the theater took him upstairs to watch Tom & Jerry cartoons :)
The mine cart scene is a favourite of mine and I clearly remember seeing the Making Of in which they explained how they made it. Respect, is all I can say!
Thanks heaps for the comments mate.
Ron
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Hey Guys,
Here are some more pics of my entry into the ULTIMATE ACTION FIGURE BUILD OFF with Recipe.
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1: Figures & Accessories - The Desert disguise Indy has the upper torso of a KOTCS Indy and the legs of a GI-Joe Cobra Commander, the shoes are from the same KOTCS figure. The turbin head was cut out and replaced with a TOD Indy Head and the turbin was covered in tissue paper to give a cloth look, the robes and bag are from the Indy deluxe Ark set.
Leather Jacket Indy has the upper torso of the Indy from the deluxe horse set and the legs from a GI-Joe Cobra Commander the shoes and head are from a TOD Indy. The hands are a spare set GI-Joe hands I had in the parts box and the holster and bag are from KOTCS Indy.
The whip, Gold idol, monkey, revolver, sand bag, torch, glasses and fedora are all from different figures from the Indiana Jones line. The gloved hand are from a GI-Joe figure and the other spare set of hands are from the Mola Ram figure, the other Indy head is from the TOD figure with the fedora cut off and replaced with the cut off section of a KOTCS Indy.
The shovel is from the Sallah figure and has had the soft plastic handle reomved and replaced with harder plastic strip. The staff of RA was made using hard plasti card strip and the medallion was taken from the net and downsized and then printed out and glued to plasti card.
The robe is from some model boat string and cut to size and then wound the string around my fingers and tied it off, the maps were again taken of the net and down sized and printed off. Once I got the figures and accessories together they were painted and weathered using Vallejo, GW paints and pastels.
2: Base and box/crate - The box/crate was made by using an old 1/72 model box and and then cutting out foam and placing inside the box. The wood panels were done by using balsa wood and cutting to size and gluing inplace. The stencilling was done by typing and printing the wording and once printed carfully cutting out the words, I then placed the stencil were I wanted and dapped blake paint over the stencil to get the look that is on the box/crate.
The Map room base is foamcore glued together and then peeling off the cardboard to reveal the foam underneath. I then started to scribe the foam to the desired pictures and hieroglypths that I wanted by using a fine tip felt pen and a led pencil. The buildings were made by using marine foam and scribing the stone affect again using a fine tip felt pen and a led pencil, the sand was done by using fine river sand and glued into place.
The Gold idol section was done using a fine tip felt pen and a led pencil and the wall ornaments were done by using pieces of marine foam. The pedastal wasmade by using marine foam and carving and sanding to get the roundness I wanted I then sribed the design into the foam again using a fine tip felt pen and a led pencil, I used Lichen Moss to cover the pedastal and walls and filling in some of the lines that surround the pressure stones and once I got the desied look for the bases they were painted and weathered using Vallejo, GW paints and pastels.
Ron
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Wow Ron. This is definitely over the top. What a great idea. Two for one!
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Wow Ron. This is definitely over the top. What a great idea. Two for one!
Totally agree. I love all of yours Indy Dios, prefect!
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Wow Ron. This is definitely over the top. What a great idea. Two for one!
Thanks Shawn glad you liked it mate.
Wow Ron. This is definitely over the top. What a great idea. Two for one!
Totally agree. I love all of yours Indy Dios, prefect!
Cheers Buddy and more Indy dios coming soon.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here are some WIP pics of the Centurions Power X-Treme figures that I have nearly completed. I just have to add a few touch ups and weathering and will have the normal pics and recipes up this week.
Ron
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Great minds think alike! I always knew that those Accelerator Suit bodies would make AWESOME Centurions!
Here's my take on them :
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Custom%20Star%20Wars%20Action%20Figures/017.jpg)
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Great minds think alike! I always knew that those Accelerator Suit bodies would make AWESOME Centurions!
Here's my take on them :
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/dkosa/Custom%20Star%20Wars%20Action%20Figures/017.jpg)
Mate they look great and the helmets are perfect.
Ron
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Awesome Ron. You sure do make me miss the ones I had as a kid. Off to share.
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GAHHH!!!!!! My inner Kid is screaming Heck Yeah I want them!!!!!
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Hi All,
Awesome Ron. You sure do make me miss the ones I had as a kid. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn and I never found the original figures over here because if they did I would have got them all.
GAHHH!!!!!! My inner Kid is screaming Heck Yeah I want them!!!!!
thanks mate and Go on you know you want to make some of your own ;D
Ron
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Hi All,
Here are the completed pics of the Centurions. Sorry for the way the pics are my web site is having some major issues transferring pics and it could takes days for the web provider to fix the problem.
I use to love this show when I was a kid and after seeing an episode on youtube a while back I decided to give them a go and was more then happy the way they turned out.
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Max, Ace & Jake - their bodies are Accelerator Suits from GI Joe Rise of Cobra, their heads are from SW and Indiana Jones figures. They have had holes drilled into their legs, arms, stomach, chest and back so that the equipment can be attached.
Equipment - Tidal Blast, Sling Shot & Sky Knight are a mix of SW toys, 1/35 tanks parts, 1/72 tanks parts and 1/72 airplane and Apache helicopter parts. Once all the equipment was put together both the equipment and figures where painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints.
Ron
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Wow, these turned out great Ron. Bet they look good sporting on our front page tomorrow too.
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Those are fantastic!
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WOW! This is an amazing remake Ron! You have really captured every detail and perfected it. Brilliant work!
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Wow, these turned out great Ron. Bet they look good sporting on our front page tomorrow too.
Cheers Shawn and as always appreciate the FP.
Those are fantastic!
Thanks mate.
WOW! This is an amazing remake Ron! You have really captured every detail and perfected it. Brilliant work!
Thanks heaps Spry and I'm looking at making some other vehilces from the series soon.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here are more pics with recipe's of my entries in the b'day comp enjoy and more pics can be seen in my joe section on my site.
ADVENTURE TEAM - SEARCH FOR THE STOLEN IDOL 3-3/4" (1 of 5)
It took me a while to decide what I was going to make and I finally decided to make some figures and vehicles from the old 70's Adventure Team GI Joes I use to play with when I was kid. Once I got everything togther it was painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints and chalk pastels.
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Figure - The figure has a resin cast head which I got from STARWARSGEEK and the upper upper torso and biceps are from the TLC young Indy, the lower arms are from the Indy Raiders German soldier, the lower section of the uniform is from the KOTCS Colonel Dovchenko figure. The hands and boots are from the Raiders Indy and the legs are from a Cobra Commander the one with the clear visor from Rise Of Cobra.
Chopper/Snake/Idol - The chopper was completely scratch built using plasticard except for the console/back rotors and joystick which are from a world peacekeepers chopper, the main rotors are from a 1/72 chinook model with parts from the bits box. I made it so that the main rotors rotate and the winch can also be wound up and down.
The snake I got from a cobra commander figure and repainted it and I couldn't find an idol that matches the origianl Joe set so I used an idol from the Indiana Jones figures and painted it gold and I was actually vety happy with the way it looks with the set.
Base - The base is made from a 1/6 Sideshow base and scrap high denisty foam built up and once the foam dried I covered it using plaster cloth and was that dried covered it if plaster of paris with fine sand mixed in. The small shrubs are from Army Painter and I just peeled them off and glued them into place.
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ADVENTURE TEAM - EIGHT ROPES OF DANGER 3-3/4" (2 of 5)
It took me a while to decide what I was going to make and I finally decided to make some figures and vehicles from the old 70's Adventure Team GI Joes I use to play with when I was kid. Once I got everything togther it was painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints and chalk pastels.
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Figure - The figure has a resin cast head which I got from STARWARSGEEK and the body is a Cobra Snow Serpent the boots are from a Star Wars EVO trooper and the gloves are from VOTC Hoth Solo. The straps are strips of leather and the small buckles are some 1/35 scale German water jerry caps and the large buckle at the front is from a Indiana Jones belt.
The diving helmet and shoulder section are from an old 80's Action Force figure, I had to cut the helmet off and then dremel the shoulder section off to fit the body correctly, I then used thin strips of plasticard to make the protective cross sections and also the tiny bolts.
I then used more thin strips of plasticard but a little thicker to make the bolts on the shoulder section, the small loop brackets on the front of the shoulder section were made using 1/72 scale shackles which were cut and then small holes were drilled and the shackles glued and inserted.
The small red handle on the lower right side was made by using a small piece plastic sprue melting the top and the sanding it to make it flat and then it was glued inplace and the small plate on the top front left side is from a 1/72 German tank.
Equipment/Octopus - The octopus is from Chap Mei, I wanted a larger one so this one was perfect the only thing is that the tentacles weren't bendable so I inserted thin metal wire into the tentacles so that they could be bent in different posistions. The air tubes were made from some black computer cables and thin electrical cable and the ties were done with model ship rope.
The bouy was made using a plastic ball and a hole drilled thru and a piece of plasticard inserted and a flag was attached using paper and the rope is from some left over model ship rope I have. The net is from the Star Wars Chewbacca and C3PO figure set and I made the sledge hammer by using a toothpick for the handle and some high density foam for the metal hammer.
The knife was made using the handle from a GI Joe figure and the blade from a Indy Monkey man figure, the sheath is made from left over pleather and the band is some left over elastic. The map was found on the net and shrunk and printed off, I used the chest from a Star Wars Obi Wan Kenobi figure and filled it with a cheap golden chain, 1/6 gold buttons and some imitation jewellery pearls.
Base - The base is made from a 1/6 Sideshow base and foamcore, I then covered the base with plaster cloth and made the rocks from the plaster cloth as well and once dry it was covered using fine washed river sand. The shipwreck was made from scrap balsa wood and the long seaweed was made using Army Painter ivory wrapped around some thin wire so it could be inserted into the base and the small red coral was made using white clay.
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ADVENTURE TEAM - SECRET OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB 3-3/4" (3 of 5)
It took me a while to decide what I was going to make and I finally decided to make some figures and vehicles from the old 70's Adventure Team GI Joes I use to play with when I was kid. Once I got everything togther it was painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints and chalk pastels.
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Figure - The figure has a resin cast head which I got from STARWARSGEEK and the upper upper torso and biceps are from the TLC young Indy, the lower arms are from the Indy Raiders German soldier, the lower section of the uniform is from the KOTCS Colonel Dovchenko figure. The hands and boots are from the Raiders Indy and the legs are from a Cobra Commander the one with the clear visor from Rise Of Cobra.
Equipment/ATV - The pick has been made by cutting the ends off the TOD Thuggie Guards swords and supergluing them to a toothpick, the shovel was made using the lower section of the Raiders Sallah figure. The blade was cut off and attached to a toothpick.
The rifle, bino's and walky talky are from Forces of Valor (Bravo Team) WW2 American figure, the pistol is from KOTCS Colonel Dovchenko figure. The net is from a lego dinosaur set and the pith helmet is from a Chap Mei figure which has been cut off and hollowed out. The snake is from a Cobra Commander figure the Jackal statue is from the indiana jones figures and the sacophagus is from a 28mm Reaper set.
The ATV has a hull from a 1/35 scale sherman tank and the rest of the hull was made using plasticard, the tyres are from some toy tractors and the which was made from 1/35 scale parts and plasticard and it can actually wind and unwind.
Base - The base is made from high denisty foam and a little section was cut out for the tomb, I scribed the walls by using a pencil and the column is from the Disney 7" figure. I decided to cut out a small section so that it could be removed to simulate the tomb has been dug up. I used a mixture of plaster of paris and fine river sand to simulate the desert.
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ADVENTURE TEAM - DIVE TO DANGER 3-3/4" (4 of 5)
It took me a while to decide what I was going to make and I finally decided to make some figures and vehicles from the old 70's Adventure Team GI Joes I use to play with when I was kid. Once I got everything togther it was painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints and chalk pastels.
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Figure/Shark - The figure is a Deep Six which has been repainted to give it the old style feel of the original dive suit, the head is a cast of Beachhead I think and it was given a ginger/orange hair to sinulate the AT Sea Adventurer. The hands are from a indy figure and the shark is from Chap Mei and was sanded and repainted.
Equipment - The weapons, goggles and flippers came with Deep six and have been repainted, the tanks are from a 1/35 field workshop kit with added parts from the bits box and the hoses are also from the bits box and are hollow and they have been attached to the tanks and goggles.
Base - The base is from a Sideshow Indy figure and the ground work was built up using high density foam and plaster bandage and plater of paris. The red/pink and small ball/bushy lookin coral were done using clay and then painted, the stick looking coral were made using twigs from some palm trees which were cut and glued to together and tehn painted.
The orange coral I got of the beach and repainted and the leafy seaweed are plastic fishtank plants just repainted, the treasure is some pieces of 28mm playing pieces that have had some indy figure grail cups glued to them and then painted and glued to the base.
The sand is fine river sand and was glued to the base and once dry it was painted and drybrushed and the bouy was made using a plastic ball and a hole drill thru and a piece of plasticard inserted and a flag was attached using paper, once the bouy was ready I used model ship string and this wire to give it that floating in water feel.
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ADVENTURE TEAM - BLACK WIDOW RENDEZVOUS 3-3/4" (5 of 5)
It took me a while to decide what I was going to make and I finally decided to make some figures and vehicles from the old 70's Adventure Team GI Joes I use to play with when I was kid. Once I got everything togther it was painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints and chalk pastels.
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Figure - The figure was done by using a Cobra Commander legs, Indiana Jones boots, AT-ST Driver vintage torso and head and Mutt Willams arms. The beard was done by using Games Workshops Green stuff, the belt is some left over material I have in my bits box with the buckle from a Indiana Jones figure, the pouch and water bottle are from a Forces of Valor (Bravo Team) WW2 American figure.
Equipment - The Thompson machine gun is from Forces of Valor (Bravo Team) WW2 American figure, the pistol id from a Joe figure, the mapcase was made from some hollow plasticard and the map was found on the net and printed off. The Gyro/Chopper was made using a backpack froman old SW figure and the hand controls are made from plasticard with the handgrips are from the oversized missles you get with some of the Joe figures.
The blades are made from a 1/72 scale Apache Helicopter and the shoulder section I had in the bits box. The connection between the blades and backpack was made from some 1/72 scale CH-47 helicopter, the blades actually turn by just tapping the blades, I got the helmet from ebay and it is resin and is roughly 1/16-1/18 scale I had to drill out the bottom so it would fit to the neck post.
- The base is from a Sideshow Indy figure and the ground work was built up using plaster and plastcine. I got the dirt from the backyard and mixed is some fine river sand to give it some extra texture. The some log was also from the backyard from a old branch I cut down.
The small bundles of grass and from a company called Army Painter and you just pull off what you need and I just glued them into place. The thicker shrubs are from Woodland Scenics and I used watered down PVA glue to stick them together.
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Ron, you have outdone yourself this time.
I have a feeling the JOE guys will keep your in box filled up for the rest of your life.
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Ron, you have outdone yourself this time.
I have a feeling the JOE guys will keep your in box filled up for the rest of your life.
Thanks heaps Shawn I had a blast doing these figures/vehicles/dios. And I think your right mate LOL
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Ron,
I love the retro styling of these latest crop of dioramas, every one of them is just superb. You also cram a great deal of imagination into these small sets, they are great fun to look at.
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Ron,
I love the retro styling of these latest crop of dioramas, every one of them is just superb. You also cram a great deal of imagination into these small sets, they are great fun to look at.
Hey Jules,
Thanks heaps buddy and great to hear from you.
Ron
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Hi All,
I started playing my old PC and XBOX Fallout games again and thought that I would make a little diorama of a Vault Dweller, his not any paticular character from any of the games and I made him come from Vault 111.
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Vault Dweller/equipment - The main torso is from a GI Joe Wild Bill figure the one that came from the comic two pack. the legs are from a GI Joe Cobra Commander and the boots are from GI Joe figure from Rise of Cobra. The upper arms are from a KOTCS Indy figure and the right lower arm is from TOD Indy.
The Lower left arm (PIPBOY) is from a SW 4-LOM figure and the left hand is from a TOD Indy, I used a 7" Star Trek Enterprise communicator to make the screen and bottom part of the PIPBOY. The straps are made from strips of pleather and the buckle on the chest is from a Indy belt and the shoulder armour is from a SW IG-88 figure.
The pouches and water bottle are from a KOTCS Russian soldier and the holster is from a SW Quinlan Voss figure and was attached to some pleather, the pistol is from a GI Joe figure and the rifle is from a WW2 Forces of Valor American GI.
Base - The base is a SW 1/6 Sideshow base, I used high density foam to make the road this foam hasn't had the sealer put onto it like the blue foam you get so it was ideal for the making of the road. I cut the foam up and then just pulled sections off here and there to get the look I wanted and then attached it to the base.
The ground work was built up using modellers clay and then dirt with kitty litter and pieces of twig were ground up and mixed up and added to the base,. The skulls are from the Pitfall Indiana Jones playset and the small tufts of grass are from Army Painter and are called wasteland tufts, the dead trees were pulled off a small bush in a pot plant.
The billboard I got off the net and glued it to thin cereal box cardboard and once dry I cut of about a 1/4 of it and started to scrap at the picture until I got the worn look I wanted, I then made the main structure using plasticard. I gave it a good weathering using pastels and ageing powder.
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With all the part on this one I would sure love to see how large your fodder boxes are! Great looking figure and dio. Off to share.
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That is very cool Ron, great job!
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With all the part on this one I would sure love to see how large your fodder boxes are! Great looking figure and dio. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn and I'll try and get a pic or two for you by the end of the day.
That is very cool Ron, great job!
Thanks mate.
Ron
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Hi All,
Shawn - I have attached two pics of my fodder boxes, bags etc. The ones on the floor are all 3-3/4" items from SW/Indy/Joe and WW2 and the boxes in the cupboard are 1/6 and 7" fodder, I also have a cupboard in the garage full of 1/35 and 1/72 scale models and parts.
Ron
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LOL. Yeah, I figured you had a few bits lying around. Looks great Ron.
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LOL. Yeah, I figured you had a few bits lying around. Looks great Ron.
Thanks mate and yeah you can never have to much fodder if you ask me LOL.
rON
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Nice shots of the fodder boxes. Yep, plenty of fodder is a nice thing.
Love the fallout figure and dio. That sign puts it over the top for me.
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Another great looking figure and diorama! Very nice work and as Clint said, the sign seals the deal!
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Hi All,
Guys before I reply sorry for the late replies, I have been flat out last few days at work with stores coming back from overseas.
Nice shots of the fodder boxes. Yep, plenty of fodder is a nice thing.
Love the fallout figure and dio. That sign puts it over the top for me.
Thanks Clint and yeah I was very pleased with the way the sign turned out and it's amazing how much fodder you collect over the years.
Another great looking figure and diorama! Very nice work and as Clint said, the sign seals the deal!
Thanks heaps Spry.
Ron
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Hi All,
Started a commission piece and thought I would show some WIP pics, this dio is called Search and Destroy and depicts a destroyed space craft and a Ma.k Snake Eye searching the debri for survivors to elimate them.
The Ma.k Snake Eye is straight out of the box and is 1/20th scale, I haven't built and Ma'k models in this scale for years and it was a fun and pleasing build and the details on the model have come along way since the early 90's when I first started building them.
The figure in the space suit is the poor sole that is trying to evade getting killed. He is made from a body of a hoth Luke skywalkerthe hands and legs from a Naboo security guard. The head is from a rebel soldier and the helmet and chest rigging are from a GI Joe Wild Weasel figure. I still have to add a oxygen backpack and then superglue and cover the joints.
The wreckage is made from different shapes and thickness of plasticard's, the log cylinders are from 1/100th TOS Enterprise Nacelles and I had added wiring from some old computer cables. I don't know if you can reall see it in the pics the front of the hull has rivert holes drilled into the panels using a thin drill bit.
I will show more pics as I go of the painting and weathering.
Ron
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Wow Ron. You are on customizing fire my friend. You keep it coming and I will keep posting about it.
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Totally awesome Ron, I love looking at your work.
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Really awesome wip Ron! Love the subject matter and the story it will tell.
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if you ever have any spare 1/6 fodder ... ;)
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That's totally cool, Ron!
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Hi All,
Tamer, CloneSniper78, Luke Sprywalker, wraithnine & Clonehead - Guys thanks heaps for the comments and I'll have a more WIP pics up in the next day or two.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here are a few more WIP pics. The first two pics I have given the wreckage and the mech suit two coats of Tamiya's neutral grey and once dry the wreckage was given several washes of matt black.
I have painted the thin pipes and L-Girders Vallejo German gunmetal and have given the edges a wash of gunmetal as well so when the rest of the weathering starts the metal will have a structal damage look to it. The interior was given a spary of Tamiya's Matt White and then a wash of matt black and then a wash of light grey was done to give it a more worn and damage feel to it.
Mech suit WIP pics next.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here are WIP pics of the suit.
The suit as mentioned in the earllier post was given two coats Tamiya's neutral grey and once dry it was sprayed Tamiya Matt white, I let it dry and then gave the white a wash of matt black.
Once that was dried I then used Vallejo's Green Grey for the comaflage effect and then that was given a wash of matt black to tone down the colour a little. I painted the pipes/body suit/left mechanical hand and antenna's matt black and the hatches and lines were highlighted by sharpening a lead pencil to a very sharp point and tracing the lines.
I then added the decals so when the final weathering is done any excess film that I missed when cutting and applying is visable the weathering will cover the film and blend it into the model.
More WIP pics soon.
Ron
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Very nice. This is coming along nicely. Time to go share.
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Very nice. This is coming along nicely. Time to go share.
Thanks Shawn and here are a few more WIP pics.
The wreckage is 90% complete, I have added a few extra pieces of debri using old computer cables and the wiring has been painted matt black. I used a dremel to give the exterior hull some dents, scratches and blast effects and then these areas were painted black and then drybrushed guntmetal.
The numbers were done by printing and cutting out the numbers and then lightly drybrushing the cut out areas to get the look you see on the hull.
Ron
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Hi All,
The suit is 95% complete and has been attached to the wreckage and it has been given a drybrush over the black areas to highlight the pipes, antenna and left hand. I also gave it a drybrush of gunmetal and mithril silver, I painted the sensor red as well as the laser site on the left arm and they will get a highlight and and then a gloss coat once the rest of the wetahering is done and then the dull coate is added.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here is some work on the spacesuit, I have superglued and covered the joints up using Aves Fixit Sculpt and have attached the backpack which is mafe up of spare SW parts and the air hose was a spare that came from the mech suit. Before the helmet went on I painted the face and then re-applied the helmet and superglued it into place.
Ron
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Hi All,
The spacesuit figure is complete, I gave him a coat of medium grey and then drybrushed a mix of 50/50 medium grey and flat white and kept drybrushing until I was happy with the look of the suit. The vest and helmet were painted white the a wash of matt black was given over the vest and once dry I lightly dry brushed it white again.
The boots, gloves and belt were painted matt black then they were drybrushed red leather, I then painted the buckle, button and clips with mithril silver. The backpack and air hose were painted matt black and then I added white sections to the backpack and then drybrushed it mithril silver.
I also added a few small decals to the backpack and helmet and then the helmet was given a light drybrush of mithril silver and gunmetal. Next up will be the completion pics which will be up soon.
Ron
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Wow Ron. I had to use the back of the space suited figure for the front page as the detail and paint work on that is spectacular. I bet the commissioner of this is one happy person.
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That look great -there are so much details (with all the rivets :o) on wreckage and the paint job is ....WOW...
That's outstanding craftsmanship ***thumbs up***
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Wow Ron. I had to use the back of the space suited figure for the front page as the detail and paint work on that is spectacular. I bet the commissioner of this is one happy person.
Thanks Shawn and he is very happy which is always great to hear.
That look great -there are so much details (with all the rivets :o) on wreckage and the paint job is ....WOW...
That's outstanding craftsmanship ***thumbs up***
Thanks heaps mate, I'm really glad you like it so far.
Ron
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Hi All,
Well this dio is all complete and I thought I would give it a little story as well.
In 2888 while patrolling near the moon a Mercenary Heavy Cruiser picked up a Strahl Light Attack craft on it's scanners coming out of cover of the dark side of the moon, the Mercenary Cruiser quickly caught up with the Strahl craft and started opening fire upon the Strahl craft destroying it in minutes.
After a few scans after the Strahl craft was destroyed the Mercenary Cruiser started picking up life signs so they dispatched a squad of S.A.F.S Space Type 2 Snake-Eye's for a SEARCH and DESTROY mission. This scene depicts one of those Snake-Eye's stopping quickly on part of the destroyed Strahl craft scanning the area for life signs.
This operations will take sometime has the wreckage hides the life signs extremely well but for one poor survivor his time could be up quicker then he thought.
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S.A.F.S. - Is from a model company called WAVE corporation and was built straight from the box, I was very happy with this kit as the detail is execellent and all the parts went together well with little to no effort what so ever.
Space suit figure - The figures body is from the Vintage Style Hoth Luke in Pilot Gear, the boots and gloves are from the Naboo Security Gaurd, the helmet and shoulder/chest rig is from a GI Joe Wild Weasel and the head is from a Rebel Trooper. The Backpack are parts made from some left over SW parts and the oyegen hose came from the S.A.F.S. kit which was a spare.
Once I got all the parts for the space suit together a superglued all the joints and then used AVES Fixit Sculpt to cover the joints up, Once both figures where done I painted and weathered them using Vallejo and GW paints and pastel chalks.
Base/Wreckage - The base I picked up from the local craft shop for $2 and the wreckage is a combination of different sizes, shapes and thickness of plasticard, some old Star Trek 1/1000th warp nacelles, old cumputer cables and coat hanger wire to keep the pieces all togther.
The riverts were done by using a small drill bit and the numbering was done by printing off some numbers and then cutting them out and then drybrushing over the cutout areas to get the look you see on the wrecked hull. As with the figures the wreckage was painted and weathered by using Vallejo, Tamiya and GW paints and sprays and pastel chalks.
Ron
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AHHHHHH...phantastic.. 0/..love your work. Looks so real and the paintjob is very, very beautiful. Unfortunately I did not find the right words for it in english... ;)
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I had to get this on the front page yesterday, but just now have time to comment. It turned out great Ron. Two thumbs way up.
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Really cool piece there!!
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That is a showpiece, Ron! Very well done.
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Hi All,
maxx-replicas, Tamer, jkno & Clonehead - Guys thanks heaps for the replies I really appreciate them and I'm stoked that you all enjoyed this dio.
Ron
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Just catching up to this latest project! Most excellent work Ron! Other than the amazing craftsmanship, one of my favorite things about your designs is that they always tell a story. That is a great achievement tru a static piece. This one is a jaw dropper!
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Just catching up to this latest project! Most excellent work Ron! Other than the amazing craftsmanship, one of my favorite things about your designs is that they always tell a story. That is a great achievement tru a static piece. This one is a jaw dropper!
Thanks heaps Spry.
Ron
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Hi All,
I hope everyone had a wonderful xmas and got lots of great pressies.
Well I have had alot of people email me about the photonovel comp that is happening at the moment http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=8855.msg167062#msg167062 (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=8855.msg167062#msg167062) and have asked what kind of custom playsets can they use in their photonovels.
Well I have decided to make a small dio/playset so that people can get an idea of what can be used in their photonovels and do some WIP for them as well. I decided that I would make a partial dio representing the interior of a Mayan temple.
Pic 1,2 & 3 - This small dio/playset will have spikes and a moveable wall section. The structure is made using foamcore and the paper/thin cardboard was removed using a very sharp long kitchen knife.
Once cut the pieces of foam were glued together and left to dry for a few hours. Once dry I started drawing the stone into the foam using a led pencil, I have used a indy figure to show the size of the base.
Next up will be the texturing and spikes and small details.
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Hi All,
Pic 4, 5 & 6 - As you can see in Pic 4 I have added a upper and lower section on the wall to give it a little more depth and as with the rest of the base this is foamcore with the paper/thin cardboard removed. I have also added holes in the lower part of the base for the spikes to go. I don't know if you can see it in the pics? I used a piece of sand stone and pressed it into the foam to give it a more realistic look.
Pic 4 - I have removed the inner circle of the rounded stones so that I can added some hasbro items. Pic 5 is the moving wall section which again is made from foamcore and I decided to give this sections larger stones. You can't see it in the pic but I hace added a grip on the backside of the wall.
In Pic 6 I have added spikes which are the eneds of skewers which were just cut to size and the holes that I hollowed out have been filled using the artifacts that come with teh old Hasbro Indy figures.
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Hi All
Pic 7 & 8 - show the moving wall inplace which can slide right to left and left to right and can also be removed if you don't want it, and in Pic 9 my daughter wanted to see what a full length version would look like so I did a very simple photo shop for her.
next will be the painting and weathering.
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Looks fantastic Ron. Off to share. I must say I don't know how you are gonna top your last Mayan work, but you are off to a great start.
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Looks fantastic Ron. Off to share. I must say I don't know how you are gonna top your last Mayan work, but you are off to a great start.
Thanks Shawn and to be honest it won't be as elaborate as the 1/6 Mayan dio as this one is just to show people that have emailed me what can be done and give them a few idea's.
Ron
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Hi All,
Pic 10 - I have added some air drying clay to the lower left hand side of the base as this will be a water section.
Pic 11 - I firstly gave the base a coat of Tamiya neutral grey and once dry it was painted with Folkarts Dark Brown and I gave the stones a wash of Vallejo's Beige Brown.
Pic 12 - I gave the stones a few washes of GW's Snakebite leather and Skrag Brown and once they dried I drybrushed it with Vallejo's Beige Brown.
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Pic 13 - I gave the water area two coats of Vallejo's Luftwaffe Cam Green and let that dry and the moss was done by mixing model railway bushes with PVA glue and Vallejo's Drak Green, once mixed I started adding the moss over the base till I got the desired look.
Pic 14 - The spikes were added to the clay and another coat of Dark Grenn was added.
Pic 15 - Is the final result and I added to the water a mix of watered down Drak Green and Matt Black to some Woodland Scenics Realistic water to simulate the water affect you see in the pic.
Next up will be a small and crude ;D photo novel with the dio in it.
Ron
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Wow, this came together quickly. Looks great Ron. Off to share.
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This looks really great Ron! So fast and you make it look so easy! Very nice work!
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Looks good, Ron. I love how the water turned out.
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Hi All,
Tamer, Luke Sprywalker & Clonehead - Thanks heaps guys and it does help when your on leave, I have more time to do this sought of thing. And Clint the realistic water is awesome stuff and the bottle last for ages.
Ron
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Love your Indy stuff, this display is wonderful!
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Hi All,
peakob1 - thanks mate and I have put up a little but very crude and I do mean crude ;D photonovel up in the grahics section and here is the link.
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=8855.0 (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=8855.0)
Ron
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I really like how this came together and i agree with sprywalker you made this look very easy just fantastic!!!
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I really like how this came together and i agree with sprywalker you made this look very easy just fantastic!!!
Glad you like it mate thank you and it doe's help getting these projects done faster when you are on leave.
Ron
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Hi All,
Well I completed a 3-3/4" Indy boulder chase scene about 4 days ago but due to the weather I haven't had the chance to take my usual outdoor shots so until then here is a little teaser.
Ron
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Hi All
Well the clouds serperated for a few hours today so here is the pics and recipe.
Ron
I have always wanted to make this scene into a 1/6 scale dio and after a few experiments with different materials I decided it would cost less money and easier to make it in a 3-3/4" format.
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1: Figures & Accessories - The torso and legs are from a TLC indy, the jacket and arms are from the Indy horse deluxe set and the head is ToD indy. The whip, bag, gun belt/holster and idol are from the hasbro indy's as well
2: Base and box/crate - The crate was first made using foamcore and the front and left sides were cut out and then balsa wood was glued to the foamcore to make it into the crate. The top of the crate wasn't glued inplace until the lower half of the base was done. The walls were done by using plaster cloth and cutting different size's and once wet it was just added the the sides of the walls and then it was either spread apart or pushed together to get the stone affect.
The stalagmites and stalactites were made using plaster cloth and again cutting different sizes and once wet twisted one end then pressed the other end onto the ceiling and floor. The boulder was done by covering a foam ball with plaster and then while it it drying getting a damp brush I just brushed the plaster to and even level over the ball.
The roots/vines I picked up from a florist and then broke of pieces that I wanted. The moss is lichen moss which was mixed with some paint and then glued inplace and the ground cover is a mix of real dirt and pulled apart model railway shrubs and some dried lichen moss.
Ron
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Wow, I have the theme song going through my head after seeing this. Just magic Ron.
Off to share. Time for a contest update too.
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BRAVO BRAVO!!!
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Excellent as always is! Very dynamic posing!
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OUTSTANDING !!!! i am truly amazed how you capture and recreate the scenes from the movies !! I really enjoy your work very inspiring .... All the best Art
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Phantastic work !!!
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Hi All,
Tamer, Spookymufu, BlackThorne, mr.Jedi1977 & maxx-replicas - Guys as always I really appreciate the feedback thanks heaps and Shawn thanks as always for the FP coverage.
Ron
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Another masterpiece... truly breathtaking!
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Hi All,
Chewie - Thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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Ron it truly is a pleasure to share your work. You just amaze us all with each new project.
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Oh wow! This is your best Rock Chase Dio ever! Love the idea of it being inside the crate! All of the scenery and the figure is just mind blowingly cool! Very nice work Ron!
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Ron it truly is a pleasure to share your work. You just amaze us all with each new project.
Appreciate the kind words Shawn thank you.
Oh wow! This is your best Rock Chase Dio ever! Love the idea of it being inside the crate! All of the scenery and the figure is just mind blowingly cool! Very nice work Ron!
Thanks heaps Spry I'm stoked that you and the other guys have enjoyed it. I plan on doing other scenes in crates so that I can stack them on top of each other the next one will be Indy's class room from Raiders.
Ron
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Really cool diorama!! Very creative!
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Really cool diorama!! Very creative!
Thanks mate.
Ron
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That's a great display piece, Ron. Awesome work on the surroundings.
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That's a great display piece, Ron. Awesome work on the surroundings.
Thanks buddy.
Ron
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Hey Guys,
Well after just completing another 1/6 Satipo figure for a client I'm now starting on indy classroom in 3-3/4". This is going to take a little longer then the last few customs/dios that I have done as I'm now back at work oh the joy LOL.
Pic 1,2 & 3 - The walls have been doen using foamcore and the floor and the partial wall paneling is thin balsa wood. The floor panels aren't movie accurate but I'm not to worried about that, I did the floor boards by measuring them out then using a very sharp led pencil I very lightly scribed the pencil into the balso wood.
The nail holes were done by using another led pencil but this time sharpening it to a very sharp point and then pushing it into the balsa wood.
Ron
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Cool, but is that the way the floor was laid out back then?
Will you add a real chalkboard, by the way, using chalkboard paint :)
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Cool, but is that the way the floor was laid out back then?
Will you add a real chalkboard, by the way, using chalkboard paint :)
Thanks mate, I had a look at the dvd and the floor boards are on angles and thought to myself way to much work (yeah I can be lazy ;D).
I'll do what I did with my 7" classroom dio (pic below) I painted it german grey and then slightly darkened it with a wash of matt black and then drybrushed it german grey with a little white mixed in.
Ron
(http://www.hemblecreations.com/indiana%20jones/pj1.jpeg)
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Wow, that wall and floor panel work is fantastic, just using a pencil? Off to share. Ron, you never cease to amaze.
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Wow, that wall and floor panel work is fantastic, just using a pencil? Off to share. Ron, you never cease to amaze.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I find that a pencil works great on certain materials like balsa wood and foam.
Ron
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Ron you are once again showing that it does not have to be all about action, but from the simplest of scenes and from what you have shown so far i cant wait to see this finished. i absolutely love the desk with all the artifacts on it but what really got me was the detail on the chalk board lol Brilliant !!!! Excellent job as always my friend !! Art
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Ron you are once again showing that it does not have to be all about action, but from the simplest of scenes and from what you have shown so far i cant wait to see this finished. i absolutely love the desk with all the artifacts on it but what really got me was the detail on the chalk board lol Brilliant !!!! Excellent job as always my friend !! Art
Cheers mate and the detail on the board was done by lightly drawing the diagram and writing in pencil first and then going over it a few times with matt white paint.
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Hi All,
Pic 4 & 5 - The window was made using some clear plastic from a action figure box and the frame work was done by cutting some balsa wood into strips and then gluing them inplace. The latches and hinges are some resins pieces from a 1/35 scale 20ft container which was sent to me by my brother.
When I glued the window inplace and went and had dinner I came back and realized I did a very rookie mistake by not counting the window sections correctly. There is actually 5 sections not 4 but alas couldn't fix it as the glue had dried, I still like it but wish I had paid more attention :(.
Ron
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Nice! I should have figured you weren't going to change your pace on this one. Look for another front page update soon.
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Looks awesome Ron! Love that you are making a bigger classroom! By the way, the snakes are on the plane!
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Hi All,
Nice! I should have figured you weren't going to change your pace on this one. Look for another front page update soon.
Cheers Shawn.
Looks awesome Ron! Love that you are making a bigger classroom! By the way, the snakes are on the plane!
Thanks Spry and can't wait to recieve them.
Ron
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Hi All,
Little more work done.
Pic 6, 7 & 8 - The wall panels have had line vertically done to them I scribed them by using that good ole sharp pencil again. The platform and desk were made from balsa as with the chalk board frames. I used double sided gloss paper for the chalk boards and the section above the middle board is were the pull down screen and cord will be.
Ron
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Hi All,
Pic 9 - All the wood scetions have been painted with a wash of GW's Mournfang Brown.
Pic 10 - The chalk boards were done using Vallejo's German Field Grey and they were given 4 coats each I decided not to give them a drybrush and try something different which will be in pic 12.
Pic 11 - I did the drawing and writing by getting a led pencil and sharpening it on some medium sandpaper till it was very sharp, Once the pencil was ready I wrote and drew on the board and then went over the pencil with watered down white paint.
Pic 12 - As I mentioned before instead of drybrushing I decided once the drawing and writing had dried completely, I gave the boards a wash of matt white to simulate the chalky powder that is left behind from the erasers. I was really happy with the way the boards turned out.
Ron
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Beautiful , just beautiful
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Beautiful , just beautiful
Thanks heaps mate.
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Hi All,
Another update.
Pic 13 - Is an overall view of how the classrom is coming along. All the maps in the chalk board are printed off and stuck into place, the rolled up maps are again printed off from teh net or just rolled up printing paper.
Pic 14 - The stool stool and map stand were made by cutting thin strips of balsa and gluing them together, the map as mentioned above was again [rinted off and glued inplace.
Pic 15 - The books on the desk were downsized and printed from some 1/1 scale book covers designs I found on the net and then glued to some thin balsa wood and then the balsa was painted.
The erasers are again some balsa wood cut to size and and painted and the chalk is some broken off led refills and glued inplace and then painted, the small pics near the chalk are from the net downsized and printed off and glued into place.
Pic 16 - The window frame and locks have been painted and the skeleton poster was done by taking a pic of thd dvd and using PSP 6 it was lightly darkened and printed off and then cut to length and glued into place.
Ron
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My comments are on the front page.
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My comments are on the front page.
Just read it buddy and thanks heaps.
Ron
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Good Lord, that's amazing detail!
I've looked through a fraction of your postings, Hemble.
Wow!
I'm almost embarrassed to admit this.
I'm 55 years old and I want to come over to your house for a play date.
BTW, Vallejo paints rock!
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This is going to be another masterpiece Mr. Hemble.
I love the richness of detail on the desk.
Hats off!
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Good Lord, that's amazing detail!
I've looked through a fraction of your postings, Hemble.
Wow!
I'm almost embarrassed to admit this.
I'm 55 years old and I want to come over to your house for a play date.
BTW, Vallejo paints rock!
Gald you are enjoying the post and LOL, and hey there's nothing wrong for grown men wanting to have play dates. And yeah Vallejo paints are awesome, they are just fantsatic to paint with and the colour range is brillant.
This is going to be another masterpiece Mr. Hemble.
I love the richness of detail on the desk.
Hats off!
Thanks heaps buddy and the desk is slowly getting more items and I'll have more pics soon.
Ron
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Hi All,
Well the dio is 90% complete just have to add the figure and then do the crate.
Pic 17 - The corner near the window has been completed by adding a few extra rolled maps, a vase and some papers and books. The vase was made from high density foam I just cut out the shape I wanted and started sanding, the handles are pieces of plasticard. The maps are either just plain paper rolled up or maps downloaded and then resized and printed off. The books are printed off and then glued onto some balsa wood.
Pic 18 - I had a look at the dvd and it has some sought of feather item on top of the chalk board I had a look thru my daughters craft box and she had a few brown feathers so I stripped one except for one little section and glued it into place. The blow dart is from the KOTCS cemetery warrior which was given a new paint job and again glued into place.
The gold idol drawings I did by hand and and then when I was finally happy with the look I glued them inplace.
Pic 19 - The globe was made by using a ball from some cheap costume jewellery I then painted it and then added the support section which was made by using a 1/4 of a 1/72 scale cannon wheel and some 1/72 sacle WW2 tank parts.
The larger artifacts were carved from high density foam as were some of the smaller pieces, the rest of the items were bits and pieces are from 1/72 scale models or action figures parts.
Ron
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Hi All,
Pic 20 - the dio is finally complete I have taken a pic of indy behind the desk. Indy was done by using the body of TLC Henry Snr as are the glasses, I cut off the ear sections and replaced them with some very thin cut plasticard. The head is the TOD indy with the fedora cut off and replaced with the top half of a KOTCS indy head and the hands are from the bits box.
I'll get my usaul out door pics once the weather clears up.
Ron
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Wow, that turned out awesome! Geesh Ron, how many times have you amazed us? Off to share.
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Your eye for details is superb Ron.
As I said before, I love the richness of detail.
I guess Mr. Jones feels pretty comfortable in his new workplace.
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Sorry if it's posted already, but what scale is this Ron?
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WOW! Just magnificent! The details are shear perfection Ron. You are the Master! I love this scene you have now fully immortalized. Can't wait to see those outside shots.
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Hi All,
Tamer, FialaFernbrugg, CloneSniper78 & Luke Sprywalker - Guys thanks heaps for all the comments I really do appreciate them. And CloneSniper78 the scale is 3-3/4".
Ron
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Hi All,
Here are the usual outdoor pics.
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Looks stellar Ron. Time to get this back on our fp along with an update about your Mayan Contest.
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Brilliant work Ron and the pics are stunning!
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Hi All,
Tamer & Luke Sprywalker - Thanks heaps guys.
Ron
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Love your Indy dios!! The Indiana Jones movies had a huge impact on me growing up. So much so that I ended up getting my degree in archaeology/ anthropology and lived and worked in Africa at some of the most famous dig sites in the world. You definitely did the film justice.
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Hi All,
darthdaddy - Thanks mate I'm glad you like the dios and that is great to hear that the movies had that much of an impact. And I think I'll have to hit you up on some reference material if you have any pics.
Ron
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Hi All,
Sorry I haven't been around the last few week, I had major surgery on my knee and ankle and have been laid up in bed. I did have a laptop but that decided it didn't want to play the game anymore. I was finally allowed to get up and about a few days ago and the first thing I wanted to do was do some painting so here it is.
When I heard that Figma were doing a 6" Indiana Jones figure I was stoked so I picked up two of them but after receiving the figures I was a little dissapointed in the paint apps and some of the gear. So with not being happy with the before mentioned items I decided to repaint and twik some of the gear.
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1: Indiana Jones - The figure itself is just a straight repaint using Vallejo, Games Workshop and pastel to paint and weather the figure. I removed the strap and bag and replaced the plastic strap with a strip of leather cut to size. I then attached two small o-rings made from thin wire to the leather strap and then attached some material to the o-rings and attached that to the bag, I then cut the buckle from the plastic strap and attached that to the leather strap.
The whip holder that is on the figure is just a molded piece of plastic which has a slot cut into it so that a whip can be attached to it. I decided to remove this molded whip holder and replace it with a thin piece of leather cut to size. I then used two very small magnets and attached one to the leather and the other I drilled a hole and inserted the other magnet in to hole and superglued it into place.
The whips that come with the figure have no details so I cut the handles off and drilled into the end of the handles and inserted strips of pleather and then added model ship bout rope to the end of the pleather.
2: Base- The base was made from a left over piece of high density foam, I cut the foam to make the step and then used a sharp pencil to inscribe the stone. I then pressed a piece of sandstone into the foam to simulate a stone look, I then used a mix of dirt and mulch to build up the ground work and then used fish tank plants and army builder shrubs to make the folage.
Ron
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Nice, I had wondered what you thought about this new six inch figure. Now I see.
Off to share on the front page.
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Good grief, what a transformation! Stunning work Ron and that is a great sculpt on this figure. I really want one now!
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Wow! I haven't bought the Figma Indy yet because for the price I'm not all that enamored with the paint job, but I'd definitely plunk down $60 for YOUR version of the figure.
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Nice, I had wondered what you thought about this new six inch figure. Now I see.
Off to share on the front page.
Cheers Shawn and I can only hope Hasbro do some 6" versions and as always thanks for the FP mate.
Good grief, what a transformation! Stunning work Ron and that is a great sculpt on this figure. I really want one now!
Thanks heaps Spry and yeah the sculpt is awesome but it's the paint apps that kill it.
Wow! I haven't bought the Figma Indy yet because for the price I'm not all that enamored with the paint job, but I'd definitely plunk down $60 for YOUR version of the figure.
Thanks mate and I was lucky to get to for under $55aus each on ebay with free postage so that was a bonus.
Ron
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Hi All
In 2889 while on patrol in sector 325-A in the harsh desert regions of Australia CPL Wayne Nash of the Strahl National Defence Army becomes seperated from his unit after coming under attack from a Mercenary unit. He starts moving back thru the open desert trying not to over heat his suit which has seen better days.
CPL Nash decides he has no other choice but to start RETURNING FIRE at the Mercenary unit to try and avoid being captured or even worse killed in this hell hole of a region.
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GUSTAV - Is from a model company called WAVE corporation and was built straight from the box, I was very happy with this kit as the detail is execellent and all the parts went together well with little to no effort what so ever. The only modifications I made was to the head, I swapped out the kit head and replaced it with a 1/18 scale head from a WW2 German action figure. Once I was happy with the position of the figure and painted it using Vallejo, Games Workshop piants and pastels.
Base - The base is a piece of foam core cut out to the desired shape. Once the figure was painted it was then glued onto the base and then putty was used to build op the groun work, I mixed washed river sand and small rocks togther and then added that to the putty while it was still wet.
Once the snad and stone mixer was added I then cut up a 205LT drum from Hasbro's Indiana Jones German Jeep playset and added that to the base. Once it was all dried I used Vallejo and pastels to paint and weather the ground and drum, I then got some dried roots from the garden and put them inplace by drilling holes into the base and inserting the roots.
Ron
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Wow, Ron I keep wishing there was something I could say to show you how impressed I am with all your builds. This is another typical fantastic work. Off to share.
I would love to see pictures of your hobby or collection room that's for sure!
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Nice little dio Ron.
The Panzerkampfanzug looks awesome.
I'm a big fan of your Maschinenkrieger stuff.
btw. I agree with Shawn. A picture of your collection room would be great.
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another masterpice from Ron - great details and a fantastic paintjob !
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Hi All,
Tamer, FialaFernbrugg & maxx-replicas - Guys as always I really appreciate the comments thank you. At this stage all my shelfs are empty as we had a cyclone warning a couple of weeks ago and I always pack my customs and dios away in plastic boxes. I am still on crutches after my knee and ankle surgery so once I'm off them I promise I will unpack all the customs and take some pics for you.
Ron
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WOW!!! That sums up your latest custom piece in one word! Stunning! OK, make that two words ;D
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Hi All,
I-am-Boba-Fett - Thanks mate and I'm loving these Ma.k kits just wish I could get my hands on more as they are a little expensive.
Ron
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I went looking at some 1/20th and 1/35 stuff today. I like the looks of several of the WAVE and other Ma.K. kits for my semi-SW universe... Aaaaah, one day when I have the money to buy them and store them for the days when I have the time to build and space to display them all...!
Marvelous work - AS USUAL!! 8)
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I went looking at some 1/20th and 1/35 stuff today. I like the looks of several of the WAVE and other Ma.K. kits for my semi-SW universe... Aaaaah, one day when I have the money to buy them and store them for the days when I have the time to build and space to display them all...!
Marvelous work - AS USUAL!! 8)
Cheers Doc and the Ma.k would actually look great in a semi SW verse, but you are correct money wise the price that people are asking is just stupid. If you are looking for some try www.hlj.com (http://www.hlj.com) as they get some in and the prices are actually pretty good.
Ron
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I think that was the site I ended up on - it was a .jp site, at any rate. I have to confess, once I get the money, the Platoon Briefing set with the giant lift-APC WILL be mine!
Somewhere, I should have an armored suit similar to some of those powered-armor units, but I think it was 1/24th. It got packed up for a move, likely when I got married 20 years ago, and has since disappeared. Maybe I'll relocate it tucked safely away one of these days.
You're making me hurt for my modeling days, sir!!! :D
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I think that was the site I ended up on - it was a .jp site, at any rate. I have to confess, once I get the money, the Platoon Briefing set with the giant lift-APC WILL be mine!
Somewhere, I should have an armored suit similar to some of those powered-armor units, but I think it was 1/24th. It got packed up for a move, likely when I got married 20 years ago, and has since disappeared. Maybe I'll relocate it tucked safely away one of these days.
You're making me hurt for my modeling days, sir!!! :D
Hey Doc,
I missed the lift APC I'll have to have a look at it. I'm the same mate I miss the old military models days but there is a store here in OZ that sell models etc and are very cheap so I might start dabbling into it again.
Ron
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Here's the link I was looking at:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10051950 (http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10051950)
How cool is that thing!!
Before I get back into my military modeling, I have to figure out display space!! Then work-space, to include a paint-booth...
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Here's the link I was looking at:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10051950 (http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10051950)
How cool is that thing!!
Before I get back into my military modeling, I have to figure out display space!! Then work-space, to include a paint-booth...
Oh I remember that kit now and you are right it is cool, thanks for showing me the link and I think that kit is 1/32 scale so it would look great with the Ma.k 1/35 scale suits.
I'm lucky in the space aspect as I have a whole room for my work area and shelves and a area in the garage for spray painting.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here are two pics of the 6" Indy dio I'm working on at the moment.
Pic 1-2 - The base is made out of foam core and once I got the look I wanted I glued it all together and once dry I used a thin led pencil to scribe all the heirogypths and stone and then used a thicker led pencil and went over the original trace.
The indy figure is from Figma and the joints have already been superglued and then will have the joints sealed using putty he will be holding a torch in his right hand when it is complete.
Ron
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Woah, how did I miss this! I wondered if you were gonna bash up a dio after seeing your great Figma Indy work. Off to share. and sorry I missed it Ron!
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Woah, how did I miss this! I wondered if you were gonna bash up a dio after seeing your great Figma Indy work. Off to share. and sorry I missed it Ron!
Cheers Shawn and no need to apologize mate. I just completed the dio and have added torches to the ground with small lights which is a first for me, I will be taking pics tomorrow with the first Figma indy I did as I completely stuffed up the figure for this dio.
Note to self never leave a figure near the stove after you have boiled and popped the joints and then decide to cook yourself some lunch oh yeah melty indy is all I have to say.
Ron
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Oh no, you melted one of those new Figma Indies? Are we related? Sounds like something I would do.
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Hemble,
Do you repaint the entire figure in your customs? I know you seal and putty the joints. If you do, do you prime the entire piece, or just apply the paint straight? Also, what paints do you prefer to use on figs?
Thanks!
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Oh no, you melted one of those new Figma Indies? Are we related? Sounds like something I would do.
LOL yeah we most likely are and yeah it was the Figma Indy. His head and right arm were totally to far gone to help, on a god note thou I have extra parts and hands for when I get a few more of them.
Hemble,
Do you repaint the entire figure in your customs? I know you seal and putty the joints. If you do, do you prime the entire piece, or just apply the paint straight? Also, what paints do you prefer to use on figs?
Thanks!
Hey BigKev, I do repaint the entire figure and I don't prime the figure/s I just give them a good was with warm soapy water and then rinse off and let them dry. I use Vallejo and Games Workshop paints as I personally find these to be the best especially for adhering and no brush strokes and if you need anything else please don't hesitate to ask.
Ron
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Hi All,
I decided to make another 6" diorama but this time add some lighting to it and a eygptian style tomb was the way to go. Once the base was done it was painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints and pastel chalks.
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1: Indiana Jones - The figure is from an earlier Figma Indy which I repainted, I'm waiting on another one to arrive so I can add him to the base.
2: Base - The base was made from a left over pieces of foam core. Once I got the desired look I used a led pencil and softly drew out the wall mural and once I was happy with that I used a very sharp led pencil and went over the original drawing. I then used my fingers and a pair of tweezers to remove some pieces of foam to simulate corrosion.
The sand is just fine washed river sand and was added once the base was painted and once the sand dried I gave it a wash over different colours of sand. The torches were made from home decorative sticks cut to size then bound togther using model boat ship rope and superglue and the flames were made by using Woodland scenics Water Effects.
The light from the flame is some fake candle light I picked up from the $2 shop and attached them underneath the base with a hole so that the bulb could protrude thru and sit inside the flame.
Ron
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Oh no, you melted one of those new Figma Indies? Are we related? Sounds like something I would do.
LOL yeah we most likely are and yeah it was the Figma Indy. His head and right arm were totally to far gone to help, on a god note thou I have extra parts and hands for when I get a few more of them.
Hemble,
Do you repaint the entire figure in your customs? I know you seal and putty the joints. If you do, do you prime the entire piece, or just apply the paint straight? Also, what paints do you prefer to use on figs?
Thanks!
Hey BigKev, I do repaint the entire figure and I don't prime the figure/s I just give them a good was with warm soapy water and then rinse off and let them dry. I use Vallejo and Games Workshop paints as I personally find these to be the best especially for adhering and no brush strokes and if you need anything else please don't hesitate to ask.
Ron
I agree. Vallejo paints are the best, but I use a white plastic primer.
Hemble
Do you stalk the Smithsonian? Your dios are gorgeous even at this stage. I'm taking notes for when I take on Jabba's palace.
BigKev
I didnt know you customized.
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now with lights on in different lighting.
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I agree. Vallejo paints are the best, but I use a white plastic primer.
Hemble
Do you stalk the Smithsonian? Your dios are gorgeous even at this stage.
BigKev
I didnt know you customized.
Thanks mate and I wish I could see the Smithsonian the inspiration would be amazing. I have to change my comment on primers, the only time I use primers is on vehicles as they are much larger.
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Sjefke,
What primer and why?
Thanks!
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Hemble plus dios plus adding lights equals over the top fantastic. I love the light work on these. Off to share.
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Like the fire too, did you use the glue gun to recreate it ?
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now with lights on in different lighting.
Gorgeous work, Ron.
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Hi All,
Hemble plus dios plus adding lights equals over the top fantastic. I love the light work on these. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Like the fire too, did you use the glue gun to recreate it ?
Thanks mate and the fire was done by using woodland scenics water affects.
now with lights on in different lighting.
Gorgeous work, Ron.
Cheers Buddy.
Ron
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Looks like a good resin who harden fast is'nt it ?
Could be useful to create waterfall ot whatever fallingwater effect, or even ice stalagtite or stalagmite
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Looks like a good resin who harden fast is'nt it ?
Could be useful to create waterfall ot whatever fallingwater effect, or even ice stalagtite or stalagmite
The best way to describe it is once it dries it is like a rubbery fill to it which then can be stuck to almost any service using some woodland realistic water. And it is actually designed for waterfalls, ice and ice stalaglites and stalagmaites.
I used it on an older dio has a waterfall pics below.
(http://www.hemblecreations.com/other/aw8.jpg)
(http://www.hemblecreations.com/other/aw12.jpg)
Ron
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That is amazingly realistic. Great stuff!
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That is amazingly realistic. Great stuff!
Thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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Hi All,
I have slowly been building Lance Quazers prize from the Mayan Secret photo novel comp which is Indy's office from TLC. The base is foam core cut to size and glued together.
The window frame shelves, table and chair (not in pics) are made from balsa wood, I used the thin clear plastic from the 6" black series boxe's for the windows and the latch and handles are from some 1/35 scale parts I hade in the bits box.
The some of the artifacts on the shelves are pieces of high density foam cut and designs scribed into them using a sharp pencil, there are pieces from the hasbro Indy line. Some other pieces are from Spry that he sent me when we did a trade and some pieces from a spare 1/6 scale map room I have had for a while.
I'm attempting to make a desk fan and phone from plasticard and find something to use as boilers.
Ron
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Looks great. Wow, LQ is gonna be one happy dude! Off to the front page.
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Looks great. Wow, LQ is gonna be one happy dude! Off to the front page.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
I didn't get a chance to complete LQ comp dio before I had to go field but it is finally complete. Sorry for the poor quality pics but the weather here as been really crappy so I haven't been able to do my usual outdoor shots.
The boilers were made using old paint containers some 1/35th scale take wheels and some bendy straws. The file cabinet was made using plasti card and the large urn was made using a smaller paint container with tissue paper with a very small amount of plaster of paris.
The books and papers/maps on the desk are from Hasbro TLC Henry figure and the other items are either from the internet or hand drawn. Indy is a Hasbro TLC Henry and the head is made from a TOD lower head with a KOTCS upper head.
Ron
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Wow, wish I had won this contest! Just awesome Ron. Off to share.
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This looks very nice! :)
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Hi All,
Tamer & jkno - Thanks guys and glad you liked it.
Ron
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Hi All,
I have always loved the Argonauts movie and when Revoltech released these amazing articulated skeletons I knew I had to get some and make a small diorama with them.
Skeletons - The Skeletons are from Revoltech and have been put into the poses I liked and then the joints were superglued and then puttied. I decided to make the swords and shields a little more like they have been in the ground for a while and gave them some rust and dirt affects using pastel chalks.
Base - The base is a small picture frame from a $2 shop and the ground was done by mixing plaster of paris, very small rocks and potty mix and added to the base. The turned up soil was done by allowing the mixer to almost dry and with a tooth pick I just started to fold the mixer of and split it apart. The column is also from the Revoltech Skeleton set and I had to use two sets to make one column, I then glued the two together and then puttied up the gaps and the placed it onto the base.
The skeletons, weapons/shields, column and ground work were painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks.
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Wow, this looks fantastic! I was just talking about this movie with Darth Sinister. Off the share.
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What a blast from the past. I loved that movie as a kid. I doubt the CGI generation ever heard of it.
Amazing job as usual.
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Nice display. These skeleton figures actually make good enemies for the Figma Link. They're close to in scale.
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Wow, this looks fantastic! I was just talking about this movie with Darth Sinister. Off the share.
Thanks Shawn and that is funny as I decided to watch this movie on Friday with the boy and that gave me teh idea for this.
Ron
What a blast from the past. I loved that movie as a kid. I doubt the CGI generation ever heard of it.
Amazing job as usual.
Jeff
Cheers Jeff and your probably right about that, the poor buugers don't know what their missing.
Nice display. These skeleton figures actually make good enemies for the Figma Link. They're close to in scale.
Thanks mate and I haven't see a Revoltech Link but I would presume they would be.
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Ron this outstanding and truly is a blast from the past !! This was my favorite scene in the movie and you have captured it perfectly !! Bravo sir ....... Art
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Ron this outstanding and truly is a blast from the past !! This was my favorite scene in the movie and you have captured it perfectly !! Bravo sir ....... Art
Thanks Heaps Art.
Ron
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Hi All,
Well the biggest thing I've been waiting for besides the SW 6" figures is NECA's POTA Classic line and I finally got my hands on the series 1 set which includes Cornelius, Dr Zaius and Gorilla Soldier.
These figures are AWESOME the detail is spot and the likeness is again spot on the articulation is very good as well but you all know what I think of articulation ;D.
Anyway I am GOING APE for a few customs and to start of with I will be doing small dios with each character. Cornelius is first up and I will have him in his office collecting paperwork and maps etc to show Dr Zaius so he get permission to venture back into the neutral zone.
The pics show the basic outline so far with the base being done with foam core and this will be covered with plaster cloth to give it a more stone look.
The table is done using high density foam and the chair is done with foam core and high density foam and these will be covered with either plaster or plaser cloth.
more WIP soon.
Ron
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Fantastic Ron. Can't wait to see how this turns out. Let me go front page this.
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Fantastic Ron. Can't wait to see how this turns out. Let me go front page this.
Cheers Shawn and I'll have more pics soon.
Ron
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Hi All,
A quick little update with base.
I covered the wall, floor, chair and table in plaster cloth and once dry covered that in watered down plaster of paris so it would sip into the cloth better. I then gave it a paint job to see how the colours would look and also put on two scrolls to show the the size of the table top.
I want to darken the wall a little so it's a sandy brown and darken the floor so that it is a sandy grey and then start on the shelves and then the trinkets, maps etc.
Ron
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Wow, it is coming together nicely. Back to the front page.
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Wow this is another grand slam Ron ! you dont see this movie come up to often for customizing , and you have done an amazing job with this so far !!! Looking forward to seeing it completed ! .....Art
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This is a great bit of scenery! All the better to vivisect those darn dirty humans in.
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Wow, it is coming together nicely. Back to the front page.
As always thanks heaps Shawn.
Wow this is another grand slam Ron ! you dont see this movie come up to often for customizing , and you have done an amazing job with this so far !!! Looking forward to seeing it completed ! .....Art
Cheers mate and your right you don't see alot of POTA custom but I have more I want to do so I can't wait to get stuck into them.
This is a great bit of scenery! All the better to vivisect those darn dirty humans in.
Thanks buddy, I have plans to make the cell area and disecting area I just need to find some 7" half naked humans.
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Hi All,
I couldn't wait to get my hands on the new NECA POTA classic figures and I have to say I wasn't dissapointed, these figures are execellent from the details on the uniform to the head sculpts are spoton. My only bitch is the paint apps on the faces so I dcided to repaint Cornelius and mack a small display for him.
The display depicts him in his office and keeping in mind that he is an archaeoligist I wanted to make display with some relics, maps and equipment in the office. My two kids kept nagging me not to cover the joints like the usual statue type diorama's that I usually do so who am I to argue with two critics LOL.
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Cornelius - as mentioned before is from NECA and he was given a complete repaint, I paid particluar attention to the face and hands as the final made him look really pivved off. I also repainted the body and gave the outfit some subtle washes and drybrushing to bring out the details.
Base - The base is made from foam core and then I used plaster cloth to cover the base and I also made the window using the plaster cloth. Once dry I covered the plaster cloth with more plaster, I made the table and chair using high density foam and foam core and covered them in plaster cloth and plaster.
The shelf was made using left over balsa wood and the artifacts are parts from some other 7" figures and the rope is some leather that was repainted and the backpacks are from some 12" figures that have been altered.
The scrolls on the table are just pieces of paper rolled up and painted and the map was done by drawing the design in pencil and then painting over that and the pencil is a piece of plasticard which was painted, I also cut some paper to size to look like notes and drew on the first page with a pencil.
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Wow, fantastic like your usual work. Off to share yet again.
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amazing work. I saw these at a local peddler's mall toy booth and nearly bought them... being a HUGE Planet of the Apes fan since I was a child I've loved all the movies, and even enjoyed the remakes!
Your diorama's are fantastic. I agree with your kids though, it's a toy, leave the joints so that you can re-pose him in the dio if you get the notion! Just as a nod to the movie (although I know it's not the right scene to put this in) you should add a small paper airplane. :)
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Another amazing work from you **allthumbsup** love the details !!!
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Wow, fantastic like your usual work. Off to share yet again.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
amazing work. I saw these at a local peddler's mall toy booth and nearly bought them... being a HUGE Planet of the Apes fan since I was a child I've loved all the movies, and even enjoyed the remakes!
Your diorama's are fantastic. I agree with your kids though, it's a toy, leave the joints so that you can re-pose him in the dio if you get the notion! Just as a nod to the movie (although I know it's not the right scene to put this in) you should add a small paper airplane. :)
Cheers mate and yeah I have to agree with and the kids on this one the joints had to saty untouched. I did't think of the paper airplane I might have to make one and it to the dio.
Another amazing work from you **allthumbsup** love the details !!!
Cheers mate and glad you liked it.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here is another POTA WIP dio, this one depicts the apes heading down into the subway to search for any enemies.
The base is foam core with plasticard simulating the tiles which were superglued to the foam and the also made from foamcore. Once dry I used plaster cloth to build up the stone and then used plaster cloth on the stairs.
Once the plaster cloth was dry I used watered down plaster on the stairs to cover the plaster cloth. I then used the left over watered down plaster and mixed in some fine sand and covered the stone area.
The Gorilla Soldier has had his joints superglued and he will have his joints puttied up and then he will be painted.
Ron
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Wow, another great looking POTA Dio. Off to share. You are making me want to go back and watch those old movies.
What did you think of the newest series (prequels I guess you would call them)?
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Wow, another great looking POTA Dio. Off to share. You are making me want to go back and watch those old movies.
What did you think of the newest series (prequels I guess you would call them)?
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah the old movies are still awesome I have been a huge fan ever since I was a kid. I think they have done such an amazing job with the graphics and the story line and I hear they are going or have started on the next one.
The next one should be when the lost ship from the first new movie lands back on earth so hopefully we will see the Taylor, Cornelius and Zira fingers crossed.
Ron
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Hi All,
I wanted to make another POTA dio and this time round I used the NECA Gorilla and had him in a scene depicting him coming down into the subway where Brent and Nova first came down. Again my two kids ask me not to cover the joints like the usual statue type diorama's that I usually do, I painted the base and figure using Vallejo and GW paints and pastels.
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Gorilla Soldier - as mentioned before is from NECA and he and his equipment were given a complete repaint, I paid particluar attention to the face and eyes. I also repainted the body and gave the outfit some subtle washes and drybrushing to bring out the details.
Base - The base is made from foam core as are the stairs and then I used plaster cloth to cover the base and used plaster cloth to build up the stone/molten rock. The tiles are plasticard from Evergreens and you can pick it up from any good hobby shop.
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Wow, that didn't take long. Looks great. I like how you can see the facial features, especially the eyes, so much better in the custom version. Makes me wish NECA has the SW License I will definitely say that!
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Outstanding work Ron ! you have captured the look and feel perfectly ! Hope you have something lined up for the good Dr Zaius ! I like the facial work you did much better. Now i am hoping NECA puts out Taylor , Nova, and Zira. Would love to see your take on the ending scene where taylor sees the Statue Of Liberty ! I know you could pull that off nicely ....Art
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Wow, that didn't take long. Looks great. I like how you can see the facial features, especially the eyes, so much better in the custom version. Makes me wish NECA has the SW License I will definitely say that!
Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah the details in these figures are amazing they just need a little paint to bring it out. And how cool would that be to have NECA do a SW line the figures would be stunning.
Outstanding work Ron ! you have captured the look and feel perfectly ! Hope you have something lined up for the good Dr Zaius ! I like the facial work you did much better. Now i am hoping NECA puts out Taylor , Nova, and Zira. Would love to see your take on the ending scene where taylor sees the Statue Of Liberty ! I know you could pull that off nicely ....Art
Cheers mate and Zaius I have either the scene where he is holding the doll in Cornelius dig site from POTA or where he is next to the controls to the atomic bomb from BTPOTA, I'm deciding which one.
NECA have Zira coming but I hope the do a Taylor and Nova as the end scene is a must do for sure. The only problem is getting a horse in 7" scale I've looked so that I can do a mounted gorilla but with no luck.
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Another great "Mini-Diorama" from you - again (as usual) a very nice scenery. Your repaint
of the figure looks MUCH better than the original - especially the face and the eyes. I love your work - really !!!
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Another great "Mini-Diorama" from you - again (as usual) a very nice scenery. Your repaint
of the figure looks MUCH better than the original - especially the face and the eyes. I love your work - really !!!
Thanks heaps buddy and really glad you liked it.
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Hi All,
Well here is another POTA WIP dio but this time the figures joints will be superglued and puttied up and the kids don't have a say in this one ;D.
This dio will be called HUNTED and will depict a Expanded Universe scenario where the astronaut is on the run from the apes and will be between POTA and BTPOTA.
The base is built up with hugh density foam and tree is a dead branch I cut off the back garden tree. The astronaut's body is from artasylum 7" Enterprise line as I like the look of the suit and it almost looks like the astronauts suit from POTA.
The head is from artasylum's Star Trek TOS Scotty figure and the pistol is from the pats box and sorry can't remember what line it's from. And the Gorilla is from NECA's POTA original series line.
Ron
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All I know is this looks good on our front page now. You just make me shake my head your stuff is so awesome Ron!
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That's a cool work in progress there, Ron. Reminds me of that mini dio you did with the Rebel pilot on the run.
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Wow, Ron.
Your dios really bring back the memories. I like that subway tile. For some reason, that caught my eye when is saw the sequel in the theatre. You must be close to my demographic to have a passion for these older SF films. (Freakin ancient as my kids would say).
Nice that your kids take interest in your craft. How old are they? Mine are entering their teen/ tween years and are losing interest action figures. ¤~?#!* XBox. >:( Guess I get to use all those clones for fodder.
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These two dios could be parts of an awesome POA series
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All I know is this looks good on our front page now. You just make me shake my head your stuff is so awesome Ron!
Thanks heaps Shawn and as always I really appreciate the FP coverage.
That's a cool work in progress there, Ron. Reminds me of that mini dio you did with the Rebel pilot on the run.
Cheers mate and your spot on I stole that idea and transfered it to this one.
Wow, Ron.
Your dios really bring back the memories. I like that subway tile. For some reason, that caught my eye when is saw the sequel in the theatre. You must be close to my demographic to have a passion for these older SF films. (Freakin ancient as my kids would say).
Nice that your kids take interest in your craft. How old are they? Mine are entering their teen/ tween years and are losing interest action figures. ¤~?#!* XBox. >:( Guess I get to use all those clones for fodder.
Thanks heaps buddy and yeah I'm in that Freakin ancient area as well;D, I grea up watching the POTA movies and TV series and even had all the Mego POTA figures. The daughter is 10 and teh boy is 5 and they are awesome critics no holding back with telling the truth when it comes to my work, I have changed many a paint job or dio base because they didn't like it.
The boy loves the XBOX especially anything Halo but he loves to check out my work to make sure I'm doing it right :D, The daughter she is artistic like her old man she loves to draw and make small dios for her schielch animals from time to time.
These two dios could be parts of an awesome POA series
Thanks mate I really want to do two to three dios from each movie once I get a chance which would look very cool.
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Hi All,
Guys sorry there were no more WIP pics my wife decided to take my camera away with her when she went and saw Robbie Williams in concert, why she would want to take pics of him has me baffled ;D
This dio depicts Commander Hunter Hembling being the only survivor after his space craft crashed landed in the outer rims of the forbidden zone. After a few days travelling he comes across a dirt road and then suddenly he is fired apon, he looks where the shots had come from and to his surprise he see's Gorillas brandishing weapons.
Hembling flees for the forest and takes refuge waist deep in a muddy river bed where he sits and waits with his pistol at the ready and hopefully the Gorillas will completely miss him. He waits in the muddy river for over an hour and he thinks they have missed him then suddenly he hears foot steps and he knows that a Gorilla is just above him and he realizes that he is still being HUNTED.
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Gorilla Soldier - is from NECA and he has had he's joints superglued then puttied up and then given a complete repaint, again I paid particluar attention to the face and eyes. I also repainted the body and gave the outfit some subtle washes and drybrushing to bring out the details.
Commander Hunter Hembling - I gave him my son's name and this figure has the body from a Artasylum's Star Trek Enterprise Archer and the head from Artasylum's TOS Scotty. The head was given a beard and new hair and the insignia and flag where found on the net and downsized and prined out and the name tag was done using PSP-6 and the pistol was from the parts box.
Base - The base was first built up using left over pieces of high density foam and then glued in position, I then got a piece of branch from the back garden and used that as a tree trunk and glued and pinned that into place.
I then covered the foam using plaster cloth strips and kept using them till I had the look I wanted. I let the plaster cloth dry then painted it dark brown and then covered the base with dirt, small twigs and bark I got from the back garden and ground it up into small pieces.
The vines and grass I got from the backyard and I let them dry for about an hour and then sprayed them with dull coate and then I painted them. I also used small ready made shrubs from Army Painter as well. The muddy water was done by mixing light brown paint with Woodland Scenics Realistic water then added that to the base.
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Wow, this is great. Looks even better on our front page.
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Another great idea for a "mini-diorama" and outstanding craftsmanship from you ... as usual ;)
***allthumbsup*** :D
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Wow, this is great. Looks even better on our front page.
Cheers Shawn
Another great idea for a "mini-diorama" and outstanding craftsmanship from you ... as usual ;)
***allthumbsup*** :D
Thanks heaps mate.
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Once again Ron you have made another beautiful piece. I imagined something similar along the lines of a ( what if) had Landon managed to hide before the apes captured him ! It fits in as a nice deleted scene ! Excellent as always, your making me want to put the movie on tonight with a nice bowl of popcorn ! But on another note i would love to hear the rest of the story to Commander Hunter Hembling haha
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Once again Ron you have made another beautiful piece. I imagined something similar along the lines of a ( what if) had Landon managed to hide before the apes captured him ! It fits in as a nice deleted scene ! Excellent as always, your making me want to put the movie on tonight with a nice bowl of popcorn ! But on another note i would love to hear the rest of the story to Commander Hunter Hembling haha
Thanks mate and glad you liked it and Hunter asked what happened to him and I told him that he got away from the apes and is trying to find a way back home. He looked at me with a happy expression and said well least I'm alive (LOL you got to love the way they think).
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Hey Ron,
I'm a big fan of the original Planet of the Apes and I gotta say these are just awesome! All of these Dios bring back the films. The last one, however, reminds me of the 'Apes' magazines from the 1970's. They were EU stories and had these unbelievable covers and great stories inside. Here's one of those covers that your latest Dio makes me think of:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hkOcNIOmjy0/TiSzIk1fUbI/AAAAAAAACeE/a56VUz2n1s0/s1600/poa.bmp)
I'd love to see you do something in the Forbidden Zone, with a mutant and their bomb and a gorilla soldier.
Again fine, fine work!
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Hey Ron,
I'm a big fan of the original Planet of the Apes and I gotta say these are just awesome! All of these Dios bring back the films. The last one, however, reminds me of the 'Apes' magazines from the 1970's. They were EU stories and had these unbelievable covers and great stories inside. Here's one of those covers that your latest Dio makes me think of:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hkOcNIOmjy0/TiSzIk1fUbI/AAAAAAAACeE/a56VUz2n1s0/s1600/poa.bmp)
I'd love to see you do something in the Forbidden Zone, with a mutant and their bomb and a gorilla soldier.
Again fine, fine work!
Thanks DS and I love that comic cover I think thatwould look great as a dio and I am looking at doing some Forbidden zone dios around xmas time when I am on leave.
Ron
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That would make a cool dio. Great comic cover. I am so gonna go back and watch some of those old movies. I don't know which one, but the one with all of the Apes playing dead and Cornelious tricking the one large ape into revealing he hurt his son is perhaps my favorite movie. Glad to hear more POTA is coming our way.
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That would make a cool dio. Great comic cover. I am so gonna go back and watch some of those old movies. I don't know which one, but the one with all of the Apes playing dead and Cornelious tricking the one large ape into revealing he hurt his son is perhaps my favorite movie. Glad to hear more POTA is coming our way.
The thing I like about this comic cover is the colours on the uniform as it's a brown instead of the purple colour we usually see on the apes. And your thinking of Battle of the Planet of the Apes and good choice besides this one Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes are my favourites.
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Yep, that was 'Battle' and that time Roddey McDowell was playing Caeser who was Cornelius and Zira's son. Under the Gorilla make up was Claude Akins from various westerns and TV shows. He later went on to play Sheriff Lobo on 'B J and the Bear'... another monkey show.
Ron, if you like that cover you should see some of the other ones. I have a raggedy partial collection of these Mags from when I was a kid. The stories were fantastic, they gave a whole other side to the films that has never been explored. Here's a link a gallery of the covers... http://www.pota.goatley.com/marvel/ (http://www.pota.goatley.com/marvel/)
Here's another one of my favorites...
(http://www.pota.goatley.com/marvel/marvel_cover_15.jpg)
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DarthSinister - Mate thanks heaps for the link and yeah I'm with you on the squid cover that would be an amazing dio to do.
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Hi All,
The thing I remember the most about POTA was seeing the gorilla's on horse back for the first time so I decided to do one on horse back in a relaxed pose but being vigilant.
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Gorilla Soldier & Horse - is from NECA and he has had he's joints superglued then puttied up and then given a complete repaint, again I paid particluar attention to the face and eyes and gave him an open mouth by cutting his mouth open and then using AVES Fixit sculpt to sculpt the teeth. I also repainted the body and gave the outfit some subtle washes and drybrushing to bring out the details.
The horse is from a company called Breyer and is 1/12 scale and works pretty well with the 7" figures. This horse was all black so I decided to give it a brown colour and this was done by using Vallejo paints and pastels.
I made the saddle and bridle from left over pieces of lever and used small O-rings and 1/6 scale buckles for the rigging, the stirups were made using plasicard and the the then leather was used to make the holders.
The rifle bag was made using left over leather and the rope is some spare 1/6 scale rope I had in the bits box. The rolls were made using a old 1/6 scale German uniform and the straps were made using 1/6 German Y-straps.
Base - The base was first built up using left over pieces of high density foam and then plaster cloth was used to cover the foam. I then gave the plaster cloth a paint over using dark brwon paint and once that dried I used a mix of dirt and potty mix to use a ground cover.
Once the ground cover dried I gave it a wash of dark brown then once dry gave it a drybrush of light brown. The grass was done by using railway modellers static grass and was applied and left to dry and gave it a wash of medium green and the drybushed it light green once it dried.
The tall clumps of grass were done by going into he back yard and picking reall clumps of grass out of the ground, I then let it dry for about an hour then gave it a spray of dull coate and then gave it a wash of light green.
The smaller clumps of grass I used are from The Army Painter and the come as small clumps and all you have to do is pull them of the sheets and then attach them to the base using a small amount of superglue.
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Wow, that just looks great. Even better on the front page.
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Wow, that just looks great. Even better on the front page.
Thanks heaps Shawn and as always I really appreciate the FP exposure.
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Ron , Excellent as always ! Your making me run out of words to say without repeating myself lol ! I really like this one its simple but again captures that moment like you said when you first see the gorilla on horse back ! Great job painting and on the mouth especially !!! Keep them coming
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Ron , Excellent as always ! Your making me run out of words to say without repeating myself lol ! I really like this one its simple but again captures that moment like you said when you first see the gorilla on horse back ! Great job painting and on the mouth especially !!! Keep them coming
Cheers mate and I'll be doing some more POTA after I do a few SW dios.
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Iconic!
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Iconic!
That it is and thanks mate.
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It's outstanding, Mr. Hemble! I'm such a fan of your work.
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It's outstanding, Mr. Hemble! I'm such a fan of your work.
Thanks heaps BigK.
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Hi All,
Most of you know that I love custominzing different action figure movie lines so when I saw a crossover comic cover for a Star Trek and Planet of the Apes comic I thought how cool would it be to do the apes in Trek garp.
I am in three minds :-\ as to what type of dio to do and would like you guys and gals help to decide so I have added a poll.
Ron
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Well thats pretty cool. I need to find that comic, bet that was a fun read.
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Well thats pretty cool. I need to find that comic, bet that was a fun read.
Hey Shawn,
I only have seen two comic covers for it as I don't think the comic comes out till next year and the cover I did see was that of General Ursus sitting in Kirk's chair aboard the Enterprise.
Ron
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The only thing that would be better than POTA meets Star Trek is POTA meets Star Wars!
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The only thing that would be better than POTA meets Star Trek is POTA meets Star Wars!
That's true and stop giving me idea's damn you Shawn, see I started already ;D
Gorilla - Han
Cornilius - Luke
Zaius - Kenobi
Zira - Leia
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LOL! Well I put your Star Trek pic on the front page in hopes other folks can share their opinions too! Mine is but one of many!
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LOL! Well I put your Star Trek pic on the front page in hopes other folks can share their opinions too! Mine is but one of many!
Always appreciate yours and the other members support Shawn thanks mate
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definitely the captain's chair. Freaking awesome Idea. I almost bought one of these a while back JUST BECAUSE of your awesome dio's with them. I really want a gorilla soldier on horseback for my display case...
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definitely the captain's chair. Freaking awesome Idea. I almost bought one of these a while back JUST BECAUSE of your awesome dio's with them. I really want a gorilla soldier on horseback for my display case...
Hey Devin thanks for the input and the kinds words mate I really appreciate it and the more I think about it the more I have to agree the Captains chair might be the way to go. As for the Gorilla on horseback go for it mate you will do an execellent job of doing one on horseback..
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If you're looking for iconic options, may I suggest a transporter room diorama?
Simian Wars!
Also very cool.
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Get Cornelius in a Hoth Outfit on top of a Taun Taun!
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Get Cornelius in a Hoth Outfit on top of a Taun Taun!
Don't do the trash compactor scene!
Wet gorillas, chimps and orangutans in sewage?
That'll give the line, "Damn, dirty apes!" a whole new meaning.
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Love the crossover Ron ! i voted all three would be winners in my book cant wait to see !
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If you're looking for iconic options, may I suggest a transporter room diorama?
Simian Wars!
Also very cool.
Don't do the trash compactor scene!
Wet gorillas, chimps and orangutans in sewage?
That'll give the line, "Damn, dirty apes!" a whole new meaning.
I never thought about the transporter cool idea thanks mate and I can just smell wet fur already ;D
Get Cornelius in a Hoth Outfit on top of a Taun Taun!
Stop it Shawn you already are a naughty boy for suggesting the SW crossover to me. ;D
Love the crossover Ron ! i voted all three would be winners in my book cant wait to see !
Cheers mate and if once the voting is complete and I like the way they look I will be doing more crossover for sure.
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Hi All,
Well finally got around to finishing this guy and he was the inspiration from a new comic book that is coming out called Star Trek - Planet of the Apes - The Primate Directive.
The Ape - has the head and body from NECA's original serie's Gorilla soldier and the arms, hands and shirt from Artasylum's Star Trek series. The while figure was put into the pose similar to the comic cover except for the helmet as I only have one of those and that is for another project.
I then super glued the joints and puttied the joints and then used putty to add fur to the top of the hands, neck and the small patch on the right arm. Once the sculpting was done I used tissue paper to cover the uniform and painted him using Vallejo and GW paints.
The Chair - I found the chair at a garage sale but it was missing it's button panels so I made some using plasti card and then I painted the chair using Vallejo paints.
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Just one fantastic combining of genres here. Love it. Off to share.
I could easily seeing you getting a hulk body or something like that and making another one of these too.
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Just one fantastic combining of genres here. Love it. Off to share.
I could easily seeing you getting a hulk body or something like that and making another one of these too.
Cheers Shawn and I a hulk body would work really well for this thanks for the info.
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Wow! very nice paintjob!!! especially the yellow shirt looks totally convincing!!!
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Wow! very nice paintjob!!! especially the yellow shirt looks totally convincing!!!
Thanks mate.
Ron
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that is a cool idea..and very well executed. sorta reminds me of the last seen in Planet of the Apes (Wahlberg one) when he arrives back to earth and the Apes are in charge. I could see a Star Trek version with a transporter accident during beaming, when the away team comes back the crew of the Enterprise are all apes . 0//
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that is a cool idea..and very well executed. sorta reminds me of the last seen in Planet of the Apes (Wahlberg one) when he arrives back to earth and the Apes are in charge. I could see a Star Trek version with a transporter accident during beaming, when the away team comes back the crew of the Enterprise are all apes . 0//
I like the idea of the transporter accident and thanks for the comments.
Ron
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Hi All,
I have an AT-AT driver I'm doing for Shawn and while I was covering the joints on the figure I decided to mix some extra putty and pose and superglue and cover the joints for a Battle of the Planet of the Apes figure dio (modern version) that I'm planning on doing.
The figures are Ceasar and Luca wave 2 Dawn figures and the weapons I have had in the parts box for years and I think they are from Marvels Punisher figure from Toy Biz.
Ron
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Nice. I am running out of time this week (sick daughter), but I had to get this on the front page.
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Nice. I am running out of time this week (sick daughter), but I had to get this on the front page.
Thanks Shawn and I hope she gets better soon.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here is a quick pic of the finished figure/dio I will get my normal out door pics tomorrow and then post them.
Ron
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Fantastic work again Ron ! As always cant wait to see whats next !
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Makes me want to watch the movie again. Daggone I would like an ending where the two sides could works things out and really live together in peace to rebuild civilization. Awesome and quick work Ron. Off to share.
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Fantastic work again Ron ! As always cant wait to see whats next !
Thanks mate.
Makes me want to watch the movie again. Daggone I would like an ending where the two sides could works things out and really live together in peace to rebuild civilization. Awesome and quick work Ron. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn and I'm the opposite I would like to see a movie for the first 10-15 min with a full on battle and then it fast forwards to when the Icarus crash lands and start from there.
Ron
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Hi All,
Well here are the out door pics and with the base it was built up using foam core and one side the paper was taken off and I then carved cracks into the foam and then got a small rock and pushed it into the foam to simulate a tar road.
The small shrubs are from Army painter and the grass is from a company that makes paper grass and plants sorry can't remember the companies name. The dirt I got from the back garden.
The base and figure were painted and weathered using Vallejo and GW paints and pastel chalks.
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I always appreciate you sharing exactly how you do things. You really don't give the rest of us much excuse not to try some of this out. Looks fantastic. Off to share the final reveal images.
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I always appreciate you sharing exactly how you do things. You really don't give the rest of us much excuse not to try some of this out. Looks fantastic. Off to share the final reveal images.
Cheers Shawn and more then happy to let people how I do things.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here is some WIP of Luca he is 80% complete, I have almost completed the painting and weathering by using so far Vallejo paints. The M60 is from the old Marvel Punisher figure and the rounds are from a 1/6 German machine gun.
Ron
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Hi All,
Luca is done and as the norm I will get my usual out door done over the weekend.
The base is two 1/12 Stormtrooper bases glued together and the balsa wood was attached around the edges. The base was built up using High Density foam and it was broken apart to simulate a cracked and destroyed road, I used a small sandstones and pushed it into the foam to give it a tar road feel to it.
Once the foam road was dry I then used dirt from the back garden and covered the rest of the base and let that dry. The small shrubs are from Army builder and the taller grass I got from the back yard and dipped it into methylated spirits and let it dry for 24 hrs and then painted it.
The sign I printed off the net and glued them to thin pieces of plasti card and the pole is plasti card tube, I painted and weatherd everything using Vallejo and GW paints and pastel chalks.
NOTE - The reason I dipped grass into methylated spirits is that the spirits drys out the grass but doesn't let it crack or go brittle.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here are the out door pics.
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Wow, the custom figure is awesome. That base though is sheer genius. Off to share.
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Wow, the custom figure is awesome. That base though is sheer genius. Off to share.
Thanks Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
Started a new diorama today and decided to do the Bandai original X-wing. I decided to show it with maintenance crew starting to work on it just after it landed.
The X-wing is straight out of the box and is an awesome build and beautifully detailed. The pilots have been modified buy cutting the arms and heads off and giving them new heads from Preiser WW2 German figures.
The other figures are air crew and pilots from from bits box and the scaffolding was built using plasti card.
Ron
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That's going to look awesome when you finish. Can't wait.
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Still trying to recover from Bunker Assault and now this. Off to share bud.
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Can't wait!! ;)
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Hi All,
That's going to look awesome when you finish. Can't wait.
Cheers mate.
Still trying to recover from Bunker Assault and now this. Off to share bud.
Thanks buddy and LOL, I am also starting another dio at the same time I will post some pics soon over at the dio section.
Can't wait!! ;)
Thanks mate.
Ron
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Hi All,
Finally have how I want the dio the to look. I have used 1/72 and 1/35 parts for the fuel lines that will be added once painted.
The power unit and flood light and barricade are made using 1/72, 1/35 and plastic card the small cargo vehicle was made using plasti card and the steering sticks andcrates are 1/72.
Ron
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You can read how I feel on the front page. Nice work Ron.
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You can read how I feel on the front page. Nice work Ron.
Always appreciated Shawn thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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Hi All,
Did some more work on the dio today, I started off by painting the airstrip area with a Vallejo Sky grey then once dry painted it Vallejo Medium Grey. Once the paint dried I then gave it a wash of matt black to give the cracks and joints more depth then I gave the base some oil spill marks using watered down matt black.
Once the paint dried I then used Vallejo's White and watered it down and very lightly brushed it over the grey to merge the black wash and grey together. Once the white wash was done I then used pastel chalks to give it some more worn look to it.
The grass area was given a base coat of Vallejo Brown and then left to dry and then I used Army Painter static grass to cover the area. Once everything was dry I then attached the fuel lines which was an old ear plug cord and cut o size and glued inplace.
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Hi All,
Painted the figures and have attached them to the base except for the pilot as I still need to paint the x-wing . The figures were painted using Vallejo Paints.
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Hi All,
The dio is completed and I will get my usual outdoor pics in the next day or two.
The X-wing as with all Bandai SW kits was a great build and when I started painting the cockpit I decided that I wouldn't use any decals on it but I painted a few little grey panels. Once the overall washes were done and the weathering was done I was very happy that I didn't use any decals on it.
Ron
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Two words.
Love It!
Off to share.
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Good job as always Ron!
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Wow! That is outstanding.
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Wow! That is outstanding.
Ditto
Ron
Where do you find the time?
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Two words.
Love It!
Off to share.
Thank you Shawn.
Good job as always Ron!
Thanks mate.
Wow! That is outstanding.
Cheers mate.
Wow! That is outstanding.
Ditto
Ron
Where do you find the time?
Thanks mate and to be honest I always make sure that I can at least do 2 hours a day making dios and customs.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here are my usual outdoor pics.
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This is fantastic. I just shared a Facebook Gallery you created. I don't think this was it though. Let me go look to see if you put that up on Facebook and I will share it. The outdoor pics are so much better with more light I guess? Still reeling from this one. So wanting to see something like this applied to a Snowspeeder with a Hoth Scene instead of the grass. I think it would look fantastic.
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Oooooh...Amazing work again!Beautiful!!! :o
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Hi All,
This is fantastic. I just shared a Facebook Gallery you created. I don't think this was it though. Let me go look to see if you put that up on Facebook and I will share it. The outdoor pics are so much better with more light I guess? Still reeling from this one. So wanting to see something like this applied to a Snowspeeder with a Hoth Scene instead of the grass. I think it would look fantastic.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I promise I will do a snowspeeder one in the very near future but I have a Tatooine one planned for the one I have now.
Oooooh...Amazing work again!Beautiful!!! :o
Cheers mate.
Ron
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Superb!! Next a TIE Fighter hangar?
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Superb!! Next a TIE Fighter hangar?
Thanks mate and I will be doing a Tie hanger in the very near future.
Ron
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Hi All,
While waiting on more plants to arrive for my drop pod dio I decided I would build and do a dio using Bandai's 1/48th scale Snowspeeder.
This WIP dio depicts a few pilots waiting to for the ground to complete their work so that they can go out on a desert patrol.
The base is made using high density foam and will be covered using spakfilla and I have used the pilots and deck crew from Tamiya's 1/48th scale U.S. Navy Pilots WWII w/Moto-Tug.
Ron
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Painted the speeder using Vallejo's Sky Grey and then painted the black area's using Vallejo's Black and the back four panels with Vallejo's Light Brown.
Up next will be the cockpit and then the weathering.
Ron
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I am so gonna buy one of those Bandai AT-STs and Snowspeeders. They look fantastic as does your wip and you just got started! Off to share.
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Sweet! Looks fantastic so far. I like that extra open panel on the cannon. Not sure why its detailed underneath, if your going to cover it.
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Hi All,
I am so gonna buy one of those Bandai AT-STs and Snowspeeders. They look fantastic as does your wip and you just got started! Off to share.
They are great kits and thanks heaps Shawn.
Sweet! Looks fantastic so far. I like that extra open panel on the cannon. Not sure why its detailed underneath, if your going to cover it.
Cheers mate and yeah I don't know either unless the whole cannon panel is supposed to be one piece.
Ron
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Hi All,
Painted the cockpit up and weathered the speeder using Vallejo paints, I still have to add some straps to the seats to cover up the cutting were I removed the connection for the pilots back.
Ron
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Looks great Ron. Off to share.
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Hi All,
Looks great Ron. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn.
Ron
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The speeder looks great! The attention to details on the cockpit are outstanding.
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Really cool, as always. I love seeing the snowspeeder out of cold weather environments.
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The attention to details on the cockpit are outstanding.
JDeck took the words out of my keyboard.
WOW!
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Hi All,
The speeder looks great! The attention to details on the cockpit are outstanding.
Thanks heaps mate.
Really cool, as always. I love seeing the snowspeeder out of cold weather environments.
Cheers mate.
The attention to details on the cockpit are outstanding.
JDeck took the words out of my keyboard.
WOW!
Thanks buddy.
Ron
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Hi All,
I have completed the desert speeder and added it to a smaller base so that I could get it on the shelf. Sorry if the pics are a bit blurry I still haven't got a new camera as of yet so I'm using an old one for these pics and once I get my new one I will take my usual out door pics with the rest of the recipe.
Ron
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Wow that turned out great. On the front page.
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Excellent work!
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Fantastic! The whole display is amazing. The seatbelts were a nice touch, completes the amazing interior work.
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Hi All,
Wow that turned out great. On the front page.
Thanks as always Shawn I really appreciate it and I used the old camera that I took the last lot of pics with and did my usual outdoor pics and they don't look to bad. I'm still deciding on what type of camera I want there are to many options with them now a days. :-\
Excellent work!
Thanks heaps Art.
Fantastic! The whole display is amazing. The seatbelts were a nice touch, completes the amazing interior work.
Cheers Buddy and I was very happy with the way the seat belts turned out.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here are my usual outdoor pics, I have used an older camera for the shots so hopefully they will look good on your screens.
Recipe.
The Speeder - is from Bandai and built straight out of the box, I seat belts by using strips of cloth elastic and painting them and once dry I glued them inplace. The speeder was painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and chalk pastels.
Figures - are from Tamiya and their 1/48 U.S Navy Pilots, I cut off the Bandai pilots heads and drilled out one and added to the pilot on the right with the head cover on and with the other I just glued it straight onto the other figure. The ground crew was a mix match of different parts from the same kit and the figures were painted and weathered using Vallejo paints.
Base - was cut from high density foam as were the rocks. The ground plating is plasti card as are the blue and yellow crates, I used 1/72 parts to make the large fuel canister at the rear of the speeder and the other items are parts from 1/72, 1/48 kits.
I used a mix of sand and spakfilla with a little amount of PVA/Woodglue and mixed it all together and covered the base. Once dry the base and equipment were painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and pastels chalks.
Ron
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Wow, so cool. I am partial to the snow, but this is awesome. Off to share.
My Bandai Stuff comes in March 9th!
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Very cool Ron! Looks great
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Hi All,
Wow, so cool. I am partial to the snow, but this is awesome. Off to share.
My Bandai Stuff comes in March 9th!
Thanks Shawn and look forward to seeing your builds, I have a bday coming up soon so I trying to get hold of two speeders so I can do a hoth dio.
Very cool Ron! Looks great
Cheers Mate.
Ron
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Hi All,
New diorama and this time round I decided to do a crashed Tie Fighter.
This dio will depict a crash Tie Fighter that has been crashed for a while and the pilot has set up camp and waiting rescue.
The Tie was sprayed with matt white while still on the sprues and then it was built. Once built I then gave it 3 washes of Vallejo Medium Grey and then 2 washes of Vallejo Black.
Once the last wash had dried I then went around the seems with a very sharp led pencil and then went of that if a wash black, I then gave the whole model a very light drybrush of Vallejo Sky Grey.
I then used cutters and started cutting/twisting away sections of the solar panels to simulate crash damage.
I still have to do more weathering to the model and then do the base which I will show WIP as usual.
Ron
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That's going to be totally awesome, when your finished.
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Yeah, so looking forward to this!! :) I see a new artwork coming up in my mind ;-)
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I was this on FB last night and had to get the gallery there on the pages. Looks like another great start Ron.
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Hi All,
That's going to be totally awesome, when your finished.
Cheers mate.
Yeah, so looking forward to this!! :) I see a new artwork coming up in my mind ;-)
Thanks Art and I look forward to seeing the artwork.
I was this on FB last night and had to get the gallery there on the pages. Looks like another great start Ron.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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Thanks Art and I look forward to seeing the artwork.
Cheers, my friend!
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Hi All,
Got the sand done and this is how I got it to look the way you see it in the last picture.
Pic 1 - I mix fine sand with spakfilla, PVA/Woodglue, Brown Dye and a little water, I mix it all together until I get a pancake type consistency and then I startto add it to the base.
Pic 2 - Once the mix has dried I then give the base two to three washes of Vallejo Light Brown.
Pic 3 - Once the Light Brown washes of dried I then give the base two to three washes of Vallejo Desert Yellow.
Pic 4 - Once the Desert Yellow washes have dried I then give the base two washes of Vallejo Dark Sand.
Pic 5 - Once the Dark Sand washes have dried I then give the base two washes of Vallejo Pale Sand to end up with the final look.
Ron
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It is turning out great Ron. Back to the front page with you.
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Hi All,
It is turning out great Ron. Back to the front page with you.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
The dio is complete and is called RESCUE.
As mentioned before it depicts a Tie fighter going down in the desert and after a few days the pilot finally is able to pick up a transmission on the emergency transmitter telling him to set of a coloured flare so that the rescue shuttle can rescue him.
Recipe
TIE/FIGURE/EQUIPMENT - The Tie was built straight out of the box and then painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks. Once the Tie was done I then used wire clippers and clipped away at the solar panels to simulate battle damage and also crash damage.
The figure is from Presier and I decided to have him waving after letting of the flare. The flare was done by cutting some wire and then gluing cotton wool to it until I got the look I wanted and then I sprayed it red.
The emergency transmitter was made by using 1/72 scale German Stick Grenades and a 1/72 scale hydraulic pump, the small generator is a 1/72 scale bag and the lead is some this cord.
The shelter was done by using thin plasti card rod and painted tissue paper as was the sleeping bag, I used 1/72 scale canisters and bags/box to add some supplies and the pilots chest armour and helmet were cut of the standing pilot that comes with the kit.
The base - was done by using high density foam and I carved out ditches were the Ties solar panels drag into the sand. The sand was done by mixing spakfilla, fine sand and brown dye and spread out over the base and I used some of the left over solar panels and laid them over the base.
The base was painted/washed and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks.
Ron
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Wow that is sweet! And sure does spruce up the ole front page pretty nicely too. Thanks for sharing Ron.
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top notch I would say :)
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Wow. That turned out terrific! I like the little shelter, looks really great.
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Superb diorama!!!
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Awesome! The camp was a great touch.
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I just shared his FB Gallery to the front page too. Great viewing folks.
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Hi All,
Wow that is sweet! And sure does spruce up the ole front page pretty nicely too. Thanks for sharing Ron.
Wow that is sweet! And sure does spruce up the ole front page pretty nicely too. Thanks for sharing Ron.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Awesome! The camp was a great touch.
Cheers mate and the camp was a last minute thing but I'm glad I did it.
Superb diorama!!!
Thanks mate.
Wow. That turned out terrific! I like the little shelter, looks really great.
Cheers buddy.
top notch I would say :)
Thanks mate.
Ron
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brilliant work - again 0/ I love the idea with the little "tent"
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Hi All,
brilliant work - again 0/ I love the idea with the little "tent"
Thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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Hi All,
After having a little break after the last dio I'm back with WIP for a new dio using Bandai's 1/48 AT-ST (http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-AT-ST-Terrain-Transport-Walker/dp/B00RYSAQLY/ref=as_sl_pc_as_ss_li_til?tag=imperiashipya-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=a2680b438127bbd2ad25612806141c5f&creativeASIN=B00RYSAQLY) and as per usual Bandai didn't disappoint with this kit the details is excellent.
I built the AT-ST straight out of the box and glued the legs in place and added a 1/48 scale German WW2 MG34 from the Tamiya German Infantry on maneuvers figure kit. I converted one of the drivers and cut his head off and glued it back on but gave it a small turn to the left and added arms from the 1/48 Tamiya German Infantry on maneuvers figure kit.
I gave the interior some minor paint details as the top is now glued in place and you wont really see much inside. I still have to make the base, paint/weather the AT-ST and the second driver who will be in the turret looking around and also paint some rebels.
Ron
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I just got my Bandai AT-ST in the mail and loved it. Looking good Ron. Off to share.
Folks here is a link for those who want to pick up this kit:
(http://i.imgur.com/1vunlEO.png) (http://amzn.to/1UHjaHX)
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Looking great! You always do fantastic interior detailing, I don't have that much discipline.
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Hi All,
I just got my Bandai AT-ST in the mail and loved it. Looking good Ron. Off to share.
Folks here is a link for those who want to pick up this kit:
(http://i.imgur.com/1vunlEO.png) (http://amzn.to/1UHjaHX)
Thanks heaps Shawn and look forward to seeing how your AT-ST turns out.
Looking great! You always do fantastic interior detailing, I don't have that much discipline.
Thanks heaps buddy and I wasn't going to do the interior as you won't see anything much but the detail Bandai put into it I just had to do some details.
Ron
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Hi All,
Have 90% completed the figures for the dio, I just have to add some minor details to the Rebels backpacks and then paint and weather the Rebels and the AT-ST Commander.
The Rebels are from Tamiya's American Infantry GI set and the heads are from Tamiya's U.S WW2 Pilot set. The weapons and gear are a mix of the Tamiya's American Infantry GI and German Infantry on maneuvers figure kit.
The AT-ST Commander has the torso and head fro the Bandai kit and you don't see it but has legs and arms from Tamiya's WW2 German Infantry on maneuvers figure kit.
Ron
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That AT-ST Commander just looks spot on to me. This is one tough looking diorama. I am guessing you can already tell I am liking it? [at1]
Off to share the latest...
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Hi All,
That AT-ST Commander just looks spot on to me. This is one tough looking diorama. I am guessing you can already tell I am liking it? [at1]
Off to share the latest...
Thanks heaps Shawn and I'll have a few more pics up very soon.
Ron
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Hi All,
A little more done on the dio, I decided to make this a small Jakku dio with sections of hull spraweled over the place like in SW Battlefront. I have started building a section of a rock cliff which I used left over high density foam to give the bulk to it and now I have to start filling it in using plaster cloth.
The hulls sections are pieces of plasti card which I glued together and then let dry and then started ripping and twisting it apart using pliers and scissors. I have also started giving them a rusty look buy painting them Vallejo German Grey then dry brushed medium Grey and then a wash of flat black and then Hull Red.
Once that all had dried I then used a orange and black pastel chalk and rubbed them on sandpaper and then watered the mix down and dapped it over the pieces and once dry I rubbed the excess away. I still have to do some weathering to them but won't do that until the base is done.
Ron
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Sweet! I was wondering what terrain you were going to use. Those junk heaps look awesome.
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Ron this already looks amazing. More comments, and I mean them, on our front page.
Ron Hembling for president of the US I say! I would vote for you over the other front runners any day of the week bud. You have an awesome artistic talent.
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Hi All,
Sweet! I was wondering what terrain you were going to use. Those junk heaps look awesome.
Cheers mate and yeah you got to love Battlefront it gives you so many dio ideas.
Ron this already looks amazing. More comments, and I mean them, on our front page.
Ron Hembling for president of the US I say! I would vote for you over the other front runners any day of the week bud. You have an awesome artistic talent.
Thanks heaps Shawn and President I don't know about that I wouldn't get anything done except my customs and diorama's LOL.
Ron
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Thanks heaps Shawn and President I don't know about that I wouldn't get anything done except my customs and diorama's LOL.
Ron
Well you will have already done more than some administrations!
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Thanks heaps Shawn and President I don't know about that I wouldn't get anything done except my customs and diorama's LOL.
Ron
Well you will have already done more than some administrations!
LOL I think anyone that isn't in government does more then those that are in.
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Hi All,
More work done to the base and I have completed the AT-ST.
The foam was covered using a mix of plaster/sand/PVA glue and brown dye. Once dry I then started giving the stones a wash of Vallejo Desert Yellow, then a wash of Vallejo Beige Brown, then a wash of Vallejo Pale sand and last was a wash of Vallejo Light Brown.
The AT-ST was painted/weathered with Vallejo paints and pastel chalks. the hull sections have been completed and have the rust effect was done by using washes and chalks to get the look I wanted.
Ron
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Hi All,
Last pics for the night, The dio is now 90% done. The sand was done with a 50/30/10/10 mix of plaster/sand/PVA glue/ Vallejo Desert Yellow, I mixed it all together and then spread it over the base and while it was setting I glued in place the AT-ST/figures and hulls sections.
I just need to make the sand a more realistic look to it and add just a little more weathering to everything.
Ron
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That looks great Ron. I also posted a wip gallery of yours on our Facebook Page. Off to share this too.
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Looks amazing! I love the rebels hiding in the wreckage, what a great touch.
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Hi All,
That looks great Ron. I also posted a wip gallery of yours on our Facebook Page. Off to share this too.
Always appreciate Shawn thanks mate.
Looks amazing! I love the rebels hiding in the wreckage, what a great touch.
Cheers mate.
Ron
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Hi All,
The dio is completed and I have taken my usual outdoor pics again I apologize if the pics are a little grainy I still haven't decided on a new camera yet.
Ron
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You had me with that at-st, and now this. Wow Ron, just wow. Off to share.
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Awesome!! Everything turned out great! I really like those rebel troops.
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You had me with that at-st, and now this. Wow Ron, just wow. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Awesome!! Everything turned out great! I really like those rebel troops.
Cheers Buddy.
Ron
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Awesome diorama! I like all the small details present on it!!
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Hi All,
Awesome diorama! I like all the small details present on it!!
Cheers mate.
Ron
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Hi All,
Started a new dio tonight and I just realized that I haven't done a Indy dio for a long time so I decided to do one.
This dio will depict indy in a ancient ruin looking around holding a fire torch which will able to light up as if it was a real flame.
The base so is made using high density foam and it still needs a roof and a lot of engraving for the stone work. Indy and the skeleton are both from Figma and indy has wiring running thru is arm and body and down thru his left leg. I still need to putty up the joints and add his pouch and holster and the skeleton has had it's joints glued and will need some putty before painting.
Ron
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Cool deal Ron. Time to go spread the news.
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Hi All,
Cool deal Ron. Time to go spread the news.
Thanks Shawn and I'll have more updates today.
Ron
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Hi All,
Completed the stone floor and started on the walls. This was done with a led pencil and lightly drawing the design I wanted and once I got the look right I then used the led pencil and pushed harder into the foam.
Ron
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Hi All,
Have completed all the stone work, and used a small piece of sandstone and tapped over the foam to give it a nice stone texture.
Ron
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with the stone texture (I hope you can see it).
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Wow, thats nice. Looks real Ron!
Off to share.
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Awesome Indi Dio! What scale is he? The stonework looks absolutely fantastic!
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Hi All,
Wow, thats nice. Looks real Ron!
Off to share.
Cheers Shawn.
Awesome Indi Dio! What scale is he? The stonework looks absolutely fantastic!
Thanks buddy and he is 6" with the fedora on.
Ron.
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Hi All,
I was looking at the dio today and something was missing so I decided to make some support walls/arch ways. The process for these were done the same way as the rest of the stone work.
Ron
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My family and I are sitting here marveling at your creation and paint work this morning. Even my wife and daughter gives this their approval. BTW my daughter wants you to make her an Ever After High Dragon for Ravenclaw as right now they only make a white one of some sort. LOL!
She still remembers your making of that Phantom Mask. It has held up after all these years!
Back to the front pages with you. Awesome dio Ron.
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I'm a huge fan of your works,Ron.Wishing all the best! 0/
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Hi All,
My family and I are sitting here marveling at your creation and paint work this morning. Even my wife and daughter gives this their approval. BTW my daughter wants you to make her an Ever After High Dragon for Ravenclaw as right now they only make a white one of some sort. LOL!
She still remembers your making of that Phantom Mask. It has held up after all these years!
Back to the front pages with you. Awesome dio Ron.
Thanks buddy and say thanks to your family for me and great to hear that the mask is still going well. Also PM me and let me know about this dragon for your daughter.
I'm a huge fan of your works,Ron.Wishing all the best! 0/
Thanks heaps mate and glad you are enjoying my work.
Ron
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Hi All,
have painted and weathered the stone using Vallejo paints and now just have to add moss/jungle etc and then onto indy.
Pic 1 the dio was painted Beige Brown.
Pic 2 it was the given a heavy wash of Desert Yellow.
Pic 3 it was then given a wash of Light Brown and then dry brushed Beige Brown.
Pic 4 it was then given a wash of Brown Sand.
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Pic 5 it was then given a very light wash of Beige Brown.
Pic 6 it was then given a very light wash of Matt Black and then a dry brush of a 50/50 of Light Brown/White.
Pic 7 it was then given a very light dry brush of Orange and then dry brushed with a 50/50 mix of Orange/Brown Sand and then a very light wash of Matt Black.
Ron
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Any chance on a how to video?
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Hi All,
Any chance on a how to video?
Hey mate as soon as I find a new camera that I like I will be do a few tutorial video's
Ron
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Hi All,
The base is 90% complete I juts have to get indy done and then a little weathering to both the figure and the base.
Until then I have done the jungle on the top using plastic plants which I gave different washes of Light and Dark Green. The dirt is a mix of garden mulch and dirt mixed together and it was glued in place and once dry I gave it a wash of light Brown and then while the wash was still wet I used a wash of Dark Brown and mixed the two together.
The small clumps of grass are from Army painter and once the paint dried I glued the clumps of grass and the plastic plants to the base. The moss was done by mixing some railway grass and green paint and then adhering it to the walls and floor.
The skeleton is from Revoltech and the joints were glued together and then painted. The spider webs were done by ripping apart cotton wool and then adhering it the base and then once the first section were dried I pulled the wool apart even more and adhering to the base.
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Simply amazing Ron. Make sure you read my comments on the facebook post I made too. Back to the pages with you!
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Awesome but one thing is bugging me with the plants ontop shouldnt there be roots or vines coming through the ceiling?
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Hi All,
Simply amazing Ron. Make sure you read my comments on the facebook post I made too. Back to the pages with you!
Thanks heaps as always Shawn.
Awesome but one thing is bugging me with the plants ontop shouldnt there be roots or vines coming through the ceiling?
Thanks mate and nice pick up and yes you are spot on but don't worry I have been cleaning up my back garden and I'm drying out the roots for that.
Ron
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Hi All,
The dio is now 95% complete I just need to weather the dio and figure. I added roots to the top of the interior, I got the roots from pulling out weeds from the garden and cutting what I needed and then let them dry for 24 hours.
Indy had he's joints glued and then puttied and then I used tissue to cover the cloth areas and then I painted him using Vallejo paints
The flame on the torch was done by using Woodland Scenics Realistic water it looks like a paste and you add some to a smooth non stick surface and once dry it becomes clear. Once dry I then give the inside a wash of orange/red/yellow and then stuck it to the torch.
Ron
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Hi All,
Indy dio is all complete and here are my usual outdoor pics. The final thing I had to do was give the diorama and figure a little weathering using pastel chalks.
Ron
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Wow Ron. It looks fantastic. Time to go share this.
I don't know how you do it, but daggone this looks real!
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Spectacular job. I like the lowlight with the torch shot. Really cool. I can't believe they're making another Indy movie. Indiana Jones and the lost car keys.
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Wow Ron. It looks fantastic. Time to go share this.
I don't know how you do it, but daggone this looks real!
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Spectacular job. I like the lowlight with the torch shot. Really cool. I can't believe they're making another Indy movie. Indiana Jones and the lost car keys.
Cheers mate and LOL yeah I don't know how they are going to pull this one off.
Ron
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Hi All,
Started two new projects.
This one will a Fallout dio, I have been playing Fallout 4 and had this T-45 Power Armour figure from FUNKO which I decided to covert, I still have work to do on him by adding extra armour and greeblies.
I have changed over the hands as they were to small and gave him Bandai's Vader hands, I removed the tanks and changed them around and added new pipes from some old computer cords.
I added some BS 6" Biker Scout shoulder armour to the tricep area and re-adjusted the pipes on the helmet as they were even.
The Lazer Gat was built using plasti card 1/72 pieces, a old model knife blade tube and some pieces of tube and wire from the bits box.
Ron
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Looks pretty daggone tough to me. Love that gatling gun. Off to share.
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Awesome would love to see your take on the eyebot.
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Hi All,
Looks pretty daggone tough to me. Love that gatling gun. Off to share.
Thanks Shawn and the Gatling was that hard to make it took me about 1hr all up.
Awesome would love to see your take on the eyebot.
Cheers Mate and I'm looking at doing it in a few weeks.
Ron
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Hi All,
Re-started the Fallout T-45 Power Armour tonight.
I have started adding extra armour to the figure and I added small nuts to the Laser Gattling Gun which I got from a old 1/20 M.ak figure I did a while back.
The billboard is made from plasti card and the pylon is plumbers piping and the sign I printed of the net and glued it to the plasti card and then sanded and roughed it up.
Ron
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That's looking awesome! The trooper and the Gatling gun is rad!
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I like it Ron, that billboard was a great idea. Off to share.
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Hi All,
That's looking awesome! The trooper and the Gatling gun is rad!
Thanks buddy.
I like it Ron, that billboard was a great idea. Off to share.
Thanks Shawn, I did a 3-3/4" fault dweller a few yrs back and did a small billboard for that and thought that a larger one for this dio would work well.
Ron
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Hi All,
The Billboard is 85% complete I just need to add extra rust.
The board so far was done with these steps.
1 - Two coats OF gun metal were painted on.
2 - I then gave it a wash of matt black.
3 - then a wash of Hull Red.
4 - then a wash of a 50/50 mix of Gun Metal/Hull Red.
5 - then Light Brown Pastel chalk was applied and then lightly dapped off.
6 - then Dark Brown Pastel chalk was applied and then lightly dapped off.
7 - then black Pastel chalk was applied and then lightly dapped off.
8 - then the poster was given a very very light wash of watered down Matt black.
9 - then the poster was given a wash of watered down Beige Brown.
10 - then black pastel chalk was used to darken little areas of the poster.
next up will be adding the reddish rust.
Ron
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How is it you can drop one dio after another? It takes me forever to figure out what i want to make.
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How is it you can drop one dio after another? It takes me forever to figure out what i want to make.
Well that is a good question and this is the easiest way to explain is this - I see a figure or kit that I want and then start thinking of what I am going to do with it and once I get it I start making it.
While I'm making it I will order other figures or kits and once I complete the project I'm on I will then either dive straight into the next one as I have all the items I have to make it. I have to wait sometimes a day or two for the parts/items to arrive and then I start the project and the circle starts all over again.
There isn't a day goes by that I am always thinking of a new project to do be in SW, Indy or something like the Fallout dio.
Ron
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Hi All,
The billboard is complete the darker rust isn't as noticeable on the front but you can see it better on the back.
I added the darker rust by mixing some dark orange pastel chalk and Saddle Brown paint and then dapped it over the billboard then let it dry for a few seconds and then using a baby wipe I dap the it over the billboard to remove any excess mixer.
Ron
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Hi All,
The T-45 is now ready for painting, I added a few extra little greeblies and re-adjusted the tubes on the back of the helmet and made them lower. All the parts in white are the extras I added and they are done from plastic card.
Ron
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Hi All,
Last update for the night.
The T-45 Armour is 95% done I need to do the base and attach him before I complete the rest of the weathering.
So far I have done the following.
1 - Painted him silver and did two coats of that.
2 - Gave him two washes of matt black.
3 - Dry brushed him silver.
4 - Dry brushed gun metal but very lightly.
5 - Painted the tubes on the helmet using dark brown then dry brushed with light brown and then dry brushed with medium brown.
6 - Painted the other tubes matt black.
7 - Painted the right side and eye lens Dark blue and then a wash of light blue.
8 - Added rust to the armour by using sanded dark orange pastel chalk.
9 - Painted the laser gat matt black.
10 - Dry brushed the gat gun metal and the silver.
11 - Added rust to the gat by using sanded dark orange pastel chalk.
12 - Painted the top wire yellow and the bottom one black and the then thinner wire that is wrapped around it red.
13 - Then added the MUTNAT HUNTER to the side of the magazine case by painting it free hand.
Ron
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Hi All,
Ok I lied LOL this is my last post for the night.
The dio is completed and I will have my normal pics up tomorrow.
The base was done by firstly adding foam for the destroyed road and then I mixed plaster/sand/dirt and small rocks and mixed it all together and once mixed I added beige brown paint and then applied it to the base and while still wet applied the dead tree trunk.
Once dry I then gave the base a wash of dark brown and then dry brushed it with beige brown and light brown. I painted the road with matt black and dry brushed it with charcoal artist paints, I then added small shrubs from Army Painter and dried roots which I got from the garden.
Once all the items were attached I then gave the base a post apocalyptic feel to so it looked like the earth has been scorched for centuries by using pastel chalks.
Ron
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Do you have a lone wonderer in the works? Would love to see your take on an abandoned vault
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Wow! Very cool dio. Everything is turning out perfectly. Like the post apocalyptic look.
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Do you have a lone wonderer in the works? Would love to see your take on an abandoned vault
I don't have any new plans to do a wanderer as of yet but I did do a vault dweller a few back in 3-3/4" scale pic attached. I like your idea especially with a vault entrance would be very cool.
Wow! Very cool dio. Everything is turning out perfectly. Like the post apocalyptic look.
Thanks heaps buddy.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here are my usual pics and enjoy.
Ron
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Wow that looks great. Love the war torn look and that Gatling Gun is ftw! Off to share.
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Wow that looks great. Love the war torn look and that Gatling Gun is ftw! Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I have another one that I will be doing getting repaired.
Ron
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A member over at the Bandai Star Wars FB page asked how would paint up a 1/12 Old Ben Kenobi head so here is how I did it.
I got the head from Greg Glassman and here is he's FB page
https://www.facebook.com/greg.glassmancustoms/photos_albums
I first cleaned the head by just putting it some warm water and then give it a quick wash with washing detergent.
Pic 1 - I pianted the head using Reaper paints Tanned Skin.
Pic 2 - Then painted it using Vallejo Flat Flesh
Pic 3 - Then I gave it a medium wash using Burnt Sienna
Pic 4 - I then very lightly dry brushed it with Caucasian Flesh
Pic 5 - I then mixed some White and Red to get a Medium Pink colour and painted the eye.
Pic 6 - Then I mixed some White and Tanned Flesh to get a Medium Wite and painted over the eye again.
Pic 7 - I then painted in Black circles.
Pic 8 - I then pained in a Medium Blue and made sure to leave a thin black edge.
Pic 9 - Then I painted over the Medium Blue with a Lighter Blue.
Pic 10 - I then painted the iris's in using Black.
Pic 11 - I then painted the hair, brows and beard using Vallejo's Medium Grey.
Pic 12 - Then I dry Brushed over the grey using Vallejo's White.
Pic 13 - Then I lightly gave the hair and Beard a very light wash of Vallejo's White and I then darkened the brows using Vallejo's Black and Dark Brown. I also gave the lips a darker look using a mix of Reapers Tanned Flesh and Vallejo's Flat Flesh.
Pic 14-17 - Are the final pics of how he turned out before I put him on it's body and do the outfit.
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Wow, that looks great Ron. I have to go share this. Thanks for doing the step by step for us. It is an awesome tutorial on how to do this correctly.
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That was an incredible step-by-step, Ron.
The unpainted sculpt was already uncanny good, but you did it justice.
Thanks
I hope this also gets posted in the tutorial section.
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Great looking paint job. My brother was just telling me about that 6" old obiwan head. I may have to get one.
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Wow, that looks great Ron. I have to go share this. Thanks for doing the step by step for us. It is an awesome tutorial on how to do this correctly.
Thanks heaps Shawn and my pleasure.
That was an incredible step-by-step, Ron.
The unpainted sculpt was already uncanny good, but you did it justice.
Thanks
I hope this also gets posted in the tutorial section.
Cheers mate and I'll get it over there during the week.
Great looking paint job. My brother was just telling me about that 6" old obiwan head. I may have to get one.
Thanks Buddy and it is a great sculpt and cast.
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Hi All,
This figure is for a comp that is happening over at CUSTOM STAR WARS BUILDERS and in a nut shell you have to convert a Bandai Sandtrooper or Stormtrooper anyway you want and paint it up as long as it's not white. You also have to build a diorama for it as well, I have attached a link to the FB page and anyone can join and you don't even have to enter if you don't want to you can just see what people are doing with the Troopers.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1718385445101505/permalink/1719056208367762/?comment_id=1719062888367094&reply_comment_id=1719063065033743¬if_t=group_comment¬if_id=1464868696185048 (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1718385445101505/permalink/1719056208367762/?comment_id=1719062888367094&reply_comment_id=1719063065033743¬if_t=group_comment¬if_id=1464868696185048)
Anyway here is one of my entries as I'll have two in the comp.
Most of you have more then likely guessed what mine in based upon the only major difference is I added air hoses. I got the same 1/72 and 1/48 airplane and chopper kits that I did for the 3.75 one I did and added a different back section which a Boba Fett jet pack.
I have also parts from the Bandai Sandtrooper and the Bandai R2/R4 kit and also used plasti card.
Ron
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Dude that's rad! Good luck on the contest.
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Wow, that is gonna be great. Off to share.
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Hi All,
Dude that's rad! Good luck on the contest.
Thanks heaps mate.
Wow, that is gonna be great. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
I have painted the figure and did a little weathering and will complete that when that diorama is built.
The base so far is done by using high density foam, I put three old 9v batteries in the middle of the small mound to keep the figure from toppling over.
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Hi All,
The first 1/12 contest figure is completed.
The base as mentioned is high density foam and the rock sections were covered using plaster of paris. I used fine sand for the ground and fish tank plants, I painted and weathered the base using Vallejo paints.
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Daggone Ron that looks fantastic. I guess all the other contestants will be withdrawing about now. Off to share.
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Dude that is way cool! Your a shoe in for sure. Super creative.
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wow that is way cool Ron ! Another stunning creation !
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Daggone Ron that looks fantastic. I guess all the other contestants will be withdrawing about now. Off to share.
LOL one can only hope and thanks Shawn.
Dude that is way cool! Your a shoe in for sure. Super creative.
Cheers buddy and fingers crossed. I am at the start of one more creation for the comp and I'll show pics soon.
wow that is way cool Ron ! Another stunning creation !
Thanks heaps mate.
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Hi All,
This is the be my other entry for the Custom Star Wars Builders comp that is happening over on FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/1718385445101505/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1718385445101505/). This is still a WIP and I will show pics as I go.
The base figure is the Bandai Sandtrooper and I have used parts from and old Ma.k Snake Eye kit I built years ago but got damaged.
I also didn't clip the bicep and calf armour all the way in and left a small gap the make them look slightly bigger, I used plasti card to fill in the gaps.
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Sweet. I can't wait to see the end result.
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Sweet. I can't wait to see the end result.
Thanks Buddy.
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Hi All,
Only did a little bit tonight and as you can see I have started on the suit power source. The back section was done by using plasti card, I still have more sanding and then adding the greeblies.
Ron
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Your troopers look really good. I'm looking forward to seeing the final product on your second trooper. The Diver trooper is absolutely amazing and your concept for him is really great!
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Your troopers look really good. I'm looking forward to seeing the final product on your second trooper. The Diver trooper is absolutely amazing and your concept for him is really great!
Thanks heaps mate and really glad you are enjoying them.
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You can read what I think on the front pages.
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You can read what I think on the front pages.
Appreciate the kind words thanks Shawn.
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Hi All,
I'm 80% done on doing the trooper all I need to know is add greeblies to the chest and then paint him up.
The pack back/engine section has had pieces added to it using Bandai 1/12 and 1/72 parts and Ma.k 1/20 piece. The vent section was done using fly screen and plasti card and the camera on the helmet is also Bandai 1/12 parts.
The cords are from some old ear phones and the connectors are from the Bandai Sandtrooper harness section. The black edges are welding seams which where done by heating up a small screw driver and lightly pressing it into the plastic.
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Looking good Ron. The backpack is outstanding! Off to share.
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Looking good Ron. The backpack is outstanding! Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I'll have painting pics up over the weekend.
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Hi All,
I have started painting and detailing the figure. I gave it a undercoat of Tamiya Dark Sand and then painted it with Vallejo Flat Brown and then used Vallejo Medium Grey to break up the Flat Brown.
once the paint dried I added Vallejo Sand Yellow and then added the decals which are some old Ma.k decals I had left over form some old kits.
I then gave the whole figure a very light wash of Vallejo Iraqui Sand and once dry a very light of dry brush of Iraqui Sand to tone down the colours.
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Last update for the night.
I have weathered the figure using paints and pastel chalks by using silver, sand brown, light sand, gun metal and matt black and I used medium brown and light brown pastels.
As you can see I have started the base and I have used to real stones from the construction site next door and I mixed plaster sand and small rocks and spread it over the base. I have started painting it by using flat brown and I have just started weathering it by giving it two washes of orange and light brown.
Ron
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Ron, I may have been a little premature when I said I didn't think you could top your last project. Looks great.
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Hi All,
Ron, I may have been a little premature when I said I didn't think you could top your last project. Looks great.
Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I have to admit I wasn't to sure how it would look with the back pack section on it after it was painted but I am very happy with the result.
Ron
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Hi All,
it's all done, please enjoy.
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Wow Ron. This looks great! I think I still like your other one a bit better, but not by much! Off to share.
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Absolutely brilliant! I don't think there is more I can say.
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Awesome man i dont know how you do it but you always have me looking forward to the next ones
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Hi All,
Firstly, I just want to say sorry to you guys for the very late replies.
Wow Ron. This looks great! I think I still like your other one a bit better, but not by much! Off to share.
Cheers Shawn and glad you like them.
Absolutely brilliant! I don't think there is more I can say.
Cheers mate.
Awesome man i dont know how you do it but you always have me looking forward to the next ones
Thanks buddy.
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On your power armor...where do you have the hose on the bottom of the tanks on the back going to?
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On your power armor...where do you have the hose on the bottom of the tanks on the back going to?
Hey krztfr, I the hoses running from the tanks to the sides tucked under the waist armour.
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Hi All,
On your power armor...where do you have the hose on the bottom of the tanks on the back going to?
Hey krztfr, I the hoses running from the tanks to the sides tucked under the waist armour.
Ron
Thanks one more question about the tanks how are the top hoses attached? Drill holes in the tanks?
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Thanks one more question about the tanks how are the top hoses attached? Drill holes in the tanks?
The hoses are hollow so I drilled into the tanks and inserted plastic rod and glued them in place and once dry I slid the hoses over the rod.
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Hi All,
I was at the shops the other day and spotted a DS wall light and knew that it would be a great fun little project. I removed the back and puttied the light holes as they were to big and once dry I sanded the exterior before I started on the second layer of putty.
I drilled new smaller light holes and once done I noticed that the surface was very plain so instead of putting up the old holes that need it I decided to add plastic styrene pieces to the surface to give it some texture.
I still need to add a lot more plastic styrene pieces and then re-spray the DS and then weather it and then start on the Star Destroyers.
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Looks great to me Ron! Off to share.
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That's cool! It already looks much better than the AMT Death Star. The prices on that kit are astronomical. Can't wait to see the final product.
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Fantastic ...Once again you never cease to amaze my friend! will be watching the updates on this for sure
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Looks great to me Ron! Off to share.
Thanks Shawn.
That's cool! It already looks much better than the AMT Death Star. The prices on that kit are astronomical. Can't wait to see the final product.
Cheers mate, the AMT DS kit was my first choice but you are correct the prices are to high.
Fantastic ...Once again you never cease to amaze my friend! will be watching the updates on this for sure
Thanks mate, I'll have an update soon.
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Well all the surface pieces have been added an OMG I will never be doing that again LOL, it took me 4 hours to cut and attach them. I have attached the rods to hold the Star Destroyers and know to paint them and the DS.
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You were right on the styrene texture, it looks great!
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You were right on the styrene texture, it looks great!
Thanks mate.
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Hi All,
Last update for the night.
I started painting the DS it was painted Tamiya Medium Grey Spray and then I started on the light grey sections first, I have given this area two light coats of Vallejo Sky Grey. I put aside the DS to let the paint dry until tomorrow and then redo this area again which will have one more heavier coat.
The Star Destroyers have been painted using Tamiya Medium Grey Spray when I did the DS. I then painted them using Vallejo Medium Grey and then a drybrush of Vallejo Sky Grey, I then gave them a wash of watered down matt black.
Once the wash was done I drybrushed them Sky Grey and then Light Grey, I then lightly went around the raised areas with a very heavy watered down matt black and the gave it one last drybrush using a mix of 70/40 - Light Grey/White.
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Ron that is looking fantastic. So cool. Off to share the latest.
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Hi All,
Ron that is looking fantastic. So cool. Off to share the latest.
Cheers Shawn and just to let you know the paints will be here on Monday as I didn't have enough to do the you know what.
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks heaps Buddy.
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Ron, they are loving this on our Facebook Page!
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Ok Ron sorry to keep asking about an old figure but...the small detail strips of styrene on the thighs and hands are they styrene rods or you carefully cut those from styrene cards?
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Ok Ron sorry to keep asking about an old figure but...the small detail strips of styrene on the thighs and hands are they styrene rods or you carefully cut those from styrene cards?
Mate honestly ask away no matter how old the figure is. I used already cut styrene strips and just cut to length.
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The DS Light Display is now complete and I will get some outdoor pics tomorrow.
I completed the DS by repaint the panels a darker grey and then I did dry brushes of lighter greys and silver. Once the dry brush was dry I then gave the whole thing two light washes of matt back.
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Hi All,
Well no ress for the wicket LOL,
This next custom is a FNAF (Five Nights at Freddy's) for those that don't of it, it is a jump fright game set inside a Freddy FazBear's pizzeria where you are a security guard and have to stop the animatronics from killing you.
This custom is based on Freddy, I got the idea from a picture I saw on the net and loved the idea of the animatronics looking beat up and looking scary.
The figure is from Funko and I removed the lower jaw and removed the original teeth and added plastic card on the inside of the jaw and made new teeth from plastic card. Small greeblieswere added just inside of the right jaw to simulate the movement rod is broken that is why his jaw has fallen away.
The right eye was done by drilling out the old eye and adding a new one using a small ball joint and drilling a hole in the back and attaching wires, the left year was removed and wires were glued in place.
The left hand was removed and I made a animatronic one using plastic card and plastic rod. The right arm was removed and I drilled a hole and glued wires inside.
The stomach was drilled out and I inserted greeblies so they look like a motor and frame work and the right foot was removed and I made a new animatronic one by using plastic card.
Next up painting.
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Wow, two great updates. Time to share em both.
I love that Death Star Light. Are you gonna hang that or mount it on a wall?
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The DS looks fantastic, I may have to find one of those lights somewhere. I've never heard of FNAF. Looks cool though, like a demented Chuckie Chesse. Awesome stuff!
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Wow, two great updates. Time to share em both.
I love that Death Star Light. Are you gonna hang that or mount it on a wall?
Thanks heaps Shawn and once we get our new house (yeah still looking LOL) I will hang it up in my new modelroom/mancave.
The DS looks fantastic, I may have to find one of those lights somewhere. I've never heard of FNAF. Looks cool though, like a demented Chuckie Chesse. Awesome stuff!
Cheers buddy, it's worth getting as a fun little side project.
I never heard of it until my son started playing it and started watching him and loved the concept and yeah it's like a demented Chuckie Chesse.
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FNAF Freddy is 95% complete I just have to weather him and the base. The base is just some thick foam board and the figure and base where painted using Vallejo paints.
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You can read my comments on the front page Ron and I mean it.
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Hi All,
You can read my comments on the front page Ron and I mean it.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Here are the usual outdoor pics of both the DS Light and Damaged Freddy.
Freddy was finally given a little weathering using pastel chalks.
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Dude. That is so rad! I'm not even familiar with FNAF, but I can appreciate the craftsmanship.
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That Death Star is fantastic!!
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Both great projects. Of course I am partial to that DS Light, but amazing work all around Ron. Off to share this final cut.
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Dude. That is so rad! I'm not even familiar with FNAF, but I can appreciate the craftsmanship.
Thanks buddy and it's a cool game but I like it due to the fact that the animatronics come to life.
That Death Star is fantastic!!
Thanks mate.
Both great projects. Of course I am partial to that DS Light, but amazing work all around Ron. Off to share this final cut.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I'll send a few WIP pics tonight of the Dragon.
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I got em and loved seeing it. My daughter is gonna be ecstatic. I have to decide whether to hold it till Xmas now. Thanks so much Ron!
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I got em and loved seeing it. My daughter is gonna be ecstatic. I have to decide whether to hold it till Xmas now. Thanks so much Ron!
Anytime mate and my pleasure. And if your like me you'll give in. LOL.
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Ron looking how you made your power armor bigger to better suit the Fallout 4 style i was wondering in keeping with the same Fallout 4 version do you think the Walking Dead figures are a perfect match size wise to the armor or are they too small? I want to make a dio with raiders vs power armor and the Walking Dead is my first choice of figures but I dont want to buy one and lose $16 cuz it turned out too small
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Ron looking how you made your power armor bigger to better suit the Fallout 4 style i was wondering in keeping with the same Fallout 4 version do you think the Walking Dead figures are a perfect match size wise to the armor or are they too small? I want to make a dio with raiders vs power armor and the Walking Dead is my first choice of figures but I dont want to buy one and lose $16 cuz it turned out too small
Hey man, I honestly don't know to be honest the Power armour is just over 6" but if the WD figures are roughly the same height then they will work great for what you want too do.
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Have been watching the new Thunderbirds are go and really enjoy it. So I decided to buy Thunderbird 2 and repaint it and put it on a dio, I just have to wait for the smoke to dry before I can give it a little dry brush and I will get the usual pics tomorrow.
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Wow that looks great. The smoke effect is off the charts cool Ron.
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Wow that looks great. The smoke effect is off the charts cool Ron.
Cheers Shawn and I am in the middle of taking pics and will have the usual pics shortly.
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Here are the usual pics and last dio for the year and I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and see you all in 2017.
Recipe
TB2 - is from Vivid and was given a sanding in area's that needed it and then it was given a wash using Vallejo's Olive Drab to darken the hull. I then gave the panel lines a wash of Vallejo's Matt black and retouched up the white numbering and lettering using Vallejo's Flat White.
I then measured some plastic tube and cut them all to length and superglued them to the under carriage and the attached it to the base, I then used cotton wool to make the smoke and then used pastel chalks to give it some grey in it.
Base - is four Bandai Star Wars kit bases and then I added balsa wood to the edges, I then used spakfilla for the start of the ground work. I then used dirt form the garden and the grass is model railway static grass and the shrubs are again from model railway shrubs.
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I love this one Ron
Thunderbirds used to be one my favorite shows is a kid.
Good God, how old are you? 😜
Great job on Thunderbird 2.
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I love this one Ron
Thunderbirds used to be one my favorite shows is a kid.
Good God, how old are you? 😜
Great job on Thunderbird 2.
Cheers buddy and same here I use to get up at 6am every morning get a bowl of corn flakes and watch it. I'm 48 almost 49.
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This is great. All around. I really, really, really like the smoke effects on this one. You have had one awesome year of customizing. Talk about finishing strong.
Off to share and Happy New Year right back at you!
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Wow! That looks fantastic. Great groundwork, and the model is superb. I actually was watching a Thunderbirds marathon, today on one of those retro sci-fi channels. Very cool!
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This is great. All around. I really, really, really like the smoke effects on this one. You have had one awesome year of customizing. Talk about finishing strong.
Off to share and Happy New Year right back at you!
Yeah I was a busy boy last year and I hope this year will be even better especially once the new house is built and thanks heaps mate.
Wow! That looks fantastic. Great groundwork, and the model is superb. I actually was watching a Thunderbirds marathon, today on one of those retro sci-fi channels. Very cool!
Thanks JD and you can't past the TBs the old and new series are awesome for their diorama's.
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Hi All,
I gave the AT-AT foot it's second lot of filler and will sand it all tomorrow so while I have been waiting I decided to make a little Thunderbird 4 dio.
I will get usual pics tomorrow with recipe.
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Sweet Project Ron. Off to share.
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Sweet Project Ron. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn.
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Hi All,
Here are the usual pics and recipe.
Recipe
TB4 and Figure - TB4 is from the TB2 toy and was repainted using Vallejo paints and the figure is a 1/144 Gundam figure and was also painted using Vallejo paints.
Base - is two plastic bases from the Bnadai SW kits and I used balsa wood the sides, I then made the rocks using aluminium foil and then covered over using spakfilla.
The ruins were made using left over high density foam and I used a pencil to make the stones for the ruins floor. The small clumps of seaweed are from a company called miniNatur and the longer seaweed are from J's work and are laser printed paper and the sand was made using spakfilla and fine sand.
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Very, very cool diorama. The layout is great. Thunderbirds are second in my books compared to Star Fleet,. Lol. Star Fleet/ X-Bombrer is sick.
I wanted to know the difference between high density foam and Blue construction foam. I've seen high foam advertised, but is there a difference. Explain? I need to get more dio supplies, but I'd like to explore my opinions.
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Very, very cool diorama. The layout is great. Thunderbirds are second in my books compared to Star Fleet,. Lol. Star Fleet/ X-Bombrer is sick.
I wanted to know the difference between high density foam and Blue construction foam. I've seen high foam advertised, but is there a difference. Explain? I need to get more dio supplies, but I'd like to explore my opinions.
Cheers JD and I'm the same besides SW my other favs are Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Thunderbirds and Planet of the Apes.
And High Density foam is the same as blue foam, the gaming guys like Games work shop know it as blue foam but to get it here I have to order it as High Density foam.
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Looks great Ron. Off to share the latest.
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Looks great Ron. Off to share the latest.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Hi All,
Finished off a PotA 2 in 1 dio yesterday.
Recipe
Apes - are from NECA and are 7" scale, I got them into the poses I liked and then glued the joints and puttied them up as well as doing the fur on the heads so that it looked more natural.The figures were painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks.
Bases - are made from the Bandai kits and I used balsa wood for the sides. I used a mix of 40% spakilla and 60% dirt and added it to the base and left it to dry over night.
Once dry I drilled holes into the base where the grass was going to be glued. The grass is real grass and I dipped them into some Methylated Spirits and let it dry out for a few hours, once the grass was all dry I then painted them using Vallejo's Medium Olive and the small grass tufts are from a company called miniNatur.
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Very cool! The originals were the best, I watched the original POTA marathon a while back, didn't even know they made Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Anyway, awesome dio(s).
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Very cool! The originals were the best, I watched the original POTA marathon a while back, didn't even know they made Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Anyway, awesome dio(s).
Hey JD, thanks heaps mate. I grew up with the original PotA and also the TV series which was great as well. I also love the new PotA movies and can't wait for the new movies to come full circle when Taylor, Landon and Dodge first meet the apes.
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Man, I agree brings back memories. Looks great Ron. It sure looks good on the front pages.
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Man, I agree brings back memories. Looks great Ron. It sure looks good on the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Hi All,
I can't remember the last time I built a indy dio/display so here is a new one I just completed this morning.
Recipe.
Indy - The body I got from ebay and the head and fedora I got from a mate from the Sideshow toys indy forum. The shirt is from the Sideshow Indy figure and the boots are from the Hasbro talking indy.
The pants, jacket, pants belt, bag and holster belt are from Hot toys Indy, the holster is scratch built as is the whip. The relic in his right hand is a cast I got from a mate in US.
Base - Is balsa wood and High density blue foam just cut out and glued together. Once the peices were dry I then used a led pencil and drew in the stone floor and a piece of sand stone was used to give the foam a more stone look to it.
The stone column is made from High density blue foam and each stone was cut out and then as per the floor I used a piece of sand stone to make it look like real stone.
The ground work was built up using spakfilla and sand and once dry I then covered that with a mix of sand/dirt/static grass/thin sticks/ground up leaves/lichen moss and this was glued over the spakfilla/sand mix.
Once the ground work was dry I then painted it with Vallejo Chocolate Brown and once dry I used plants fro Joe Fix Studio's and from the craft store. The small grass tufts are from Army Painter and the vines are dried out weeds I got from the garden and the leaves attached to them are fishtank plants.
The diorama and figure were painted and weathered using Vallejo Piants.
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That sure looks good on the front pages. Great to see a new Indy Dio Ron.
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That sure looks good on the front pages. Great to see a new Indy Dio Ron.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah it has been a while that is for sure. I also have restarted your AT-AT head and will have more pics up over the weekend.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah it has been a while that is for sure. I also have restarted your AT-AT head and will have more pics up over the weekend.
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Hi All,
These aren't custom but I will be repainting the spare heads that come with them and making a few displays for them. The first display will be the section with Kirk's captain's chair and the Helm/Navigation section.
The are 1:12 scale and are a little and are made by Mezco and the best way to describe them that they are a mini version of hottoys or Sideshow figures. The uniform is all cloth and the come with multiple hands and as mentioned an extra head and they all come with a phaser and communicator and a belt to put them on.
Kirk comes with a laser rifle and Spock and Sulu also come with a tricorder and Sulu also has a saber and they also come with about 25 POA. below are links to pics of the figures with all their extra's.
The figures also come with a stand and a clear stand attachment to make the do different poses.
Kirk
http://www.mezcotoyz.com/mas_assets/cache/image/9/3/2/2354.Jpg
Spock
http://www.mezcotoyz.com/mas_assets/cache/image/8/9/b/2203.Jpg
Sulu
http://news.toyark.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/01/Mezco-One12-Star-Trek-Sulu-006.jpg
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Hi All,
Besides the AT-AT head I'm also doing a Star Trek TOS partial bridge. I don't how much of the bridge I will be doing but as you can see from the pics it will have the Captain's Chair Helm/Navigation as well as the turbo lift and the consoles up to Spocks.
The figure's are from Mezco and are awesome and are 1:12/6" scale, The captain's chair is from Diamond Select is perfect and the floor and helm/navigation are made so far using foam board.
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It is nice to see the original Star Trek crew in action.
I can't wait to see the finished dio.
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Looks just like I remember them. Sharp Ron. Off to share.
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Hi All,
It is nice to see the original Star Trek crew in action.
I can't wait to see the finished dio.
Thanks mate and yeah I have loved Trek since I was a kid and started to watch the re-runs back in 1975. With the Mezco figures they are awesome as the hide the articulation with the cloth goods and that makes it more realistic as well.
Looks just like I remember them. Sharp Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and they are awesome especially with you get them in a good pose.
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Hi All,
Last bit of work on the USS Enterprise bridge for the night. This will be the size I'm doing but will keep templates for further additions to the bridge. The turbo lift is done except the roof section and the floor has been raised.
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Oh yeah, looking good. You gonna put him in the "Fire" pose (Kirk)? I always loved when Kirk was ready to blast someone out of the sky. His Fire line is my favorite. You are making me want to go back and watch all those old Star Trek movies.
Not to jack this too much, but one of my favorite memories as a kid in elementary school was when they took all the kids to the cafeteria stage and put up a huge screen and we watched Star Trek the Motion Picture. I don't guess schools could do this nowadays, but wow it sure got me hooked on Star Trek. Great work Ron.
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Oh yeah, looking good. You gonna put him in the "Fire" pose (Kirk)? I always loved when Kirk was ready to blast someone out of the sky. His Fire line is my favorite. You are making me want to go back and watch all those old Star Trek movies.
Not to jack this too much, but one of my favorite memories as a kid in elementary school was when they took all the kids to the cafeteria stage and put up a huge screen and we watched Star Trek the Motion Picture. I don't guess schools could do this nowadays, but wow it sure got me hooked on Star Trek. Great work Ron.
Thanks heaps Shawn, and yeah I grew up on Star Trek as well and loved all the movies and TV series. I will be doing some small displays down the track so Kirk can blast his way out of danger as he always does.
Yeah I remember the days we use to go to the hall and watch movies especially a day before school holidays, my daughter is in high school and they get to watch movies every now and then but on the TV.
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Hi All,
Another small update on the bridge.
I have done the end sections of the consoles and also the roof section leading into the turbo lift, I have used foam board for these and then glued all the sections together except the capt chair and helm and navigation section so that I can work on the bridge without obstructions.
The roof to the turbo lift has had fly screen mesh added to it and will later get frosted plastic for the light cover.
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This is really taking shape now. Great work Ron. Off to share.
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This is really taking shape now. Great work Ron. Off to share.
Thanks Shawn it is slowly getting there.
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More updates, the station consoles are now coming together very nicely.
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Looks good Ron. Off to share.
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Looks good Ron. Off to share.
Thanks Shawn.
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Those are some great looking Star Trek figures. The Bridge you're building is looking very awesome as well. To me the original series was just the best, I still watch it on Saturdays.
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Is this the bridge that will have Spock able to look down into some gadget on the science station?
(http://i.imgur.com/5QYWrtf.jpg)
I always thought that was cool, Man what a cool place for an led too. When I get all my yard work done today I plan on starting up a Star Trek Movie Marathon thanks to this. Man it looks good Ron.
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Those are some great looking Star Trek figures. The Bridge you're building is looking very awesome as well. To me the original series was just the best, I still watch it on Saturdays.
Cheers JD and the figures are awesome and yeah I love all the Trek shows and Movies but the Original series to me is the best as was well. I started watching the series again and once I have watched them I'll be watching the cartoon series.
Is this the bridge that will have Spock able to look down into some gadget on the science station?
(http://i.imgur.com/5QYWrtf.jpg)
I always thought that was cool, Man what a cool place for an led too. When I get all my yard work done today I plan on starting up a Star Trek Movie Marathon thanks to this. Man it looks good Ron.
Hey Shawn, yeah mate that is the one I'm doing and there will be LED's around the bridge and sounds. That is a awesome idea I think I'll do the same starting tonight as I haven't watched any of the ST movies for a while and thanks buddy.
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Cool. I hoped that was the science station. I could see you doing a Klingon Bridge too. That would be neat.
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Cool. I hoped that was the science station. I could see you doing a Klingon Bridge too. That would be neat.
I couldn't make Spock's station without the viewer it would look right at all and if Mezco do some 1:12 Klingons I will make a bridge of a D7 for sure.
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Surely some Klingons will get made. Surely?
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Surely some Klingons will get made. Surely?
Hey Shawn, sorry for the late reply mate. Yeah you would hope they will make some Klingons, their 1:12 line is going great so I can't see why they couldn't.
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Hi All,
All my model room has been moved to the new room so to keep me sane I have started on two new Star Trek TOS items which are the shuttle and transporter room. I won't be able to finish these until the move is completely done which looks like next week now as I'm waiting on the removalist to get the ok from defence.
So here are WIP pic of the last bit of work I did to the bridge, shuttle and also the WIP pics of the transporter room.
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Loving the star trek love your doing ! Cant wait to see them finished !
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I love Classic Trek and think these are wonderful, looking forward to seeing the end results mate.
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I ran out of time to comment yesterday morning as I had to take my wife for a doc check up, but I did get this on the front page.
Great progress on all fronts Ron. I like it all.
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These dios really take me back, Ron.
Can't wait for the follow ups.
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Sorry for the late replies I was moving house but finally moved in.
Loving the star trek love your doing ! Cant wait to see them finished !
Thanks mate.
I love Classic Trek and think these are wonderful, looking forward to seeing the end results mate.
Cheers buddy I'll have an update soon.
I ran out of time to comment yesterday morning as I had to take my wife for a doc check up, but I did get this on the front page.
Great progress on all fronts Ron. I like it all.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I hope all went well with your wife.
These dios really take me back, Ron.
Can't wait for the follow ups.
Cheers mate.
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Hi All,
I finally moved into the house Tuesday gone and completed doing my model room up. I have re-started on the bridge diorama by painting the captains chair and helm/navigation section and the floor that they sit on.
I have also completed the captains chair and used plastic card for the instrument panels, I have started the helm/navigation console by adding the astrogator and the forward scanner plotter by printing them off the net and cutting and gluing them inplace.
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Cool deal Ron. Looks great. Off to share.
I bet having that new room feels good. Take a few pics after you get it all set up.
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That is an outstanding dio!
I want one
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Fantastic! Everything looks great, but I am impressed with the instrument panels on the captain's chair. Looking good.
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Cool deal Ron. Looks great. Off to share.
I bet having that new room feels good. Take a few pics after you get it all set up.
Cheers Shawn and having the new room does feel good it is smaller then the old room but I made it work. I will take pics today and post them for you.
That is an outstanding dio!
I want one
Thanks mate and I'm actually surprised that they never made bridge sections for the figures they would have sold straight away.
Fantastic! Everything looks great, but I am impressed with the instrument panels on the captain's chair. Looking good.
Thanks heaps JD and yeah I was more then happy with the way the Captain's chair turned out.
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Shawn as requested mate here are pics of my new room. It is 1 metre shorter in width and length and were the cupboard is shorter as the old room the cupboard went across the wall so I have heaps of space for storage.
The good news is that the room I'm going to build in the garage will about the same size as the new room I will be having storage cupboards all around the room but up high. Then I will have all my shelves for my models from the floor to 1.5 m high around the walls and my new model table will be built straight onto the wall in one corner.
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That looks pretty good to me!
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That looks pretty good to me!
Cheers Shawn and yeah honestly for a house, land and pool for $410k we are stoked and we need a pool here as it gets bloody hot and muggy.
The good news is that I have laid down the area for my new room in the garage and will start looking for materials to start building in the next 3 months.
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Hi All,
I have completed adding and painting the instrument panels and I'm now starting on the targeting scanner then the chairs.
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Dang man! That is looking great! I saw a really neat episode yesterday. I like them all but, some are better than others.
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Dang man! That is looking great! I saw a really neat episode yesterday. I like them all but, some are better than others.
Thanks heaps JD and yeah I'm the same buddy I like them all but there a few that I could watch over and over again with no worries at all.
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Flawless execution Ron. Flawless!
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Flawless execution Ron. Flawless!
Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn, I'm stoked with the way it has turned out and I just need to wait for the materials so I can do the chairs.
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Hi All,
The Captain's chair and helm/navigation section is all done except the chairs which I'm waiting on materials to arrive.
The bit of the helm/navigation station I have to do was the targeting system which was made using plastic card. Once it was put together and let dried I used a mix of Woodland Scenics Water Effects and Green paint and filled in the viewing section to simulate the glow of the targeting screen.
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Now that is sweet. Extremely detailed. Off to share.
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Now that is sweet. Extremely detailed. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn, I can't wait for the plastic to arrive so I can get the chairs done.
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Hi All,
While I'm waiting for the plastic to arrive to make the bridge chairs I decided to do some more on the the transporter room. I added transporter pads by using rubber soles for tables and chairs.
I then cut out circles in the transporter floor and added the rubber soles and super glued them in place. I then used a piece of thin plastic and covered the lower front section of the transporter and then used spakfilla to fill in the gaps on the transporter, walls and transporter controls.
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Looks great Ron. Off to share this too.
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Looks great Ron. Off to share this too.
Thanks again Shawn and I'll have more pics up shortly.
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I have painted the transporter console station and have started painting the transporter pads.
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More great progress, off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn, I'll be stopping on the Trek pieces as of tonight so I'll have two more WIP updates then for a week or two I'll be completing your dio and some other commission pieces as all the materials I have been waiting for have finally arrived.
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Hi All,
More work done on the transporter room. I have done the back wall of the transporter pads by firstly painting it medium grey and once dry I then gave it several washes of light green.
Once the green was dry I then gave it a few washes of matt white and while it was drying I made swirls with the white. When the wall was finally dry I then used a clear plastic that has glitter in fused in it and glued it the back wall to simulate the wall.
I have also started adding control panels to the transporter control section using plastic card.
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Daggone! That transporter room looks great.
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Ron, I haven't commented in a while. I've got to say this Star Trek project is really amazing. Everything looks fantastic. Your attention to detail (both in design and process) makes your customs truly wonderful.
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Pretty sweet Ron, pretty sweet! Off to share.
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Daggone! That transporter room looks great.
Thanks heaps JD.
Ron, I haven't commented in a while. I've got to say this Star Trek project is really amazing. Everything looks fantastic. Your attention to detail (both in design and process) makes your customs truly wonderful.
Thanks heaps for the kind words buddy I really appreciate it.
Pretty sweet Ron, pretty sweet! Off to share.
Cheers Shawn.
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Hi All,
Well the last lot of WIP pics were supposed to be the last lot for 2 weeks but I can't put this project down and I am now on the last legs so I thought I would complete it before moving on to the commission pieces. The transporter room is now 90% complete and I'm hoping to have it completed by Tuesday this week.
I have painted the transporter room walls and floor and painted and added a few transporter console controls and just need to make a few more.
The roof of the transporter pad was done by using clear plastic furniture proctectors (pic attached) and then painting them and the steps were done using foam board.
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Wow, That's incredible! I'm actually watching ST right now. Lol.
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Wow, That's incredible! I'm actually watching ST right now. Lol.
Thanks JD and I actually just stopped watching the 2nd season of TOS on Netflix, I love how they have added the CGI to the episodes.
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Ron that is looking all kinds of awesome. Off to share it before the morning leaves me.
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Ron that is looking all kinds of awesome. Off to share it before the morning leaves me.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I will have another update shortly.
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Hi All,
The transporter room is now 96% done I just need to add the black/white emitters on the transporter back wall and front edges then add the roof.
I completed the control panel and also addec two LED's in the roof of the transporter pad and also some sound using a recorder ftom a teddy bear shop.
I also did a little video so here is the link to that.
https://www.facebook.com/HembleCreations/videos/833713533474009/?comment_id=833719946806701 (https://www.facebook.com/HembleCreations/videos/833713533474009/?comment_id=833719946806701)
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I like the video you made. You get to see it from many different angles. That computer console is very well done, as is everything else.
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Awesome video Ron. I agree, it is cool to see it from the various angles. Off to share.
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Off the charts Awesome again !!! I actually have the original series with the updated special effects on dvd, and its like watching them for the first time . I look forward to seeing you do more from this line Maybe a section of the engineering room with a NOMAD robot hovering in the back round ,now that would be awesome !
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I like the video you made. You get to see it from many different angles. That computer console is very well done, as is everything else.
Cheers JD and I'll be taking my usual pics today so I will take different angle shots.
Awesome video Ron. I agree, it is cool to see it from the various angles. Off to share.
Thanks Shawn.
Off the charts Awesome again !!! I actually have the original series with the updated special effects on dvd, and its like watching them for the first time . I look forward to seeing you do more from this line Maybe a section of the engineering room with a NOMAD robot hovering in the back round ,now that would be awesome !
Thanks buddy and I have been watching the series all over again with the CGI added to it and your right it makes it that you are watching it for the first time.
I will be doing a small section of the engine room and I like the idea of NOMAD being there thanks mate.
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Hi All,
The transporter room is now done and I decided not to add a roof as it would take away from seeing the transporter pad probably. I will get my usual pics up soon.
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Hi All,
Here are the usual outdoor pics of the transporter.
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That is amazing! Unbelievable. It's like I'm looking at a screenshot from an actual episode. Take a bow, you deserve it.
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That is amazing! Unbelievable. It's like I'm looking at a screenshot from an actual episode. Take a bow, you deserve it.
JD really appreciate the comments thanks heaps buddy.
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Ron i agree its like looking at a set photo you really naild this ! As Far as Nomad i will be watching patiently for that update ! The possibilities are endless !
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Ron i agree its like looking at a set photo you really naild this ! As Far as Nomad i will be watching patiently for that update ! The possibilities are endless !
Thanks heaps buddy and I have a few commissions to do then I'll be getting back into the Trek displays again.
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The final product is fantastic Ron. You could do a photo novel and it would feel like the original TV show. Kudos!
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Well done mate, that's just incredible!!
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The final product is fantastic Ron. You could do a photo novel and it would feel like the original TV show. Kudos!
Cheers mate and that is a great idea, once I get the partial bridge and shuttle done I might give a photo novel a go. Thanks for the inspiration.
Well done mate, that's just incredible!!
Thanks heaps buddy.
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I don't know where my comment went, but awesome work. I did get this on the front pages.
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I don't know where my comment went, but awesome work. I did get this on the front pages.
Cheers Shawn.
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Hi All,
I decided to do some work on my TOS Enterprise Bridge before I start another two commissions on the weekend and one is your AT-AT head Shawn.
I did the chairs which are made using plastic card and left over pleather, I still need to add the triangle shapes at the back and then paint them up and then start on the rest of the bridge.
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Well that looks great Ron. Off to share.
Loving to hear you are gonna work on that AT-AT Head Dio too!
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Well that looks great Ron. Off to share.
Loving to hear you are gonna work on that AT-AT Head Dio too!
Yeah all weekend I'll be working on your dio and should have it completed by next Friday and thanks mate.
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Hi All,
I have painted the chairs and have started adding the plastic card to the station sections.
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amazing work! attention to detail is very impressive, what scale is sulu an where did you find him?
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amazing work! attention to detail is very impressive, what scale is sulu an where did you find him?
Thanks mate and all the figures are 6" scale and are from MEZCO and all have great articulation and cloth goods. I picked all mine up of ebay from a company here in Australia except McCoy who is a MEZCO Spock body with a Art Asylum/Diamond Select McCoy Head.
The McCoy head is from their 7" scale line but works perfectly with the Mezco bodies.
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Man, you are gonna have one fantastic Trek set up when you are done. Really getting me into wanting to go dig out my Star Trek DVDs and watch some of that maybe today. Off to share.
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amazing work! attention to detail is very impressive, what scale is sulu an where did you find him?
Thanks mate and all the figures are 6" scale and are from MEZCO and all have great articulation and cloth goods. I picked all mine up of ebay from a company here in Australia except McCoy who is a MEZCO Spock body with a Art Asylum/Diamond Select McCoy Head.
The McCoy head is from their 7" scale line but works perfectly with the Mezco bodies.
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Man, you are gonna have one fantastic Trek set up when you are done. Really getting me into wanting to go dig out my Star Trek DVDs and watch some of that maybe today. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn and yeah it doe's it to you I'm now on The Next Generation on NETFLIX lol.
amazing work! attention to detail is very impressive, what scale is sulu an where did you find him?
Thanks mate and all the figures are 6" scale and are from MEZCO and all have great articulation and cloth goods. I picked all mine up of ebay from a company here in Australia except McCoy who is a MEZCO Spock body with a Art Asylum/Diamond Select McCoy Head.
The McCoy head is from their 7" scale line but works perfectly with the Mezco bodies.
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very cool! thanks for the info
Cheers mate and glad I could help.
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Hi All,
I the bridge has been painted but once I finished last night I looked thru some clips and notice that where the monitors are to should be the same colour as the floor and a light blue which now I will have to repaint. Besides the monitor section being the wrong colour the bridge is all done being painted..
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Wow, that looks awesome. Off to share.
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How did I miss this? A Star Wars guy doing Star Trek???? :o
Really cool though!
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Wow, that looks awesome. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I have one maybe two more updates and then your dio is restarted.
How did I miss this? A Star Wars guy doing Star Trek???? :o
Really cool though!
LOL thanks mate and I am a huge Trek fan from way back but don't tell anyone ;)
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Hi All,
While I was making the screens for the station consoles I notice that the screen sections that I painted the liht blue look actually grey so I did more reference checking and once I was convinced it was the wrong colour I painted it grey and added the station screens.
The screens I find online and printed them off and glued them to plastic card and then glued them to the station areas.
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Goooooood lord man! That is incredible. Very cool.
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Goooooood lord man! That is incredible. Very cool.
Thanks heaps JD it's slowly but surely coming together.
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I have made all the controls for the stations, I used plastic card to make them.I just need to make the intercoms and the viewers for the Science and Engineering stations and then paint them up.
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Now that is sweet Ron. Are your eyes all googly messing with all those small buttons? Off to share the latest. Man that is turning out great.
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Oh mate, that is truly inspiring! Well done sir!
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Now that is sweet Ron. Are your eyes all googly messing with all those small buttons? Off to share the latest. Man that is turning out great.
Hey Shawn, LOL yeah they do get a little cross eyed sometimes especially when gluing them all down and thanks mate.
Oh mate, that is truly inspiring! Well done sir!
Thanks heaps buddy.
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Hi All,
90% done one the partial bridge and just need to make the rails and add the floor and the plaque and the Enterprise layout for the turbo lift area.
Before I painted the instrument panels I made three intercom's and two scanner's for the stations, I also made the grill/access panels under the stations which they were all made using plastic card and fly screen for the grills and the intercoms.
Once I painted everything I then glued them into place and then cut out long thin strips of plastic card and painted them black and glued them in place near the turbo lift.
Chekov was done using another Sulu Mezco body and the head is from Diamond Select.
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Like I said Ron, those buttons are just perfectly aligned. Just gorgeous work. Off to share.
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Like I said Ron, those buttons are just perfectly aligned. Just gorgeous work. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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I was never much of a Trek fan but I am a Ron Hembling fan and this is an awesome display of talent. I love seeing your stuff man.
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I was never much of a Trek fan but I am a Ron Hembling fan and this is an awesome display of talent. I love seeing your stuff man.
Thanks heaps buddy I really appreciate the kind words.
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Hi All,
I have added sounds to the bridge and here is a quick video.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BX2Ig7wnaLj/?taken-by=hemblecreationscustoms
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You have unhinged my jaw ! This is perfect and the sound affects just awesome my friend ! The control panels down to the buttons are outstanding !
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Now that is just cool. Let me see if I can find a way to alter the embed code so I can fit that video on the front page. I so need to start an instagram account. I just worry there is one more thing I can't stay up with. Still, cool platform and cool video Ron. Off to share.
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You have unhinged my jaw ! This is perfect and the sound affects just awesome my friend ! The control panels down to the buttons are outstanding !
Thanks heaps mate.
Now that is just cool. Let me see if I can find a way to alter the embed code so I can fit that video on the front page. I so need to start an instagram account. I just worry there is one more thing I can't stay up with. Still, cool platform and cool video Ron. Off to share.
Thanks Shawn and that is why I started my Instagram page they are so easy to use but you would be doing a lot more work then me as you have everyone else's work to add to them.
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Oh dude this is amazing, the detail you have gone into to make this is just unreal! I'm so loving this!
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Oh dude this is amazing, the detail you have gone into to make this is just unreal! I'm so loving this!
Thanks heaps buddy and I 've got the itch to make a full version one now with lights and sound.
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Hi All,
The bridge is now complete and here are my usual out door pics, all I have to do now is make a perspex cover for it.
The floor/base is high density foam just cut to shape and then the bridge sections glued in place. The large Trek symbol I cut out from the Mezco box that the figures came in and painted the edges and glued it to the base.
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Wow Ron, gonna classify this one right up there with your best. Lots of awesome detail work on this one and it really shows. Off to share with the world.
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Wow Ron, gonna classify this one right up there with your best. Lots of awesome detail work on this one and it really shows. Off to share with the world.
Hey Shawn, thanks heaps mate and I have to admit that this is one of my best non Star Wars builds.
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Alright, I'm trying to keep my excitement and language down. That is absolutely incredible. It really does look like an on screen photo. Especially the one with Spock sitting at the computer. Geeez! Incredible.
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Alright, I'm trying to keep my excitement and language down. That is absolutely incredible. It really does look like an on screen photo. Especially the one with Spock sitting at the computer. Geeez! Incredible.
Hey JD, thanks heaps buddy and the figures are awesome and really bring the display to life.
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Hi All,
While I'm waiting on the filler to dry on Shawn's AT-AT head dio I thought that I would show some WIP pics of a Mirror Universe Kirk I'm doing in between Shawn's build.
I used the mezco Kirk and removed the shirt and used the rubber mirror Kirk mirror universe tunic and had to alter it a little to make it fit snuggly. The sash is just some material I painted gold and attached it, the boots were done using pleather, the chairs top cushion is a piece of foam board wrapped in pleather.
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Looks good to me Ron. Having to check the internet at work as my home connection is down during my lunch, but looks great. Off to the front page.
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Looks good to me Ron. Having to check the internet at work as my home connection is down during my lunch, but looks great. Off to the front page.
Cheers Shawn and I don't know how you do it not having internet I would go crazy lol.
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Hi All,
I had to do more filling today on the AT-AT head so while that is drying I decided to paint my Mirror Kirk head and then decided to start doing the rest of the Mezco heads as well. So here is Kirk's and Sulu's heads before and after painting.
I still need to paint Spock's heads but will do that later on tonight.
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Looks like a great improvement to me. I don't know how you always do the eyes perfect. Off to share.
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Looks like a great improvement to me. I don't know how you always do the eyes perfect. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn and I'll let you know a little secret. When I paint the faces I leave the alone and once the faces are done I then paint over the eye's by starting of with the white section then the pupils and the lashes if they have them.
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I would say one of the best and most detailed dios you have created so far.
All the detailing on the consoles, controll and navigation systems is amazing.
Every time I look at your masterpiece I find new details.
Excellent work my friend.
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Coool! Great idea the Mirror kirk looks great.
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I would say one of the best and most detailed dios you have created so far.
All the detailing on the consoles, controll and navigation systems is amazing.
Every time I look at your masterpiece I find new details.
Excellent work my friend.
Cheers buddy and yeah I have to say that it is one my best to date as well.
Coool! Great idea the Mirror kirk looks great.
Thanks JD and it has me baffled why Mezco didn't do him as a two pack with their Mirror Spock.
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Hi All,
I have sanded and painted the chair and just need to do the instrument panels.
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Looks great to me Ron. Off to share it.
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Looks great to me Ron. Off to share it.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Here are the usual outdoor pics for Mirror Kirk, please enjoy.
The Mirror emblem was printed off the net and the glued to thin card board and then once dry it was cut out and glued inplace.
The instruments were made using plastic card and the intercom was made using plastic card and a piece of a WW2 Sherman tank engine grill.
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That turned out awesome. Great work yet again Ron. Off to share.
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Wow! That is really fantastic! Great work.
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That turned out awesome. Great work yet again Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I wish Mezco would do Star Wars figures as they would be amazing.
Wow! That is really fantastic! Great work.
Thanks heaps JD.
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you did it again my friend !! Just fantastic
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you did it again my friend !! Just fantastic
Thanks heaps buddy.
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Hi All,
Start of a new commission for a mate in Canada who runs and owns the Ravenwood Museum and here is an interview with Les the owner. Start the video at 10.57 and that is the start of the interview.
This will be a 1:6 scale boulder chase dio something similar to the 1:35 scale one I did a few years.
So far the frame work is high density foam and I will be starting on the boulder and cave structure tomorrow.
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Now thats awesome. I can already see this is gonna be another great one. Off to share.
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Now thats awesome. I can already see this is gonna be another great one. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Hi All,
Besides doing the Indy 1:6 scale Boulder Chase dio I'm also doing a few small dio/displays for mt Mezco Trek figures. I have done a small video to show you where I'm at and also the voice effects I have adde.
https://www.facebook.com/ron.hembling.1/videos/10210233586307290/?ref=notif¬if_t=page_wall¬if_id=1506163057628612
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Excellent work on the Mirror Universe Kirk dio.
I'm sure the 1/6 scale Indy dio is going to be another masterpiece.
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Excellent work on the Mirror Universe Kirk dio.
I'm sure the 1/6 scale Indy dio is going to be another masterpiece.
Thanks heaps mate.
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Hi All,
Here are pics of the process so far on the Kirk Diorama.
The base is high density foam with balsa wood sides and the floor and top part of the column are high density foam as well.
The base of the column is balsa wood and the column itself is PVC pipe with corragated cardboard wrapped around it.
I then used watered down spakfilla and lightly brushed it over the column. I then used Army Painter Castle Grey as a base coat and then I gave it two washes of Army Painter Matt white.
Once the wash was dry I then gave it a very light wash of Army Painter Matt black. The dirt was done by mixing real dirt, sand, broken thin sticks in with spakfilla and Vallejo Chocalate Brown.
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The boulder for the indy dio is made and I just need to paint it. I used a balloon and then used plasta cloth to cover it and once dry I then used watered down spakfilla and covered the boulder with it.
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The base is now done and I just need to repaint the figures and equipment.
The ground work was given two light dry brushed of Vallejo Beige Brown and the two light dry brushes of Vallejo Beige Brown and Army Painter Flat White.
The bushes are from Woodland Scenics and the small tufts of grass are from Army Painter and the creeping vines are from MiniNatur.
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Looks like you are having all kinds of fun. Off to share!
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Looks like you are having all kinds of fun. Off to share!
I sure am mate.
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The Trek dio is now complete and here are my usual out door pics. I have repainted the figures heads, hands, equipment and boots. Once dry I used a gloss varnish on the eyes, lips and boots.
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Ron that looks great. Off to share yet again. I can't wait to see how you do at your model competition this weekend. I bet you get a dozen at-at head commissions.
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Ron that looks great. Off to share yet again. I can't wait to see how you do at your model competition this weekend. I bet you get a dozen at-at head commissions.
Hey Shawn I'll be happy with one or two but that's it and thanks buddy.
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Ron that is just amazing and thank you for the inspiration for my current dio ;). I have an ice cream tub full of dirt drying on the dining table.
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Ron that is just amazing and thank you for the inspiration for my current dio ;). I have an ice cream tub full of dirt drying on the dining table.
Hey Richard, my pleasure buddy and thank you.
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Hi All,
More work done on the 1:6 Boulder Chase Dio.
I have attached the boulder to the inside of the dio and then I glued aluminum foil to simulate the cave wall/ceiling. Once the glue was dry for the aluminum foil I then used plaster cloth and covered the foil.
The stalagmites/stalactites were done using the left over plaster cloth.
Next up I will be using spakfilla to cover the plaster cloth to cover holes etc
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Thanks Ron, now I have the Indy song stuck in my head. Man that looks good. Off to share.
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Thanks Ron, now I have the Indy song stuck in my head. Man that looks good. Off to share.
Thanks Shawn and don't worry mate I've been humming it while I've been building it LOL.
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Hi All,
More work done to the boulder chase dio.
I added spakfilla to the walls/ceiling and the I sprayed the walls/ceiling with Tamiya's German Grey and the boulder was sprayed with Tamiya's Medium Grey.
I still need to weather everything and then start on the floor and then the vines/roots and moss.
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Ron, you are definitely working this one right too. Like thats a surprise, but very nice. Off to share.
I am guessing you are at your modeling competition right now,
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Ron, you are definitely working this one right too. Like thats a surprise, but very nice. Off to share.
I am guessing you are at your modeling competition right now,
Thanks heaps Shawn and I just got back from the comp about an hour ago, good news is my Star Trek Bridge dio won 1st place in the SciFi catargory the AT-AT head didn't get a place which I am disappointed about it but can't win them all.
I have attached pics in order of placing's.
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Well I am glad you did well, but considering those judges didn't even place that at-at head I am thinking they must have been pretty clueless! Just saying!
Off to share the results. Congrats Ron.
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Well I am glad you did well, but considering those judges didn't even place that at-at head I am thinking they must have been pretty clueless! Just saying!
Off to share the results. Congrats Ron.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah there were people saying it should have come second but the votes are up to the members as we go around to each section and mark 1-3 and then they get tallied up.
Don't worry thou the public loved it and were asking all kinds of questions about how I made it and asked if it was for sale.
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Well I am glad you were able to tell em you had this crazy AT-AT Driver in the US who already crazy about it.
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Well I am glad you were able to tell em you had this crazy AT-AT Driver in the US who already crazy about it.
LOL, that I did but I didn't say crazy and I am packing it up tonight with the other piece and I will get you a postage price.
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Hi All,
The walls and ceiling of the cave were given light washes of a 50/50 mix of Army Painter Castle Grey/ Dungeon Grey, once dry I then gave the cave and boulder a few light washes of Vallejo Beige Brown.
I have also painted up Indy using Army Painter/ Vallejo/Reaper paints and now just need to weather him.
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Hi All,
More progress on the Boulder Chase dio.
I have added the dirt/debri to the floor by mixing potty mix and dirt then applying it with PVA glue.
I have also made a few moss pieces by getting a piece of baking paper and then applying PVA glue then using fine railway model clumps and sprinkling it over the glue. Once dry I will be able to just peel the pieces of and then apply them to the dio.
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Looks good Ron. Off to share. You are finishing this one up quick!
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Looks good Ron. Off to share. You are finishing this one up quick!
Thanks heaps Shawn and now that all the materials have arrived I should have this done by next Wednesday.
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I love all the iconic cinema scenes that you recreate in miniature.
This one has to be in your top ten.
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I love all the iconic cinema scenes that you recreate in miniature.
This one has to be in your top ten.
Cheers Buddy and yeah I really enjoy making them as it totally different to doing the SW or ST dio's
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Ron this is looking awesome buddy!
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Ron this is looking awesome buddy!
Thanks heaps Richard, I'm hoping to have it completed in the next day or two and then in between commissions I'll be doing some WW2 German 1:18 scale mini dio's.
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Hi All,
These mini diorama's will be of WW2 German's. Those that didn't know my first passion was building and making WW2 German dio's before I started into the SciFi world.
I have had these figures for about 5 yrs and thought it would be cool to get my WW2 military juices flowing again.
The figures are a combo of Ultimate Soldier figures and Forces of Valor figures. I mixed and matched them to how I wanted them to look and glued their joints and now I just need to fill teh joints in paint them up and make mini dio's for them.
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I have started adding the first layer of moss to the boulder chase dio.
I let the first layer dry for a few days and once dry I peeled them of the non stick baking paper and glued them on using PVA glue. I will leave these to dry for 12 hours before applying the last part of the moss.
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Wow all kinds of fun here. All looks great as usual Ron. Looking forward to seeing those final Indy images. Looks like you are getting close. Off to share.
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Wow all kinds of fun here. All looks great as usual Ron. Looking forward to seeing those final Indy images. Looks like you are getting close. Off to share.
Thanks Shawn and not much to left to do on the boulder chase dio.
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Hi All,
The two mini German WW2 dio's are almost done I just need to weather them and then take my usual pics.
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Wow, those hedgerows look perfect. Off to share.
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Wow, those hedgerows look perfect. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and the pics don't do it justice, I can't wait to get my usual pics up tomorrow.
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Hi All,
Here are the usual pics for two of the WW2 German Figures.
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Looks like the weathering came out great to me. Off to share the final images.
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Looks like the weathering came out great to me. Off to share the final images.
Cheers Shawn and yeah the weathering turned out great, I was a bit worried considering I haven't done any small WW2 figures for years.
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Hi All,
More work done to the boulder chase dio.
I added more moss to the moss that was already glued down to give it more thickness.
I also added spider webs and thanks to Roger Bowen over on my FB page for suggesting the Halloween spider webs but the ones I found were really thick so I used cotton wool intsead.
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Looks great. Those spider webs turned out great too. Off to share.
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Looks great. Those spider webs turned out great too. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Hi All,
I while I'm waiting for glue and paint to dry on other pieces I am doing I decided to start making two small viginettes for a Batman and Superman I have had for a while.
This first one is of Batman and he is from the DC Icons series. When painting him I decided to give him a grey/black look as I love the gritty look to the colours.
I also removed the plastic cape and replaced it with a cloth one and added wiring to the sides of the cape.
The base is still a WIP and is built up using a Mezco Star Trek Sulu base and then I used foam for the footpath. The destroyed building is high density foam as are the pices of debri.
I then mixed sand/spakfilla/paint for dirt and once dry I will then add the exposed steel rods and paint the whole thing.
Batman was painted and weathered using Vallejo and Army painter paints and the bat emblem is a piece of pleather cut into a shape I like
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Here is Superman and he also is from the DC icons series.
I removed the plastic cape and as like Batman replaced it with a cloth one and added wiring to the sides.
The base is still a WIP and so far it has a base from a Mezco Trek Sulu and I used high density foam for the debri and a mix of sand/spakfilla/paint for the dirt.
The stand is from the robot that came with the Icon's Superman and I sanded down the top section so that it would fit into teh peghole in his foot.
Superman was painted and weathered using Vallejo and Army painter paints, I also decided not to add the Superman emblem on teh cape as I think it looks better all red.
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They both look great Ron. Pretty cool to see all the different genres you have made dios and customs in. Off to share the latest.
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They both look great Ron. Pretty cool to see all the different genres you have made dios and customs in. Off to share the latest.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I started out doing super hero's and pulp hero's so it's good getting back into doing them again.
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The Batman/Superman viginette dios are nearly complete. I used plastic rod for the steel rods and painted and weathered them so far using Vallejo and Army Painter paints.
Tomorrow I'll do a little more weathering using pastel chalks then take my usual pics.
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Here are my usual pics for Batman and Superman please enjoy.
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Now those turned out great. Love the action shots you are getting with these. Off to share.
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Now those turned out great. Love the action shots you are getting with these. Off to share.
Hey Shawn, they are great figure's and the articulation is awesome and thanks mate.
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I have started adding balsa wood to the outside of the dio as this will simulate a crate once completed.
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That will make a great view from the outside. Gonna make it look like the crate they put the arc in?
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That will make a great view from the outside. Gonna make it look like the crate they put the arc in?
Hey Shawn, it will be like the pic attached with the lettering on it as well and thanks mate.
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Now that is sweet. Can't wait to see this get finished.
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Now that is sweet. Can't wait to see this get finished.
Cheers Shawn and shouldn't be to much longer now I'm just waiting on some restock of Balsa wood so I can finish it off.
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That is like Really Cool. Am Much Impressed.. ;D
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That is incredible. I really like the crate idea. Awesome!!!!!
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That is like Really Cool. Am Much Impressed.. ;D
Thanks heaps Roger.
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Sorry I haven't been on the last few days as I have been crook but feeling heaps better now.
I have done another side of the boulder chase dio adding the balsa wood for the crate part of it and I just have 1 and half sides to go then the dio is completed.
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Looks good. Glad to hear you are feeling better. Off to share.
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Looks good. Glad to hear you are feeling better. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn and feeling heaps better thanks mate.
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Here are the usual pics and also recipe for the Batmobile.
Recipe
Batmobile - is from Polar Lights and was built straight out of the box with no problems at all a very crisp kit with a little flash here and there on the kit. The decals were the worse part but thank to my mate I was able to get some Mr Mark Softner solution to fix them up.
Base - is high density foam and I used a small sandstone a tapped it over the base to simulate a tarred road. The ground was done with a mix of sand and spakfilla and once dry was painted and then the trees/shrubs/dead branches are from Woodland Scenics-Fine leaf foliage.
The sign and fence are done using balsa wood and the writing was done using a plastic stencil, the small grass tufts are from Army Builder.
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I like it. Off to share. I needed some old school this morning. Literally.
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I like it. Off to share. I needed some old school this morning. Literally.
Thanks Shawn and yeah I actually went and watched a few episodes, ah the memories.
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The Batboat was a commission for the same friend that I did the Batmobile for.
The Batboat is from Polar Lights and was built straight out of the box and was painted with Vallejo and Army Painter paints.
The base is high density foam and I covered it and made the waves using spakfilla, once dry I then painted it with Vallejo Dark Green and once dry I dry brushed the waves white.
When the dry brushing was dry I then used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water and covered the water with it. Once the Realistic Water was dry I then used Woodland Scenics Water Effects and dapped it over the waves to added more depth to the waves.
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Really digging the old school batman theme. Off to share the latest.
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Really digging the old school batman theme. Off to share the latest.
Thanks Shawn and it was fun to do something different and something I loved watching when I was a kid.
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Almost done on the 1:6 scale boulder chase dio. I added the crate using balsa wood and gave it a few washes of Vallejo's beige brown, I just need to give it a light sanding then it's done.
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The Indy boulder dio is now complete. I used a plastic stencil to do the stencilling on the crate and then gave the figure and the dio weathering using pastel chalks.
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That is gonna be one happy commissioner. It looks fantastic Ron. Off to share.
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That is gonna be one happy commissioner. It looks fantastic Ron. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn and yeah Les the guy who it is for has a lot of my Indy dio's as he has a Indiana Jones Museum in Canada.
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GREATNESS! You must be really happy with this one!
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GREATNESS! You must be really happy with this one!
Hey Darth, yeah buddy I'm so stoked with the way it turned out and thanks mate.
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Hi All,
Here is another little project I'm doing using a 1/144 Gundam Grimoire kit and making it into a mech suit. I have seen a few people do this and thought it was a great idea so thought I would give it a go.
The helmet is from a Figma racing driver which fits in perfectly with the mech suit, the whole figure is roughly 5" tall so it is about 1:16-1:15 scale and the weapon is from the Bandai Shore Trooper ans I removed the butt.
I haven't decided on a colour scheme yet but I will be having him hiding from a drone so the enemy don't catch up with him
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Now that is gonna be sweet. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn.
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Started on my 5" mech suit dio and decided to have him in a swamp/jungle type environment.
The base is high denisty foam cut to shape and then a knife was used to remove some of the base to have it have lower ground. The rocks are pieces of the foam I cut away and then ripped apart and glued on.
The tree so far has been made using foil and wrapping it up and then twisting it and the big branches and rootlswere done the same way then super glued on.
I then added tissue paper to the tree by using watered down PVA glue this helps the tissue to adhere to the foil and blend over the raised area's of the foil and once dry and painted it will look like bark.
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This is already looking good. Off to share the update Ron.
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This is already looking good. Off to share the update Ron.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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More work done to the base and I have given the tree and rocks a medium wash of Vallejo's Light Grey and once dry I gave it three washes of Vallejo's Matt Black.
Once the washes were dry I then gave the tree a few drybrushes of Vallejo's Light Grey until I was happy with the result.
The base ground work was done using a mix of spakfilla and sand and once dry the lower section which will be the swamp was given a medium wash of Vallejo's Matt Black to darken up the swamp floor.
The dead undergrowth was done using a mix of sand, dirt, small broken sticks, ground up leaves, cut up lichen moss, static grass and Woodland Scenics ground up fine leaf foliage.
The plants are all from JOEFIX STUDIOS and the grass tufts are from Army Painter.
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Ron, I love seeing the WIP's - I learn so much from them. Thanks! I'm really intrigued with this character.
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Ron, I love seeing the WIP's - I learn so much from them. Thanks! I'm really intrigued with this character.
Thanks heaps mate and I'm really glad that the step by step pics have been helping you.
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More progress has been done on the Mech Suit dio, I have added the canopy using Woodland Scenics fine leaf Olive Green Foliage and the vines are from JOEFIX Studios.
The attack drone above the canopy was made using the Grimoire's helmet and I added two muzzle's from Bandai's DLT-19's a small 28mm shield underneath and the radar section from Bandai's R2-D2 kit.
The mech suit has been painted and glued to the base, I was going to do a camo pattern on the suit but once the khaki was painted on I really liked the plain subtle colour of it. I gave the suit a few washes of matt black and then used a model knife to add all the scratches and chips, the decals are from a an old Ma.k kit so I decided to use what was left on the suit.
The swamp section has had tape put around it so that I can use Woodland Scenics Realistic Water in layers to get a nice effect on it. I still have about 6-7 layers to go but doing it in thin layer helps it dry faster.
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Looks awesome to me Ron. Off to share the latest. Such a good use of various parts.
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Looks awesome to me Ron. Off to share the latest. Such a good use of various parts.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah the helmet was perfect for a drone it just needed a few extra pieces added to it.
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Hi All,
While I'm waiting for other projects paint to dry I decided to paint up my 28mm Star Trek Miniatures I got from Modiphius Entertainment.
The figures are as mentioned 32mm tall and are of a medium type resin with the details being really good at this scale. I picked up the TOS Trek figures but you can also get Next Generation Enterprise crew and Next Generation Klingons and Romulans, I first gave the figures a wash is warm soapy water and once dry I painted them using Vallejo paints.
Here is a link to Modiphius Star Trek page https://www.modiphius.net/collections/star-trek-adventures
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Very nice Ron. Off to share.
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Very nice Ron. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn and I can't wait to get more so I can convert them and make some dios with them.
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The Mech suit dio is done, I had to wait for the water to dry before I could paint the edges
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Very nice Ron. Let me go get this on the front pages.
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Ron, the variety of your skills is really remarkable! Your projects always look spot on and ultra realistic! Mucho respect!
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Very nice Ron. Let me go get this on the front pages.
Thanks Shawn.
Ron, the variety of your skills is really remarkable! Your projects always look spot on and ultra realistic! Mucho respect!
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Thanks heaps Philipp.
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Your dios never fail to impress.
The Mech suit dio is incredible.
Excellent work my friend!
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Your dios never fail to impress.
The Mech suit dio is incredible.
Excellent work my friend!
Cheers mate, I was very surprised at the detail that the Gundam kits have now, but saying that they are from Bandai so their kits are awesome anyway.
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New Thunderbird 2 dio in the works. This will have TB2 dropping pod 4 into the ocean and flying off with a rocky shore behind them.
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Looks awesome so far Ron. Off to share.
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Looks awesome so far Ron. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn and I'll have more WIP pics up later tonight.
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Hi All,
More work done to the TB2 dio, I did the water by using watered down spakfilla and spreading it across the base and while drying I used a damp baby wipe and did a light tap and flick motion to get the waves done. I then painted the water area with a medium to dark green and then gave it some washes with dark blue to break it up a little. I Then dry brushed the waves with flat white doing this 2 times and once dry I used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water and covered the water areas.
Next I painted and dry brushed the rocks and by the time I did this the Realistic water was dry. I then used Woodland Scenics Water Effects and added it to the top of the waves as this will give a nice depth to them.
I then used the Water Effects to to the waves spalshing up against the rocks and also around Pod 4 to simulate the spalshing as it hits the water and lastly I used the Water Effects to do the flames coming out og TB2's rockets.
Once the Water Effects dry I will paint drybrush the waves and paint the flames and then I will use the Realistic water and again to cover the water and flames.
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Wow Ron, you water effects are awesome as usual. Off to share the latest.
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Wow Ron, you water effects are awesome as usual. Off to share the latest.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
Last update for tonignt/today,
I have painted the flames and also added somke using cotton wool. I only did one side as TB2 is veering off to the left and the retro's are at full and the right hand side is just flames now as it gets a little higher and the smoke has now dissipated.
Ron
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Wow, Ron!
This one hit me right in the childhood
🤓🤩👍🏼🤯. and not necessarily in this order
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Wow, Ron!
This one hit me right in the childhood
🤓🤩👍🏼🤯. and not necessarily in this order
Thanks heaps mate and yeah I'm the same I have been watching the original shows again and damn they are still as good as when I was young.
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Hi All,
TB2 is completed I just had to add the last coat of Woodland Scenics Realistic Water to finish it off
Ron
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I really don't know how you do the water stuff that you do, but wow spot on fantastic. Off to share.
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I really don't know how you do the water stuff that you do, but wow spot on fantastic. Off to share.
Years of practice and failures LOL and thanks heaps Shawn.
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Hi All,
Finished this guy up last night.
Mugato - I used a POTA Luca Gorilla and glued the joints and made the horn, spikes and tail out of high density foam. Once the the spikes, horn and tail were attached I used cotton wool for the fur.
I then gave the fur a very very light wash of grey and then left to dry for 24 hours then I dry brushed the fur with Vallejo flat white until I was happy with the way it look. The skin tone was done using Vallejo's flat flesh then giving it a few washes of Vallejo's light brown and the dry brushing it with a 50/50 mix of Vallejo's flat white/light brown.
Base - I used a Mezco Star Trek base and made the rocks using fom and ripping it apart and then glued it on the base. I then used watered down spakfilla and covered the rocks and the left over spakfilla I mixed in some sand and applied it to the ground.
The rocks were painted as was the ground using a variety of Vallejo's grey's and browns. The tufts of grass are from Army Builder and the bushes and small shrubs are Woodland Scenics fine foliage Olive Green.
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Now that turned out nice. So want to go watch this episode with this creature in it now. I can't remember the story line for the life of me. Off to share.
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Now that turned out nice. So want to go watch this episode with this creature in it now. I can't remember the story line for the life of me. Off to share.
LOL, I watched the episode last night but I won't spoil it for you and thanks heaps mate.
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Hi All,
Almost finished another Trek character which is the Gorn this time and I have also added a pic with the Mezco Kirk for size..
Here are a few WIP pics and I just need to do a little weathering and paint the bases edge an I wil have normal pics tomorrow.
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Hi All,
Recipe
Gorn - is from Diamond Select Toys and I glued the joints and then puttied them up, I repainted and weathered him using Vallejo Paints.
Base - is from a Mezco Trek figure and I made the rocks by ripping pieces off until I liked the look of them. I then glued the rocks to the base and then covered the base and rocks using watered down spakfilla.
Ron
I then painted and weathered the the rocks and ground using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks, the tufts of grass are from Army Builder. The powered minerals were done by mixing paint to spakfilla then applying it to the base and the coal is just small pieces of foam ripped up and painted and weathered.
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The Gorn looks good. The Mugato turned out great! The high density foam really worked well.
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I like that one too. I remember that episode. Off to share the latest.
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The Gorn looks good. The Mugato turned out great! The high density foam really worked well.
Thanks heaps mate and yeah the high density foam even without spakfilla over it looks great especially when you rip it apart.
I like that one too. I remember that episode. Off to share the latest.
Cheers Shawn and I've been going thru the episodes to see what creatures I can make.
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I was getting that vibe. One of the reasons I watched the show as a kid was hoping to see new aliens show up.
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I was getting that vibe. One of the reasons I watched the show as a kid was hoping to see new aliens show up.
Yeah I was the same and I also wanted to see different ships. I got a body to start doing the salt vampire which I'll start after xmas.
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Hi All,
I started a little of the side project for my own collection which is of the TB1 cockpit chair, I have built is out of plastic card and other greeblies and it is almost complete.
TB1 cockpit section is almost complete I just need to make the straps for the waist and legs and paint the figure.
I have glued it to it's base which is a cheap frame from the local Two Dollar store. I will be having a pic of TB1 above the head and underneath will be the International logo.
Once it is finished it will hang on the wall as per the pics.
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Hi All,
Calling it done on the TB1 cockpit section, I was going to have the TB logo and a pic of TB1 at the top but the printer decided it's not going to work.
So with that said I did the safety belts/harness's by using the ends of an 1/6 WW2 German Y Harness.
I also paint the lighter blue area's of the hat, top part of boots and the holster/shoulder sash with Vallejo's light blue. I was gave the face and hands a good wash of artist Burnt Sienna to darken the skin tone just a little and also painted the hair and brows a Dark Brown and painted the eyes with a light blue.
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Ron that is pretty awesome. I like it. Off to share.
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Ron that is pretty awesome. I like it. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and now I need to make TB2,3 and 4 cockpit's and TB5 comms area.
Ron
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Hi All,
Merry Christmas to everyone and their familys and I hope everyone has had a fantastic day.
It was a very mello day for my family which was great we just opened pressies and ate and relaxed.
I have started a new personal project and this time it is TB2 and TB4 in 1/350 scale and is from Aoshima and the little figures are from Tamiya. I have painted TB2 cockpit and added the decals that come with the kit and TB4 I made my own cockpit as it came with no cockpit details.
I made TB4's cockpit using thin plastic card and I have left the clear plastic windows out of both models so you are able to see inside the cockpits.
I have also added a pic to show how tiny a 1/350 scale figure is and these are plastic so they are great to do little modification's to them.
I decided to do some more work on TB2 & TB4, I added all the decals and have started weathering TB4 and just need to tidy it up.
Before the decals were added to TB2 I gave it and Pod4 wash using Vallejo German Field Grey and I will let the decals dry for 8 hrs before I start the weathering to it.
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More work done to the TB2 & TB4 diorama.
I have completed weathering the TB's and just need to give them a spray of matt varnish to finish them off.
The dioram is a picture frame I picked up from the local shop for $10, I removed the glass and the piece of thin wood from the back and then replaced the thin piece of wood and glued it in place.
To make the base of the diorama more sturdy I added high density foam underneath and secured it in place with superglue. I then used high density foam to start making the land masses and glued the larger section in place and once dry started ripping it apart to give it more of a rock face look.
I then used smaller pieces of foam to make the other section and the pieces I had ripped off the larger section I used some pieces and glued them to the smaller section and once dry I will rip them apart to get a more natural look.
The glass will be my base for the ocean and will be glued to the foam where it is positioned in the pictures and then a layer of foam will be glued on top. The rods in the pics for TB2 & TB4 are just temporary so I can get a feel of how the diorama is looking and thin clear plastic rods will be used.
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Ron that is awesome and grand in scale. I really like it. Off to share.
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Ron that is awesome and grand in scale. I really like it. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and hope you had a great xmas.
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This s going to be awesome, Ron!
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This s going to be awesome, Ron!
Thanks heaps buddy.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and hope you had a great xmas.
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I did Ron thanks. Hope you had a great one too. If your dio is any indication it went great!
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Thanks heaps Shawn and hope you had a great xmas.
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I did Ron thanks. Hope you had a great one too. If your dio is any indication it went great!
I did also thanks Shawn and I got heaps of Thunderbirds kits so there will be a lot of new Thunderbirds dios in the new year.
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Hi All,
More work has been done to the TB diorama.
I attached the glass piece is nail glue and I have added an extra land mass to the dio which is the small one section as it was a safety issue due to the sharp corner and I didn't want anyone loosing an eye.
The mountians under the water were covered with watered down spakfilla with a small amount of green grey to make it easier to paint. The land mass above the water was covered with a 50/50 mix of spakfilla/sand and the small mountians are pieces of foam covered with the spakfilla mix.
The comms tower in the dio is still being built, it still needs some more supports and some comms gear on top of it and this is going to end up in the bottom of the water after a aircraft lost control and hit it.
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Awesome. Off to share the latest.
Thanks Shawn.
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The ground is looking good, but I really like the comm tower.
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The ground is looking good, but I really like the comm tower.
Cheers buddy and I'll have more pics shortly.
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Hi All,
I did more work on the TB diorama.
I have built and painted the Jet Bomber plane using Vallejo paints and added decals from left over spare ones. The Bomber was made using plastic card and I then ripped the right back wing off to simulate it hitting the tower.
The comms tower was painted using Vallejo Paints and then I used a pair of cutters to destroy where the bomber had it.
The mountians and ground work were given washes of different browns and then a wash of medium grey. I gave the ocean floor a few washes of Vallejo Iraqui Sand and The road to the Comms Tower had been given it's first coat and I still need to weather it and add the lines.
The bushes are from Army Painter and the tree's and small shrubs are from Woodland Scenics.
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That glass adds such a unique feature to this. Really cool effect and the dio looks great. Off to share.
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I absolutely love this mate, truly fantastic and I agree with Tamer, the glass adds a really unique feature to your diorama.
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That glass adds such a unique feature to this. Really cool effect and the dio looks great. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I'm hoping that once I do the waves it will give a real watery look to it.
I absolutely love this mate, truly fantastic and I agree with Tamer, the glass adds a really unique feature to your diorama.
Cheers Buddy.
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More work done on the TB diorama.
I have added two different types of seaweed to the ocean floor. The tall thin seaweed is dried roots painted a light green and glued on with PVA glue and the small grassy looking seaweed is static grass Dark Green from Woodland Scenics.
I got some non stick cooking paper and dapped PVA around in different sizes and sprinkled the static grass over the glue. I then took the non stick cooking paper out side and blew across the paper to make the static grass standup and once the PVA glue dried I pulled the grass/seaweed off and glued them to the base.
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Looks awesome Ron. You are pulling out all the stops on this one. Off to share.
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Looks awesome Ron. You are pulling out all the stops on this one. Off to share.
Hey Shawn, Thanks heaps mate and yeah I'm really enjoying this build and can't wait to do more TB's dio's.
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Hi All,
Last update for the night.
Pic's 1 and 2 have had the glass covered with a 70/30 mix of Woodland Scenics Realistic water 70% and Light Green Artist Paint 30% and once mixed it was spread over the glass and left to dry.
Pic 3 shows what the mix looks like underneath and Pic 4 shows how the scenery now has a very light green auroa from the mix.
Pic's 5, 6 and 7 shows the water now with Woodland Scenics Water Effects covering it. It's a little hard to see but the water has very small waves to match the scale of the TB's, I did this by spreading the Water Effects over the first mix and while drying I got a damp baby wipe and starting dapping on a angle towards the large land mass.
Once the Water Effects dries it will be clear and then I will give the waves a very light dry brush of white to bring out the waves. The road has had the lines painted on then a wash of matt black was done to tone down the grey.
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Ron, out of all your dioramas, this is going to become one of my favurites although I don't know Thunderbirds and don't have any connection to it. But the idea you had is just BRILLIANT! I just love your idea of creating this sort of tunnel to make the area underwater not only visible, but also accessible! The water effects on the Plexiglas are just fantastic!
The detail is just breath-taking as always.
I am beyond impressed!
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Ron, out of all your dioramas, this is going to become one of my favurites although I don't know Thunderbirds and don't have any connection to it. But the idea you had is just BRILLIANT! I just love your idea of creating this sort of tunnel to make the area underwater not only visible, but also accessible! The water effects on the Plexiglas are just fantastic!
The detail is just breath-taking as always.
I am beyond impressed!
- Philipp
Thank you very much Philipp I really appreciate the comments mate.
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Ron ole pal you just continue to amaze me. Like I have said before when I think I have seen everything you go and do something like this. Crazy cool effect! Off to share.
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Ron ole pal you just continue to amaze me. Like I have said before when I think I have seen everything you go and do something like this. Crazy cool effect! Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn really glad you like it mate.
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Hi All,
On the last leg of the TB dio.
Pic 1 - The Woodalnd Scenics Water Effects has dried.
Pic 2 - I did another layer of the Water Effects as some of the waves I wasn't happy with.
Pic 3 - Once the Water Effects was dry the waves turned out heaps better and I gave them a dry brushe of Matt white. TB2 was also secured to the base.
Pic 4 - Once the dry brushing was done and TB2 was attached I then covered the water with Woodland Scenics Realistic Water.
Pic 5 - TB4 has been attached.
I will have my usual outdoor pics tomorrow.
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The Thunderbirds dio is completed. I have added 4 pics here and included a link to my FB page as there is 35 pics in total.
https://www.facebook.com/HembleCreations/posts/917574451754583?comment_id=917574615087900¬if_id=1515122506513165¬if_t=feed_comment&ref=notif
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Wow that is one awesome project Ron. Let me go share it and your gallery and try to leave some better comments later.
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Wow that is one awesome project Ron. Let me go share it and your gallery and try to leave some better comments later.
Thanks heaps Shawn I have more Thunderbirds dios to come.
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Hi All,
Another TB dio in the works.
This excavator is from IMAI and is an old kit which needs alot of work especially the seams etc. This vehicle wasn't in the TV show but did show up in TB comics.
I removed the cockpit section and replaced it with plastic card and I made the chair with plastic card and added decals for the spare decals I have.
The figures were 1/72 scale German figures from Prieser and I sanded the uniforms and made the belts and shoulder section using paper. The holsters are also from the same figure kit and the cartridge holders on the left are done with thin plastic rod.
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This is gonna be good too. Off to share the initial news.
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This is gonna be good too. Off to share the initial news.
Thanks Shawn.
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Love the Thunderbird 2 diorama mate and can't wait to see further progression with your latest mate.
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Love the Thunderbird 2 diorama mate and can't wait to see further progression with your latest mate.
Cheers buddy and I'll have a update shortly.
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Hi All,
Another update on the Thunderbird excavator dio.
The excavator is now complete and it felt like it was missing something so I added thin plastic rod on both side and also added hydraulic hoses to the back of the arms.
The base is high density foam and cut to shape and the cliff face I just ripped apart foam with my finger and then glued them in place.
I the glued the excavator in place and with the left over small pieces of foam I glued them to the dozer section of the excavator and glued them tight against the grinder so it looks like it is starting to smash the rocks up.
The mine shaft support beams are pieces of balsa wood cut and glued inplace and once this was done the cliff face, rocks and ground were covered with spakfilla.
I have started painting the cliff face and rocks using Vallejo Paints as was the excavator and then I will start weathering them with pastel chalks.
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Just incredible, Ron...both projects are outstanding!
- Philipp
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Just incredible, Ron...both projects are outstanding!
- Philipp
Thanks heaps Philipp
Very nice, off to share.
Cheers Shawn
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Hi All,
Nearly done on the TB excavator dio I just needed to make a hover bike for it which is made from plastic card.
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Hi All,
The excavator dio is complete, please enjoy.
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Love those smoke effects. You knocked the ball out of the park again. Off to share.
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Love those smoke effects. You knocked the ball out of the park again. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn, really glad you like it.
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Wow, Ron, another fantastic build! I really like how you designed the rocks to look like the excavator was churning again. The hover bike is great and the gray smoke looks really good (sometimes smoke effects turn out just too white).
The final water diorama is exquisite as well. Brilliant job!
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Wow, Ron, another fantastic build! I really like how you designed the rocks to look like the excavator was churning again. The hover bike is great and the gray smoke looks really good (sometimes smoke effects turn out just too white).
The final water diorama is exquisite as well. Brilliant job!
Thanks heaps mate and the smoke/soil effect was done my using cotton wool and applying pastel chalks to until the chalk covered all the white areas.
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Hi All,
I'm on a bit of a Thunderbird run at the moment and decided to do another simple display.
This one is TB3 from the new Thunderbirds are go series, it is the toy from Vivid and I did a complete repaint and wash to it using Vallejo Paints.
The base is from AOSHIMA TB 1 Launch Bay 1/350 kit, as I wasn't going to need it I used it for this little project. The base was painted with Vallejo Paints, the smoke is cotton wool pulled apart and glued in place.
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Great paint job and love the smoke effects. Off to share the latest Ron.
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Great paint job and love the smoke effects. Off to share the latest Ron.
Sorry for the late reply Shawn and thanks heaps.
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Hi All,
Did a little 1:35 scale WW2 dio of a German NCO Fallschirmjager invading the low lands in May 1940.
The figure and parachute are from Zvezda and comes wth another 4 figures but I just wanted to build the figure and chute only to see what it is like.
The quality with the Zvezda kits is amazing the details are nice and crisp and hardly no flash and the kit also comes with the string for the chutes ropes.
I painted and weathered the figure and chute using Vallejo paints and the base was done using Tamiya's Diorama Texture paint (Soil Effect). The soil effect is great and is a paint and and fine grit mixed in with it and it becomes a thick paste which I applied with a brush.
Once dry I then dry brushed it with Vallejo Tan Earth and the added the tufts which are from Army Painter and the bushes are from Woodland Scenics.
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You can read my thoughts on the front page. Looks great Ron. Off to share.
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You can read my thoughts on the front page. Looks great Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Wow, very cool idea - excellent detail on the "Fallschirmjäger" and the "Fallschirm" - I am especially amazed by the ground! The soil looks so realisitc...I'll try this Tamiya effect, too!
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Wow, very cool idea - excellent detail on the "Fallschirmjäger" and the "Fallschirm" - I am especially amazed by the ground! The soil looks so realisitc...I'll try this Tamiya effect, too!
- Philipp
Thanks heaps Philipp and I was very surprised how great the Tamiya effects look. I forgot to mention that I dapped it down with a damp baby wipe to flatten down and it also gives it more detail as well.
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Excellent work on the Fallschirmjäger diorama.
The posture of the figure looks very realistic.
The Tamiya Diorama Texture paint looks great. I'll try it if I can get it.
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Excellent work on the Fallschirmjäger diorama.
The posture of the figure looks very realistic.
The Tamiya Diorama Texture paint looks great. I'll try it if I can get it.
Cheers buddy and I was very surprised how well the Tamiya Texture paint turned out, I really like it.
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Hi All,
Finally completed this 1/35 WW2 dio after is has been sitting on the shelf for a while.
The figure's and cow are from Master Box and have been built straight out of the box and have been painted and weathered with Vallejo Paints and Pastel Chalks.
The base is a old figure base and I added a 50/50 mix of spakfilla/sand and applied it to the base. The fence is some scrap balsa wood I have lying around and the grss tufts are from Army Painter and the bushes are from Woodland Scenics.
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Nice one Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Hi All,
Just another little easy 1:35 scale WW2 dio and this time it's SS Panzer crew in Kursk 1943.
The figures are from Dragon and built straight out of the box and painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints.
The base is an old 12" figure base and I used Tamiya's Soil Effects Brown and covered the base and once dry gave it a few washes of Vallejo's Chocolate Brown.
Once the washes were done I dry brushed it with Vallejo's Beige Brown and the grass tufts are from Army Painter.
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A very dynamik mini dio.
The paint job on the figures is really good. Even the smallest details are recognizable.
The Milk Man dio is also a masterpiece.
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A very dynamik mini dio.
The paint job on the figures is really good. Even the smallest details are recognizable.
The Milk Man dio is also a masterpiece.
Thanks heaps mate.
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Looks awesome Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Hi All,
The son got a box of Warhammer and 40K Space Marines and Orcs that a friends son didn't want anymore. Hunter (son) 8yrs decided to start painting the Orcs and then the Rhylie (daughter) 13yrs decided to join in.
Hunter painted the two Orcs in the first 4 pics and Rhylie painted one Orc in the last two pics. They painted these all themselves with me only guiding them on what brushes to use and how to use them correctly and how to apply the paint correctly.
Needless to say I was stoked with the level of paint skills the kids have seeing that it was the second attempt at painting. And yes I am very very proud of them both to say the least
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Wow, talk about a great argument that creative skill runs in the family. Great paint work on all. Love to hear about the entire family getting in on the act. Off to share to the front pages with more comments.
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Wow, talk about a great argument that creative skill runs in the family. Great paint work on all. Love to hear about the entire family getting in on the act. Off to share to the front pages with more comments.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I know right, I knew Rhylie had my genes when it comes to diorama when she did that water hole display for her animals but Hunter the boy is a computer gaming nerd LOL.
When they asked me for paints to paint the Orc's I said what colours and here at the brushes and gave them the do's and don'ts and then 1.5 later wham painting nearly as good as you dad LOL.
I for one love that they are doing it and love doing it themselves but I don't think Belinda is over the moon as she thinks one big nerd in the family is enough LOL.
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That's awesome Ron. My son has been painting Warhammer since he was about 10 and building dioramas for them as well. It's a great creative outlet. He's a way better painter than I am. He'd give your kids a hard time and say, "My Space Marines could totally destroy your Orcs." :) It is a delight to watch both creativity and skill emerge in our children, so I'm glad you can take pride in their work. From one "Warhammer Dad" to another, enjoy!
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That's awesome Ron. My son has been painting Warhammer since he was about 10 and building dioramas for them as well. It's a great creative outlet. He's a way better painter than I am. He'd give your kids a hard time and say, "My Space Marines could totally destroy your Orcs." :) It is a delight to watch both creativity and skill emerge in our children, so I'm glad you can take pride in their work. From one "Warhammer Dad" to another, enjoy!
Thanks heaps buddy and his having a ball painting them and I showed him this message and he said my Orcs super Marine Killers LOL "let the war begin" LOL.
You should put your sons figures up so we can see them and his dios that would cool. Yeah us dad's never think our kids will love the things we do but when they do it is a great feeling that is for sure.
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Hi All,
A mate from my model group built a F4 Phantom 1/48 scale kit and wanted a base done for it and gave me a reference photo as per the first pic as he is entering it in a model comp this weekend. He asked could I make a diorama base for him and I jumped at the chance as I love doing water.
The base is high density foam cut to size and then I used watered down spakfilla and covered the base. While the spakfilla is drying I then used a mdeium wide brush and lightly wet it and gave the spakfilla a flicking motion with the brush to make the waves.
Once the spakfilla is dry I then painted the water using Vallejo's light green and once that was dry I gave it several washes of Vallejo's Dark blue until I was happy with the way it looked.
Once the washes were dry I then dry brushed the waves using Vallejo's Flat white and once dry I added three layers of Woodland Scenics Realistic water.
The two rows of water were done by using a cut up coat hanger to get the angle and then I used cotton wool to make the streams of waves/water.
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As I said on Facebook mate, this is just awesome!
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Very cool dios. The ww2 paratrooper is awesome, and the F4 dio is fantastic. I've seen them on FB, but I had to say something here.
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Nice display! The water effects look incredibly realistic again! In scale 1:48 it was certainly not an easy task. Your buddy must be very happy with the result!
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That looks awesome Ron. Off to share. I bet your friend was stoked.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah he was over the moon.
As I said on Facebook mate, this is just awesome!
Thanks heaps again buddy.
Very cool dios. The ww2 paratrooper is awesome, and the F4 dio is fantastic. I've seen them on FB, but I had to say something here.
Thanks heaps JD.
Nice display! The water effects look incredibly realistic again! In scale 1:48 it was certainly not an easy task. Your buddy must be very happy with the result!
- Philipp
Thanks heaps Philipp and he was stoked and to be honest it is easier to do the water in larger scales then in smaller scales.
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That is a great looking low-level flight dio.
The water looks super reaslistic.
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That is a great looking low-level flight dio.
The water looks super reaslistic.
Excellent work!
Thanks heaps mate and the dio got second place so we are both stoked about that.
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Hi All,
Completed another small WW2 German diorama.
The bike,pig and figure on the are from Zvezda and the other three figures are from ICM and have been painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks.
The base is an old 1:35 scale base and the cobblestone road and footpath are an old vac form kit I have for years. I appiled it to the base and once dry I cut the excess area's off, the street light is from Miniart and the broken bulb is a HO scale bulb that didn't work anymore.
The debri/dirt on the ground was a mix of spakfilla/dirt and small pieces of kitty litter and the base was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
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The WW2 dioramas are superb!
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The WW2 dioramas are superb!
Thanks heaps mate.
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Wow, that WW2 Dio looks great. Off to share the latest Ron.
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You did a great job on your latest WW2 dio.
The detailing is superb.
Excellent work.
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Wow, that WW2 Dio looks great. Off to share the latest Ron.
Thanks heaps Shawn and it's great doing 1:35 Military dio's again after 14yrs not making them.
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You did a great job on your latest WW2 dio.
The detailing is superb.
Excellent work.
Thanks heaps buddy.
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Nice job on the dio, Ron!
You know, it’s the 1/35th military stuff that sparked my passion for modeling and dioramas in the first place. I still have magizines from the 70s full of articles depicting those old masters developing weathering and diorama techniques using what materials and technology’s that were available in the day.
I haven’t tried figures from either of those manufacturers yet. There is so much 1/35th stuff out there now.
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Nice job on the dio, Ron!
You know, it’s the 1/35th military stuff that sparked my passion for modeling and dioramas in the first place. I still have magizines from the 70s full of articles depicting those old masters developing weathering and diorama techniques using what materials and technology’s that were available in the day.
I haven’t tried figures from either of those manufacturers yet. There is so much 1/35th stuff out there now.
Thanks heaps Clint, yeah I remember when I first started out which was nearly 38yrs ago we had to scratch build 90% of our own stuff. But as you mentioned the stuff out there now is amazing especially the buildings and scenery items for dios.
Ron
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Hi All,
New Thunderbirds dio 1:144 scale.
Recipe
Recovery Vehicles - are the old IMAI kits and this one had the wheels underneath with the magnets could be shot out of the barrels. I didn't add all the springs etc and covered up the holes with plastic card and also alot of sanding was done to them as the moulds don't like up correctly.
I also added the antenna's, doors on the side and the bar at the front using plastic card and the connecting bracket between the magnets barrels I used a thinker piece of plastic strip.
The kits didn't come with decals so I used decals I had in my spare decals box and the RECOVERY VEHICLE signs on the side I did by printing them on the printer and then applying them to the vehicles. The vehicles were painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
Base - is a piece of high density foam cut to the desired shape and then a 50/50 mix of spakfilla/sand was applied to the base and once dry is was painted and weathered with Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
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Love those tracks in the sand. Off to share the latest.
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Nice to see some Thunderbird stuff in action again.
Another outstanding diorma my friend.
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Love those tracks in the sand. Off to share the latest.
Cheers Shawn.
Nice to see some Thunderbird stuff in action again.
Another outstanding diorma my friend.
Thanks heaps mate and there will be more TB dios coming.
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Here's another small 1:35 scale WW2 German vignette/dio that I completed last night.
The figures and raft are from Dragon Models and were built straight out of the box and painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks.
The base is a piece of foam cure and a removed some foam so that the raft would sit more naturally in the water. The embankment is foam board built up and and glued and then I used Tamiya's Soil Effects Brown to cover it.
Once dry I then gave the ground work a few washes of Vallejo Light Brown, the small tufts of grass are from Army Painter and the bushes are from Woodland Scenics and the clumps of darker foliage are from MiniNatur.
The water was done by using watered down spakfilla and covering the water area and then once dry painting it Vallejo's Dark Green and once that is dry a mix of Vallejo's Medium Green and Woodland Scenics Realistic Water mixed together and applied that to the base.
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I always enjoy seeing your water effects. Off to share this.
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I always enjoy seeing your water effects. Off to share this.
Cheers Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here's another small 1:35 scale WW2 German vignette/dio that I completed last night.
The figures and raft are from Dragon Models and were built straight out of the box and painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks.
The base is a piece of foam cure and a removed some foam so that the raft would sit more naturally in the water. The embankment is foam board built up and and glued and then I used Tamiya's Soil Effects Brown to cover it.
Once dry I then gave the ground work a few washes of Vallejo Light Brown, the small tufts of grass are from Army Painter and the bushes are from Woodland Scenics and the clumps of darker foliage are from MiniNatur.
The water was done by using watered down spakfilla and covering the water area and then once dry painting it Vallejo's Dark Green and once that is dry a mix of Vallejo's Medium Green and Woodland Scenics Realistic Water mixed together and applied that to the base.
Ron
Love the base on these, very detailed
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Love the base on these, very detailed
Cheers buddy
Ron
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Hi All,
New little Thunderbirds dio with TB4.
Recipe
TB4 - is from IMAI and is an older kit and needed a lot of sanding and I had to fill in the left side as it was a hole where the turning mechanisiam was to wind the motor.
The cockpit was cut out and I scratch built a new one adding the door, computers at the back and also adding a steering wheel and chair using plastic card. TB4 was painted using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
Gordon was made using 1:72 scale Preiser German figure which was sanded down, I used plastic card for the air tanks and face mask and thin wire for the hoses.
Base - is high density foam as are the columns, walls and floor and I used a sharp pencil to do the floor and walls. The sand is watered down spakfilla and and painted Vallejo's Iraqui Sand and the sea weed is vines which have been cut to different sizes and glued in place and they are from MiniNatur.
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Very nice Ron. I don't know how you detail so well as such a small scale. I can't even see to read anymore! Off to share.
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Very nice Ron. I don't know how you detail so well as such a small scale. I can't even see to read anymore! Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and glasses my friend, I can't do dio's or read without them, old age me thinks lol.
Ron
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The "Sturmpioniere" dio and your newest Thunderbirds dio are both masterpieces.
Excellent work my friend.
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The "Sturmpioniere" dio and your newest Thunderbirds dio are both masterpieces.
Excellent work my friend.
Thanks heaps buddy.
Ron
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Hi All,
New 1:35 German vignette and it is a German 120-mm Heavy Mortar Granatwerfer.
Figures and equipment are from Zvezda and are built straight out of the box and painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints, Army Painter paints and pastel chalks.
The base is foam board with a coat of PVA glue on top so it won't warp once the ground work mix from Tamiya is applied. The tufts of grass are from Army Painter.
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Nice updates. You're really rocking the Thunderbirds dioramas. The WW2 dioramas are turning out really excellent.
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Nice updates. You're really rocking the Thunderbirds dioramas. The WW2 dioramas are turning out really excellent.
Thanks heaps mate and next week I'll be slowing down on the TB and WW2 dios I have to get back to doing SW vignettes and diorama's for the local Con in June and I only have 15 vignettes and dios made and I need to make at least another 45 before then.
Ron
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Looks great Ron. Off to share.
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I love all the little details on the mortar dio.
Excellent work!
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Looks great Ron. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn.
I love all the little details on the mortar dio.
Excellent work!
Thanks mate.
Ron
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Hi All,
Finished this small 1:35 vignette of last night. The figure and dog are both from Dragon and they were painted with Vallejo Paints.
The base is blue foam and the sand is from Tamiya and is the light sand mix with crushed up kitty litter applied while it was drying .
Once dry it was then painted with Vallejo Iraqui sand and then given a wash of medium brown then dry brushed with Iraqui sand and the grass tufts are from Army Painter.
I also decided to give Tamiya's decals ago and used them on the epelets and sleeves and they worked great so I think I'll be using them alot more.
Ron
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Very nice. I am so far behind on my posting this morning, but had to get this one updated. Off to share.
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Another great piece of artwork Ron!
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Very nice. I am so far behind on my posting this morning, but had to get this one updated. Off to share.
Thanks Shawn and I know what you mean about being behind I finally caught up on all SW vignettes that I am back on track finally.
Another great piece of artwork Ron!
Thanks buddy.
Ron
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Hi All,
Another small single figure vignette.
The figure is from Dragon Models and was painted with Vallejo, AK interactive paints and weathered with pastel chalks.
The base is made from foam board for the lower section of the base then I used blue foam to scratch build the floor and column. The debri is a mix of sand a ripped up blue foam and once it dried the base was painted and weathered with Vallejo Paints.
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Another nice one Ron. Off to share.
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Another nice one Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and as always I really appreciate you putting them up on the FP cheers buddy.
Ron
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You keep sharing I will keep posting. I haven't seen you touch anything yet I didn't like.
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Your WW2 figures and dios never fail to impress me.
So many details in such a small scale is phenomenal.
Excellent work my friend.
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You keep sharing I will keep posting. I haven't seen you touch anything yet I didn't like.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Your WW2 figures and dios never fail to impress me.
So many details in such a small scale is phenomenal.
Excellent work my friend.
Cheers Buddy.
Ron
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New WW2 dio and this is a 1:72 scale Tiger 1 early production kit from Zvezda and is a snap kit and built straight from the box with the only alteration to be done was to drill a hole in the muzzle as it different have one.
Recipe
Tank & Figures - as mentioned is from Zvezda and it was painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and Pastel chalks, the two figures are from Dragon Models and were painted with Vallejo Paints.
Base - is an old 1:6 action figure base and I used Tamiya's Diorama Texture Paint (Dark Soil) and covered the base with it. while drying I added the tank and applied the Textured Paint to the tank on the skirts, tracks etc.
The tall grass tuft are from Army Painter and the tree's and bushes are from Woodland Scenics and is their Fine Leaf Olive Green Foliage and I just snapped off pieces I wanted and glued in place.
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That looks awesome Ron. Just awesome vegetation work here. Still wonder how the war would have gone had they gotten those Tigers into full scale production. Off to share.
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That looks awesome Ron. Just awesome vegetation work here. Still wonder how the war would have gone had they gotten those Tigers into full scale production. Off to share.
If they didn't run out of fuel I would say it would have turned out a lot different that is for sure especially with some of the larger and newer tanks they were developing and thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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You continue to deliver excellent quality WW2 vignette-dioramas (vignoramas?). I really love the way the Tiger turned out, hidden in the foliage. Zvezda produces some good products (I have several sets of 1/72 scale Medieval and Ancient troops). But the paint and diorama details you put into these builds really elevates them to something special.
PS - I talked with son about posting some 40K Space Marine images, he said, "I'm repainting - didn't like the color scheme - maybe when I'm done." :(
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You continue to deliver excellent quality WW2 vignette-dioramas (vignoramas?). I really love the way the Tiger turned out, hidden in the foliage. Zvezda produces some good products (I have several sets of 1/72 scale Medieval and Ancient troops). But the paint and diorama details you put into these builds really elevates them to something special.
PS - I talked with son about posting some 40K Space Marine images, he said, "I'm repainting - didn't like the color scheme - maybe when I'm done." :(
Thanks heaps mate and it has been awesome getting back into the WW2 models again after 14 yrs. When your son has repainted them myself and the boy would love to see them.
Ron
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Im really liking these WW2 dios. You're knocking them out of the park.
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Im really liking these WW2 dios. You're knocking them out of the park.
Thanks heaps JD and the little vignettes are always the fastest to make but I want to make a larger dio once I have the space again.
Ron
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Hi All,
Just completed another small 1:35 2 figure vignette. This small vignette is of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking in Poland 1944.
This one shows a SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer (Captain) wearing his M1944 dot pattern tunic and pants and the SS-Scharfuhrer (Sergeant) wearing his black field jacket and M1944.
The figures figure upper and lower sections are form an old ICM tank crew kit I had in my cupboard and the arms are a mix of Dragon and Masterbox. The Captain head is a Dragon head and the Sergeant is a ICM head.
The figures were painted and weathered using Vallejo, AK interactive paints and pastel chalks and once dry I used Tamiya decals for the insignia and epelets
The base is a pice of thick balsa wood and the cobble stone road and foot path is an old vac form street corner and I just cut out what I need and glued in on the base.
The street lamp is from Tamiya and the rubble is a mix of sand/kitty litter and spakfilla. Once the mix was ready I just appiled it to the base and once dry I painted and weathered the base using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks.
The Wiking emblem was saved from the net then I used my printer to shrink it down and print it off and then cut it out and glued it in place.
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Another incredibly detailed WWII dio! The street lamp is a very nice detail and foreshadows how the rest of the environment probably looks like...thumbs up!
I didn't know this tank division before even though I live in Germany. Now, I know it was a very important one and there's even a lyric text/song about the history of the "Wiking" on YouTube. So if you want to listen to some old German with lots of rolling "r"s and rough riffs follow the link: DOUBLE-CLICK on the video embedded
And here's an interview with Michael Wittmann (SS-Commander, SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer) and English subtitles: Michael Wittman was the most "successful" tank commander of WWII with 138 confirmed hits.
Please, tell me if I should remove the links again and I will do so at once.
WWII is horrible, but a part of history we should all learn from. Declaring war on everyone was just insane. Opening the Eastern front against Stalin was another fatal - if not the biggest - mistake by Hitler. The Russians alone lost over 20,000,000. And about 70 million total losses. This mustn't happen ever, again. But even without a World War the world is still at war today with 20 wars and conflicts in 2017 and hundreds of people paying with their lives every day - this makes me very sad.
- Philipp
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Very nice Ron. I like it. Off to share.
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The Tiger dio and the Tank Crew dio are phenomenal.
I really like the Flecktarn on the tank crew.
Excellent work.
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Hi Ron, I have to say that I love these dio's. The detail is just fantastic, well done mate.
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Another incredibly detailed WWII dio! The street lamp is a very nice detail and foreshadows how the rest of the environment probably looks like...thumbs up!
I didn't know this tank division before even though I live in Germany. Now, I know it was a very important one and there's even a lyric text/song about the history of the "Wiking" on YouTube. So if you want to listen to some old German with lots of rolling "r"s and rough riffs follow the link: DOUBLE-CLICK on the video embedded
And here's an interview with Michael Wittmann (SS-Commander, SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer) and English subtitles: Michael Wittman was the most "successful" tank commander of WWII with 138 confirmed hits.
Please, tell me if I should remove the links again and I will do so at once.
WWII is horrible, but a part of history we should all learn from. Declaring war on everyone was just insane. Opening the Eastern front against Stalin was another fatal - if not the biggest - mistake by Hitler. The Russians alone lost over 20,000,000. And about 70 million total losses. This mustn't happen ever, again. But even without a World War the world is still at war today with 20 wars and conflicts in 2017 and hundreds of people paying with their lives every day - this makes me very sad.
- Philipp
Thanks heaps Philipp and I have been doing a lot of research before I make a WW2 dio or vignette and I'm also amazed how many different units there were.
I know what you mean about war and yeah I totally agree it's something we should learn from for sure.
Very nice Ron. I like it. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
The Tiger dio and the Tank Crew dio are phenomenal.
I really like the Flecktarn on the tank crew.
Excellent work.
Thanks heaps buddy.
Hi Ron, I have to say that I love these dio's. The detail is just fantastic, well done mate.
Thanks heaps mate.
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Thank you, Ron. You models already tell that you must've done good research on all your projects and you probably know a lot about WWII! Just tell me if I should remove the links, again. I'm surprised that YouTube is able to embed the entire video, not just the link, which would take less space...
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Thank you, Ron. You models already tell that you must've done good research on all your projects and you probably know a lot about WWII! Just tell me if I should remove the links, again. I'm surprised that YouTube is able to embed the entire video, not just the link, which would take less space...
- Philipp
Hey Philipp,
I'm more then happy for yourself or other people putting links up as it's a great way for people to find things that they may not be able to usually. I was very lucky when I started military modelling to have my dad as he was a wealth of knowledge on the subject and now with the internet it makes it 100 times easier to get reference material.
Ron
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Hi All,
Completed this WW2 dio yesterday, It shows a Panther Ausf A in Italy 1943.
Recipe
Panther & Figures - The Panther is from Tamiya and is their old Panther Ausf A and was built straight from the box, I drilled holes in the mufflers and added fly screen to the air intakes for the grills.
I made a new machine gun mount for the commanders hatch using plastic rod and replaced the kit MG-34 with a Dragon Models MG-34 with ammo cannsiter. The netting is from Verlinden Products which I have add for a few years, I replaced the kit tow cable with model boat string and painted it and glued it to the kits end sections.
The tracks are the old rubber ones which still look great but don't sag like they should so I used black sewing thread and looped it thru where the tracks should sag and tied the tracks down with it.
The standing figure is from ICM with equipment from ICM and Verlinden Products and the two tank crew are a mix of Dragon models and ICM parts. The head sets are from Dragon Models and I used sewing thread for the comms wiring, I also used Tamiya decals for the figure's uniforms.
Base - is a picture from which I removed the glass and then glued the back into place and then built up the middle section with foam board. I then used a mix of sand and spakfilla and covered the base.
While the base was drying I sprinkled more sand over the base and used kitty litter for the rocks. I then used a thin piece of plastic card and dapped it into the mix to make the tank tacks.
The destroyed rock wall was done using kitty litter and the grass tufts are from Army painter and the tree's and shrubs are fromm Woodland Scenics Olive Green fine foliage.
The figures, tank and base were painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
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Another phenomenal WW2 dio.
I like the camouflage netting on the Panther.
2018 is a great year for Panher fans. Takom, Meng and Rye Field models will release 1/35 Panther kits with full interior.
I hope you'll build one of them some day.
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Another phenomenal WW2 dio.
I like the camouflage netting on the Panther.
2018 is a great year for Panher fans. Takom, Meng and Rye Field models will release 1/35 Panther kits with full interior.
I hope you'll build one of them some day.
Thanks heaps mate and yeah I know Rye Field models interior view look amazing and I will get a kit of it before the year is out.
Ron
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Wow! That is very impressive work. The terrain looks fantastic, and the weathering is outstanding.
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Nice Ron. Very nice.
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Wow! That is very impressive work. The terrain looks fantastic, and the weathering is outstanding.
Cheers JD, really glad you like it mate.
Nice Ron. Very nice.
Off to share.
Thanks Shawn.
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This looks great Ron. Never thought of using kitty litter for rocks, that's a great idea!
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This looks great Ron. Never thought of using kitty litter for rocks, that's a great idea!
Cheers buddy and yeah it's excellent to use, I can't find the kitty litter that looks like little rocks so I have started using a brand that look like crystals but look great once painted.
Ron
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POTA Gorilla Soldier 1:10 scale.
Recipe
Gorilla Soldier - is from NECA and I glued and covered the joints and then painted and weathered him using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks.
Base - is foam board and balsa wood and then high density foam was used to add some height and also a little incline to the base. The foilage was done using Woodland Scenics Bushes, Olive Green and the grass tufts are from Army Painter.
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I just watched the new War for the POTA this past weekend and liked it. Can't beat the old school characters though. Off to share.
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Thanks for your reply, Ron! Yes, it's incredible how many different vehicles and vessels the Wehrmacht had alone! Hilter was very ambitious to have as many war machines developed and produced as possible - and as large as possible (for example the "Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus" - which means "mouse" you probably know about.
It's very special to have relatives like your dad who know so much about history and WWII.
Looks like I gotta catch up again:
Panther Ausf A: There're only few people I know (actually only 3) who can build and paint model kits that well! The paint job and the added detail on the Panther are just amazing! I can't say how impressed I am. The entire diorama looks so realistic - it's like being in Italy in 1943!
POTA Gorilla Soldier: I haven't watched Planet of the Apes, yet, but I live on one myself and experience it every other day.
Display base: incredible
Paint job: godlike - it's amazing how you can make the head and the fabric alone look so realistic!
You've done insanely excellent jobs, Ron - it's crazy that you always do!
Regardless what you touch - you turn it into a masterpiece.
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I just watched the new War for the POTA this past weekend and liked it. Can't beat the old school characters though. Off to share.
Hey Shawn, I really like the new version of POTA but your right you can't beat the old school characters and thanks mate.
Thanks for your reply, Ron! Yes, it's incredible how many different vehicles and vessels the Wehrmacht had alone! Hilter was very ambitious to have as many war machines developed and produced as possible - and as large as possible (for example the "Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus" - which means "mouse" you probably know about.
It's very special to have relatives like your dad who know so much about history and WWII.
Looks like I gotta catch up again:
Panther Ausf A: There're only few people I know (actually only 3) who can build and paint model kits that well! The paint job and the added detail on the Panther are just amazing! I can't say how impressed I am. The entire diorama looks so realistic - it's like being in Italy in 1943!
POTA Gorilla Soldier: I haven't watched Planet of the Apes, yet, but I live on one myself and experience it every other day.
Display base: incredible
Paint job: godlike - it's amazing how you can make the head and the fabric alone look so realistic!
You've done insanely excellent jobs, Ron - it's crazy that you always do!
Regardless what you touch - you turn it into a masterpiece.
- Philipp
Hey Philipp,
Thanks heaps buddy I really appreciate the kind words and I'll have more scifi and WW2 builds soon.
Ron
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I know you will!
...and I'm looking forward to seeing them!
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Love it! POTA rule.... Especially the OG series
Great job on the details.
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I know you will!
...and I'm looking forward to seeing them!
- Philipp
Cheers Buddy.
Love it! POTA rule.... Especially the OG series
Great job on the details.
Thanks heaps SID, I'll a few more over the next few days.
Ron
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Terminator 1:10 scale
Recipe
Terminators - are from NECA and I decided to have one with his lower body removed by just using a pair of model cutters. I added wire using old electrical cable and stripping the rubber off and gluing them in place. Both Terminators were painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
Base - is high density foam and I just cut to shape and ripped the edges off using my fingers. The cement blocks are high density foam and the steel rods are plastic rods, the broken water pipes are pieces of plastic tubes and the water is Woodland Scenics Realistic water with Vallejo chocolate brown mixed into it.
The pieces of sqaured metal frames are pieces of plastic fly squatter just cut up and then a mix of sand and spakfilla with brown paint was mixed and applied to the base.
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Another masterpiece.
The metal paint job on the T-800 looks very realistic.
Excellent work.
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Really cool WW2 dio!!
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Another masterpiece.
The metal paint job on the T-800 looks very realistic.
Excellent work.
Thanks heaps mate I just sprayed it with Tamiya Aluminium and then gave it a wash of medium brown and then dry brushed it silver.
Really cool WW2 dio!!
Cheers buddy.
That just looks tough Ron. Very tough. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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General Ursus 1:10 scale, Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
Recipe
Ursus - is from NECA and his joints have been glued and puttied over and then he was completely repainted with Vallejo Paints and a light weathering using pastel chalks.
Base - is high density foam and the tiled floor was marked out with a ruler and then the underneath of the floor was pulled apart using my fingers.
The columns were made using PVC plumbers pipes and then thin corrugated cardboard was glued and wrapped around them. The base of the column is a piece of balsa wood and the damaged ends of the columns were filled in using spakfilla.
The dirt is a mix of sand 80%, spakfilla 15% and PVA glue 5% and was then mixed all together and then applied to the base. The base was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
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I remember this movie too. Good times on a Sunday afternoon when I was a kid. Off to share. Looks great Ron.
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Awesome work Ron! Like the Terminators too!
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I remember this movie too. Good times on a Sunday afternoon when I was a kid. Off to share. Looks great Ron.
Hey Shawn, yeah the original POTA movies and TV series were great and cheers mate.
Awesome work Ron! Like the Terminators too!
Thanks buddy.
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Ron, I really like how the Planet of the Apes dios turned out. The water effect on the Terminator dio is brilliant (the other details are excellent too, but that really stood out to me). Amazing.
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General Ursus turned out great.
I really like the scale armour.
Excellent work.
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Ron, I really like how the Planet of the Apes dios turned out. The water effect on the Terminator dio is brilliant (the other details are excellent too, but that really stood out to me). Amazing.
Thanks heaps mate and glad you like the water effects.
General Ursus turned out great.
I really like the scale armour.
Excellent work.
Thanks heaps buddy.
Ron
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Hi All,
Fallout Lone Wanderer 1:10 scale
Recipe
Figure - is from Funko and I glued the joints and filled them in and then repainted and weathered him using Vallejo/Army Painter paints and pastel chalks.
I gave him a laser rifle from the power armour figure and teh pipboy's screen was just plain green so I added a few dots and line to resemble the maps locations and roads.
Base - is high density foam and once the size was cut out I then ripped the edges apart using my figures. The wooden billboard is made from balsa wood and the sign I got from teh net and printed it off and glued it onto the billboard.
Once the billboard was done I then applied a 70/30 mix of sand and spakfilla and applied it to the base and while it was drying I pushed the billboard into place.
The ground was then painted and weathered and the dying green plants are weeds from the garden which I preserved with mythelated spirits and then applied to the base. The dead small brances I also got from the garden and they large roots I pulled up from a plant that was growing.
The other dead shrubs are from JOEFIX Studios and the dying grass tufts are from Army Painter which were dark green and I used Vallejo Beige Brown on them to give then a dying/dead look.
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Pretty daggone rad Ron. Love the attention to the smallest detail on this one; like that great watch screen. Off to share.
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Is there something you don't collect.
The detailing on the Fallout dio is phenomenal. The weathering and the vegetation looks incredible.
Excellent work my friend.
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Pretty daggone rad Ron. Love the attention to the smallest detail on this one; like that great watch screen. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah the pipboy/watch has great detail it just needed some TLC.
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Is there something you don't collect.
The detailing on the Fallout dio is phenomenal. The weathering and the vegetation looks incredible.
Excellent work my friend.
LOL, yeah buddy cars and planes and thanks heaps, I really appreciate the kind words.
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Fallout Dio 1:12 scale - AREA RECON. i wanted the T45 Power Armour doing a recon of a Raiders compound before he goe's in to see what he can srcounge up.
Recipe
T45 Power Armour - is from Funko and I used 1/72 WW2 Tank parts, tubes, plastic card and 1/20 M.ak parts to make him a little like the way we see him in the game. Once I had the way I wanted him I painted him with Vallejo Paints and then gave him a few washes of matt black and then gave the armour service rust using Vallejo's Rust and Corrosion set.
Base - is high density foam and I ripped away the edges like I did for the Lone Wanderer dio. I used the left over billboard piece from the Lone Wanderer dio and secured it to the base and then I made the barricades using balsa wood and corrugated cardboard.
The Nuka Cola sign was taken from the net and printed off and glued to balsa wood and then attached to the rest of the barricades. The ground work is a mix of 70% sand and 30%spakfilla and mixed together and then applied to the base and then once dry I painted it with Vallejo's Chocolate Brown.
The wooden floor and crate are made using balsa wood and the drum is a cardboard tube cut to size and then plastic card was used for the top and a 1/72 tank wheel was used for the cap.
The items on the floor, crate and drum I got from the net and printed them to size and cut them out and glued them in place. The dead grass is dry plants I got from JOEFIX Studios and the small burnt/black grass tufts are from Army Painter.
The balsa wood for the barriaced was given several washes of chocolate brown and matt black and the corrugated cardboard was first painted silver and then I used Vallejo's Rust and Corrosion set.
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That is gorgeous Ron. The detail on this is fantastic. Off to share.
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That is gorgeous Ron. The detail on this is fantastic. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Wow, Ron. These last two dioramas are great. I really like the pose of the Fallout character.
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Wow, Ron. These last two dioramas are great. I really like the pose of the Fallout character.
Thanks heaps mate and glad you like the pose, it took a little bit to get it like that but it was worth it in the end.
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Captain America 1:12 scale
Recipe
The first pic is how he comes in the box.
Captain America - is from Mezco and I completely repainted him as I didn't like the lighter blue colour for his outfit and also the yellow for his hair. I used Games Workshop AGRAX Earthshade for the blue section of his out including the helmet and then dry brushed them with Army Painter Viking Blue until I liked the look of the outfit.
The boots, hands, belt and shield harness were first painted with Vallejo Beige Brown and Flat Red and then given a wash of Games Workshop AGRAX Earthshade and then dry brushed Vallejo Beige Brown and Flat Red.
The shield was given scratch marks using Army Painter Shining Silver and then a wash of AGRAX Earthshade. Once this was done the whole figure was given a dirty look using pastel chalks and the spare head was painted with Vallejo Paints.
Base - is the base that came with the figure and I used high density foam for the rubble and plastic rod and tubes for the metal parts and they were Painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks.
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You made one great figure and dio even more awesome Ron. Of course that comes as no surprise to me. Off to share the update.
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You made one great figure and dio even more awesome Ron. Of course that comes as no surprise to me. Off to share the update.
Really appreciate the kind words, thanks heaps Shawn.
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The 1:6 scale Space Wolf - Grey Hunter Veteran.
Recipe
Figure - the figure itself is from Dragon and the under suit I picked up of ebay. The armour is resin which I got from a friend in the UK back in 2011 and made two others Sapce Marines and finally pulled the last one out and make it.
The emblems on the shoulder pads were hand drawn on using a led pencil then I hand painted over the pencil. The small bones around the neck and waist are from a cheap 1:6 human skeleton and the one on the chest is done using high density foam.
The tubes and wires are from other action figure kits and electrical cable. The seals on the right shoulder and left leg were done with putty and then I used a old white hanky and stained it then wrote on it with a fine felt pen.
The fur cape and fur crotch section is fake fur which was painted with dark brown then drybrushed with grey. The head is a old resin head I had had for a while and I added the greeblies using old action figure parts and the beard and hair was done using fake fur.
With the axe I wanted something simple and which looked more like a viking axe and this was done using plastic card and leather strips.
Base - is a stand that came with a 1:6 cheap human skeleton and I used a piece of high density foam for the small raised section and then covered the base with a mix of spakfilla and sand and once dry pained it with earth tone colours. The snow was done by using watered done spakfilla and covering the area's I wanted and once dry I gave it a light brush over of Woodland Scenics Realistic Water to give it a ice feel to it.
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You are a very talented person. Each of you dios is a masterpiece.
Excellent work my friend.
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Daggone thats nice Ron. You can artwork from every angle. Off to share.
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Nice Ron! I'm a fan of the look for the Space Wolves, so this was a great build to see. Fantastic execution!
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You are a very talented person. Each of you dios is a masterpiece.
Excellent work my friend.
Cheer mate and I appreciate the kind words.
Daggone thats nice Ron. You can artwork from every angle. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Nice Ron! I'm a fan of the look for the Space Wolves, so this was a great build to see. Fantastic execution!
Cheers buddy and yeah I'm a huge Space Wolves fan myself.
Ron
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LT Hikaru Sulu 1:12 scale with 2 in 1 dio.
Recipe
Sulu - is from Mezco and I completely repainted him using Vallejo Paints and the cloth goods were left alone.
Base - is done using foam board and I used thin plastic strips and painted them for the wall seperation. The sign I just typed in on the computer and printed it off.
The door is made from cardboard and the piece of eqiupment mounted on the wall was made using plastic and a 1/72 scale WW2 German tank wheel.
The other side of the diorama was done by printing a piece of terrain I liked and printing it on A grade paper and then marking it out and gluing on with PVA glue.
The ground work was done using a 50/50 mix of spakfilla/sand and once dry painting with different shades of sand and the grass tufts are from Army Builder.
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The two in one idea is just awesome. You get two for one. That is always good. They both look great Ron. Off to share.
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Very neat concept of dual-dio!!
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The two in one idea is just awesome. You get two for one. That is always good. They both look great Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I'm thinking of doing with the 6" SW figures as well.
Very neat concept of dual-dio!!
Cheers mate.
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2 in 1 = twice as awesome!
Excellent paint-job as always! Your projects amaze every time...again and again! Always a pleasure to check out your lastest art, but honestly not easy to keep up with your pace! I'm very impressed how quick and frequently you create such stunning pieces of art.
Have a good weekend, Ron!
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The "two-side" dio is a great idea.
Excellent work as always my friend.
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2 in 1 = twice as awesome!
Excellent paint-job as always! Your projects amaze every time...again and again! Always a pleasure to check out your lastest art, but honestly not easy to keep up with your pace! I'm very impressed how quick and frequently you create such stunning pieces of art.
Have a good weekend, Ron!
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Hey Philipp, thanks heaps buddy and being retired from Army due to an injury allows me to pump more out. If I was working this dio would have taken 3-4 days and a total of 6-8hrs but now I can do it in 1-2 days and a total of 3hrs so it sure doe's have it advantages.
The "two-side" dio is a great idea.
Excellent work as always my friend.
Thanks heaps mate and I'll be doing this type of dio for the rest of my Mezco Trek figures.
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Love the two in one dio especially since it is Classic Star Trek!
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Love the two in one dio especially since it is Classic Star Trek!
Thanks heaps Richard and yeah you can't go wrong with classic Trek.
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I have started on another 2 in 1 dio for my Mezco Trek figures.
Seeing Mezco aren't doing a Dr McCoy figure anymore I made my own using a Spock body and the head from Art Asylums original trek figures.
I repainted the head and hands using Vallejo and Army Painter paints. The vile is a piece of clear plastic with the ends painted and his left hand pinky ring was made using plastic card.
I matched the paint colour to the uniform and painted out the top of Spock's rank to match McCoy's rank.
The base so far is done using thick foam board and one side will be a partial display of McCoy's office and the chair was 3D by a mate which still needs to be sanded and painted.
The other side of the dio so far was done by finding a suitable backdrop and printing it off and all I need to do now is do teh ground work.
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Already looks great to me. I like the two in one dios. Twice the fun. Off to share.
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Already looks great to me. I like the two in one dios. Twice the fun. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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McCoy's 2 in 1 dio is now completed 1:12 scale
Recipe
McCoy - The head is from a Art Asylum figure which I trimmed down to fit on the Mezco's Spock body. I then mixed paint to get the same colour as the uniform and painted over the top rank line to give him his LT Commander rank.
The vile in his hand is clear plastic rod and the med kit was made using pleather and the viles, syringe and medical scanner in made from plastic rod and clear plastic and there a two small magnets to make it stay closed.
The other personal equipment came with the Spock figure and I used Vallejo paints and Army Painter to repaint the head, hands and equipment.
Base - is thick foam board and the McCoy's office table was done using foam board as well. The chair is a 3D print a friend did for me and I used black material to cover the leather area's.
The skull is a head I had in the parts box and I just removed the eye's and nose and repainted it. The frame with the old medical tools is plastic card with a dry baby wipe glued over it and the strips ove plastic card glued over the baby wipe.
The tools all have been made using plastic rod and strips, the computer, computer screen and medical cards are all made from plastic card and the note pad is from the 7" Art Asylum Trek figures.
The other side of the base is a picture from the net I printed off and glued in place and the sand is a mix of spakfilla and sand and once dry given a light wash of Vallejo's Desert sand.
The shrubs are from Woodland Scenics Fine foliage Olive Green set and the grass tufts are from Army Painter and are called swamp tuft.
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Very cool Ron. I love the old school Star Trek. I like the drastic change in environments on this one too.
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Superb Trek diorama. Unlike other fans, I like both Star Trek and Star Wars (except the new movies/series :p)
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I like all sci fi in general. I don't know why some folks always want some folks to pick one side or the other. I don't deal with them for very long when I interact with them.
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I like all sci fi in general. I don't know why some folks always want some folks to pick one side or the other. I don't deal with them for very long when I interact with them.
Very cool Ron. I love the old school Star Trek. I like the drastic change in environments on this one too.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah I was a Trek fan before I was a SW fan but I love both as you know as long as I enjoy them I'm happy.
Superb Trek diorama. Unlike other fans, I like both Star Trek and Star Wars (except the new movies/series :p)
Cheers Buddy, and I love the new movies but did find it hard to get into Discovery but after rteh 4th episode I loved it.
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Next Star Trek 2 in 1 dio/display is Spock. 1:12 scale
Recipe
Spock - is from Mezco Toys and I repainted his heads, hands and equipment using Vallejo Paints.
Base - Spock's station is made from foam board and the screens are pics I got of the net and resized them and printed them off and glued them on.
The instrumant panels and buttons are all done using plastic card and the access screens below the station was done using fly screen and plastic card.
The other side of the dio/display was again done using foam for the wall and then peeling some of the paper off and then scribing the brick work into the foam using a sharp pencil.
The door was done using balsa wood and the latch and bolts were done using plastic card, The dirt was dort by mixing sand and spakfilla together then applying it to the base and once dry several washes of beige brown were used to get the colour I wanted. On both sides Vallejo and Army Painter paints were used to paint the base.
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Ron, that is another great one. Off to share.
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Ron, that is another great one. Off to share.
Thanks again Shawn.
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Picked myself up a Mezco 1:12 scale Ascending Knight Batman and did a few tweaks to it to suit my tastes.
Those that don't know about the Mezco Ascending Knight Batman the first two pics are how he looks out of the box with cowl on and with spare head.
The tweaks I did were I firstly repainted the skin tones and hair and then I made the gauntlets longer by using pleather and then made the gauntlets blades longer by using plastic card.
Next up I gave him the old school trunks buy cutting out the design with pleather and gluing them out the outfit.
I then repainted and the black area's using matt black and then I gave the black area's a very light dry brush of medium grey to high light the creases.
I then removed some of the belt pouches and added my own and then painted it matt black and then I dry brushed the belt gun metal. The last thing I did was paint the metallic area's of the boots, gloves and gauntlet blades with gun metal.
Next thing I have to do is add wire to the cape and the build the Batcave.
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Looks great Ron. Those tweaks really push things into the next level. Off to share.
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Looks great Ron. Those tweaks really push things into the next level. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn, I am also doing a small section of the Batcave and will get pic up soon.
Ron
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I saw Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom with the kids on Friday and we all loved it, so I thought I would have a little fun and repaint two Mattel toy dino's.
The first one up is the Dimorphodon.
Dimorphodon - as mentioned is from Mattel and was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints. The paint scheme is of no particular design I just went with what I liked.
Base - is a plumbers PVC screw on lid and I added the ground work by mixing sand and spakfilla together and then applying it to the base. While the mix was still wet I pushed the dead tree trunk into the mix and once dry I painted the ground work with Vallejo Paints.
The shrubs are are Woodland Scenics fine foliage Olive green and he grass tufts are from Army Painter.
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The second one up is the Metricanthosaurus.
Metricanthosaurus - is from Mattel and was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints. The paint scheme is of no particular design I just went with what I liked.
Base - is a plumbers PVC screw on lid and I added the ground work by mixing sand and spakfilla together and then applying it to the base and once dry I painted the ground work with Vallejo Paints.
The shrubs are are Woodland Scenics fine foliage Olive green and he grass tufts are from Army Painter.
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Now these just look fun. I haven't had to chance to see the new movie yet, but it is definitely on my list of things to get done this week. Off to share.
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Now these just look fun. I haven't had to chance to see the new movie yet, but it is definitely on my list of things to get done this week. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and the movie is excellent I give it a 8/10.
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Fallout diorama 1:12 scale. Commission Piece.
Recipe
T-45 Armour - is from Funko, I pulled him apart and added extra armour to the biceps and hands using plastic card and Bandia SW Stormtrooper hand armour. The pipes leading from the tanks are pieces of old electrical cord and the joints were puttied up using AVES fixit sculpt.
Dogmeat - is from Schleich and the body armour is plastic card cut to shape and glued on and the straps are strips of pleather.
Base - is high denisty foam cut to shape and the road was done using foam board and peeling the cardboard off one side and then once glued the cracks and damage was done using a sharp led pencil and model knife.
The guard rails were done using a metal wind stopper strip that sits at the bottom of the door. and It was cut using tin snips and glued to some thick plastic strips.
The telegraph pole was done using balsa wood and the hand and feet steps are metal coat hanger cut up and then bent and glued in place.
The telegrah wires are old head phones cords cut to length and glued on. The swamp area was done using Woodland Scenics realistic water and then Woodland Scenics clump foliage was used and placed in the realistic water once it was poured.
The grass tufts are from Army Painter and the dead tall grass/shrubs are from from Joefix Studio.
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Logged in to comment on the Jurassic World dio and saw the Fallout dio - fantastic! I like how Dogmeat turned out. The "metalwork" is great.
The two dinos look amazing! The paint applications are spot on and I really like how the bases turned out. The plumbers cap is a great idea as a base!
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Ron this looks all kinds of tough. I too loved the dog and the armor on him. I also liked the water effects (acid with the metal along the edge). Its a work of art from all angles.
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Purdy Cool bro!!
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Logged in to comment on the Jurassic World dio and saw the Fallout dio - fantastic! I like how Dogmeat turned out. The "metalwork" is great.
The two dinos look amazing! The paint applications are spot on and I really like how the bases turned out. The plumbers cap is a great idea as a base!
Thanks heaps mate, glad you like them and I was going thru my local hardware store for dio parts and saw them and thought they were perfect. I found some larger one's that don't have the rims on the side which I have used on another dino dio which I will get up soon.
Ron this looks all kinds of tough. I too loved the dog and the armor on him. I also liked the water effects (acid with the metal along the edge). Its a work of art from all angles.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and the water turned out better then hoped for so I was very happy with that.
Purdy Cool bro!!
Cheers buddy.
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Completed a new dino diorama and this time round I did a Galliminus.
Recipe
Gallimimus - is from Mattel's Jurassic World Lost Kingdom line, I glued the joints and then puttied them up and then painted and weathered it using Vallejo and Army Painter paints.
Base - is a plumbers PVC pipe cap and I used a model knife to scribe the top so that the spakfilla and sand mix adhere's to it better when placed over the top.
Once the mix was dry I thun painted the ground work using Vallejo's beige brown, the dead tree I got from the local bushland and soaked it in methylated spirits to kill any little bugs left inside and it also stops it from rotting.
I then placed static grass from Woodland Scenics over the ground work and then I used grass tufts from Army Painter.
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Ron, I am so getting stoked to see this movie today after seeing your great Dino work so far.
Your paint work is really, really taking these into the next level.
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The Gallimimus looks great! I really like the log and scrub grass, they look really realistic. The paint job is excellent.
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I like the Fallout dio, very creative!!
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Both the Fallout and the Gallimimus dio are phenomenal.
The vegetation and the small details are always an eyecatcher on every of your dios.
Excellent work my friend.
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Ron, I am so getting stoked to see this movie today after seeing your great Dino work so far.
Your paint work is really, really taking these into the next level.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and how did you enjoy movie.
The Gallimimus looks great! I really like the log and scrub grass, they look really realistic. The paint job is excellent.
Cheers mate.
I like the Fallout dio, very creative!!
Thanks mate.
Both the Fallout and the Gallimimus dio are phenomenal.
The vegetation and the small details are always an eyecatcher on every of your dios.
Excellent work my friend.
Thanks heaps mate and I'll have another dino dio soon.
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I enjoyed it. I will take realistic dinosaurs in any movie I can get em in. My daughter liked it too. I don't think the wife was enthused much, but it got her out on the town. I think it set the stage nicely for another movie where survival of humanity is at stake; or something along those lines.
I could so see you doing an Indoraptor vs. Blue dio now!
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I enjoyed it. I will take realistic dinosaurs in any movie I can get em in. My daughter liked it too. I don't think the wife was enthused much, but it got her out on the town. I think it set the stage nicely for another movie where survival of humanity is at stake; or something along those lines.
I could so see you doing an Indoraptor vs. Blue dio now!
Yeah I enjoyed it as well and your right anything with dinosaurs in a movie I'm there. I think there will be another movie for sure the ending left it wide open for that.
I would love to do a Indoraptor and Blue dio but my son won't part with his Indo LOL and trying to get him now it will cost a small fortune as the store here don't sell him anymore and ebay are selling him from $80 - $100 Australian.
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Well you just let me know and I can air package one right over.
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Well you just let me know and I can air package one right over.
Thanks heaps mate and if I do find one that is cheap I'll let you know.
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New dino diorama and this time round I did a Dilophosaurs.
Recipe
Dilophosaurus - is from Mattel's Jurassic World Lost Kingdom line, I firstly removed the metal pins that made the frill neck move and then cut the area away were the pics were. I glued the joints and then puttied them up and then painted and weathered it using Vallejo and Army Painter paints.
Base - is a plumbers PVC pipe cap and I used a model knife to scribe the top so that the spakfilla and sand mix adhere's to it better when placed over the top.
Once the mix was dry I then glued a mix of sand, lichen moss, ground up leaves and small thin sticks to thebase and once that dried I then painted the ground work using Vallejo's Dark brown.
The ferns are from the local craft shop and I cut the ends off and tied them in clumps and then glued them to the base. The clover looking plants I got form JoeFix Studios and the grass tufts are from Army Painter.
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That looks awesome Ron. I remember this little guy from the first movie. He takes out the Bad Computer Tech if I recall correctly.
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That looks awesome Ron. I remember this little guy from the first movie. He takes out the Bad Computer Tech if I recall correctly.
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He sure doe's mate and thanks heaps.
Ron
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Another dino diorama and this time round I did a Tricertops, this is the second last dinosaur I'll be doing for a little while.
Recipe
Tricertops - is from Mattel's Jurassic World Lost Kingdom line, I glued the joints and then puttied them up and then painted and weathered it using Vallejo and Army Painter paints.
Base - is a plumbers PVC pipe cap and I used a model knife to scribe the top so that the spakfilla and sand mix adhere's to it better when placed over the top.
Once the mix was dry I thun painted the ground work using Vallejo's beige brown, the small palm plants is from JoeFix Studios and the grass tufts from Army Painter.
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Another nice one. I like it Ron.
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Another nice one. I like it Ron.
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This is the last of dino diorama's for a little while and this time round I did a Baryonyx.
Recipe
Baryonyx - is from Mattel's Jurassic World Lost Kingdom line, I glued the joints and then puttied them up and then painted and weathered it using Vallejo and Army Painter paints.
Base - is a plumbers PVC pipe cap and I used a model knife to scribe the top so that the spakfilla and sand mix adhere's to it better when placed over the top.
The small water area was done by painting the base area with light green and then I used Woodland Scenics Water Effects and covered the are so it would have me depth to it. Once the Water Effects was dry I then used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water and mixed a small amount of Dark green to it and then applied it over the top of the Water Effects.
Once the mix was dry I then painted the ground work using Vallejo's Desert yellow and then gave it a wash with medium brwon, the small palm plants are from JoeFix Studios and the grass tufts and the water weeds are from Army Painter.
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Ron that is an awesome one dio. Kinda sad this is the last one for awhile. These were great. off to share.
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Ron that is an awesome one dio. Kinda sad this is the last one for awhile. These were great. off to share.
Hey Shawn, thanks heaps mate and don't worry the dino dio's will be back but time for some Thunderbirds fun and in a few weeks a step by step tutorial on a Scarif dio I'm going to do.
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Man that all sounds great too.
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Man that all sounds great too.
Thanks Shawn, I'll have a few WIP pics of the Thunderbirds dio I'm working on soon.
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l started a new dio and This is going to a Thunderbirds dio called Behind the Scene. It will depict a member playing around with TB1 to get the best shots for the shoot.
The dio is 1:12 scale and TB1 is 1:350 scale which is a perfect size match for a 1:12 scale figure. So far I have made the partial building using foam and balsa wood, the table is also made using foam board and balsa wood.
The background picture is a hand painted piece I scanned from a book and then printed it off and Kirk is used to show the scale. I still have alot to go and will show more WIP pics soon.
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Pretty interesting project Ron. I like the whole special effects scenery.
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Pretty interesting project Ron. I like the whole special effects scenery.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and I was just looking for detailed view of TB1 hanger bay so I can paint mine up correctly and came across a whole lot of behind the scene's pics and thought I have to make something like that.
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The Thunderbirds Behind the Scenes is now complete.
The dio is 1:12 scale and TB1 is 1:350 scale which is a perfect size match for a 1:12 scale figure. The partial building is made from foam aoard nd balsa wood, the table is also made using foam board and balsa wood.
The scenery on the table is a mix spakfilla and sand and once dry was painted weathered using Vallejo Paints. The trees and bushes are from Woodlnad Scenics Fine Leaf Foliage and TB1, the vehicle and small figures are all 1:350 scale.
The background picture is a hand painted piece I scanned from a book and then printed it off and the frame work is done using balsa wood and plastic tubes.
The rood brackets are made from plasic tube and the lights hanging of them were made using plastic card and old ear phone cord.
The studio lights were made using bottle caps and plastic tube and the wheels are 1:72 tank wheels and the cords are from an old light.
The camera is made using balsa wood for the legs and the camera is made from plastic card and greeblies form the parts box. The ladder and the step up are made from balsa wood.
The Kirk figure is just for scale.
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Pretty sweet Ron, pretty sweet. I like it a lot.
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Oh, Ron - your skills are almost perverse (frankly speaking). Please, don't get me wrong, but I don't even know what to say anymore...this project is similar to the ones of MAXX Replicas...I just love these dioramas of film sets and the "making off"...
This time around I also have story of my childhood to share:
As a kid I had a retractable toy rocket, which I absolutely loved! I never knew where I got it from, it was just there in my toy box...And now I know that it was actually a Thunderbird rocket (not that I know Thunderbird, yet...). If I hadn't seen your artwork, I would've probably forgotton about my toy rocket forever. So thank you very much for giving me all these good memories back!
Have a great weekend, you master artist!
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Pretty sweet Ron, pretty sweet. I like it a lot.
Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn, it was a fun little project to do and I am waiting on a TB4 to arrive so I can do a behind the scenes with that as well.
Oh, Ron - your skills are almost perverse (frankly speaking). Please, don't get me wrong, but I don't even know what to say anymore...this project is similar to the ones of MAXX Replicas...I just love these dioramas of film sets and the "making off"...
This time around I also have story of my childhood to share:
As a kid I had a retractable toy rocket, which I absolutely loved! I never knew where I got it from, it was just there in my toy box...And now I know that it was actually a Thunderbird rocket (not that I know Thunderbird, yet...). If I hadn't seen your artwork, I would've probably forgotton about my toy rocket forever. So thank you very much for giving me all these good memories back!
Have a great weekend, you master artist!
- Philipp
Hey Philipp, mate I'm stoked that it bought those memories back and thanks heaps buddy and since I have been building all the TB dio's it has been bringing back a lot of childhood memories for me as well.
I remember I was 8-9 yrs old and they use to do reruns of TB at 6am and it use to be always in winter and I would get up around 5:45am and throw my slippers and my robe on over my PJ's and then go to the kitchen and get myself a bowl of cornflakes. I would the go to the lounge room turn on the little heater sit in front of it and eat my cornflakes while watching the TB. Ah the good old days they were great memories.
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Hi All,
I restarted my Batcave dio/display but due to space I had to extremely resize it (Yep got over ambitious on the first one LOL), so saying that I have redone the Batcave to only have the Batcomputer and armoury.
The base was done using high density foam for the base itself and the back section I used foam board. I then used Woodlnad Scenics Shaper Sheet which is a medium thickness foil with mesh behind it and you can shap it into any shape you want to for making cliffs, rockfaces etc. I highly recommend this product as it cheap and light weight even when plaster has been applied.
Once the Shaper Sheet was glued in place I usually use watered down spakfilla but ran out so I used palster of paris instead and applied it to the Shaper Sheet.
I then used Rustoleum spray paints Matt black and Medium Grey and sprayed the black first and while drying appiled the Medium grey. Once dry I then lightly dry brushed Vallejo Medium Grey toe give to rock face some depth.
I used a non slip sheet for steps or showers and cut out what I needed and appiled that to the floor which will be drybrushed to simulate a metal floor.
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Man, this is gonna be great Ron. Off to share the update.
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Man, this is gonna be great Ron. Off to share the update.
Cheers Shawn and I will be adding a new update shortly.
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Hi All,
I have added the batcomputer which has been made using foam board for the table top then plastic card was used to cover it and also also used to make the screens on the poles.
The smaller screens and key pads are from a 1:12 figure called S.H.Figuarts Body-kun DX Set. The computer screen graphics I got of the net downsized them and glued them in place.The chair is made using foam board and then plastic card was used to cover it and the base of the char is an old toothpick lid.
The armoury board is made using plastic card and plastic rod and I just need to add the weapons and equipment. The light is made using plastic card a plastic tube and I have added two LED's which are powered by a 9v battery.
More updates tomorrow.
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Now that is all types of awesome Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I'll have the completed display up latter today.
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Hi All,
BATCAVE 1:12 COMPLETED.
Batcave - The base was done using high density foam for the base itself and the back section I used foam board. I then used Woodlnad Scenics Shaper Sheet which is a medium thickness foil with mesh behind it and you can shap it into any shape you want to for making cliffs, rockfaces etc. I highly recommend this product as it cheap and light weight even when plaster has been applied.
Once the Shaper Sheet was glued in place I usually use watered down spakfilla but ran out so I used palster of paris instead and applied it to the Shaper Sheet.
I then used Rustoleum spray paints Matt black and Medium Grey and sprayed the black first and while drying appiled the Medium grey. Once dry I then lightly dry brushed Vallejo Medium Grey to give the rock face some depth.
I used a non slip sheet that is used for steps or showers and cut out what I needed and appiled that to the floor which was drybrushed to simulate a metal floor
The batcomputer which has been made using foam board for the table top then plastic card was used to cover it and also also used to make the screens on the poles.
The smaller screens and key pads are from a 1:12 figure called S.H.Figuarts Body-kun DX Set. The computer screen graphics I got of the net downsized them and glued them in place.The chair is made using foam board and then plastic card was used to cover it and the base of the chair is an old toothpick lid.
The armoury board is made using plastic card and plastic rod and I used the weapons and equipment that came with the figure and also made some other weapons from different kits and figure.
The rail was made using blasa wood which was sand with fine sandpaper and then painted gun metal. The light is made using plastic card a plastic tube and I have added two LED's which are powered by a 9v battery.
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That turned out awesome Ron. Off to share.
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That turned out awesome Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Amazing work as always!
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Amazing work as always!
Cheers mate.
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As I said on Facebook the other day, that is just amazing! Great work mate.
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As I said on Facebook the other day, that is just amazing! Great work mate.
Thanks heaps Richard.
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Hi All,
Inbetween doing two commissions I started on a Thunderbird 2 cockpit in 1:6 scale.
The first pic is what I looking at doing and so far the chair is made using foam board and a thick cardboard tube.
The figure is from BIG CHEIF STUDIOS, I love this figure but the only thing that annoyed me was my hair and eye brows were a little dark so I lighted them up using Vallejo beige brown which makes a hug improvement.
More WIP coming soon.
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The Bat cave turned out great my friend.
Is there something you don't build and collect.
I'm sure the Thunderbird cockpit is going to be another winner.
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Now this is gonna be great. Off to share the start.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
The Bat cave turned out great my friend.
Is there something you don't build and collect.
I'm sure the Thunderbird cockpit is going to be another winner.
Thanks heaps mate and yeah I don't build planes LOL
Ron
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Hi All,
The cockpit chair is done for the TB2 cockpit display.
The chair was finished off buy adding by plastic card and tube and then all the gaps were filled in then the filler was sanded back.
Once the sanding was done I then painted the chair using Vallejo's Flat Red for the seat and supports and Army Painters Shining Silver for the seats frame work and support bar.
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Looking good Ron. Off to share.
Always appreciate the comments Shawn thanks buddy.
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Hi All,
This dino dio was made for my niece has she loves Velociraptors.
Recipe
Velociraptor - is from Mattel and is the Blue and Owen two pack. I glued the joints and then puttied them up and used Vallejo paints to paint and weather it.
Base - is a old action figure base and I used a mix of 70% sand and 30% sand and once applied and dried I used Vallejo Chocolate brown to cover the ground work.
The grass tufts are from Army Painter and the palms are from some 1:48 scale palm trees and I gave them a wash of Vallejo Medium Green.
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Wow - the raptor custom is insane. You are always top notch my friend.
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Wow - the raptor custom is insane. You are always top notch my friend.
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Thanks heaps Chewie.
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Not sure where my comments went again, but I did get this on the front page. Uncle of the year material for sure!
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Hey Ron, loving those Thunderbirds diorama pieces. The Velociraptor custom turned out absolutely brilliant though. Kudos on another masterful job.
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Not sure where my comments went again, but I did get this on the front page. Uncle of the year material for sure!
Yeah I replied to your comment and it's gone weird and thanks heaps Shawn.
Hey Ron, loving those Thunderbirds diorama pieces. The Velociraptor custom turned out absolutely brilliant though. Kudos on another masterful job.
Cheers buddy and I have ditched the 12" TB2 cockpit dio and redoing it has I wasn't happy with the way it was turning out.
Ron
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Hi All,
Thunderbirds - The Mole
Recipe
The Mole - is an old IMAI kit and I built it straight from the box but left the little wheels off as it was originally designed to roll across the floor.
I painted and weathered The Mole using Vallejo and Army painter paints and pastel chalks.
Base - is a piece of foam board and the ground work was done using a mix of sand 40% and spakfilla 60% and mixed it and then applied it to the base.
For the debri I used palstic card and plastic rod for the metal debri and kitty litter for the cement rubble and I used Vallejo paints and pastel chalks to paint and weather the ground work and debri.
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Remarkable work Ron! I like it mucho!
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That looks great Ron. Off to share.
Cheers Shawn.
Remarkable work Ron! I like it mucho!
- Philipp
Thanks heaps Philipp.
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Hi All,
Thunderbird 5 - Roughly 1:1000 scale
Recipe
TB5 - is a kit that comes with TB3 and is an older kit which was made by IMAI and I decided to build it seperate and TB5 was built straight out of the box and was painted using Vallejo Paints.
I used the decals that came with the kit and for an older kit the decals a still very good and went on without any effort.
Base - also comes with the kit and it was painted using Vallejo and Army Painter Paints and the clouds are pieces of cotton wool.
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Thunderbird 3 - Roughly 1:1000 scale
Recipe
TB3 - is a kit that comes with TB5 and is an older kit which was made by IMAI and I decided to build it seperate and TB3 was built straight out of the box and was painted using Vallejo Paints.
I used the decals that came with the kit and for an older kit the decals a still very good and went on without any effort.
Base - also comes with the kit and it was painted and drybrushed using Vallejo and Army Painter Paints. TB3 is held up with a metal rod which was bent and then thinner wire was used to secure inside the rockets and once glued I used cotton wool for the smoke.
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Wow, I have been away sick a few days and see some great new work posted here. Off to share the latest.
They look great Ron.
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Wow, I have been away sick a few days and see some great new work posted here. Off to share the latest.
They look great Ron.
Hope you are feeling better mate and thanks heaps and I'll have a SW diorama up tomorrow.
Ron
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Sounds good. Every few years I get a gut flare up (will spare you the details). On heavy doses of Anti-Biotics right now, but on the mend I think. Looking forwards, as always, to what you show us next.
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These are some sweet models, Ron! I guess these kits are quite hard to find by now...
Thanks for sharing your latest creations & have a nice weekend!
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I can only agree with Philpp and Shawn.
Your latest Thunderbird dios are wonderful.
Very creative display stands.
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Hi All,
Guys sorry about the late reply had some real life issues I had to sought out.
Sounds good. Every few years I get a gut flare up (will spare you the details). On heavy doses of Anti-Biotics right now, but on the mend I think. Looking forwards, as always, to what you show us next.
Great to hear your feeling better mate and I have an update in this forum coming shortly.
These are some sweet models, Ron! I guess these kits are quite hard to find by now...
Thanks for sharing your latest creations & have a nice weekend!
- Philipp
Thanks heaps Philipp and yeah mate they are getting harder to find or if you do find them they are extremely pricey. I was lucky enough to pick up a lot of them for cheap from a few online stores here in Australia as they weren't selling but I was the lucky one :).
I can only agree with Philpp and Shawn.
Your latest Thunderbird dios are wonderful.
Very creative display stands.
Thanks heaps buddy.
Ron
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Hi All,
This will be my last dio update for 2-3 weeks as I will having surgery tomorrow to have my ankle fused so I'll be bed stricken for that time. I will have my laptop so I can still answer messages etc but no dio building as the leg has to stay raised
So until the next update for this build in a few weeks please enjoy what I have done so far and take care and stay safe.
Cheers
Ron
New dio is going to a box dio for a custom Indy figure I'm doing. The body for the Indy is a SHF body Kun and the head is a cast from GlassmanCustoms http://glassmancustoms.com/…/unpainted-6-indy-head-cast-du…/ and is an awesome cast and I'm getting the clothing done from a friend over on instagram called ageoftoys https://www.instagram.com/ageoftoys/
The box dio/display so far as been made using foam board and high density foam. The stone work and hieroglyphs were done using a sharp led pencil and the stone texture was done by pressing a piece of sandstone into the foam.
The large stone glyhs on the lower levelare from the Hasbro Indiana Jones play sets that came out years ago and I couldn't resist adding them to the box dio/ display.
I will be adding lighting to it as well and the front section will be removable so that the figure can be put into different positions from time to time.
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The new diorama is looking great Ron and I hope you are able to get back to work on it soon.
Good luck with the surgery, I hope it all goes well. Ankle fusion doesn't sound like too much fun.
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The new diorama is looking great Ron and I hope you are able to get back to work on it soon.
Good luck with the surgery, I hope it all goes well. Ankle fusion doesn't sound like too much fun.
Off to the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah not looking forward to it but after 9 ankle ops the fusion should stop the pain all together fingers crossed.
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I sure it works. Chronic pain is awful.
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I sure it works. Chronic pain is awful.
Hey Shawn, well got home today and since the op the pain has reduced big time, still a little sore but is only because of the op so I'm stoked that the pain has gone down but no model building for me for at least 3 weeks :(
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Glad to hear you are feeling better.
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Glad to hear you are feeling better.
Cheers mate.
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Started a Star Trek dio for the annual model comp coming up in two weeks.
Ships - The ships are from Polar Lights and are 1/1000 scale, I built the Klingon ship straight out of the box and the Federation ship was originally the Enterprise but I have always wanted to convert one so this is my design.
I gave them a prime of matt black and then went over them with Tamiya's Light Grey. The decals are from the kit and I'm just waiting on some custom decals for the Federation ship so I can call it USS APACHE, N.C.C - 1968. I still need to weather them and do some phaser damage to the Klingon ship and finish of the base.
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Great to see you back customizing Ron. I am taking it you are healing up ok.
Off to share the update.
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Great to see you back customizing Ron. I am taking it you are healing up ok.
Off to share the update.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah it's great getting back on the horse again. The healing is going well mate thanks for asking, I'm still on crotches for another 9 weeks and can weight bare in two weeks so hopefully that will go well.
Ron
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Hi All,
The asteroids have been made and just need painting, I used high density foam and used a pair of pliers to rip the foam apart until I got the look on the I liked. I then covered them in watered down spakfilla.
The back board is thick foam board with added foam board glued to the back for strength and stop it warping when the paint was applied. I sprayed the foam board with Matt black and once dry I then used Matt white and a piece I fly screen and sprayed the paint thru it to give me the start patterns. The board is 88cm L x 58cm H and once it is completed I will be hanging on my wall.
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Hi All,
The asteroids have been painted using Vallejo's Beige Brown and then I gave them a wash using Games Workshop AGRAX Earthshade. Once dry I attached them to the base using skewers and superglue.
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Hi All,
Almost on the home stretch on this dio. I have glued the ships in place and just waiting on the decals to arrive so I can add them to the Federation ship.
I also have to add phaser blast coming from the Federation ship hitting the Klingon ship on the top right wing. The damage on the Klingon wing was done using scarp plastic card and cotton wool.
Once I get the above mentioned things done I will post my usual outdoor pics.
Ron
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You can read my comments on the front page and I mean it!
Off to share bud.
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You can read my comments on the front page and I mean it!
Off to share bud.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah I'm hoping to take out first place again, if I do that will be three years in a row.
Ron
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Sure seems like a sure winner to me.
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Sure seems like a sure winner to me.
Thanks mate.
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Very cool!
Cheers mate.
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It is great to see a new Trekkie dio.
Excellent work my friend as always.
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It is great to see a new Trekkie dio.
Excellent work my friend as always.
Thanks heaps buddy and I'm doing another ST dio at the moment and will get WIP pics up soon.
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Hi All,
While I'm waiting for the decals to arrive for the Trek dio I showed this week I decided to make a custom Federation ship for the comp.
The ship is a 1:650 scale Enterprise from Polar Lights, I made it into alternate variation of the Kelvin class starship that was is the STAR TREK remake with Chris Pine but did it in TOS design.
The difference is I didn't add the neck section going from the saucer section to the hull. I used the decals that came with the kit and just removed a number to make it NCC-170 and removed letters to make it the U.S.S. STERN.
I sprayed it matt black and then light Grey and once the decals were applied I gave it some weathering using pastel chalks.
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Very nice Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
Just completed another ST dio for the comp this weekend.
Galileo 2 shuttle - is an old AMT kit which I have had for over 20 years and I misplaced all the seats so that is why I blacked the windows and have a figure in the door way.
when I first got this kit my dad recrafted the rear thrusters so they had more depth to them by using plastic card and card board. The extra greeblies at the back I did using plastic card and the step on the left nacelle is also plastic card. I was going to paint the shuttle completely white but after seeing photo's of other people's shuttle I decided to go with the grey and white two tone colour.
Figures - are from AIRFIX multipose 1/32 scale Bristish WW2 soldiers and I had to cut and sand the webbing, pockets, uniform and garters to get the smooth TOS uniform look. I used putty to fill in gaps and fix the area where the belt was and also used putty to give them hair.
Base - is foam board glued together for strength and the ruins and floor were done using scrap pieces of high density foam. To give the dio another worldly look I used Woodland Scenics Olive Green foliage and lightly sprayed them using Tamiya's Flat Red.
The bright green grass tufts are from Army Painter and the equipment are pieces of WW2 German canisters and radio and the cord is an old ear phone cord.
I have also attached pics of the base to show what it looked liked before it was completed.
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The Star Trek starship battle dio I was doing is now completed. I named the dio -Battle at the Delvian Belt.
The custom decals haven't arrived so instead of calling the ship U.S.S. APACHE NCC-1968 I used decals from the Polar Lights Enterprise and Botany Bay kit and called the ship U.S.S. INFERNAL NCC-167.
The phasers were done using thin plastic rod and painting them with light blue.
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Wow, I blink and you are back with here with not just a finish, but you have done an entirely new diorama. I can't wait to hear how the model competition goes. You are sure to win.
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Wow, I blink and you are back with here with not just a finish, but you have done an entirely new diorama. I can't wait to hear how the model competition goes. You are sure to win.
Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I'll let you and the members know how I go. I have been busy of late as Belinda and Rhylie are away for Rhylie's indoor Rep team finals so it's just me and the boy for 6 whole days, so building models playing PS4 and having the toilet seat up LOL who could ask for more.
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LOL! Leaving the toilet seat up you are gonna get in trouble Ron!
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Beautiful work again on these dioramas, Ron. I really love how the "Delvian Belt" turned out, quite stunning.
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LOL! Leaving the toilet seat up you are gonna get in trouble Ron!
LOL all good mate they were down before she got home, she didn't even know LOL
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Beautiful work again on these dioramas, Ron. I really love how the "Delvian Belt" turned out, quite stunning.
Thanks heaps mate and I came third in the SCI FI comp last weekend so stoked about that.
Ron
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Hi All,
German 1st Cavalry Division - France 1940 -1:35 Dio.
Recipe
The figures are a mix of ICM and Tamiya and the horse's from Tamiya's old Wehrmacht Cavalry set #305053. The kubelwagon is from Italeri set #312 and the building is from Miniarts set #35520.
I just used the front section of the Miniart kit as I will be using the rest of the kit for another project. I painted the figures, horses, kubelagon and building with Vallejo paints and weathered with GW Agrax Earthshade and pastel chalks.
The base is thick foam and I used an old piece of vac formed cobblestone for the road and the ground work was done using spakfilla mixed with fine sand. Once the spakfilla/sand mix was dry I then painted and weathered it with Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
I used Woodland Scenics Olive Green foliage for the tree and small bushes and I used Woodland Scenics Medium Green static grass and once dry I used pastel chalks to tone down the colour and the grass tufts are from Army Painter.
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Wow Ron. Nice. You can read more comments on the front page.
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Wow Ron. Nice. You can read more comments on the front page.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Wow, Ron this is really nice. The paint job is just outstanding, I particularly like how the horses turned out.
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Wow, Ron this is really nice. The paint job is just outstanding, I particularly like how the horses turned out.
Cheers buddy and the horses I was very happy with and they are a awesome kit especially being a very old kit.
Ron
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Hi All,
Started on a new 1:35 dio yesterday and I'm doing a Panther Ausf A from Tamiya and it will be in France 1944.
The a tank is almost done I just need to add some more tracks on the turret and add the crew and add the foiliage to her and then start on the dio.
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Now that is one nice tank. Off to share Ron!
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Now that is one nice tank. Off to share Ron!
Thanks heaps Shawn I'm having a blast doing these old kits again.
Ron
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Hi All,
Got the cam netting and foliage on, now for the figures and dio.
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Looks good Ron. I do like your WW2 Dios.
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Looks good Ron. I do like your WW2 Dios.
Cheers Shawn and once this is completed I'll be starting on a SW Scarif dio 1:12 scale.
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Wow, the paintjob on this Panther looks amazing, Ron! Can't wait to see what kind of diorama you make for this one. It'll porbably be done even before I'm done writing this comment.
Thanks for sharing! I really enjoy your WW2 theme!
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Wow, the paintjob on this Panther looks amazing, Ron! Can't wait to see what kind of diorama you make for this one. It'll porbably be done even before I'm done writing this comment.
Thanks for sharing! I really enjoy your WW2 theme!
- Philipp
Thanks heaps Philipp really glad you like it and LOL I wish I was that fast but I have started on the ground work and have completed the tree's so I'll get pics up tonight of that.
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Hi All,
The dio 80% completed I just need to do the figures and then paint the edge of the dio.
The tree's were done using twigs from the front yard and I then used Woodland Scenics fine leaf foliage to do the leaves and the smaller trees and bushes are also Woodland Scenics fine leaf foliage.
I used static grass or the base of the ground work and used small grass tufts from Army Painter. The base ground work is a mix 50% spakfilla/ 30% dirt/ 20% sand and once applied I let it dry for 2 hours and then painted and weathered it using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks.
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Man, I knew I had to be quick - I even messed up my spelling...so the deco on your Panther already was a foreshadowing of your diorama and...surprise: it looks excellent!
I really like your mini dioramas which just highlight one model or one specific scene. The road looks top notch and the deco on the Panther goes along with the environment perfectly...obviously...I'm trying to say that the tank is masked very well!
I love it and wish you a peaceful weekend!
Best regards to down under from over there!
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Man, I knew I had to be quick - I even messed up my spelling...so the deco on your Panther already was a foreshadowing of your diorama and...surprise: it looks excellent!
I really like your mini dioramas which just highlight one model or one specific scene. The road looks top notch and the deco on the Panther goes along with the environment perfectly...obviously...I'm trying to say that the tank is masked very well!
I love it and wish you a peaceful weekend!
Best regards to down under from over there!
- Philipp
Hey Philipp, Thanks heaps mate and yeah the Germans knew how to camouflage their equipment that was for sure. You have a great weekend as well buddy.
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Ultra realistic Ron. Looks awesome.
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Ultra realistic Ron. Looks awesome.
Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
The Panther Ausf A dio is now complete.
The figures are Miniart and I used arms are a mix of Mninart, Zvezda and Tamiya. The figures were painted and weathered using Vallejo paints, AK Interactive paints and Army Painter paints.
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Pretty awesome! Must be a hassle to reconstruct the figures from different model companies, but the work pays off in realism.
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Pretty awesome! Must be a hassle to reconstruct the figures from different model companies, but the work pays off in realism.
Cheers mate and no not really, usually they match up very well together and on some occasions you just need to use a little putty to fil in gaps.
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I must have lost my comments again, but I did get this front paged yesterday. It looks great Ron, like real.
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I must have lost my comments again, but I did get this front paged yesterday. It looks great Ron, like real.
Hey Shawn, yeah I had that issue the other day when I put a message on Panther's section. And thanks heaps mate.
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Hi All,
I have started a new 1:35 WW2 diorama and this one will a German PAK 40 positioned along a road in Normandy 1944.
I have got the layout the way I want it and have glued the vac formed cobblestone road down and gave the PAK 40 a undercoat of desert yellow.
The figures are from Dragon and is the Verfugungstruppe set 6309, I wanted some figure relaxing and these fit the bill perfectly. The crates are from Tamiya ammo loading crew and the shells are metal and are from Verlinden.
Ron
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Another great start to another great looking project.
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Another great start to another great looking project.
Off to share.
Cheers Shawn.
Ron
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Completed the German Pak 40 ww2 dio.
Recipe
The figure's and equipment are from Dragon Models, the ammo crates are from Tamiya and the shells are from Verlinden and the Pak 40 is from Tamiya.
The base is thick foam board and the cobblestone I have had in my parts box for years so I thought I would use it with the dio.
The ground work was done using a 80/20 mix of spakfilla and fine sand and then applied to the base. Once dry static grass was applied and left to dry then it was dry brushed to tone it down a little.
The fence is made using balsa wood and the bushes are from Woodland Scenics. The grass tufts and small bushes on the road I picked up from my local gaming shop.
Everything was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints, Army Painter paints and Pastel chalks.
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Looks great! I love the loose shells. Outstanding attention to detail.
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Looks great! I love the loose shells. Outstanding attention to detail.
Thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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Ron, you're living a dream! I wish I could create such masterpieces worth to mention THAT frequently! I really like your series of WW II dioramas! The Pak looks great in that scenery and also the soldiers look very interesting! In fact many men back then had their hair and/or beard like the Führer himself.
I can almost hear them say, "Der Feind ist bis in dieses Dorf dort drüben vorgerückt." and yell "Feuer!!" and "Nachladen! Schneller!!"
Excellent work!
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Another masterpiece my friend.
The scenery looks very realistic. I love the vegetation and the Flecktarn looks amazing.
Excellent work.
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Ron, you're living a dream! I wish I could create such masterpieces worth to mention THAT frequently! I really like your series of WW II dioramas! The Pak looks great in that scenery and also the soldiers look very interesting! In fact many men back then had their hair and/or beard like the Führer himself.
I can almost hear them say, "Der Feind ist bis in dieses Dorf dort drüben vorgerückt." and yell "Feuer!!" and "Nachladen! Schneller!!"
Excellent work!
- Philipp
Hey Philipp, yeah I can't argue with that mate, being retired sure allows me to build more dio's and thanks heaps buddy.
Another masterpiece my friend.
The scenery looks very realistic. I love the vegetation and the Flecktarn looks amazing.
Excellent work.
Thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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6.SS-GEBIRGS-DIVISION, RUSSIA 1943. 1:35 scale.
Recipe
Figures - are from Dragon and are from kit #6707, I got two kits so I can do small vignettes with them. The map is from Miniart which come's with their German WW2 weapons kit #35247. The straps for the weapons, goggles and bino's are thin paper painted and cut to size.
The arms bands are also paper painted and cut to size and the mud on the uniforms is a mix of spakfilla and paint.
Base - is thick foam board with balsa wood edges and the ground work was done by mixing spakfilla and a small amount of dirt and applying it to the base.
I then gave the ground work several washes of Vallejo's Chocolate brown and left it to dry. Once the washes were dry I placed the dead grass tufts which I picked up from my local gaming shop which were dry brushed with Vallejo's Beige brown and the dead bushes are left over pieces from Woodland Scenics Olive Green Foliage set.
Once all the foliage was glued in place I then glued the figures and then added the snow by using watered down spakfilla.
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Spot on realistic Ron. Your dios always look so real. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Off to share myself on the front pages.
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Spot on realistic Ron. Your dios always look so real. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Off to share myself on the front pages.
Hey Shawn, thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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Another interesting WW2 diorama.
The snowy terrain and the dirtied battle dresses look extremely realistic.
Excellent work my friend.
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Another interesting WW2 diorama.
The snowy terrain and the dirtied battle dresses look extremely realistic.
Excellent work my friend.
Cheers mate.
Ron
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Just completed another small WW2 vignette.
Recipe
Figures - are from Dragon kit #6707 I used the figure with the camo smock for one build and then used the top half of the figure with the camo smock and legs from one of the other figures in the kit. They were painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
Base - is thick foam board with balsa wood edges. I used a 60% sand and 40% spakfilla mix and applied it to the base and then painted and weathered the ground work.
The well is an old Verlinden resin kit and I used balsa wood for the frame and plastic card and rod for the brackets and bolts and also the handle.
The bucket and chicken are from Tamiya and the grass tufts are from the local gaming shop. The rope for the well is model sail ship rope and the water in the well was done using Woodland Scenics Realistic water.
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Looks real Ron. Off to share another great diorama.
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Love the vignettes, Ron. The snow troopers are magnificent. The figures and landscape is so very realistic. Its a real joy to see your work.
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Looks real Ron. Off to share another great diorama.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Love the vignettes, Ron. The snow troopers are magnificent. The figures and landscape is so very realistic. Its a real joy to see your work.
Thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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Another outstanding vignette.
As I wrote on your PAK dio, I love the Flecktarn on your figures. It must be really hard to paint all the little dots.
The well is really the icing on the cake. The weathered wood and the water inside looks phenomenal.
Excellent work my friend.
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Another outstanding vignette.
As I wrote on your PAK dio, I love the Flecktarn on your figures. It must be really hard to paint all the little dots.
The well is really the icing on the cake. The weathered wood and the water inside looks phenomenal.
Excellent work my friend.
Thanks heaps buddy and glad you like the Flecktarn and honestly I have been doing German camo for years so it 's second nature now but it was hard at first.
Ron
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Completed this WW2 dio last night.
The scene depicts an SS officer having a go at some Wehrmacht soldier's who got in the way of the armoured car making it run off the road and damaging it. The title says "Look, what you have done idiot", I used google translator to convert the words to German.
Vehicle and figures - the armoured car is from Tamiya and is kit #35270 and the two armoured car crew on the left side are from Master Box and are from kit #3507 and the other figures are from Master box and are from kit #5310. The figures and vehicle were painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks.
Base - is thick foam board and then I used a 60% sand and 40% spakfilla mix and applied it to the base and while it was drying I did the tyre tracks using the end of a paint brush.
Was the ground work was dry I painted and weathered it using Vallejo paints. The shrubs are from Woodland Scenics and the grass tufts I got from the local gaming shop.
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Looks great Ron. I watched a Tank Documentary on Netflix and saw this one.
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Looks great Ron. I watched a Tank Documentary on Netflix and saw this one.
Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I just watched that last night and I got some great idea's for some dio's.
Ron
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Hi All,
Recipe
Figures - are from Dragon and is kit #6491 and I built three out of the four figure's and they were built straight out of the box and Painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel Chalks.
Base - is a mould I got from a mate which is a Woodland Scenics rubber rock mould. I painted and weathered it using Vallejo paints.
The small dead bushes are from Woodland Scenics which are small section from their Foliage sets and the grass tufts I got from my local gaming shop.
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I am once again having internet issues, but wow this looks good.
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I am once again having internet issues, but wow this looks good.
Off to the front page.
Cheers Shawn and hope you get the issues under control, there's nothing worse trying to get on the net and you can't.
Ron
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Love the armored car dio! Hunting the Partisans looks good too - now you just need a mini dio of some Partisans to go with it. Great job!
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Thanks Ron. Home seems to be working today, but wow and I having to fight them every other week. Wish I had other alternatives to an ISP, but I don't.
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Very realistic, great work!
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Love the armored car dio! Hunting the Partisans looks good too - now you just need a mini dio of some Partisans to go with it. Great job!
Cheers mate and yeah that would be a cool idea.
Thanks Ron. Home seems to be working today, but wow and I having to fight them every other week. Wish I had other alternatives to an ISP, but I don't.
Yeah that sucks when you have to fight them all the time especially when thye take your money and don't provide the service.
Very realistic, great work!
Thanks mate.
Ron
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That is a very dynamic looking dio.
The shoulder supported MG-34 looks really cool.
Excellent work my friend.
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That is a very dynamic looking dio.
The shoulder supported MG-34 looks really cool.
Excellent work my friend.
Thanks heaps mate and I don't know how they coped with holding the muzzle so close to their heads.
Ron
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I think it is not very comfortable for the soldier but the technique is still used in some modern armed forces today.
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I think it is not very comfortable for the soldier but the technique is still used in some modern armed forces today.
Very true and I'm glad when I was in the Army we didn't do it.
Ron
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I finished this small WW2 dio off a few days and just took pics today.
Recipe
Figures and motorcycle - are from Master Box and is kit #3539, the figures and motorcycle were built straight out of the box. The figure peeing, I used a tiny amount of putty for his penis and for his urine I used wire covering from an old set of ear phones as it was clear and I cut off what I needed and then stretched it out.
The figures and motorcycle were painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
Base - is a old action figure base and I built up the ground work using spakfilla and fine sand and applied it to the base. Once dry I painted and dry brushed the mix with Vallejo paints.
The sign is from Verlinden and the posts are pieces of balsa wood. The grass are grass tufts which are from Army Painter and the small bushes are from Woodland Scenics, the taller plants are pieces of real weeds which were treated with methylated spirits to dry them out and stop them from rotting.
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Once again, ultra- realistic. Off to share.
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Once again, ultra- realistic. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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My niece is a huge smurf fan and she sent a bunch of smurfs to make little diorama's for them.
Recipe
Evil Smurfette - was originally smurfette from Jakks Pacific and is from the grab em figures, my niece wanted evil smurfette so I just repainted the figure using Vallejo paints.
base - is high density foam cut to size and then I used a spakfilla/sand mix with paint added and once mixed it was applied to the base.
The small stones are pieces of kitty litter painted a medium grey and the tall grass and small plants are plastic fish tank plants which were given a few washes of medium green.
Ron
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Papa smurf at work in his laboratory.
Recipe
Papa - is from Jakks Pacific smurf line that came out when the first smurf was out and he was painted using Vallejo paints.
Base - is foam board with balsa wood used for the floor and I used a pencil to mark out the floor boards and nail holes. The book rest and table were made using balsa wood and the candles are made using plastic rod for the candle stick and watered down spakfilla for the melted wax and flames.
The candle holder on the book stand was made by cutting the top off one of the bottles that comes with the papa smurf figure. The candle holder on the table was made using a plastic toy wheel and the rest is done using plastic tube and rod. The grey container on the table was made using left over piece from the candle holder on the book stand and the large container came with the papa smurf lab set.
The books I printed of the net and then folded the pages and glued them together and the potion containers are pieces of action figure stands that I just cut to size. The middle of the stands were hollow so I added Woodland Scenics Realistic water inside with a little coloured paint and he potion labels I printed of the net and glued in place.
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Handy Smurf diorama.
Recipe
Handy - is from Jakks Pacific and I super glued the joints and then covered them with putty and painted him using Vallejo Paints.
Base - is foam board and the ground work is a mix of spakfilla and sand with brown paint added in while mixing. The stepping stones were done with high density foam which I cut out the shapes and then used a piece of sandstone and lightly tapped it into the foam to get a stone effect.
The grass tufts are from Army Painter and the frame work, ladder, blanks, sign, tool box and floor are made using balsa wood. The bucket is made using a plastic tube cut to size and then I used balsa wood for the bucket itself and then I used plastic card for the metal brace and the handle is old computer wire.
The nails were made using plastic rod and plastic tube and the tools were made using plastic card, plastic rod and balsa wood.
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Pretty cool Ron. I loved watching smurfs as a kid. Now you are gonna have to make a Brainy Smurf and Gargamel and Azrael Dio.
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Pretty cool Ron. I loved watching smurfs as a kid. Now you are gonna have to make a Brainy Smurf and Gargamel and Azrael Dio.
Off to the front page.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I loved them as well. Brainy will be soon Gargamel and Azrael will be done once they arrive.
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Very cool Smurf dioramas!! My girl would love them too
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Very cool Smurf dioramas!! My girl would love them too
Cheers buddy.
Ron
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I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Santa Smurf diorama
Recipe
Santa Smurf - Is Papa smurf which is from Jakks Pacific, I painted him using Vallejo Paints. The fur on his suit was done using cotton wool and the belt is a 1:6 scale buckle and the belt is pleather cut to size.
Base - is foam board and the floor boards were done by gluing balsa wood the foam and once dry I marked out the boards with a ruler and marked them out with a sharp pencil. The fire place and chimney was done using high density foam which was cut to the desired shape and then I used a sharp pencil to mark out the stones.
The logs are twigs I picked up from the local bushland and just cut to size and the fire was done using Woodland Scenics Water Effects and I added orange paint to it, while the Water Effects was drying I applied it inside the fire place with a tooth pick and once dry I added some white, yellow and red paint.
The Merry Xmas lettering I picked up from the local craft store and the xmas cards I found on the net and resized them and printed them off. The xmas tree was also from the craft store and was cut to size as it originally was 12" tall, I then sprayed it with a light green paint and then sprayed it with white paint to give it that snow look.
The star and shiny crystals I picked up from the craft store and the tinsil is just string repaintd different colours. The presents I got of the net and resized the and cut them out and folded/glued them together and then glued them in place and the Santa sack is a dried out baby wipe painted red and string was used to tie the top together.
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Superb!
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Superb!
Cheers mate.
Ron
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Awesome Ron and Merry Christmas.
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Awesome Ron and Merry Christmas.
Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and Merry Christmas mate.
Ron
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Another smurf dio for the niece and this will be last one for a little while.
Brainy smurf
Recipe
Brainy - is from Jakks Pacific and I removed the arms that came with him and replaced them with another set of arms from another smurf figure. Once the arms were glued on and the joints covered he was painted using Vallejo paints.
Base - is foam board and the floor is balsa wood with the marked out using a led pencil. The chalk board is balsa wood and plastic and the drawings were done by first drawing them on with a led pencil and then painting over the pencil.
The book case and stool are made from balsa wood and all the books were made by printing them off the net and either using thin foam for the pages or for using multiple pieces of paper to make pages as for the book on the table.
The work table is made using balsa wood and the magnifying glass was done using thing strips of balsa wood and clear plastic for the glass. The candle stand is also balsa wood and the candles were made using plastic tube for the main part of the candle and the flames and melted wax was done using watered down spakfilla.
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I kinda got "punny" with the front page on this.
Looks great Ron.
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I kinda got "punny" with the front page on this.
Looks great Ron.
Cheers Shawn
Ron
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I really like the Smurf dioramas. Both Papa Smurf and Brainy look great. The details are excellent, I particularly like the dripping wax detail on Brainy's candle.
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I really like the Smurf dioramas. Both Papa Smurf and Brainy look great. The details are excellent, I particularly like the dripping wax detail on Brainy's candle.
Cheers mate and I have had a blast doing these and I will doing a lot more in a few weeks with other characters.
Ron
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Hi All,
First build for 2019 and many many more to come.
Five nights at Freddy's - Springtrap
Back Story - Purple guy is a guy that killed kids at Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria and he hid inside the suit to get away form the police I think? the springs/gears in the suit were malfunctioning and crashed Purple guy in the suit intertwining his body with the suit.
Recipe
Springtrap - is from Funko Toys and I removed the head and hollowed it out. The head inside was done by using a small action figure head and then I added putty over the head to make the dead flesh, teeth and eyes.
The rest of the body was dremeled out and then I used putty for the rest of the upper body inside the suit and then I used thin wire and springs and applied them to the figure.
Once he was done I painted and weathered him using Vallejo Paints and Pastel Chalks.
Base/wall - is foam board and the floor was done by printing of a B/W print from the net and gluing it in place. The B/W checks along the wall is the floor which was downsized and red lines added and then it was printed off and glued on.
The posters and sign are from the net and I resized them and ripped them up and glued into place. The pipes are straws and the brackets are pieces of plastic card and the spider webs were done using cotton wool.
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I never got into FNAF, but looks gruesome. Off to share.
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I never got into FNAF, but looks gruesome. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I played FNAF 1 and 2 but Hunter has played them all and he loved them, they are also making a movie which comes out next year which I can't wait to see it.
Ron
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Five nights at Freddy's - Withered Golden Freddy
Recipe
Golden Freddy - is from Funko and I cut off his feet and added ball joints to give him that endoskeleton look. The head was cut between the teeth and I removed any excess plastic and then puttied the lower jaw up.
I removed the eye's with a soldering iron and also did the damage with the soldering iron as well. The wiring is old electrical cable inner wiring and I added buttons using 1:6 scale buttons. Once completed he was painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks.
Base - is foam board and the floor is a print of a tiled floor and glued into place. The crate and shelf are made from balsa wood and the cable is electrical wire. The extra arms/hand and cupcake on the plate are from extra FnaF parts I had is the parts box, the spider webs are made using cotton wool.
Next up will be Withered Bonnie.
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Looks great Ron. Liking your FNAF theme you are into now.
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Looks great Ron. Liking your FNAF theme you are into now.
Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah I'm enjoying doing them. I have a Con that I'm going to in April so I want to have a mix of items to sell so people know I just don't do SW.
Ron
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Five nights at Freddy's - Withered Bonnie.
Recipe.
Bonnie - is from Funko and removed the left foot and right hand and made the endoskeleton foot/hand using plastic card, tube and rod. The lower jaw had the excess plastic and teeth removed and then it was puttied up and smoothed out and new teeth were added using plastic card.
The left arm was removed and the head I cut off the jaw and then cut off the front section of the face. The inside of the head has been filled with plastic tile sheet and the eyes are plastic rod. The damaged area's were done using a soldering iron and model knife and the button's are 1:6 scale buttons. The wiring was done using old electrical cable and using the thinner wires inside. He was painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks.
Base - is foam board and the tiled floor, checked strip, pizza's and small note/sign were printed off the net and glued into place. The wall was painted with Vallejo's medium grey and then I used Vallejo's Chocolate Brown and watered it down and dapped it over the wall and floor to give it a worn and dirty look. I decided to add the front section of Bonnie's face to the dio as my son asked could it be on the dio.
Next up will be Withered Chica.
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Well my internet at home is out and my work internet has a lot of things firewalled, but I was able to at least get this on the front page today. Looks good Ron.
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Well my internet at home is out and my work internet has a lot of things firewalled, but I was able to at least get this on the front page today. Looks good Ron.
Thanks heaps Shawn and the internet is a great thing but also a pain in the butt.
Ron
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Withered Chica.
Recipe.
Chica - is from Funko and I used a soldering iron and model knife to make all the damaged area's. I used a model knife to split the head and then used a piece of an old NECA Terminator spine section for the inside of the mouth.
The inner teeth/jaw and outer teeth were done using plastic card and the wiring around the back of the head was done using thin electrical wire. The loose wiring was also done using thin electrical wire, the Chica figure only comes with two toe's so I added the extra one's using plastic and putty and once built I painted and weathered her using Vallejo Paints.
Base - is thick foam board and the back walls was painted with Vallejo paint and the poster, job ticket sheet, checked floor and checked line on the wall were printed of the net and resized.
I printed of a newspaper and redid the paper's name and headline and the FnaF picture using photoshop.
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Still going strong with this theme Ron. Off to share.
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Still going strong with this theme Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I have two to go with this theme and then a break for a few weeks and then back again with another theme.
Ron
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You've got a pretty impressive run with these dioramas, Ron. The detail is pretty amazing. I know nothing about this franchise, so can't comment more than "pretty nightmar-ish." I'm not sure I would want to wake up in the middle of the night with one of these dios on the nightstand next to me:)
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You've got a pretty impressive run with these dioramas, Ron. The detail is pretty amazing. I know nothing about this franchise, so can't comment more than "pretty nightmar-ish." I'm not sure I would want to wake up in the middle of the night with one of these dios on the nightstand next to me:)
Thanks heaps mate and what I know of the game and seen of it, it is a jump scare game and you are a security guard trying not to get killed by the animitronics.
Ron
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Withered Foxy.
Recipe.
Foxy - is from Funko and I cut him at the waist with a saw and used a soldering iron and model knife to do the damage to him. I used the spine section of a NECA Terminator for his internal body part and used thin plastic rod for the other area's where the endoskeleton is seen.
The inner teeth and jaw were done using plastic card and the sharp teeth were done using toothpick ends.
I used thin plastic rod on the legs and feet and I cut of the fingers and made them a little longer by using plastic card and The wiring is old this electrical cable.
He was then painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints.
Base - is think foam board and the back wall was painted and the weathered and the floor was done by printing off a checked floor pattern and gluing on the base.
The checked strip across the wall, banner, posters and party hats were off the net and resized and printed and attached to the base.
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Nice work with these latest diorama's mate, they look awesome!
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These do look great. I know a kid that would go ape over these. Thanks for sharing and now I am off to share.
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Nice work with these latest diorama's mate, they look awesome!
Thanks heaps Richard, I have one more to do for this series but I'll be on hold with that one as I'll be doing some SW dio's.
These do look great. I know a kid that would go ape over these. Thanks for sharing and now I am off to share.
Cheers Shawn and I didn't know your daughter likes FnaF.
Ron
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Not my daughter per se, but I have a friend whose kid loves this stuff. He is always after me about FNAF Stuff.
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Not my daughter per se, but I have a friend whose kid loves this stuff. He is always after me about FNAF Stuff.
Ah ok, well if her parents want anything made just tell them I'll be more then happy to do some customs for her.
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It's been a while since I did a Star Trek 1:12 dio so I decided to do one which depicts kirk battling the Gorn for TOS Arena. I got the figures in the pose's I like and know I need to glue joints and putty them up and start painting and start making the base.
The Kirk figure is from Mezco and the Gorn is from Diamond Select toys.
The first pic is the scene I'm doing for those that have never seen TOS Trek.
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Oh yeah, I remember this scene. Looking good so far Ron. Off to share.
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Oh yeah, I remember this scene. Looking good so far Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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Star Trek TOS - Arena 1:12 scale.
Recipe.
Figure's - Kirk is from Mezco and I repainted his face and hands using Vallejo Paints and dirtied him up using pastel chalks. The translator was made using plastic rod and plastic card and the vine is string painted brown and the leaves are Fine leaf foliage from Woodland Scenics.
The Gorn is from Diamond Select Toys and I glued and puttied up the joints and painted him using Vallejo Paints and his translator was done the same as kirks and his coal knife was made using foam.
Base - is high density foam as are the rocks, the rocks were shaped out then covered with watered down spakfilla and painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints.
The sand is a mix of spakfilla/fine sand and paint and then applied to the base and the area were the sand is disturbed was done by applying a few washes and then applying pastel chalks.
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I don’t know much about STAR TREK. My aunt is a big fan, though. From a neutral customizer’s perspective I think you made the Gorn figure look more realistic than the actual costume in the movie. You also made the figure look so much like the actor! Excellent work especially with the chalks, Ron! The costume and the cheek look top notch!
You’re just incredible, mate!
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I don’t know much about STAR TREK. My aunt is a big fan, though. From a neutral customizer’s perspective I think you made the Gorn figure look more realistic than the actual costume in the movie. You also made the figure look so much like the actor! Excellent work especially with the chalks, Ron! The costume and the cheek look top notch!
You’re just incredible, mate!
- Philipp
Hey Philipp, thanks heaps buddy and dare I say it I was a huge Trek fan before I was a SW fan LOL, I grew up with the re-runs of the classic series and have the re-edited classic series which makes it even 100% better but without ruining the old classic charm.
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Ron looks spot on from what I remember from that episode!
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Ron looks spot on from what I remember from that episode!
Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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Awesome job Ron! The whole diorama looks good. The Gorn is great and the dirt stains on Kirk look excellent.
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It is always great to see a new Star Trek dio from you.
Your Gorn looks far better than the movie version.
Excellent work my friend.
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Awesome job Ron! The whole diorama looks good. The Gorn is great and the dirt stains on Kirk look excellent.
Cheers mate.
It is always great to see a new Star Trek dio from you.
Your Gorn looks far better than the movie version.
Excellent work my friend.
Thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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New WW2 dio in the works.
The Ausf H is from Academy and so far has been painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints. The figure's are from Master Box and I just need to fill in a few little gaps before painting them.
Ron
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Already looks great Ron.
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Looks great, can't wait to see more bud
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Already looks great Ron.
Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Looks great, can't wait to see more bud
Thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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I have done the ground work by mixing spakfilla/sand and brown paint and then applying it to the base and the grass tufts, small shrubs and tall thin bushes I got from my local gaming shop.
The tank has had the left over dirt applied to the tracks, wheels and where ever dirt collects and I just need to do a little more weathering to it and then paint the figures.
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This is looking great Ron. I love the detail you put into the ground elements, they always look so natural.
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Love the foliage in the groundwork, Ron. The Panzer 4 is looking good.
One of my younger passions was 1/35 scale WW2 kits. Man, there is so much stuff out there now. Those Master Box figures look just right in this setting. I have several of those kits but haven’t built any of the figures yet.
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That looks like some German engineering right at the battlefield.
Awesome work on the model and the scenery so far, Ron!
The opened hatch and the incredible detail you added to the Panzer IV are brilliant and unique details.
- Philipp
ADD: First, I thought the soldiers were repairing the track, but then I saw they were playing cards. The detail of those molds is impressive and I’m sure you’ll put far more magic to them when you paint them!
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You can read my comments on the front pages. Looks awesome already Ron.
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This is looking great Ron. I love the detail you put into the ground elements, they always look so natural.
Thanks heaps mate.
Love the foliage in the groundwork, Ron. The Panzer 4 is looking good.
One of my younger passions was 1/35 scale WW2 kits. Man, there is so much stuff out there now. Those Master Box figures look just right in this setting. I have several of those kits but haven’t built any of the figures yet.
Thanks heaps buddy and yeah I started building 1/35 when I was 12 yrs old and my dad taught me so much with the hobby and back then you had to make 90% of your extra's like straps, tree's and building etc.
As you mentioned the amount of kits and after market kits is amazing and yeah Master box kits are awesome as the details are so crisp and they go together great as well.
That looks like some German engineering right at the battlefield.
Awesome work on the model and the scenery so far, Ron!
The opened hatch and the incredible detail you added to the Panzer IV are brilliant and unique details.
- Philipp
ADD: First, I thought the soldiers were repairing the track, but then I saw they were playing cards. The detail of those molds is impressive and I’m sure you’ll put far more magic to them when you paint them!
Thank heaps Philipp and I was originally going to have the crew repairing a track but when I building the tank this figure kit arrived and knew it was perfect for the dio.
You can read my comments on the front pages. Looks awesome already Ron.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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I have finished the Ausf H dio but due to severe rain and flooding here (I'm safe) the sun hasn't been out for over a week so here are some quickie pics till the sun comes out.
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Looks great Ron. I hear it is really flooding over there now. Stay safe.
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Wow, Ron. The final product looks really good. Excellent job.
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Looks great Ron. I hear it is really flooding over there now. Stay safe.
Off to share on the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn and we are all safe thanks mate.
Wow, Ron. The final product looks really good. Excellent job.
Thanks heaps buddy.
Ron
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Recipe.
Figures - are from Master Box and is kit #3525 and they have been painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints.
The Ausf H - is from Academy and is kit #13223 and has been painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints. The dry mud was done using a mix of spakfilla/sand and paint.
Base - is thick foam and the ground work is a mix of spakfilla/sand and paint. The grass tufts are a mix of Army Painter and MiniNatur and the bulkier looking shrubs are from my local gaming store.
The tall grass is from MiniNatur and are actually vines but I cut some off and folded them in half to give them a thicker feel to them.
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Looks real Ron. Glad to see you were able to get outside to do your final shots. Off to share on the front pages.
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Looks real Ron. Glad to see you were able to get outside to do your final shots. Off to share on the front pages.
Yeah we got a break in the weather for about 2 hours but it's raining again off and on and thanks heaps mate.
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The Panzer IV looks very impressive.
The weathering and battle damage looks very realistic.
I really like the cartridge belt on the MG-34. Was it part of the model kit or is it a aftermarket piece?
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The Panzer IV looks very impressive.
The weathering and battle damage looks very realistic.
I really like the cartridge belt on the MG-34. Was it part of the model kit or is it a aftermarket piece?
Thanks heaps buddy and the belt was from another model kit.
Ron
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8TH SS Cavalry Division, Florian Geyer - Taking Fire 1:35.
Recipe
Figures/Horses - the upper body of the figures and equipment are from Master Box # 3583 and the lower legs are from Tamiya # 35053. The horses are from Master box 3550 and the saddle and roll on the back are from Tamiya #35053.
The reins and slings were made by painting paper and then cutting to width and length and gluing into place. The figures and horses were painted and weathered using Vallejo.
Base - is made using balsa wood cut to size and glued together, the soil is a mix of spakfilla and sand with Vallejo's medium brown and Beige Brown mixed in and then applied to the base. The grass tufts are from Army Painter and the shrubs are from my local hobby shop.
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So realistic. Ron you outdo yourself.
Hope the rain has let up for you folks a bit. Off to share.
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So realistic. Ron you outdo yourself.
Hope the rain has let up for you folks a bit. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah it stopped which is great.
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Ron, this diorama is beautiful. You did a great job combining parts and adding details to make it looks very realistic. I can't say I would ever want to celebrate this particular unit of SS, but your rendering is fantastic.
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Ron, this diorama is beautiful. You did a great job combining parts and adding details to make it looks very realistic. I can't say I would ever want to celebrate this particular unit of SS, but your rendering is fantastic.
Thanks heaps bud and that's why I love plastic kits so much the details in them are just as or even better then the resin kits and you can cut them up to customize them to suit yourself.
Ron
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Stunning work, Ron! This scene conveys much emotion. As Tamer says - you outdo yourself!
Another excellent project! I'm glad the rain finally stopped.
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Stunning work, Ron! This scene conveys much emotion. As Tamer says - you outdo yourself!
Another excellent project! I'm glad the rain finally stopped.
- Philipp
Thanks heaps Philipp and so are we mate and thank you.
Ron
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Kubelwagen Radio car dio completed-1/35 scale.
Recipe.
Figures/car - The Kubelwagen is from Tamiya and is kit #35213 and is built straight out of the box. The radio bench is scratch built using plastic card and the radio set is an old Verlinden kit that I did years ago and using it here after the dio it was on got broken when moving.
I added brackets and details on the radio set using plastic card, resin pieces and photo etched parts. The maps and charts are from and old Verlinden 1/35 map set.
The head set and the small mic I have had in the parts box for years and can't remember which company made them, The map bracket behind the back seat was done using plastic card and half the rifle bracket that came with the kit and the jerry can storage bracket was done using plastic card.
The figures are from ICM and is kit # 35639 and were built straight out of the box except for the radio operator's left arm which was scratch built using spare arms.
Base - The base was done using foam board and the ground work is a mix of 70% spakfilla and 30% sand with medium brown paint added to it.
The bridge is made from balsa wood and the nuts/bolts were done using thin plastic rod and the nail holes were done using a tooth pick.
The ground work was done using grass tufts and small bush clumps which I got from my local gaming shop. The tree and small bushes are from Woodland Scenics fine foliage light green set and the bulrush are from Ammo Mig.
The water was done using a two part resin from Tamiya with a drop of beige brown mixed in and the ripple effect was done using Woodland Scenics Water effects.
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Very nice Ron. I wondered what you were up too.
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Very nice Ron. I wondered what you were up too.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah I'm loving getting back into the first hobby that I originally started with but I have so many SW projects that I need to complete and start LOL.
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And your description is perfect for those that follow that hobby. I had a passion for this 1/35 stuff since I was young and still remember how those builders would perform ww2 magic before your eyes.
They would have crapped eggrolls if they could have seen your stuff, Ron.
That radio car turned out magnificent. Great interior detail that draws the eye like a magnet. Those ICM figures turned out nice. I have some that came with a kit somewhere unbuilt.
I love they bridge also! Those bolts set it off.
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Masterful Ron. Great attention to detail, especially on the bridge - right down to the bolts! Your plastic work is excellent. This is a most believable diorama.
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And your description is perfect for those that follow that hobby. I had a passion for this 1/35 stuff since I was young and still remember how those builders would perform ww2 magic before your eyes.
They would have crapped eggrolls if they could have seen your stuff, Ron.
That radio car turned out magnificent. Great interior detail that draws the eye like a magnet. Those ICM figures turned out nice. I have some that came with a kit somewhere unbuilt.
I love they bridge also! Those bolts set it off.
thanks heaps mate that really means a lot and I have to agree with you on the ICM figures their new sculpts are amazing, awesome sculpts which are crisp with awesome details and hardly any flash.
Masterful Ron. Great attention to detail, especially on the bridge - right down to the bolts! Your plastic work is excellent. This is a most believable diorama.
Thanks so much mate.
Ron
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1:35 SAS jeep North Africa WW2.
Recipe.
Jeep/figures - are from Tamiya and is kit #35033, it is an older kit but still awesome to make. The only things I did was I removed the handles that that jerry cans had as there was no middle handle and replaced them with the normal three handle style.
I used paper cut thin for the straps and the slings on the equipment and weapons. I also added the netting which is from Verlinden which I have had in my part box for years and once it was built I painted and weathered the jeep using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks and the figures were painted using Vallejo paints.
Base - is foam board which I cut out two layers and glued them together and then removed some it to fit the large stones/rock which I used bark for them. The smaller stones/rocks is kitty litter for the bigger ones and then I crushed the kitty litter for the smaller ones. The sand is a mix of spakfilla and fine sand.
The small tufts are from Army Painter which were a little to green so a dry brushed them using beige brown and base was painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks.
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Ron, you profit from an endless source of ideas! Your projects look so fantastic - I would've never dreamed of seeing masterpieces like these!
Your Radio Kübelwagen looks awesome! I really like the idea of a round baseplate! The water effect looks excellent and even the bridge is curved...just like a spotlight on the past.
Most impressive to me is the radio in 1/35 scale itself! Also the foilage looks great as always! I also like the color for the soil you used! There's a reason why the name for paints is "French earth".
Talking about the bridge: this build alone is wonderful! The texture of the wood looks brilliant - I just love balsa wood!
The SAS Jeep is a masterpiece of its own! And as you know I'm a big fan of your dioramas and display plates. I also collected bark (yes, I read your description before this time!) in the past, but haven't painted it, yet. I would've not expected it to look that awesome! These rocks look fantastic!
Have you been to North Africa, yet? I have been to Tunesia and Morocco so far and and also went to the desert on a camel and it looked just the same there! Amazing work - seriously!
By the way I discovered a new video game last month, you might know already: It's called "Men of War" and I got the "Vietnam" edition of it used for PC so far - I'll probably get a ton of ideas for dioramas just from this game...
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Hey Philipp,
Thanks so much mate I really appreciate the kind words on the diorama's and I love doing round bases as you don't need to do the whole thing for example the bridge but it still tells a story. The second thing I like about the round bases is the space as I can fit more on a shelf then square or rectangle bases.
I haven't been to North Africa but I have been to Iraq and Afghanistan and they both have similar scenery. The bark is a brilliant and easy way to do rocks and once painted and weathered looks absolutely amazing.
I have heard of the Men of War game but haven't played it as I addicted to Fortnite at the moment as I'm playing on my son's account.
Ron
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Ultra realistic yet again Ron.
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Ultra realistic yet again Ron.
Off to share your update.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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This is really well done again. The paint job is magnificent. My son has found bark to be an effective element for Warhammer terrain - rocks, lava, etc.
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This is really well done again. The paint job is magnificent. My son has found bark to be an effective element for Warhammer terrain - rocks, lava, etc.
Thanks buddy and yeah I have seen people use it for gaming terrain and the results are brilliant.
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Started a new WW2 dio and I'm using the older Panther Ausf A from Tamiya and it is kit #35065, even thou this is an older Panther kit it is still a great kit to build.
I finally lost my air brush virginity LOL as I use to hand paint all the details on my kits and after using my mates air brush to do the larger camo pattern I'm so going to get myself one and the dots were hand painted on.
I still have a few things to add to the tank and do a little more weathering and it will be done.
The figure's are from Master Box and is kit #35160 and as you can see two are going to refuel and the others are just chin wagging.
Ron
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It already looks great Ron. I have been wondering what you were up too.
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It already looks great Ron. I have been wondering what you were up too.
Off to share.
Cheers Shawn and yeah not much to be honest mate but slowly getting back into it again.
Ron
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This is looking good. Congratulations on the new technique/skill. I'll look forward to the final project.
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This is looking good. Congratulations on the new technique/skill. I'll look forward to the final project.
Thanks mate and I'll have it completed during the week.
Ron
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Panther Ausf A - Refuelling
Tank/Figures - The Panther Ausf A is from Tamiya and it is kit #35065, even thou this is an older Panther kit it is still a great kit to build. The figure's are from Master Box and is kit #35160 and as you can see two are going to refuel and the others are just chin wagging.
Base - is thick foam board and the mud was done using a mix of spakfilla/sand/dirt with a little water and then I added Vallejo's Chocolate Brown and once the lot was mixed I applied it to the base and tank.
Once the mix was dry I then gave it a wash of Vallejo Chocolate Brown and Matt Black and once the wash dried I used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water with some Vallejo Beige Brown and applied it to the base to give the mud the wet look and puddles and the foliage is a mix of Army Painter grass tufts and Woodland Scenics fine leaf foliage.
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Looks awesome Ron. Hard to believe the realism you are able to achieve. Off to share.
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Looks awesome Ron. Hard to believe the realism you are able to achieve. Off to share.
Really appreciate the kind words Shawn thanks heaps mate.
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Been a long time since I ever tried anything muddy and it sure didn’t compare to this. Nice kit, that panther. I don’t have one that new even.
The figures turned out great. Love the wisps of smoke.
That realistic water looks fun also.
Many modelers make the mistake of carrying an aspect of weathering too far but this extreme condition is represented wonderfully here. Just right on muddy transfer to tank from driving and crew.
Ive claimed that Ron cant sleep because he doesn’t have time, with all the creations he cranks out.
It’s more realistic to think that if my stuff looked this good, I would be too excited to sleep. That’s got to be how it is for Ron?
Congrats on your airbrush. I love mine but find I have to stay in practice with it or I turn rusty. It certainly does things you can’t do with a brush. I find that the atomizing action makes Vallejo Matt varnish dry flatter than ever. 2-3 times flatter than with a brush and with a thinner layer to boot.
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Most impressive once again, Master hemble! These tanks needed a lot of fuel...very interesting setting and excellent realization!
You put a lot of work into all these dots on the tank! And your attention to detail is most remarkable!
Thanks for sharing this Panther with us!
- Philipp
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Been a long time since I ever tried anything muddy and it sure didn’t compare to this. Nice kit, that panther. I don’t have one that new even.
The figures turned out great. Love the wisps of smoke.
That realistic water looks fun also.
Many modelers make the mistake of carrying an aspect of weathering too far but this extreme condition is represented wonderfully here. Just right on muddy transfer to tank from driving and crew.
Ive claimed that Ron cant sleep because he doesn’t have time, with all the creations he cranks out.
It’s more realistic to think that if my stuff looked this good, I would be too excited to sleep. That’s got to be how it is for Ron?
Congrats on your airbrush. I love mine but find I have to stay in practice with it or I turn rusty. It certainly does things you can’t do with a brush. I find that the atomizing action makes Vallejo Matt varnish dry flatter than ever. 2-3 times flatter than with a brush and with a thinner layer to boot.
Hey Clint, thanks heaps buddy and really glad you like it. I do sleep LOL but as I mentioned on other projects I'm now retired from the Army and on a pension due to injuries so besides doing the house work, cooking and picking up the kids from school I have a lot of free time so what better way to spend it then building diorama's and customs.
I do get excited when I build a diorama or custom as I can visualize the end result but it's always great to see the end result. I don't have an airbrush yet I helped a mate with a dio the other week at his place so I got to use his air brush and damn I was so stoked with the results so I'm saving up to get my own.
You are so correct about some modellers over doing the weathering which can make a brilliant model look crappy but it does take time and practice to get the weathering down.
Most impressive once again, Master hemble! These tanks needed a lot of fuel...very interesting setting and excellent realization!
You put a lot of work into all these dots on the tank! And your attention to detail is most remarkable!
Thanks for sharing this Panther with us!
- Philipp
Thanks heaps Philipp and always my pleasure mate.
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Well now, that is just incredible. The muddy tracks look really outstanding. I have to echo Tamer and the others on the amazing realism of your dioramas. Keep up the inspiring work.
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Well now, that is just incredible. The muddy tracks look really outstanding. I have to echo Tamer and the others on the amazing realism of your dioramas. Keep up the inspiring work.
Cheers buddy and really appreciate your comment.
Ron
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On another dinosaur/Jurassic/World Park binge and this time I'm doing the gate from Jurassic Park in 1:18 scale.
The main gate structure is high density foam and will be covered and weathered as will the sign section, the words will be cut out and painted and added to some thin foam to give the depth.
The gates are made using foam board for the template and balsa wood has been applied over the time, I filled in the gaps and then it will be sanded and painted/weathered.
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It already looks great Ron. Off to share.
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It already looks great Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I'm also doing a few small SW dios using the SW Legion figures and will have the first one up tomorrow.
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WOW! :o what an awesome idea! It will look epic once done by you! The gate is looking amazing already!
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WOW! :o what an awesome idea! It will look epic once done by you! The gate is looking amazing already!
Thanks heaps bud and so sorry for the late reply I didn't see a message saying that you replied.
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Well had my local Con (MAGNETICON) on over the weekend and it's getting bigger every year. A promotion company took over this year so there weren't any huge guest VIP's as it is going to tailored to Cosplay and Gaming.
My setup was different this year as I had an area so I could paint and make diorama's so people could see what is involved in making a diorama, I also sold all the dios on the table which was awesome and I hope they do well again next year.
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Looks awesome. Would have loved to have been there. Bet I would have bought all those Hoth Dios. Off to share.
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Looks awesome. Would have loved to have been there. Bet I would have bought all those Hoth Dios. Off to share.
LOL I think you would have also and thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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POTA - Damn Stinking Humans, 1:10 scale.
Recipe.
Gorilla - is from NECA and I wanted him to have sleeveless arms to show the fur arms like Julius in POTA so I used a pair of Mirror Kirk arms from Art Asylum and cover them and the head in fake fur. Once the fur was glued and dried I then painted and weathered the gorilla with Vallejo Paints. The hose is old computer cable and the nozzle and handle were made using plastic rod and card and the running water was done using Woodland Scenics Water Effects.
Base - is high density foam and the cage was made using plastic rod and strips and the hay is tall grass that you can get from any good railway hobby shop. The flow troughs were done buy cutting the foam using a model knife and the dirty water is Woodland Scenics Realistic Water with a little Vallejo Tan Earth add to give a dirty look to it.
Once the dio was painted and put together I used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water and covered the whole base so it gives the feel that the whole area is getting a wash down.
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Man, looks real. That water effect is fantastic Ron. Off to share.
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Man, looks real. That water effect is fantastic Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I'm a PotA kick at the moment so I'll have a few dios coming.
Ron
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Absolutely stunning. I agree with Tamer, the water effect is brilliant. You did a great job applying the faux fur as well. Truly excellent outcome.
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Absolutely stunning. I agree with Tamer, the water effect is brilliant. You did a great job applying the faux fur as well. Truly excellent outcome.
Really glad you like it mate and thanks heaps, I had to use brown colour fur as I couldn't find black and I was a little worried that once I painted it, it would look crappy but I was stoked with the outcome.
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If you hadn't said that you painted the fur, I wouldn't have been able to tell from the photos. So it worked. Come to think of it, black over brown might actually give the hair a more "realistic" look - as we usually have highlights or other color tones in our hair.
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If you hadn't said that you painted the fur, I wouldn't have been able to tell from the photos. So it worked. Come to think of it, black over brown might actually give the hair a more "realistic" look - as we usually have highlights or other color tones in our hair.
Cheers mate and yeah your right the black paint over the brown does give it a more realistic look and adds depth to it as well.
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"SMILE" diorama is now complete. Last pic is the reference that I used to make the diorama just in case no one has see POTA and I also added a WIP pic at the end as well so you can see it all before it was painted etc.
Recipe.
Gorilla - is from NECA and I repainted him using Vallejo Paints and I added fake fur to the head and the photographic plate was made using plastic card and balsa wood.
Base - is high density foam cut to desired shape and the dirt is a mix of sand/dirt and spakfilla and the grass is grass tufts from the local gaming store which I dry brushed with a 50/50 mix of Vallejo Beige Brown and Light Sand as the tufts were to green.
The camera is made using balsa wood and plastic card and the tripods are plastic tube cut to length and glued into place. The lens is a piece of plastic tube cut to the desired thickness and the lens/glass was done by mixing a little Vallejo White with Woodland Scenics Realistic Water and applying that to the inside of the plastic tube.
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Looks great Ron. Is this the scene from the first movie where they are hunting humans and posing for pictures after the successful hunt? I seem to recall that.
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Looks great Ron. Is this the scene from the first movie where they are hunting humans and posing for pictures after the successful hunt? I seem to recall that.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah mate that the one.
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Nice! The camera and photo-plate are really outstanding.
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Nice! The camera and photo-plate are really outstanding.
Thanks heaps mate.
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I picked myself up a few JP jeep wranglers from Mattel off ebay for cheap and decided to Start converting it into Robert Muldoon's jeep number 10.
I removed the roll bars which the one on the windscreen will need to be cut off the windscreen using a knife. I have repainted the jeeps red area's using Vallejo's Flat Red and mixed Vallejo's Beige Brown, White and Iraqi Sand until I got the colour to match and repainted the numbers.
The winch was removed and I painted the black string with Vallejo's Gun Metal and reattached it, the tool boxes, side mirrors, rear view mirror and sun visors were made using plastic card. I painted the tyres matt black and the chairs medium grey and also painted the blinkers, flood lights and then gave it a wash of Vallejo's Medium Brown.
The only things left to do are add mud to the jeep and make a diorama for it.
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Ah, Ron this is so darn cool! I'm glad that you got a couple if these on eBay! Your Jeep Number 10 looks so goooood. Excellent weathering as always! I really like how you worked out existing details of the mold and even added some accurate new ones!
Seeing this work of art makes me wonder if there's any diecast model of the Jurassic Park vehicles. Did Mattel have the license for these and HotWheels at some point? I always liked the green Jeeps despite the fact they are chained to rails in the movie.
Anyway thanks for sharing your brilliant art with us!
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Wow Ron these look spot on from the movie from what I remember. I can't wait to see what dio you create. Off to share.
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Ah, Ron this is so darn cool! I'm glad that you got a couple if these on eBay! Your Jeep Number 10 looks so goooood. Excellent weathering as always! I really like how you worked out existing details of the mold and even added some accurate new ones!
Seeing this work of art makes me wonder if there's any diecast model of the Jurassic Park vehicles. Did Mattel have the license for these and HotWheels at some point? I always liked the green Jeeps despite the fact they are chained to rails in the movie.
Anyway thanks for sharing your brilliant art with us!
- Philipp
Hey Philipp, thanks so much mate and really glad you like it, even thou they aren't movie accurate I enjoyed adding the little extra's to it to make it stand out better. There is a 1:18 diecast JP jeep from Matchbox and it's a little smaller then the Mattel version but it looks amazing and I have added a link of a review of it for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhFwstRSd0U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhFwstRSd0U)
Wow Ron these look spot on from the movie from what I remember. I can't wait to see what dio you create. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and the dio is just going to be a muddy dirt track/road and some vegetation around and hopefully I'll have it completed by the end of the weekend.
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Jurassic Park - Robert Muldoon's jeep number 10 - Completed.
Recipe.
Jeep - is from Mattel and I removed the roll bars which the one on the windscreen needed to be cut off the windscreen using a knife as it was molded to the windscreen. I repainted the jeeps red area's using Vallejo's Flat Red and mixed Vallejo's Beige Brown, White and Iraqi Sand until I got the colour to match and repainted the numbers.
The winch was removed and I painted the black string with Vallejo's Gun Metal and reattached it, the tool boxes, side mirrors, rear view mirror and sun visors were made using plastic card. I painted the tyres matt black and the chairs medium grey and also painted the blinkers, flood lights and then gave it a wash of Vallejo's Medium Brown.
There are a few cheap crates and boxes under the tarp which are from some WW2 figures and the tarp was done by trying out a baby wipe and then painting and weathering it. The pump action shotgun is from the Robert Muldoon figure from Mattel.
Base - is s picture frame which has had foam board added from strength and for the base of the diorama. The mud is a mix of fine sand, spakfilla and Vallejo's Chocolate Brown paint and it was mixed and then applied to both the base and jeep. Once the mix was dry I then applied a ground cover on both sides using a mix of sand, dirt, thin sticks, lichen moss, static grass and leaves and this was then applied to the base.
Once the main ground work was dry I glued the jeep to the base and then applied Woodland Scenics Realistic Water with a teaspoon of Vallejo's Chocolate Brown paint and mixed in and then applied it to the base and jeep to make the wet mud look and also to make the puddles. The grass tufts, and thicker ground foliage are from MiniNatur and the ferns are from the local craft store which were cut to a smaller size and the larger bushes are from Woodland Scenics Olive Green Fine Foliage set.
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"Houston we have a Problem" - 1:18 scale.
This is why we never went back to the moon.
Recipe.
Astronauts - are from Dragon Models and they had minor articulation in the shoulders and thighs using ball joints so I removed them and re-glued the arms and legs back on and puttied up the gaps and re-painted them using Vallejo Paints.
The NASA patch and flag I got off the net and resized them and printed them off and cut them out and glued them into place using PVA glue.
Base - is foam board and the Horus statues are from Reality In Scale and the tiled floor was done using cork board. The moon ground work was done using spakfilla and sand and once dry it was painted grey and then grey pastel chalks.
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Sure would make a lot of sense. Would be so cool to see a new sci fi movie along these lines or something.
I also don't know where my comments went for your final JP Jeep went, but I did get it on the front page too.
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Sure would make a lot of sense. Would be so cool to see a new sci fi movie along these lines or something.
I also don't know where my comments went for your final JP Jeep went, but I did get it on the front page too.
Hey Shawn and it sure would make sense and I for one would really love to know why we haven't gone back. All good buddy I actually replied back and both our messages have gone, it's like the moon landing will never know why LOL.
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Ron, nice job with the Jeep - the attention to detail is amazing. I love that moon dio - great job!
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Ron, nice job with the Jeep - the attention to detail is amazing. I love that moon dio - great job!
Thanks heaps buddy.
Ron
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Disney Toybox Indiana Jones.
Recipe.
Indy - is from the Disney Toybox Millennium Falcon set, I added a pic at the end of a before shot of him. I removed the belt, holster and hair and added hair using milliput and then painted the hair and facial hair using Vallejo Paints.
The jacket and pants were originally for two x 1:12 Indiana Jones figures which I had two sets made and decided to use the second set for this figure. The jacket/pants were made by a mate overseas and here is his Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/ageoftoys/.
The fedora is from the Disney's first 7" Indiana Jones figure and the whip, holster, grail, idol, bag and pistol are from the Figma Indiana Jones figure. The belt, bag strap and whip holder were made using pleather and the whip holder has two small magnets so that the whip can be removed.
Base - is a action figure stand I have had for years and the floor and wall are stands from Figma's Professor Layton figure, the dirt is a mix of sand and spakfilla. The vines and ferns are from the local craft store and the small shrubs are from the local hobby shop.
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Wow Ron, that turned out just fantastic. Off to share!
You never cease to amaze.
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Brilliant idea an amazing work!
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Wow Ron, that turned out just fantastic. Off to share!
You never cease to amaze.
Thank so much Shawn this was a fun project to do and I am going to be making a dio/display using the Disney Toybox Falcon very soon.
Brilliant idea an amazing work!
Thanks heaps mate
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Started a new 1:12 scale project today and this is going to be a display section of a park wall in WWII Normandy 1944. The figure is from DAMTOYS and fully articulated and comes with two heads, varies hands and equipment. The base and park wall are high denisty foam and I used a sharp led pencil and carved all the details and the park bench is MDF doll house kit I picked up of ebay.
Next up will be adding a little more battle damage and bullet holes and then painting and weathering.
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More work done one the Park Fence 1:12 dio/display.
I added extra cobblestone where the park bench is going to go and then gave the area's a cover of watered down spakfilla to add extra texture, the bullet holes were done using a toothpick and model knife. I gave the bench a wash of browns on the wood and painted the side supports gun metal and then gave them a wash of medium brown.
The dio/display has been painted using Vallejo paints and then I gave it a wash of a 50/50 mix of Vallejo's matt black and medium brown and once dry gave it a light dry of various colours. The ground work is a mix of sand/spakfilla with dark brown paint added to it.
Next will be adding the debri and ground work.
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Wow Ron all kinds of great new work up in here. Looks great. Off to share.
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Wow Ron all kinds of great new work up in here. Looks great. Off to share.
Hey Shawn, thanks heaps mate.
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Wow, that's looking really awesome! The detail on the wall section is amazing. The park bench, that's the cool thing about 1/12 you can get dollhouse items in that scale, it doesn't work for Star Wars, but definitely something closer to home.
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Wow, that's looking really awesome! The detail on the wall section is amazing. The park bench, that's the cool thing about 1/12 you can get dollhouse items in that scale, it doesn't work for Star Wars, but definitely something closer to home.
Thanks heaps JD and yeah the dollhouse items are perfect for this type of build especially WW2 as a lot of the furniture is before or around that time period.
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Excellent work my friend.
The destroyed wall section and the bench are incredibly detailed.
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Excellent work my friend.
The destroyed wall section and the bench are incredibly detailed.
Thanks heaps buddy, I had fun doing the destroyed wall section and still have a little to go with it but I very happy with the way it turned out. I can't take credit for the chair as it's a MDF dollhouse kit but the details on it are excellent.
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The park wall and the Sturmbannfuhrer figure are now completed.
Recipe.
Figure - is from DAMTOYS and even thou the figure and accessories are excellent and myself being a military modeler and customizer I had to repaint the heads, hands, uniform and equipment.
The uniform was taken off and given a wash in warm soapy water and once dry I used a fine piece of sandpaper and pastel chalks on the uniform to make it a little more weathered. The hands, heads and equipment were repainted and weathered using Vallejo Paints. Instead of repainting the piping on the cap I used white cotton and glued it around the cap to give it more realism.
Base - is high density foam and the park wall and bricks have been made using high density foam and the cobblestone was done using a sharp led pencil. The park bench is a dollhouse MDF kit I got from ebay and the signs are from Verlinden which I have had for years and are in 1:35 scale so I had to scan them and resize them to 1:12 scale.
I firstly applied a mix of sand and spakfilla with a little brown paint mixed in and applied it to the base. The grass tufts are from my local gaming store and the clumps of grass with the little brown tops and the Dandelions are from MiniNatur. The old newspapers are from a very small book a mate from form model group gave me and once everything was glued down I used pastel chalks to weather the dio.
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Ron that is fantastic on so many levels, but man the brick work here is really standing out. I really like it.
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Ron that is fantastic on so many levels, but man the brick work here is really standing out. I really like it.
Off to share.
Hey Shawn, yeah I was very happy with the brick work especially in this scale as most wall damaged buildings I have done have been 1:35 scale so I'll be doing a lot more 1:12 building dio's in the future and thanks heap mate.
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Amazing work! The signpost is an excellent detail and the rocks and plants on the ground look really good. I love the brick detail with the stucco overlay stripped away. The figure looks great, too!
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Wow, the whole thing looks fantastic. I can't decide which element I like the best. The uniform on the figure looks great. The wall, and sign post are terrific. Overall very cool.
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Amazing work! The signpost is an excellent detail and the rocks and plants on the ground look really good. I love the brick detail with the stucco overlay stripped away. The figure looks great, too!
Thanks heaps buddy, I had a lot of fun doing this especially in this scale.
Wow, the whole thing looks fantastic. I can't decide which element I like the best. The uniform on the figure looks great. The wall, and sign post are terrific. Overall very cool.
Thanks heaps JD.
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Spider man display WIP 1:12 scale
A mate of mine thought he was getting two MAFEX Spiderman figure's of ebay but they turned out to be Knock Offs, so he didn't want them and gave them to me. So I decided to repaint one as the paint apps were crappy and I also started workung on making a shelf/wall hanging display for it.
So far the display as been made using foam board and balsa wood. I peeled off the thin card from the foam and then used a pencil and ruler to mark out the brick and the door so far is foam board with a balsa wood door frame.
The building was painted an weathered using Vallejo paints and the cement between the bricks was done using watered down spakfilla and I just brushed it on and wiped the excess off with a baby wipe.
The exit sign I just got off the net and resized it. The billboard was made using foam board and balsa wood and for the sign itself I got the Daily Bugle and Spider man pics off the net and then added words using PSP and then weathered it with Vallejo Paints.
I still need to make an electrical box and pipes and also add the lights to the billboard.
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Wow Ron, talk about trash to treasure! Running out of internet time this morning, but sure getting this on the front pages.
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Wow Ron, talk about trash to treasure! Running out of internet time this morning, but sure getting this on the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I know, I was stoked when he said he didn't want them and he didn't even want any money for them as he didn't want to rip anyone else off. The other one I gave to my daughter as she is a huge Tom Holland nut.
The details on it are very good except the unmasked head sculpt but it looks ok with the repaint, the only huge issue are the joints are very fragile so he won't be getting into to many poses.
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Wow! That is really cool. I like the magnet idea, there isn't a wall Spiderman can't climb. Too bad about the joints, but he looks great anyway.
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Wow! That is really cool. I like the magnet idea, there isn't a wall Spiderman can't climb. Too bad about the joints, but he looks great anyway.
Thanks heaps JD and the magnets were the first time I've done that type of thing and was really happy with the result.
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Spider Man Display Completed.
Recipe.
Figure - The figure is a KO which my mate got two and wasn't happy with them so he gave them to me and I repainted one and gave the other one to my daughter.
Base - The building is made using foam board and I used a sharp pencil to mark out the bricks and the cement was done using spakfilla. The door is foam board and the door frame is balsa wood and the pipes are plastic tube. The bill board is made using balsa wood and the poster is done using pics and patterns form the net and behind the poster is small magnets placed all over so that the figure can be attached.
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That is one drastic improvement of a figure thats for sure. Great Dio Ron. Off to share.
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That is one drastic improvement of a figure thats for sure. Great Dio Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah even thou the figure is a KO and doe's have some flaws it is still a great figure which just need some TLC.
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I do like this Ron.
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I do like this Ron.
Cheers buddy.
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New project and this one is going to a vault dweller in T-45 power armour take a break.
The T-45 armour is from Funko and I got the head from ebay and I think it is from Crazy Figures. I pulled the T-45 figure apart and repositioned it and glued it back into the pose I wanted, I used Bandai Stormtrooper bicep armour and 1/72 scale WWII parts for the feet and ankle areas. I still have a bit to do on the armour and I'll get pics up once I have completed the armour.
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Ron, I can't seem to see the images. I even tried downloading them and couldn't get them to open. Can anyone else see them. I hope I am not having computer problems. About the only other thing I can think of is maybe that the dashes in the file names are messing them up from displaying properly.
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Ron, I can't seem to see the images. I even tried downloading them and couldn't get them to open. Can anyone else see them. I hope I am not having computer problems. About the only other thing I can think of is maybe that the dashes in the file names are messing them up from displaying properly.
Hey Shawn, I just reloaded them again as I couldn't see them either and I checked my wifes laptop and kids ipads and they can be seen. Hopefully it was just a simple glitch.
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I can see them now, thanks for reloading them. You are off to a great start. Off to share.
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I can see them now, thanks for reloading them. You are off to a great start. Off to share.
Ah cool, I think it was a glitch on my FB page but it looks to be fixed now and thanks mate.
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Another update on the T-45 power armour. I changed the head over which is from damtoys as the first was good but didn't give the armour a big bulky look to it. The next thing I did was customized robot hands from a Gunpla bot set I picked up and I then used a mix of PVA glue and plasticine and filled in the joints and used for the top of the head.
The reason I use this PVA glue and plasticine mix as it's cheap and it works great and once dry it sets really well and shrinks and expands in different temperatures so it doesn't crack.
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Oh yeah, making great progress. Sounds like a neat little recipe you have going there. Thanks for always sharing those things with us Ron. Off to share the update.
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Oh yeah, making great progress. Sounds like a neat little recipe you have going there. Thanks for always sharing those things with us Ron. Off to share the update.
Always a pleasure Shawn and thanks mate.
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Another T-45 power armour update and this one update I decided to start on the base which is a thick piece of high denisty foam cut to shape and sanded. The structure is what is left of a house's porch, I used high density foam for the brick work foundation and the porch and step is done using balsa wood.
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Looks real to me Ron. More comments on the front pages. Off to share.
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Looks real to me Ron. More comments on the front pages. Off to share.
Thanks Shawn and just got a load of SW figure's arriving next week so I'll be doing a loud of SW dio's then.
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This is a really cool build, Ron. I love the attention to detail and the humanity that you have given to the soldier under the armor. Looking forward to the finished product.
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This is a really cool build, Ron. I love the attention to detail and the humanity that you have given to the soldier under the armor. Looking forward to the finished product.
Thanks heaps bud and yeah I really like this head sculpt as it gives the whole figure a surreal feel to him and I'm hoping to have it completed by the weekend.
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Fallout T-45 Power Armour dio completed.
The dio depicts a BOS (Brotherhood of Steel) soldier taking a break after finding a nice stash of items.
Recipe - The armour is from Funko and I pulled it apart and repositioned the arms and legs and then super glued them back on. I instead of using putty I used a mix of PVA glue 30% and Plasticine 70% and applied it to the joints, I use this on my military models as it's a cheaper way of filling gaps etc especially for static figure diorama's.
The mix once dry is pliable and shrinks and stretches with the heat and cold which is great especially for high humidity area's like where I live.
I used plastic card, electrical cable and 1/72 scale military parts for the greeblies and the hands I used a set of Gundam hands as they look the part for the armour.
The laser rifle came with the figure and the head is from DAMTOYS German officer figure and I removed the officers cap and added the PVA glue and Plasticine mix to the top of the head and then used this pleather to make the head cover.
Base - is thick high density foam cut and sanded to shape and the porch and steps were made using balsa wood. The ground work is a mix of sand, PVA glue and spakfilla and applied and the foliage is from MiniNatur.
The Vault Tech lunch box, Blast Radius board game, Insta Mash, Abraxo Cleaner, Guns & Bullets, Nuka Cola caps and the Boston Bugle are all paper printables that you can get of the net and print for free.
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I like the diorama very much. No matter the subject you always step it up a notch. I'm an old man and fallout is unfamiliar to me, however I can greatly appreciate the work that has been done.
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I like the diorama very much. No matter the subject you always step it up a notch. I'm an old man and fallout is unfamiliar to me, however I can greatly appreciate the work that has been done.
Thanks heaps JD and I'm in my 50's now and started playing it when it first came out in 1997 I think it was and it was a PC game back then and now it's on a lot of systems.
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Sure your name ain't Merlin or Gandalf? Just saying. Simply magic Ron.
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Sure your name ain't Merlin or Gandalf? Just saying. Simply magic Ron.
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LOL I wish I could then use my magic and make more of me to make more dios and thanks heaps Shawn.
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Note - the first pic is what it started out as.
New project and this is going to be a Vault Dweller from vault 68 and I put 68 as that is the year I was born.
The figure's body, hands and cloths are from Mezco's Alex A Clockwork Orange figure and the outfit was given washes of Vallejo's Viking Blue until I was happy with the overall look and the yellow sections were hand painted on using Vallejo's Flat Yellow.
The head is from CooModels Teutonic Knight figure and the leather gauntlets are pleather cut out and glued on. I still have alot to do to him and will show progress pics as I go.
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Looks great. Honestly I had to Google what a vault dweller was, cuz I'm not with it. Lol. It looks spot on with what I saw. I'm interested in where things will go from here.
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Looks great. Honestly I had to Google what a vault dweller was, cuz I'm not with it. Lol. It looks spot on with what I saw. I'm interested in where things will go from here.
Thanks JD and LOL I keep forgetting that there are people that don't play Fallout and I'm thinking of giving this guy two sets of armour which will be a leather one (first pic) as this is usually the first type you come across in the game.
The second type I'm looking at is a partial military armour (second pic) as I use to wear this type a lot.
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I too need to research this environment and game more. Looks fun.
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Like I said on Instagram and FB, great work love the Fallout stuff just as much as the Star Wars stuff
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Hey Ron - your final version of T-45 turned out really well. I'm really interested in the new project as well. Using the paint wash is a great idea. You could use the same figure base and wash process to do a member of the Bespin Wing Guard. (BTW - '68 was a great year to be born).
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I too need to research this environment and game more. Looks fun.
Wow, drastic change from the original figure. Off to share.
Yeah it's is a fun game to play and can get very addictive LOL and thanks heaps mate.
Like I said on Instagram and FB, great work love the Fallout stuff just as much as the Star Wars stuff
Cheers buddy and yeah Fallout is just one of those genres that you can build whatever you want and as long as it looks and feels like the genre it's all good.
Hey Ron - your final version of T-45 turned out really well. I'm really interested in the new project as well. Using the paint wash is a great idea. You could use the same figure base and wash process to do a member of the Bespin Wing Guard. (BTW - '68 was a great year to be born).
Thanks so much mate and yeah the body and clothing would be a good choice for a Bespin Guard especially if you like cloth goods. The wash was the best choice besides dying the clothes as I didn't want to damage them trying to taking them off.
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Note - I have attached a pic before each armour set as I used them for references for both armour sets.
My vault dweller now has two sets of armour, He has simple leather armour and combat armour. The simple leather armour is made using pleather, plastic card, pouches, shoulder armour and holster from other figures.
The combat armour is a cross between Light/Medium armour and has been made from plastic card, Bandai Stormtrooper armour, pleather and pouches from other figures. The Pipboy is still a WIP and so far has been made using plastic card.
The laser weapon is from Funko's T-45 power armour figure, the rifle and revolver are from a Madelman figure and the 10mm pistol is from A Mezco Batman with alterations done using plastic. Once the Pipboy is finished I'll start painting and weathering the armour and weapons.
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Damn, that's looking great! The idea for interchangeable armor is awesome, I think that's what's wrong with figures today, not enough interchangeable accessories. Anyhow, thanks for the reference pics lol. I'm so out of it, I thought Instagram was an online dating site for senior citizens.
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I really like how things are looking so far. The armor is shaping up well. I'm impressed with the skill you show in designing scratch built elements like the pipboy. Really excited for the final product.
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Damn, that's looking great! The idea for interchangeable armor is awesome, I think that's what's wrong with figures today, not enough interchangeable accessories. Anyhow, thanks for the reference pics lol. I'm so out of it, I thought Instagram was an online dating site for senior citizens.
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Another winner my friend.
I can only agree with JDeck. The interchangeable armor is a brilliant idea.
I can't wait to see the finished figure.
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Another winner my friend.
I can only agree with JDeck. The interchangeable armor is a brilliant idea.
I can't wait to see the finished figure.
Thanks heaps buddy and it's been a little slow with this one but I'll have more WIP pics in the next day or two.
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Finally got around finishing the Vault dweller and started on the diorama. I haven't taken pics of him with his leather armour I'll leave that till the final pics. The billboard picture I found on the net resized it and glued it down to fiam board and the billboard itself is made using balsa wood and the damage was done by just ripping off pieces ramdomly and with Games Workshop's AGRAX Earthshade I brushed over the balsa wood and then used some watered down AGRAX Earthshade washed over the picture.
While the wash was still damp on the picture I used a model knife and made little tears over it to give some damage and then I used pastel chalks with a little water and turned it into a paste and applied it to the picture to give it a very old look to it.
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Looking great there Ron. I like that billboard, very dilapidated looking. The figure turned out great too. Off to share.
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Looking great there Ron. I like that billboard, very dilapidated looking. The figure turned out great too. Off to share.
Thanks so much Shawn and yeah besides Sandtroopers dioramas Fallout is my next favourite thing to build as I really like the gritty feel that you can do like with the Sandtrooper dios.
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I must agree that billboard is gnarly. I like that pip boy. I actually know what that is, because a guy I follow on YouTube made a replica of it. Anyway it all looks fantastic.
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I must agree that billboard is gnarly. I like that pip boy. I actually know what that is, because a guy I follow on YouTube made a replica of it. Anyway it all looks fantastic.
Thanks heaps JD and there are some people out there doing some awesome props and outfits for Fallout that is for sure.
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That billboard is excellent! Great job with the aging process, it totally works. I like how the armor turned out as well. Looking forward to the leather set.
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That billboard is excellent! Great job with the aging process, it totally works. I like how the armor turned out as well. Looking forward to the leather set.
Thanks heaps buddy.
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Completed the walls/roof for the shanty/shack and took pics of the back of the billboard and the Vault dweller with his leather armour and rifle. The corrugated walls and roof were done using corrugated cardboard I picked up from the craft store and I painted and weathered them using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks and then a wash of Games Workshop's AGRAX Earthshade.
The wooden walls, roof support and wall support sections were done using balsa wood and then wahed over with Games Workshop's AGRAX Earthshade.
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Ron you are really capturing the feel on this one. From the figure to the diorama itself I am really liking it. Off to the front pages.
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The shack looks great, this is turning out to be epic.
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Ron you are really capturing the feel on this one. From the figure to the diorama itself I am really liking it. Off to the front pages.
Thanks so much Shawn.
The shack looks great, this is turning out to be epic.
Cheers JD.
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On the last legs of this dio, I just need to add a few more little things inside the shanty/shack and then do the ground work. I also have the recipe for everything once I do the final pics in a few days.
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I love the apocalyptic feel of this one. You are doing it up right Ron. Off to share the update.
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I love the apocalyptic feel of this one. You are doing it up right Ron. Off to share the update.
Thanks heaps Shawn and these types of dio's are great to do as there is no right or wrong way to do them which is always a bonus as you can let your imagination run wild.
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Love all the bits in the shanty, makes the place look real. This is one really amazing diorama, Ron.
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Love all the bits in the shanty, makes the place look real. This is one really amazing diorama, Ron.
Thanks so much mate and I have completed the dio but it was pretty over cast here today so hopefully I can take my usual pics tomorrow.
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Here are the usual outdoor pics of the Fallout dio.
NOTE - If anyone would like the prints I have please send me an email to hemble@hotmail.com and I'll send them to you.
Recipe.
Vault Dweller - the main body and clothing are the Alex (Clock Work Orange) figure from Mezco and the head is from CoomodeIs. For the outfit I just gave it several washes of Vallejo's Viking Blue until I liked the colour of the outfit. The yellow lines and numbers where hand painted using Vallejo's Flat Yellow and the gauntlet is done was done using pleather. The Pipboy on his left arm was made using plastic card and then painted using Vallejo Paints.
The leather armour is made using pleather and plastic card and the combat armour was made using Bandai Stormtrooper and Deathtrooper parts and plastic card. The leather section are old pieces of pleather and the pouches and water bottles are from older figures that I got from the parts.
Base - is high density foam and the billboard picture I found on the net resized it and glued it down to the foam board and the billboard itself is made using balsa wood and the damage was done by just ripping off pieces randomly and with Games Workshop's AGRAX Earthshade I brushed over the balsa wood and then used some watered down AGRAX Earthshade washed over the picture. While the wash was still damp on the picture I used a model knife and made little tears over it to give some damage and then I used pastel chalks with a little water and turned it into a paste and applied it to the picture to give it a very old look to it.
The shanty/shack was made using balsa wood corrugated cardboard and I used Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks to paint and weather the corrugated cardboard. The scrap metal on the side is pieces of plastic tube, plastic fly swatter and empty asthma bottles.
The crates and shelf were made using balsa wood, the mattress was made using a dried baby wipe which was folded then the edges glued together and then I stuffed some cloth into it and sealed it up and then gave it a few washes of Vallejo's Beige Brown.
The magazines, poster, cartons etc were found on the net and then resized and printed out. The purified water was done using plastic card then I resized a label and printed/cut/glued them on. The Nuka Cola bottles were done using clear plastic rod and then painted the inside of the rod and did the same thing as the purified water labels. The Nuka Cola caps were done by cutting thin pieces of plastic rod and painting them and the satchel is just a small piece of dried baby wipe.
The bushes are from Woodland Scenics and is their dead foliage set and the small tufts of grass are from my local gaming store and the ground work was done using a mix of sand, kitty litter and spakfilla and then applied and once dry I used several washes of watered down pastel chalk to get the look I wanted.
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This is really awesome! Everything looks fantastic as usual. I like that it's a 3in1 figure, and a 2in1 diorama. It's almost like a really cool playset or a post apocalyptic dollhouse. I mean that in the best way possible of course, it's the amount of detail. You really stepped up to the plate and knocked it out the park on this one.
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Very nice Ron. You can find more comments on the front pages.
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This is really awesome! Everything looks fantastic as usual. I like that it's a 3in1 figure, and a 2in1 diorama. It's almost like a really cool playset or a post apocalyptic dollhouse. I mean that in the best way possible of course, it's the amount of detail. You really stepped up to the plate and knocked it out the park on this one.
Thanks so much JD and yeah I enjoy doing dio's/displays as a multiple option and I was really happy with the way the dio/display turned out and even happier with the figure and the armour options.
Very nice Ron. You can find more comments on the front pages.
I mean it too!
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Hi All,
This weekend was the North Queensland scale modellers show and as always it was a great weekend.
I entered 1 x military dio in the 30cm and over section, 2 x military dio's in the under 30cm section and 4 x dio's in the scifi section.
I didn't place in the military section but even thou there was only 7 entries in the scifi section got 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the scifi section which I am stoked with.
I have added the pics in 1st, 2nd and 3rd and the other scifi entries and also the military dio's I entered.
Ron
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Congrats Ron. I knew you would win it all. Your work is great.
off to share the news.
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Nice one mate, these are awesome!
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Congrats Ron. I knew you would win it all. Your work is great.
off to share the news.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Nice one mate, these are awesome!
Thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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Love those WW2 vignettes. Congratulations on the Scifi awards - you deserve it.
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Love those WW2 vignettes. Congratulations on the Scifi awards - you deserve it.
Thanks so much mate.
Ron
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Hi All,
I got a Mezco Ascending Knight Batman body from a mate for free but didn't come with hands, boots, heads or equipment. There was also tear in the chest section were he removed the bat symbol so I decided to add parts to the body and once I was done I turned him into my interpretation of a FlashPoint Batman.
Recipe - Mezco Ascending Knight Batman body and cape, the head is from a Sovereign Knight Batman, the gauntlets and boots are from Marvel's Fantastic 4 Mr Fantastic from Toybiz. The hands, batarangs, bat chest symbol and grappling hooks are from the Mezco's Ascending Knight Batman which I had as spares.
The points on the shoulders were done using plastic card then gluing them to the shoulders then gluing the cape over them. To cover the tear in the chest section I used a piece of plastic card as I thought it looked good as an extra piece of armour and the blades on the gauntlets and the sheen are was done using plastic card.
I didn't have any weapons so I made the pistols and grappling gun out of Star Wars Bandai Stormtrooper pistols and magazines and the holsters are also from the Star Wars Bandai Stormtroopers. The colour scheme for the bodysuit I got from looking on the net and looking at different variations of the FlashPoint Batman suit and then I used Vallejo Paints to paint and weather him and the equipment.
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Looks pretty tough to me Ron. I like the color scheme. Off to share on the front pages.
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Looks pretty tough to me Ron. I like the color scheme. Off to share on the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
I have finally completed my derelict warehouse diorama for my Flashpoint Batman.
Recipe.
Base - the base is and wall support is high density foam and the corrugated iron walls are a clear plastic and the bolts, drain and drain pipe are plastic card.
The door is balsa wood with bolts and handle are plastic card and the rollers are 1:72 scale tank wheels. The telegraph pole is balsa wood and the electrical cabinet is plastic card, the lights are small book lights and the bulb covers are from a Star Trek Enterprise nacelles.
The crate and pallets are balsa wood and the dirt is a mix of sand and dirt with paint mixed with it and the whole dio was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
Ron
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Now that is awesome Ron. Man, love how all this came together. It just looks perfect.
Off to share.
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Really amazing! I love how both Batman and the diorama turned out.
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Now that is awesome Ron. Man, love how all this came together. It just looks perfect.
Off to share.
Thanks so much Shawn and I'm doing another Batcave dio/display and will start showing pics soon.
Really amazing! I love how both Batman and the diorama turned out.
Thanks heaps buddy and I stoked with the way they both turned out.
Ron
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Hi All,
Here's a WIP of the 12" Mattel Batman Missions Batmobile to custom for my 1:12 Mezco Sovereign Knight Batman which will go with the new batcave diorama I'm starting. I first removed the peg holes that hold the missile launchers and have started covering them up. I have also added an interior using foan board for the seat and plastic card and plastic bits to make the interior.
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Wow, what a car! I remember seeing those Batman vehicles on shelves at Toys R Us back in the days. Those are GIANT!
Excellent work on both, the diorama and the figure! I like that version of Batman with the red accessories and paint apps!
12/10!
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That is a badass diorama, it looks fantastic. The batmobile interior details are looking great. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
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Oh yeah, nice car! I can't wait to see the whole dio, bet its epic. Off to the front pages.
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Wow, what a car! I remember seeing those Batman vehicles on shelves at Toys R Us back in the days. Those are GIANT!
Excellent work on both, the diorama and the figure! I like that version of Batman with the red accessories and paint apps!
12/10!
- Philipp
Thank heaps Philipp and when I picked up the batman that you see with the car I wanted to make a car for him and then I saw the Mattel Batmobile and knew straight away I wanted to customize it.
The Batman custom is from Flashpoint Batman and that reality Bruce Wayne dies as a kid and Thomas Wayne takes on the role of Batman but he kills people and Martha Wayne becomes the Joker.
That is a badass diorama, it looks fantastic. The batmobile interior details are looking great. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
Thanks so much JD and I'll more updates on the Batmobile tonight.
Oh yeah, nice car! I can't wait to see the whole dio, bet its epic. Off to the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah this new Batcave will have three levels so once the Batmobile is completed I'll be starting the dio.
Ron
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Hi All,
The Batmobile is completed.
Recipe.
I firstly unscrewed the car and then sanded area's that needed it and I built the controls, steering grip, seat and the area behind the seat using plastic card.Once all the controls and greeblies were added I sprayed the car using Rust - Oleum Matt Black and once dry gave the whole car a light dry brush of a 50/50 mix of Vallejo's Silver/Matt black to highlight the recesses and also painted the rims and engine thruster at the back of the car.
I then used Vallejo's Flat Red, Light Green and Medium Blue for the buttons and switches. The computer screen above the steering grip is a map with the green being the road and the red being the blocks and the two white colour dots are villain's and the black dot is the Batmobile.
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Damn that's a great paint job, you really brought out the detail that was lost. It looks fantastic.
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I agree, the detail is great. It just looks tough. Anxious to see your Dio for this one. Off to the front pages.
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Damn that's a great paint job, you really brought out the detail that was lost. It looks fantastic.
Thanks heaps JD and yeah the detail on the car is actually pretty good it just needed paint and weathering to bring it out.
I agree, the detail is great. It just looks tough. Anxious to see your Dio for this one. Off to the front pages.
Thanks so much Shawn and I'll be starting the batcave today and will have WIP pics in a few days.
Ron
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Rob, that's a stunning piece of work. The weathering on the body is really excellent and your plastic card interior is masterfully done. Exquisite detailing.
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Rob, that's a stunning piece of work. The weathering on the body is really excellent and your plastic card interior is masterfully done. Exquisite detailing.
Thanks heaps buddy.
Ron
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Hi All,
While I've been waiting for materials to arrive I started on a 1:12 Bat signal and Roof top dio the other day and thought I would show some WIP pics.
The signal so far is made from PVC plumbers pipe connections, plastic card, military model parts and the light is a cheap book light I picked up of ebay. The glass is a piece of clear plastic and the bat logo was done by picking a logo I liked and then I traced it on the soft model plastic and cut it out.
The roof top is high density foam and I used a sharp pencil to make the brick work and then used a piece of sandstone and tapped over the brick work and roof to give it a more realistic look.
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Looks pretty awesome to me Ron. Off to share.
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That is looking fantastic! The fabrication on the spotlight is spot-on. The brickwork looks great as well.
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Looks pretty awesome to me Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
That is looking fantastic! The fabrication on the spotlight is spot-on. The brickwork looks great as well.
Thanks so much JD.
Ron
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A friend of mine from high school and I found the Batman - Arkham Asylum videogame used the other day. This is his favorite game and we play it together now every time we hang out. It's his favorite game and I got to say it's brilliant. Those lights look exactly like yours in the movie and the game like JD already said.
Ron, every single project of yours is amazing! Thanks for all the nostalgia!
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That signal light looks really excellent! Good use of parts.
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A friend of mine from high school and I found the Batman - Arkham Asylum videogame used the other day. This is his favorite game and we play it together now every time we hang out. It's his favorite game and I got to say it's brilliant. Those lights look exactly like yours in the movie and the game like JD already said.
Ron, every single project of yours is amazing! Thanks for all the nostalgia!
My pleasure mate and glad you have been enjoying it and thanks heaps.
That signal light looks really excellent! Good use of parts.
Cheers buddy.
Ron
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Hi All,
I added some extras onto the light and dio before I primed it. I added a partial ladder by using plastic rod and plastic card, I also made a on/off power box using plastic card and added two power boxes at the top and bottom of the signal using Bandai Sandtrooper back pack parts and plastic card.
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Now that is just plain cool Ron. Awesome work. Off to share the update.
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Ron this is awesome! When I get free time I would love to try this.
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Now that is just plain cool Ron. Awesome work. Off to share the update.
Thanks heaps Shawn it has been really fun building it.
Ron this is awesome! When I get free time I would love to try this.
Thanks heaps Richard and mate give it a go as you can use anything for a bat signal. Here's a go that used a small light for a great little display piece.
Ron
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Hi All,
Batman - Bat Signal - Completed
Diorama/Display - The roof top is high density foam and I used a sharp pencil to make the brick work and roof top section. I then used a piece of sandstone and tapped over the brick work and roof to give it more realistic look. The Ladder is made using plastic rod and plastic card.
The signal is made from PVC plumbers pipe connections and plastic card and the light is a cheap book light I picked up of ebay. The glass is a piece of clear plastic and the bat logo was done by picking a logo I liked and then I traced it on the soft model plastic and cut it out.
The whole diorama/display was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks.
Ron
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Wow, Ron - I'm meeting my buddy Max today and will show your project to him! I'm sure he will love & want to have it! I think that's not a bad signal! When are you going into mass production?
I hope you bought a truckload of those lamps! lol
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Wow that is nice Ron. The signal looks so good too. Off to share.
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That turned out really fabulously. Using the trooper backpack was a great idea. All those little details make a huge difference (I really like the ladder). The paint job is amazing, and the way the signal projects the bat shadow really feels movie/TV/comic book accurate. Awesome!
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Wow, Ron - I'm meeting my buddy Max today and will show your project to him! I'm sure he will love & want to have it! I think that's not a bad signal! When are you going into mass production?
I hope you bought a truckload of those lamps! lol
Thanks heaps buddy I really appreciate it and I hope he likes it and if he is interested in wanting to buy the display (no figure) here is my email - hemble@hotmail.com .
I have my local con in May next year so I'm actually going to be making a few with different bat logo's, but it will be just the signal and power box on a cement slab as I only get two tables to show and sell my work.
Wow that is nice Ron. The signal looks so good too. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
That turned out really fabulously. Using the trooper backpack was a great idea. All those little details make a huge difference (I really like the ladder). The paint job is amazing, and the way the signal projects the bat shadow really feels movie/TV/comic book accurate. Awesome!
Thanks heaps mate and I actually didn't even think about the shadow when I was making it but once I did have it all together I was actually surprised it actually showed it.
Ron
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Hi All,
Terminator T-800 from T2.
Recipe.
T-800 - is from NECA and I used an extra plasma rifle from another T-800 figure and once I got him in the pose I like I glued the joints and repainted him and weathered him using Vallejo Paints.
Base - the lower base is a plastic stand from Mezco and the diorama section is made using high density foam as are the cement sections. The metal rods are pieces of twisted wire and then inserted and glued into place.
The dirt is a mix of sand and spakfilla and once the whole diorama was done it was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks.
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Terminator T-800 Bodyguard from T2.
Recipe.
T-800 - I used two Terminator figures from NECA to make this figure from his in the metal works factory and once I got him in the pose I like I glued the joints and puttied them up and also added the flesh damage using putty and repainted him and weathered him using Vallejo Paints.
The grenade launcher came with the leather outfit Terminator and I made the bandolier using some old fabric.
Base - the lower base is a plastic stand from Mezco and the diorama section is made using foam and used Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks to paint and weather it.
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T-800, Terminator Killer.
Recipe.
T-800 - I used two Terminator figures from NECA to make this figure from his in the metal works factory and once I got him in the pose I like I glued the joints and puttied them up and also added the flesh damage using putty and repainted him and weathered him using Vallejo Paints.
Base - the lower base is a plastic stand from Mezco and the diorama section is made using high density foam as are the cement sections. The metal rods are pieces of twisted wire and then inserted and glued into place. The dirt is a mix of sand and spakfilla and once the whole diorama was done it was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks.
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Wow those Terminators look amazing... They are even Better than that new horrible movie that rendered these "pointless" in the franchise.
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Wow, I ran out of internet time this morning drooling over this one Ron. I like him a lot. I have so got to see the new movie. Off to share. I am gonna be late for work!
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Wow those Terminators look amazing... They are even Better than that new horrible movie that rendered these "pointless" in the franchise.
Thanks heaps SID and I haven't seen the new movie but I hope it isn't as bad as they are saying.
Wow, I ran out of internet time this morning drooling over this one Ron. I like him a lot. I have so got to see the new movie. Off to share. I am gonna be late for work!
Thanks heaps Shawn and I also haven't seen it yet.
Ron
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Look ya'll ??? I'm a big fan. I used to stay up and watch them as a kid and sleep all day in grade school.... Especially T2 which my grandfather (a Baptist preacher) took me to when I was 6 years old... I worshipped the arcade game and had nearly all the kenner toys. This new movie is not that. Many are saying "get woke and go broke" right now and just like the new Charlie's Angels I saw (I see nearly every movie I have AMC A-LIST) it BOMBED. You'll see the cool static/crappy footage opening... And be like YEAH!!!! than 5 mins in you'll see the entire franchise change. Dead in it's track.
This movie made me even appreciate GENISYS and like T3 even more (a movie I only enjoy because I saw it with said Grandfather).
I'll be happy to hear what you guys or any real fans have to say. Buy if you put a gun to my head I would say "red box it"... I treated 2 of my friends on tickets (AMC has $ rewards) and we all felt ripped off. :'( x5000
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Well damn, these are badass. You went through these quick like, they look great.
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Look ya'll ??? I'm a big fan. I used to stay up and watch them as a kid and sleep all day in grade school.... Especially T2 which my grandfather (a Baptist preacher) took me to when I was 6 years old... I worshipped the arcade game and had nearly all the kenner toys. This new movie is not that. Many are saying "get woke and go broke" right now and just like the new Charlie's Angels I saw (I see nearly every movie I have AMC A-LIST) it BOMBED. You'll see the cool static/crappy footage opening... And be like YEAH!!!! than 5 mins in you'll see the entire franchise change. Dead in it's track.
This movie made me even appreciate GENISYS and like T3 even more (a movie I only enjoy because I saw it with said Grandfather).
I'll be happy to hear what you guys or any real fans have to say. Buy if you put a gun to my head I would say "red box it"... I treated 2 of my friends on tickets (AMC has $ rewards) and we all felt ripped off. :'( x5000
I'll be seeing it on the weekend so I'll let you know my thoughts on it. I loved all the Terminator films but I have my favs and as we all do but for the most part I enjoy them just for the action so I am hoping that there will be lots of action.
I personally think if they are going to make anymore go down the path like Disney did with Rogue One and even the Mandalorian, make one of movies and maybe another series as I think the Connor chronicles were great.
Well damn, these are badass. You went through these quick like, they look great.
Thanks heap JD and yeah I wanted to make them all at once especially the two damaged Terminators so that I didn't have to keep going back and mixing the putties together so it was like "two birds with one stone" type of scenario.
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Ron, those "T"'s are really fantastic! The putty work is really well done and seams the parts together excellently as well as achieving a realistic "damaged flesh" effect. Masterful, truly masterful. And the paint job...just brilliant. I have spoken.
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Ron, those "T"'s are really fantastic! The putty work is really well done and seams the parts together excellently as well as achieving a realistic "damaged flesh" effect. Masterful, truly masterful. And the paint job...just brilliant. I have spoken.
Thanks so much buddy.
Ron
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Hi All,
WIP - 1:35 scale Maschinen Krieger, Gustav Repair.
This diorama will depict a Gustav being repaired after a battle and the mechanics have started straight away while the pilot talks to the head mechanic. I have built all the figure's/equipment etc I just need to fill in a gaps and start painting.
Figure's are from Miniart and the pilot is from set #37005 USMC Tank crew and the mechanics are from set #35285 German tank crew at work (Special Edition). The Gustav is from Hasegawa and it comes with two figures and is set #64102.
The special edition tank crew set comes with plastic and photo etched tools and parts and the other tools and equipment are from Italeri is set #419 Field tool shop.
Also here is a link to a website that explains the time line and history on S.F.3.D or Maschinen Krieger as it is called now if anyone is interested.
http://www.maschinenkrueger.com/joomla/index.php… (http://www.maschinenkrueger.com/joomla/index.php…)
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Wow, that's a really cool concept. I think this will be a wonderful diorama when its finished.
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Ron this is gonna be great! Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
Update on the Gustav Repair dio.
I added rocks using kitty litter except for the large rock which my son got for me from school LOL. The ground work is a mix of fine sand and spakfilla and once applied and dried I painted and weathered it and the rocks using Vallejo Paints. The tent/shelter frame work was made using thin plastic rod as were the pegs and the cover is tissue and the rope is black cotton and once dry will be painted and weathered.
I have finished painting the Gustav and I added a little weathering and just need to add decals and then complete the weathering. The equipment that is on the base so far has been painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints.
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Okay, when I read Maschinenkrieger Gustav I immediately thought of another secret project of the Wehrmacht. But I wasn't sure if you meant the "Schwerer Gustav", "Mörser Karl", "Geschütz Dora" or the "dicke Bertha"...I had no idea, Ron. I've seen two shells of those 80cm-artilleries so far in museums in London and Dresden.
Now that I've read about the "Maschinenkrieger" I know that it's fictional and the idea comes from Japan.
The diorama base and the paint job are looking excellent as usual! Cool idea there!
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I like it, I like it a lot. I always like maintenance/repair shop dioramas, I'm not sure why. The model is looking fantastic!
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Okay, when I read Maschinenkrieger Gustav I immediately thought of another secret project of the Wehrmacht. But I wasn't sure if you meant the "Schwerer Gustav", "Mörser Karl", "Geschütz Dora" or the "dicke Bertha"...I had no idea, Ron. I've seen two shells of those 80cm-artilleries so far in museums in London and Dresden.
Now that I've read about the "Maschinenkrieger" I know that it's fictional and the idea comes from Japan.
The diorama base and the paint job are looking excellent as usual! Cool idea there!
Thanks heaps mate and yeah when I first saw them way back in 88 I thought they were kits of prototypes that the Germans were making. I know what you mean about the Wehrmacht some of their secret projects were impressive to say the least.
I like it, I like it a lot. I always like maintenance/repair shop dioramas, I'm not sure why. The model is looking fantastic!
Thanks so much JD and I'm the same about maintenance/work shop diorama's and I think for me it's having a lot of items on a dio that gives it a realistic feel about them.
Ron
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I like it, I like it a lot. I always like maintenance/repair shop dioramas, I'm not sure why. The model is looking fantastic!
Thanks so much JD and I'm the same about maintenance/work shop diorama's and I think for me it's having a lot of items on a dio that gives it a realistic feel about them.
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I think personally, it reminds me of summers I'd spend with my grandpa. He was an engineer, mechanic, pilot, you name it. He had this make shift shop in his back yard, he built all Kings of machines. I like mechanical and analog things, as opposed to electronic, maybe that's why I like Star wars and WW2 technology. It's become a lost art. At any rate I really like it.
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Working magic again Ron. I lost power the other night and moved my Walker head diorama to make sure the power folks didn't mess it up. Such an awesome project. I still love it. Thank you bud.
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I think personally, it reminds me of summers I'd spend with my grandpa. He was an engineer, mechanic, pilot, you name it. He had this make shift shop in his back yard, he built all Kings of machines. I like mechanical and analog things, as opposed to electronic, maybe that's why I like Star wars and WW2 technology. It's become a lost art. At any rate I really like it.
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My dad was a jack of all trades and was like your grandfather always working on something and if you ever needed him he was always in the garage and he also got me into building WW2 models and diorama's.
Working magic again Ron. I lost power the other night and moved my Walker head diorama to make sure the power folks didn't mess it up. Such an awesome project. I still love it. Thank you bud.
Off to share the latest project.
Thanks so much Shawn and always a pleasure mate and glad you still love it.
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1:35 scale Maschinen Krieger, Gustav Repair completed
Figure's - are from Miniart and the pilot is from set #37005 USMC Tank crew and the mechanics are from set #35285 German tank crew at work (Special Edition). The Gustav is from Hasegawa and it comes with two figures and is set #64102, The special edition tank crew set comes with plastic and photo etched tools and parts and the other tools and equipment are from Italeri is set #419 Field tool shop.
Base - I added rocks using kitty litter except for the large rock which my son got for me from school LOL. The ground work is a mix of fine sand and spakfilla and once applied and dried I painted and weathered it and the rocks using Vallejo Paints. The tent/shelter frame work was made using thin plastic rod as were the pegs and the cover is tissue and the rope is black cotton and was painted and weathered with Vallejo Paints.
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As expected: another MASTERPIECE!!!! :o
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Well I'm gobsmacked! It's a magnificent diorama, Ron. I love the covered work space, the fabric looks great. Your finishing details are amazing. The ground looks real, the machine looks real, the people look real. Magnificent, truly.
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Magic work yet again Ron. Off to the front pages.
Thanks so much Shawn.
As expected: another MASTERPIECE!!!! :o
Thanks heaps buddy.
Well I'm gobsmacked! It's a magnificent diorama, Ron. I love the covered work space, the fabric looks great. Your finishing details are amazing. The ground looks real, the machine looks real, the people look real. Magnificent, truly.
Really appreciate the kind words mate thank you.
Ron
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Another wonderful diorama my friend.
Your figures look extremely realistic.
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Another wonderful diorama my friend.
Your figures look extremely realistic.
Thank heaps mate I really appreciate the kind words.
Ron
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Hi All,
I decided to make another Maschinen Krieger diorama and I have completed the figure and satellite and now just to paint them.
This diorama will depict a Kauz space suit looking at a laser satellite to see if it requires any maintenance. The mech suit is a conversion from a Melusine suit and I used parts from the parts box.
The satellite was made using parts from a 1/72 Saturn rocket cargo bay section also parts from 1/35 parts, Star Trek parts and plastic card and rod.
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The satellite/Kauz dio and base is completed and I used Vallejo paints to paint and weather them and the base was covered in watered down spakfilla.
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That sure does look good on the front pages Ron. Awesome paint work too. I am still trying to figure out how you got the space suit attached to the dio so realistically without using anything to stablize it.
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It really looks like the Kauz and the satellite are floating in space.
Another winner my friend.
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That sure does look good on the front pages Ron. Awesome paint work too. I am still trying to figure out how you got the space suit attached to the dio so realistically without using anything to stablize it.
Thanks so much Shawn and the figure's hand sits perfectly on the stabilizer and all I did was super glued it.
It really looks like the Kauz and the satellite are floating in space.
Another winner my friend.
Thanks heaps buddy.
Ron
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Hi All,
Completed scratch building my next Maschinen Krieger vehicle which is 1:35 scale and this is a Mercenary vehicle which is called the BUNYIP it's a medium recon vehicle with a PWG-100 laser canon and a PWM-50 laser gun and has a crew of two (driver and commander) . I used the turrets and parts from two Hasegawa Maschinen Krieger 1/35 Nutcracker vehicle kits and also parts from a Tamiya Merkava and Sherman tank and also plastic card and rod and the crew arecfrom MasterBox.
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Looks awesome to me. Back on the front pages.
Thanks Shawn.
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I have painted and weathered the Bunyip by first spraying a coat of Rustoleum Matt Black and then Tamiya Dark Sand and then dry brushed it with Vallejo Desert Sand. I then used sand paper and did alot of wear/tear to it as it's seen it's fair share of battles plus the Australian desert environment is pretty harsh. I used decals from the Hasegawa Maschinen Krieger Gustav kit and the from Tamiya. I still need to add equipment and then weather it with padtel chalks.
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Sure looks like a tough creation to me. It sure would be fun to see this for real in a sci fi movie. Maybe the next iteration of Iron Sky. Off to the front pages.
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Sure looks like a tough creation to me. It sure would be fun to see this for real in a sci fi movie. Maybe the next iteration of Iron Sky. Off to the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I have added a link to youtube of a SF3D movie done back in 1985 which was the very first movie using the kits. There have been CGI clips but nothing to amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AY36gQoR7A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AY36gQoR7A)
Ron
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I really love the maintenance dio. It turned out great. I particularly liked the gray (or grey depending on which you prefer) and white paint scheme on the maintenance worker.
This Bunyip is a fantastic build. You've blended different parts and your own plastic card pieces brilliantly. I like the paint job, too. You couldn't tell this was just one model from its own kit. Amazing work!
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Wow, cool video. Lots of great modeling work done in this too. I am gonna finish my internet work off this morning and watch it on the big screen, thanks Ron!
So gonna share this with your update you gave us yesterday.
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I really love the maintenance dio. It turned out great. I particularly liked the gray (or grey depending on which you prefer) and white paint scheme on the maintenance worker.
This Bunyip is a fantastic build. You've blended different parts and your own plastic card pieces brilliantly. I like the paint job, too. You couldn't tell this was just one model from its own kit. Amazing work!
Thanks so much mate.
Wow, cool video. Lots of great modeling work done in this too. I am gonna finish my internet work off this morning and watch it on the big screen, thanks Ron!
So gonna share this with your update you gave us yesterday.
Glad you like it mate and thanks.
Ron
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Hi All,
Bunyip completed - 1:35 scale
Maschinen Krieger vehicle and this is a Medium Recon Vehicle used by the Mercenary Forces which they call the Bunyip.
Bunyip/Figures - I used the turrets and parts from two Hasegawa Maschinen Krieger 1/35 Nutcracker vehicle kits and also parts from a Tamiya Merkava and Sherman tank and also plastic card and rod and the crew are from MasterBox and is kit number 3598. The Bunyip and figures were painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks.
Base - is high density foam cut to shape. The ground work is a mix of spakfilla/sand and applied and while still wet kitty litter was scattered over the base. Once dry I painted the kitty litter with Vallejo Paints and then gave the base a few washes of Vallejo Iraqui and then a gave the rock a wash of Games Workshop AGRAX Earthshade to darken them.
The dead branches are dried roots I picked from the garden and the grass tufts are from MiniNatur which I lightly dry brushed with Vallejo Beige Brown to give them a partial dry look to them.
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H All,
Toy Story display.
Figures - Buzz and Woody and from Bandai and are very articulated and come with three different facial expressions which their eyes can be moved and they come with extra hands. Woody's hat can be removed and Buzz's wings pop out by pressing the large red button.
I Repainted the hair on Woody and the eye brows on them both and I painted the extra details on Woody's hat/vest/shirt/scarf. The eyes are decals but will come off after time so I used a little superglue and glued then eye decals into place.
The barrel/soldiers/lego I got by raiding the son's toy boxes he doesn't use and the blocks I printed off the net and glued onto cardboard and cut out and glued together.
The base is high density foam and the skirting board is a think piece of foam board and the wallpaper/floor/power point I printed off the net and the power cord is an old cord I had in my parts box.
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Ron, this is the coolest most awesomest idea I've seen in a while! It's like an animated movie has become reality! Maybe it's the printed floor or the toys and the wall that are all accurate! Didn't even know that Bandai have the license for Toy Story, too! Much nostalgia Comes back here and with most movies with Sequels, the first movie stays the best to me.
Seeing your pictures this morning definitely enlightened my day! This is just so good! Do you have the American plugs in Australia, too? Don't now why, but the plug is the cherry on the pie for me. Just love this diorama and am Always amazed by the word art you add to your pics! I got 5 dios in the pipeline myself, but feel almost embarrassed to share them seeing your masterpieces!
Thank you so much for sharing this! Made my entire weekend!
Add: Using those old (vintage) LEGO parts was another genius strike of yours.
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Ron, this is the coolest most awesomest idea I've seen in a while! It's like an animated movie has become reality! Maybe it's the printed floor or the toys and the wall that are all accurate! Didn't even know that Bandai have the license for Toy Story, too! Much nostalgia Comes back here and with most movies with Sequels, the first movie stays the best to me.
Seeing your pictures this morning definitely enlightened my day! This is just so good! Do you have the American plugs in Australia, too? Don't now why, but the plug is the cherry on the pie for me. Just love this diorama and am Always amazed by the word art you add to your pics! I got 5 dios in the pipeline myself, but feel almost embarrassed to share them seeing your masterpieces!
Thank you so much for sharing this! Made my entire weekend!
Add: Using those old (vintage) LEGO parts was another genius strike of yours.
Thanks so much mate I really appreciate the kind words and I didn't even know Bandai had the License either until I was checking out one of my online shops here in Australia and knew I had to get them. I'm a huge Toy Story 1 and 2 fan and I looked at a lot of vid screen shots of Andy's room to get the look right and we have a three prong plug and power point here.
No need to get embarrassed mate I always love seeing your dio's as well as all the other guys dio's as for me it what keeps me motivated to build dio's especially for SW dio's as it's this time of the year I have to pull my finger out and build 40-50 SW dio's for my local Con to sell.
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Thank you! That's even more impressive then! I actually looked for pictures of Australian plugs. So you got this American plug from the U.S. I guess?
If you don't mind I'd send you some pics of my progress. I finally want to share my stuff when it's actually finished. WIP pics below of course.
- Philipp
Another add: Your Maschinen Krieger dio definitely unhinged my jaw, too! Saw it after the pics of the Toy Story project. Much respect, Ron You're m God of environment building & landscaping.
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Wow, love that Bunyip. Off to share it and your Toy Story Project.
Man, that Toy Story Dio looks like a movie still.
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Thank you! That's even more impressive then! I actually looked for pictures of Australian plugs. So you got this American plug from the U.S. I guess?
If you don't mind I'd send you some pics of my progress. I finally want to share my stuff when it's actually finished. WIP pics below of course.
- Philipp
Another add: Your Maschinen Krieger dio definitely unhinged my jaw, too! Saw it after the pics of the Toy Story project. Much respect, Ron You're m God of environment building & landscaping.
Hey Philipp, thanks again mate and glad you like the dios and the power point is a picture I found on the internet and the plug is an old plug I had in my parts box I just cut off the three prongs and super glued it the wall.
Wow, love that Bunyip. Off to share it and your Toy Story Project.
Man, that Toy Story Dio looks like a movie still.
Thanks so much Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
Medieval Batman, England 1468, 1:12 scale.
NOTE - I have added a picture at the end of the figure before I painted it.
Recipe.
Figure - is from coomodels and is from their Palm Empire series and the weapons and feet are real metal and the armour is a medium plastic. I added ears and bat symbol by using plastic card and then I lightly sanded the armour and then sprayed it with Rust-O-luem Matt Black.
Once the Matt Black was dry I then dry brushed the armour using Vallejo's Gun Metal. The cape was made using a piece of cloth and it was attached using super glue and 1/6 buttons and I also repainted the head and leather belt.
Base - is high density foam and I used a pencil to make the stone floor and then I used my fingers ad ripped away the edges under the stone floor. The columns were made using a cardboard tube then I glued corrugated cardboard around the tube and left it to dry.
Once the cardboard has dried I then placed newspaper in the tube and then sealed the ends using watered down spakfilla. I then glued one piece of the column to a piece of balsa wood and then covered the columns lightly with some watered down spakfilla. The soil is a mix of sand, spakfilla and brown paint and the grass tufts, grass foliage and vines are from MiniNatur.
Ron
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That looks awesome to me Ron. I could so see some sort of time rift happening and getting him to Camelot and Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Good stuff. Off to the front pages.
I just got the dvd Batman Hush in this weekand and need to watch it.
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That looks awesome to me Ron. I could so see some sort of time rift happening and getting him to Camelot and Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Good stuff. Off to the front pages.
I just got the dvd Batman Hush in this weekand and need to watch it.
Really glad you like it Shawn and thanks mate and I was amazed how many different era Batman's there is which is great for me as it gives me so many customizing options. I have seen Batman Hush and it's great you'll enjoy it.
Ron
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Very cool! You did a great job, I thought it was some kind of exclusive figure. The palm empire figures are really cool, I was looking at the Samurai figure, too pricey for me to brave making a custom out of it. I like your British Knight Batman much better than the SH figuarts movie realization samurai version, a knight makes a lot more sense.
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Very cool! You did a great job, I thought it was some kind of exclusive figure. The palm empire figures are really cool, I was looking at the Samurai figure, too pricey for me to brave making a custom out of it. I like your British Knight Batman much better than the SH figuarts movie realization samurai version, a knight makes a lot more sense.
Hey JD, the Palm Empire figures are great and some of them can be very expensive indeed but I was lucky to get this one for $190 aus which is excellent for us as they usually sell for $200 or more. I really like the Templar Knights and want to get a few to make a historic diorama with them.
I saw the Figuarts Samurai figure and wanted to do a Samurai Batman but when I was looking for reference material I saw a Medieval Batman and decided that was the way to go for this series of Batman figures.
Ron
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What a fantastic idea this is, Ron! One can see Batman there! When I looked at the diorama display you made for him and read England then I thought "nah, these pillars would rather be found in Greece…" BUT since I know your attention to accuracy AND you tremendous knowledge about such stuff, I knew it'd be right. That's when my eyes hit 1468 - Renaissance.
Middle Europe re-discovered the culture of the antiquity back then. Greek and Roman architecture was state of the art, again - including these fancy pillars!
My sister actually had to prepare a little presentation for school about Leonardo da Vinci and his art a few months ago.
Hats off! You just blew me away once again, Ron!
Much respect from medieval Germany!
Philippus impressus est.
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What a fantastic idea this is, Ron! One can see Batman there! When I looked at the diorama display you made for him and read England then I thought "nah, these pillars would rather be found in Greece…" BUT since I know your attention to accuracy AND you tremendous knowledge about such stuff, I knew it'd be right. That's when my eyes hit 1468 - Renaissance.
Middle Europe re-discovered the culture of the antiquity back then. Greek and Roman architecture was state of the art, again - including these fancy pillars!
My sister actually had to prepare a little presentation for school about Leonardo da Vinci and his art a few months ago.
Hats off! You just blew me away once again, Ron!
Much respect from medieval Germany!
Philippus impressus est.
Thanks so much Philippus impressus est ;), really glad you kike it and yeah when I was doing the figure I was thinking of a ruined castle wall but I figured that people would expect that with this figure so I did some research and found that these types of pillars were scattered around England so I thought doing this type of dio would be great.
I hope your sister did well with her presentation for school and it's great to see that some schools still do history as it's a great way to learn about our past.
Ron
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Hi All,
Pirate Batman - Caribbean 1668. 1:12 scale
NOTE - I want to give a huge shout out to a Aussie cosplayer named Cosplay Chris for the inspiration on the design for my Pirate Batman (Thanks heaps mate). I was surfing the net for some different designs for my custom Pirate Batman and when I saw Chris's Pirate Batman costume I knew that was the way to go.
You can view Chris's Pirate Batman and his other cool cosplay outfits here https://www.instagram.com/cosplay_chris/ (https://www.instagram.com/cosplay_chris/) and https://www.youtube.com/user/horrorfx (https://www.youtube.com/user/horrorfx)
Recipe.
Pirate Batman - is a Mezco Captain Kirk body and hands and I also used a Mezco Ascending Knight Batman head and the beard was done using fake fur and painting in black. The paints are the Captain Kirk ones which were dyed grey and the top is a Hasbro 6" Black Series Princess Leia gown which I cut off the hood and lower section and then dyed it grey.
The boots I used pleather to give them I pirate look them and the leather armour and gauntlets were made using leather/pleather and the studs are pieces of plastic rod cut thin and glued into place.
The chest emblem I got the idea from Cosplay Chris and the cape is just a piece of old black material I had in my parts box and I used a pair of scissors to make the ends tattered. The sword is from an old Indiana Jones figure and the flintlock pistol was made from a T2 Arnie figure shot gun, balsa wood and plastic card.
Base - is high density foam and the deck, mast and rope latter were made using cardboard, balsa wood and craft string.
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How cool is this! So awesome. Just finished up HUSH and liked it. We have the new JOKER ready to watch today. Off to the front pages.
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How cool is this! So awesome. Just finished up HUSH and liked it. We have the new JOKER ready to watch today. Off to the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I knew you would like HUSH and I still need to watch that.
Ron
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The deck and the rigging alone look fantastic! Man, what a cool crossover! Love the softgoods and how much the diorama looks like a part of an actual ship!
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The deck and the rigging alone look fantastic! Man, what a cool crossover! Love the softgoods and how much the diorama looks like a part of an actual ship!
Hey Philipp, thanks so much mate and I'm actually surprised how many Batman crossovers there is which is great for me as some of them are great for doing customs.
Ron
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Dude, your work is always fantastic and this just awesome!
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Dude, your work is always fantastic and this just awesome!
Thanks so much Richard.
Ron
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Hi All,
Started a Indiana Jones 1:12 scale project and this is how I would package and show a 1:12 Indy figure to Disney if Mezco, Hasbro, Damtoys or Coomodel won the contract to make him.
The box is made from a Coomodel 1:12 Imperial knight figure I made my Medieval Batman figure from and I added balsa wood to make a crate and stained the wood and added the piture on the back.
The writing on the front was done by printing out the wording and then cutting out the letters using a sharp model knife and then I placed the stencil on the balsa wood and added the writing by dapping matt black paint into the cut out lettering. The figure, accessories and base are still a WIP and will hopefully have them completed over the weekend.
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Wow Ron this looks awesome. I love the idea. Maybe you can convince one of the big retailers to make it! Off to the front pages.
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Wow Ron this looks awesome. I love the idea. Maybe you can convince one of the big retailers to make it! Off to the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I have sent pics to them thru Instagram so you never know.
Ron
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Hi All,
I have redone the box interior and thanks to Alex J T. Nazario over at the FB page one:12 CDD who suggested adding bags storage for the accessories which I liked but I decided I would go with storage crates that can be used to store the accessories but also double as display pieces for the diorama.
I still have weather the crates and paint and weather the diorama then I'll finish off the figure and accessories.
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Ron
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I can't even imagine being able to get something like this for my favorite action figure. I would buy it in a second. More on the front pages.
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I can't even imagine being able to get something like this for my favorite action figure. I would buy it in a second. More on the front pages.
Hey Shawn, yeah I know what you mean. There are figures that I love but don't come with the accessories you want so it's up to us customizers to fill in the missing parts and thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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I love this concept! Using the crates was a masterful idea. And I do think that accessories shouldn't be "skimped" on. Too bad I'm not a multi-million dollar toy company:(
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I love this concept! Using the crates was a masterful idea. And I do think that accessories shouldn't be "skimped" on. Too bad I'm not a multi-million dollar toy company:(
Thanks heaps mate and totally agree with you on the accessories, there should be a good amount to go with them. I think that is the problem with some of these toy companies they don't think outside the box(no pun intended).
Ron
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I agree with Starchaser. It would be great to see them (Hasbro and other action figure companies) to take maybe one or two figures a year and really trick em out like this (make ultimate additions with multiple accessories, dio pieces, weapons, etc. and really go all out.
It would of course cost more, but I think folks like us would rave about it and we could look forward eagerly to see what new figure would get that type of treatment the next year.
I am gonna add a question like this to the ask Hasbro people about doing this. I mean all they can say is no.
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I agree with Starchaser. It would be great to see them (Hasbro and other action figure companies) to take maybe one or two figures a year and really trick em out like this (make ultimate additions with multiple accessories, dio pieces, weapons, etc. and really go all out.
It would of course cost more, but I think folks like us would rave about it and we could look forward eagerly to see what new figure would get that type of treatment the next year.
I am gonna add a question like this to the ask Hasbro people about doing this. I mean all they can say is no.
Hey Shawn, I totally agree with you about an ultimate figure and yep fans would pay to see their favourite character with tons of accessories and a cool dio. Great idea about Hasbro and as the old saying goes "if you don't ask, you don't know"
Ron
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Hi All,
Indiana Jones Box/Display complete.
Recipe.
Indy - the body is from Figma and the head is from GlassmanCustoms http://glassmancustoms.com and the clothing was made by a friend on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ageoftoys/.
The pants belt is made using left over fabric in the parts box as was the holster belt and the whip holder. The holster is from the Figma Indiana Jones figure.
The Grail, idol, Sankara Stone and Webley came from the Figma Indy figure. The MP40 and Walther P38 pistol came from Damtoys German Officer and the whip was made using pleather and plastic, the bag was made using pleather for the straps and material for the bag.
The Staff of Ra is made using plastic tube and the medallion was made by shrinking and then printing off the picture and then gluing it to plastic. The maps and Grail Dairy were all shrunk to size and printed off and the crates were made using balsa wood.
Base - is made using high density foam and the I used a pencil to mark out the stone work and then I used a piece of sand stone and pressed it into the foam. All the foliage is from MiniNatur and the moss was done by mixing fine sand with spakfilla and paint then applied.
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Jaw unhinged Ron. So cool. Makes me wish this type of treatment could be done with a figure or two a year for all the action figure lines.
Off to the front pages.
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Jaw unhinged Ron. So cool. Makes me wish this type of treatment could be done with a figure or two a year for all the action figure lines.
Off to the front pages.
Thanks so much Shawn and yeah it would be very nice to see them do ultimate collection figures.
Ron
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Hi All,
A mate got himself a WW2 Captain America with the motorbike and asked would a customize it for him. So after a quick talk with him this is the result.
Recipe.
Cap/Bike - are both from Hasbro and are 1:12 scale and I removed the windscreen and added brake hoses using old electrical cable. The shield is from the Cap and Agent Carter set which was painted and the bike was also repainted with the mud being made using spakfilla/sand and paint. Cap was put into position and his joints were glued and then filled in and his head was removed and part of the neck section was removed to make the head sit lower to make it more realistic.
Cap and his gear were repainted and weathered and the map is from a 1:35 Verlinden map set and was perfect for this build as it is a lot larger then the other maps.
Base - is an old base that was going to be used for another project back in 2012 but that project fell thru so it was ideal for this and the mud is the same that was used on the bike and cap.
Ron
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You know, your work is so good that I can only talk about mud anymore. The MUD looks most realistic! Seriously. Love all the natural effects you added to this Scene. Also the wood looks very good and conveys the quality you deliver. What a metaphor.
11/10.
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Ron that is just awesome. I bet your friend is stoked.
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This is awesome! The bike looks great, didn't know it was from Hasbro. The weathering on this is fantastic as usual.
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Man, that map was the perfect size, wasn’t it?
Outstanding presentation, Ron! That is my favorite version of Cap’s uniform.
Oh, and I like your mud.
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You know, your work is so good that I can only talk about mud anymore. The MUD looks most realistic! Seriously. Love all the natural effects you added to this Scene. Also the wood looks very good and conveys the quality you deliver. What a metaphor.
11/10.
- Philipp
Thanks so much Philipp.
Ron that is just awesome. I bet your friend is stoked.
Off to the front pages with more comments.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah he is stoked and I have another Capt America commission he wants me to do so I'm looking forward to that.
This is awesome! The bike looks great, didn't know it was from Hasbro. The weathering on this is fantastic as usual.
Thanks so much JD and honestly neither did I mate until he gave me the box.
Man, that map was the perfect size, wasn’t it?
Outstanding presentation, Ron! That is my favorite version of Cap’s uniform.
Oh, and I like your mud.
Thanks heaps Clint and yeah it sure was and saved me having to print one.
Ron
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Ron, Cap. looks really good. I love that everyone is talking about the mud (which, by the way, does look exceedingly realistic). I think shortening the neck was the right choice, the profile looks excellent. I also really like that you took the windscreen off, it feels more WWII without it. Good choice for the shield as well. All-in-all a stellar build.
PS - I really like the final pics of Indie as well!
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Ron, Cap. looks really good. I love that everyone is talking about the mud (which, by the way, does look exceedingly realistic). I think shortening the neck was the right choice, the profile looks excellent. I also really like that you took the windscreen off, it feels more WWII without it. Good choice for the shield as well. All-in-all a stellar build.
PS - I really like the final pics of Indie as well!
Thanks so much mate and yeah the windshield was the first thing to go and it is a great looking bike for a reused one but it does turn out excellent once it is repainted and weathered.
Ron
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Hi All,
Star Trek - Attack on Veltar IV 32 mm.
Recipe.
Figures/creatures - the landing party are from Modiphius Entertainment and the Vulcan and Tellarite have been put together straight out of the box. The poor red shirt getting attacked has had his legs altered a little and the arms and head have been replaced with arms and heads from Bolt Action WW2 GI miniatures. The works are from Reaper (BONES) Miniatures and all the miniatures have been painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints.
Base - is high density foam and the rocks are from Woodland Scenics rubber molds, the grass tufts are from Army Painter and I dry brushed them with Beige Brown to make them a little darker. The cracked ground is from Games Workshops Agrellan Badland Texture paint.
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Hi All,
Started a new Batman Batcave and this will be 1:6 scale, I picked up two KO Batman figures off ebay and I'm going to use the black and grey one for this dio and the figure will have a few tweaks to it after I complete the Batcave.
The bat desk/computer/chair so far has been made using foam board, plastic card and plumbers PVC pipe. I won't have lights in the screens but will be giving the screens a glaze like I did for my 1:12 scale Batcave to give it the impression that it is lighted.
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Ron
Ron
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I have been wondering what you have been up to. Nice work on both fronts.
I have to admit I just watched Star Trek the motion picture this week. It was a nice comfort film while I was feeling sick. Nice work on your dio.
That Batman Dio already looks tough. Nice.
Off to the front pages.
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The Star Trek Dio looks absolutely fantastic! Red shirt never had a chance. The Batman Dio is coming along great as well.
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I have been wondering what you have been up to. Nice work on both fronts.
I have to admit I just watched Star Trek the motion picture this week. It was a nice comfort film while I was feeling sick. Nice work on your dio.
That Batman Dio already looks tough. Nice.
Off to the front pages.
Hope your feeling better mate and thanks heaps. Star Trek the Motion picture was a good movie and I also watch it when I'm crook.
Yeah it's great to be back into the swing of things again especially with the wife having me do chores around the house and yard over the lock down period LOL.
The Star Trek Dio looks absolutely fantastic! Red shirt never had a chance. The Batman Dio is coming along great as well.
Hey JD, thanks so much buddy and yeah Scotty is the only red shirt that survives the series LOL and I'll have more updates on the Batman dio in about a week or two as I'm doing little projects for people at the moment.
Ron
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Yeah, I know it with the chores. I don't even want to talk about the length of the grass in my yard now, but maybe next week and yes I am feeling a bit better. Still not back to full tilt so to speak, and I am not being very patient. Glad to see you are back in the dios!
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Yeah, I know it with the chores. I don't even want to talk about the length of the grass in my yard now, but maybe next week and yes I am feeling a bit better. Still not back to full tilt so to speak, and I am not being very patient. Glad to see you are back in the dios!
Great to hear that your feeling better and yeah the chores never end especially when the wives are involved LOL and it great to back doing dios again.
Ron
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Hi All,
Got my hands on some Aoshima Models Mini Thunderbird kits and they are cartoony style kits which are great fun to make.
Recipe.
TB1 - was built straight out of the box and I painted and weathered it using Vallejo Paints. The thruster smoke was done using cotton wool balls and ripping them apart and then applying them to the rod that is hold TB1 up.
The only issue with the kit is that the decals are black instead of white but that is just a little nit pick on my behalf as I grew up with TB1 having white lettering and numbering.
Base - is a action figure base and I used a mix of sand, spakfilla and medium brown paint to get the dirt look to it and the bushes and small sticks are from Woodland Scenics.
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Ron
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Hi All,
Next Thunderbird Mini is TB2.
Recipe.
TB2 - was built straight out of the box and I painted and weathered it using Vallejo Paints. The thruster smoke was done using cotton wool balls and ripping them apart and then applying them to the rods that is hold TB2 up.
Base - is a action figure base and I used a mix of sand, spakfilla and medium brown paint to get the dirt look to it and the bushes and small sticks are from Woodland Scenic.
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Ron
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Hi All,
Last of the Thunderbird Mini kits is TB4.
Recipe.
TB4 - was built straight out of the box and I painted and weathered it using Vallejo Paints.
Base - is a action figure base and I used a mix of sand, spakfilla and sand coloured paint to get the sand look to it and the seaweed is thick grass tufts from Ammo MIG which I cut in half and then glued them on their sides and the rock is from a mold from Woodland Scenic which you just use plaster of Paris to make it.
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Ron
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I was going to leave a comment on your last couple projects already, but while a snail like me get to the keyboard, you make three more incredible dioramas in the meantime...I wanted to say that I really admire the wide knowledge you have of so many different franchises & movies. Since Disney bought Lucasfilm I don't follow on what's canon anymore because I don't care anymore. Like JDeck I'm a fan of head-canon...it's less stressful, I like it.
But man, you know so much About everything and countless movies and what not. It's mind-blowing. I really like Bat's command desk and your dios always look most reaslistic! Again, some nostalgia on the Thunderbird rocket, but other than that: Nothing new for me to tell you here. Excellent work!
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Wow, these are great. Let me take one of these to the front pages. We will feature more of em through the week.
Nice Ron!
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These are awesome. Thunderbirds was cool, I haven't watched much of it, but a few years ago you did some t-bird stuff and it came on tv, so I watched. Check out X-bomber/Starfleet, it's like Thunderbirds meets Star Wars. I ended up buying the box set.
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Time to share another one of these great dioramas today. Off to the front pages.
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I was going to leave a comment on your last couple projects already, but while a snail like me get to the keyboard, you make three more incredible dioramas in the meantime...I wanted to say that I really admire the wide knowledge you have of so many different franchises & movies. Since Disney bought Lucasfilm I don't follow on what's canon anymore because I don't care anymore. Like JDeck I'm a fan of head-canon...it's less stressful, I like it.
But man, you know so much About everything and countless movies and what not. It's mind-blowing. I really like Bat's command desk and your dios always look most reaslistic! Again, some nostalgia on the Thunderbird rocket, but other than that: Nothing new for me to tell you here. Excellent work!
Hey DM, thanks so much buddy and glad you have been enjoying the builds. I am the same as yourself and JDeck I also am a canon fan and love building anything SW form the three original films but saying that I have always loved other genres like Trek, Indy and Thunderbirds and many more and with the amount of products that you can get now a days it's so easy to do any franchise build you like.
Wow, these are great. Let me take one of these to the front pages. We will feature more of em through the week.
Nice Ron!
Thanks so much Shawn and as always I really appreciate the comments and the FB feature.
These are awesome. Thunderbirds was cool, I haven't watched much of it, but a few years ago you did some t-bird stuff and it came on tv, so I watched. Check out X-bomber/Starfleet, it's like Thunderbirds meets Star Wars. I ended up buying the box set.
Hey JD, thanks heaps mate and yeah I grew up on TB's and still love them now and even the new cartoon /CGI Thunderbirds are go is awesome.
I just watched EP1 of X-bomber/Starfleet and I actually enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to watching the next episode and thanks for hooking me up to it.
Time to share another one of these great dioramas today. Off to the front pages.
Thanks again Shawn.
Ron
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Time to get another one of these great dios on the front pages. Nice Ron. Nice!
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Wow Ron, what a great set of projects. I really like how the Trek dio turned out. I love how you used the Reaper worms. I wasn't familiar with Modiphius previously, they build some pretty cool figures. I have got to think hard about buying the John Carter figures now...sigh.
Its great watching you use parts like the PVC pipe fixtures for the legs of the desk. That Batman desk and console set up looks really great. And brilliant job on the Thunderbirds dioramas. I'm going to have to practice your cotton ball trick - you smoke looks so realistic.
Excellent work around.
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Time to get another one of these great dios on the front pages. Nice Ron. Nice!
Thank you mate.
Wow Ron, what a great set of projects. I really like how the Trek dio turned out. I love how you used the Reaper worms. I wasn't familiar with Modiphius previously, they build some pretty cool figures. I have got to think hard about buying the John Carter figures now...sigh.
Its great watching you use parts like the PVC pipe fixtures for the legs of the desk. That Batman desk and console set up looks really great. And brilliant job on the Thunderbirds dioramas. I'm going to have to practice your cotton ball trick - you smoke looks so realistic.
Excellent work around.
Thanks so much buddy and yeah Modiphius do awesome figures and I'm looking at getting the Fallout figures to make diorama's using them.
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Hi All,
Started a new 1:12 scale project today and this is going to be a jungle ruin for my custom Tarzan figure I finished up yesterday and I have some pics of him but will take my usual pics of him in a few days.
The dio so far has is made using foam and I cut out the separate stones for the floor and three pieces for the door way. I then scribed the stones into the foam on the door way and then used a piece of sandstone and tapped it over the foam to give it a more natural look.
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Wow, great rock work Ron. Very nice. That Tarzan is awesome!
Off to share on the front pages.
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Tapping the sandstone over the foam to give it that realistic rough stone profile was a great idea - you can see the impact even in the pictures. This looks like it will be amazing when you are finished. I assume you will add vines and/or other jungle-ish features. Tarzan looks good, too. I'll be curious to see more of him. I saw he had a seath, but it didn't look like there was a knife. Great work!
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Wow, great rock work Ron. Very nice. That Tarzan is awesome!
Off to share on the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Tapping the sandstone over the foam to give it that realistic rough stone profile was a great idea - you can see the impact even in the pictures. This looks like it will be amazing when you are finished. I assume you will add vines and/or other jungle-ish features. Tarzan looks good, too. I'll be curious to see more of him. I saw he had a seath, but it didn't look like there was a knife. Great work!
Thanks heaps buddy and I have been using either a piece of sandstone to do the foam for years now and I always love the way it looks once it's painted and weathered and the dio will have all the jungle-ish plants and vines.
The knife he is holding in the last pic fits into the sheath and I also made a spear, bow/arrows and a quiver which hold the six arrows and the bow actually works.
Ron
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Hi All,
Tarzan Lord of the Jungle 1:12 scale.
I decided not to go with the jungle ruin dio like I was originally going to do so I decided to give him a jungle dio instead.
Recipe.
Tarzan - the body is a TBLeagure body which is the leaner out of the two bodies and the heads are from Damtoy's German SS Officer. I removed the peak caps and then used putty to mould the upper section of the head and then used fake for for the hair. The silicone on the body is a tan colour but I wanted to lighten the skin tone which I did by dry brushing different tones of skin colours.
The loin cloth is pleather as are the wrist wraps and the wraps around the weapons. The bow and spear are skewers which have been thin down by sanding them and the string on the bow is thin dark string and the spears blade is plastic card cut and shaped. The knife handle is a skewer and the blade is plastic card cut and shaped, the arrows are thin plastic card and the feathers are paper cut to size and glued and the knife sheath and the quiver are made from pleather which I hand sewn.
Base - is high density foam layered two high and then cut to shape, I then removed some of the foam and added a small rock face and small stones by using Woodland Scenics rock moulds and gluing them into place and painting and weathering them. I then used real branches and soaked them in methylated spirits for a few hours then let them dry in the sun which dries them out and stops them decaying. I then used mulch/dirt and dry leaves for the ground work.
Once the ground work was done I then used plastic ferns which I have had for a while and the vines are dried out vines I got of a tree a few weeks ago. The bushes are from Woodland Scenics Fine leaf foliage(Olive Green) and the small tufts of grass are from Army Painter. The damp river bed was done by using Woodland Scenics Realistic Water and using a brush I applied three layers to the ground work to give wet look.
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Ron
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Wow Ron. This is amazing. The Tarzan looks good and the diorama rocks too. Off to the front pages. I can hear him doing his Tarzan call now!
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Wow Ron. This is amazing. The Tarzan looks good and the diorama rocks too. Off to the front pages. I can hear him doing his Tarzan call now!
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah the TBLeague bodies are great for these types of figures, I'm looking at doing John Carter and Conan.
Ron
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Hi All,
Thunderbirds Scott Tracy Display 1:6 scale.
Recipe.
Scott - is from Big Chief Studios.
Base - is high density foam and I used a pencil to make the stones and the hieroglyphs and I used a piece of sand stone and tapped it over the foam to give the stone a more natural look. The sand was made using watered down spakfilla and sand and then the base was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints.
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Ron
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Wow, that base. Looks real Ron! Off to share.
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Wow, that base. Looks real Ron! Off to share.
Thanks so much Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
Thunderbirds Virgil Tracy dio which is 1:6 scale and I got the idea for the dio from TB episode Cry Wolf.
Recipe.
Virgil - is from Big Chief Studios.
Base - is high density foam as are the wooden beams which I used a sharp pencil to make the wood grain effect. The floor and wall was done using watered down spakfilla and sand and the whole diorama was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints.
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Ron
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You can read my comments on the front pages. Nice pencil work Ron.
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I agree with Shawn, love the pencil work ;-)
My one criticism is, where's Virgil's strings lol.
Joking aside this is awesome mate.
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Ron, that woodgrain is sweet!
I always enjoy the Thunderbirds stuff.
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I don't know how I missed the final reveal of the Tarzan dio, but it turned out magnificently! Those Thunderbirds mini dios are really fun too.
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You can read my comments on the front pages. Nice pencil work Ron.
Thanks heaps Shawn and that is weird as I replied to everyone's comments and it disappeared.
I agree with Shawn, love the pencil work ;-)
My one criticism is, where's Virgil's strings lol.
Joking aside this is awesome mate.
Thanks heaps Richard and LOL it would have been a nice touch actually.
Ron, that woodgrain is sweet!
I always enjoy the Thunderbirds stuff.
Thanks so much Clint and yeah I love TB's ever since I was I kid.
I don't know how I missed the final reveal of the Tarzan dio, but it turned out magnificently! Those Thunderbirds mini dios are really fun too.
Thanks heaps buddy and glad you like them.
Ron
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Every once in awhile I loose a comment too. The SMF folks are looking into it for me. It only happens once in a blue moon, but once is enough. Especially if its a long comment!
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Every once in awhile I loose a comment too. The SMF folks are looking into it for me. It only happens once in a blue moon, but once is enough. Especially if its a long comment!
It's good they are looking into it but the scary thing is your mind says "I know I added a comment or did I" and then you think you are loosing it LOL.
Ron
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Yeah for those of us getting up there in age we sure don't need anything else making us thing we are forgetting things!
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Yeah for those of us getting up there in age we sure don't need anything else making us thing we are forgetting things!
LOL so true.
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Hi All,
World War Toons - King Tiger
Recipe.
King Tiger - is from Meng Models is based of the tanks in the game World War Toons. The model was built straight out of the box and was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks. The decals came with the kit and I made a rookie mistake and must have touched the right hand side decal while it was drying and now it's on a lean LOL.
Base - is high density foam and the cobble stone was done using a sharp pencil and the I used a piece of sandstone and tapped it over the cobblestone and then it was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints.
The telegraph pole was made using balsa wood and plastic rod. The ground work is spakfilla mixed with sand and dirt and then applied to the base, once dry I gave it a wash of Vallejo Chocolate Brown and the grass tufts are from MiniNatur and the taller grass is from MIG Ammo.
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Very well done! I've never heard of World War Toons. It's slightly different, I like it, it's a nice change up.
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Very well done! I've never heard of World War Toons. It's slightly different, I like it, it's a nice change up.
I have never heard of it either, but wow nice diorama. I need to go research that game.
Off to the front pages.
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Very well done! I've never heard of World War Toons. It's slightly different, I like it, it's a nice change up.
Thanks JD and I have never played the game but have seen game play of it and when Meng started making tanks it was a no brainer for me to get some as they are a great little kits to build and paint.
Very well done! I've never heard of World War Toons. It's slightly different, I like it, it's a nice change up.
I have never heard of it either, but wow nice diorama. I need to go research that game.
Off to the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn and the game looks great to play it kind of reminds me of Team Fortress.
Ron
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I love that paint job! Great setting for the tank as well. I'm always excited to see what new project you're working on.
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I love that paint job! Great setting for the tank as well. I'm always excited to see what new project you're working on.
Thanks heaps mate and yeah I enjoy doing different genres as it stops you from getting bored.
Ron
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Hi All,
World War Toons - Tiger Tank.
Recipe
Tiger and Figure - the Tiger is from Meng and was built straight out of the box and Painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and the figure is from Yufan Models and is a resin kit and was Painted using Vallejo Paints. The figures headset and mouth piece once attached had wire attached using wire from and old electrical cord.
Base - is high density foam and the road and bridge were cut out and attached then I used a pencil and carved out the stones work and cobblestone and then I used a piece of stand stone and tapped it over the foam. The rails were made using plastic rod and tube and the top of the posts are ends of Russian ammo shells, The light pole was also made using plastic tube and plastic card and the bulb is an old fairy light. The foliage is from Army Painter and Ammo Mig and the whole dio was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints.
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That's great - I love the combination of models!
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I remember playing Battlefield Heroes with my brother online. This diorama instantly brought back my memories of that good time. Ron, you can even make a cartoon look realistic! Amazing work! I especially like the shape of the gunner's nose. That picture from the side is pure gold. Can the street lamp even shine?
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Looks great Ron. Off to the front pages.
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That's great - I love the combination of models!
Thanks mate.
I remember playing Battlefield Heroes with my brother online. This diorama instantly brought back my memories of that good time. Ron, you can even make a cartoon look realistic! Amazing work! I especially like the shape of the gunner's nose. That picture from the side is pure gold. Can the street lamp even shine?
Thanks heaps buddy and no sorry the light doesn't shine, I didn't even think about doing that but I do have other WW2 Toon dios I want to do so I'll had some street lights which will work.
Looks great Ron. Off to the front pages.
Thanks Shawn.
Ron
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Hi All,
World War Toon - Panther Tank.
Recipe.
Panther and Figure - the Panther is from Meng and was built straight out of the box and the figure is from Yufan Models. I used electrical wire for the head set and speaker cords and both the tank and figure were painted using Vallejo Paints.
Base - is high density foam and the ground work is spakfilla and once dry it was painted and weathered. The fence was done using balsa wood and the grass tufts are from Army Painter and the lower shrubs and the taller bushes are from Woodland Scenics.
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Ron
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Oh yeah, I love the foilage camo job on this. Very nice Ron.
Back to the front pages. I have got to check out this game.
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I agree with Tamer - and I love the camo spots on the commander's uniform. This is another fun diorama.
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Oh yeah, I love the foilage camo job on this. Very nice Ron.
Back to the front pages. I have got to check out this game.
Thanks heaps Shawn and sorry for the late reply mate.
I agree with Tamer - and I love the camo spots on the commander's uniform. This is another fun diorama.
Cheers buddy and sorry for the late reply mate.
Ron
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Hi All,
Ghostbusters Toon Ecto 1.
Recipe.
Ecto 1 - is from a company called Titan Merchandise and is a vinyl toy which is around 4.5" long. The vinyl toy is nice but it needed a paint redo to it which was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and then I used a gloss varnish for the windows and lights. (Note-the last picture is what it looks like out of the box before painting)
Base - is high density foam and the arch way was cut out and I made doors using balsa wood and the windows are square plastic card section. I got the GB sign of the net and resized it and then glued it to some plastic and the rod holding it to the building is a piece of paperclip I cut to size.
The newspapers and the Ecto 1 number plate on the front of the base were also of the net and resized and glued into place.
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Ron
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That looks great from every angle Ron. Nice work and off to the front pages.
I so can't wait for the new movie. I will miss seeing the old characters and hope for a few camoes with this new film.
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Great job repainting the toy, it looks great as well as the diorama. When I was a kid I saw the Ecto 1 in the movie car museum. It's definitely the coolest movie car ever.
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That's really cool! Great garage and the paint job is excellent.
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That looks great from every angle Ron. Nice work and off to the front pages.
I so can't wait for the new movie. I will miss seeing the old characters and hope for a few camoes with this new film.
Thanks so much Shawn and yeah I really looking forward to seeing it.
Great job repainting the toy, it looks great as well as the diorama. When I was a kid I saw the Ecto 1 in the movie car museum. It's definitely the coolest movie car ever.
Thanks heaps JD and that would have been so cool and yeah it's definitely one of the coolest for sure.
That's really cool! Great garage and the paint job is excellent.
Thanks heaps buddy.
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Hey Ron, sorry for being late to the party. This toon Ecto-1 looks great! You really caught that animated style of the model. For some odd reason the material and design reminds me of a cake figure. The wife of a friend of mine creates cakes for a living. She does all kinds of cool stuff - STAR WARS too - with a material that looks very similar to this. It almost looks like plastalina clay although it's vinyl. Impressive how paint can make any material look way different.
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Hey Ron, sorry for being late to the party. This toon Ecto-1 looks great! You really caught that animated style of the model. For some odd reason the material and design reminds me of a cake figure. The wife of a friend of mine creates cakes for a living. She does all kinds of cool stuff - STAR WARS too - with a material that looks very similar to this. It almost looks like plastalina clay although it's vinyl. Impressive how paint can make any material look way different.
Thanks heaps DM and actually it when I first got it my wife said it looked like a cake topper and I have seen people do amazing cakes designs using that fondant candy they use on cakes.
Ron
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Ghostbusters Peter Venkman 1:12 scale.
Recipe.
Venkman - is from Hasbro's Plasma Series and once I got him in a pose I liked I then super glued the joints and puttied them up, I then used tissue paper and applied it to the uniform using watered down PVA glue. I repainted the utility belt, ghost trap, proton pack and neutrino wand using Vallejo Paints and I also added wires which I got from an old electrical cable and danger signs I resized and printed off the net.
I made the foot trap using plastic card, clear rod and wires and the cord from the foot trap to the ghost trap is an old ear phone cord. The smoke coming from the ghost trap is just some cotton wool which I tore apart and glued on and once the tissue was dry I then painted and slightly weathered the whole figure using Vallejo Paints.
Base - is high density foam and I used a sharp pencil to make the footpath, stone work and bricks and then I used a piece of sandstone and lightly tapped it over the brick, path and stone to give it a more natural look. The cement between the bricks was done by brushing spakfilla over them and then lightly wiping away the excess with a baby wipe. The door was done using balsa wood and the handle is plastic card and rod, the slime was done by mixing green paint with PVA glue and I little Woodland Scenics Realistic Water.
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Ron this is just fantastic. Love the paint detail on this. Magic. Your middle name is Gandalf or Merlin.
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Ron this is just fantastic. Love the paint detail on this. Magic. Your middle name is Gandalf or Merlin.
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LOL according to my kids it's old man and thanks heaps mate glad you liked it.
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Ron, I'm so sorry that I missed this earlier. I love how Venkman turned out. The base is great and the foot trap is really amazing.
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Ron, I'm so sorry that I missed this earlier. I love how Venkman turned out. The base is great and the foot trap is really amazing.
Honestly all good buddy and thanks so much and really glad you like him.
Ron
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GI-JOE, Adventure Team. Secret of the Mummy's Tomb 1:12 scale.
Figure - The body/hands/boots are from a Damtoys German SS officer and the head is from a Hasbro 6" BS Death Star Trooper which has had a beard and small scare added using putty. The belt/holster/binoculars are from the German SS officer and the pouches are from an old Call of Duty WW2 figure, the water bottle is from a Madelman and the straps and buckles I got from the spare bits box and the hat is from Hasbro's 6" BS Farm boy Luke figure.
The shovel and pick have been made using a skewer and plastic and the net has been made using string which has been glued together and then given a wash of Vallejo's Flat Earth.
ATV & Sarcophagus - has been made using foam board for the shell and then plastic card was glued over the shell to give it more strength and the wheels are old Lego wheels I got from my Lego stash and I removed the studs from the hubs and glued 28mm shields to them.
The winch is made using plastic card as is the actual turn rod for the rob, the hooks are from Bandai's 1:12 Stormtrooper holsters and are the latches that hold the E11 blaster in place. The sarcophagus is made using foam board and peeling off the thin cardboard and the making the shape and gluing the pieces together and using a sharp pencil to make the markings.
The mummy was done by using a 3-3/4" Ugha Warrior from IJ Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and I then cut and repositioned the arms and then wrapped him in packing cloth.
Base - has been made using foam board and the walls and wall pictures were done using a sharp pencil. The sand was done by mixing sand and spakfilla with a little sand coloured paint added to it then applied to the base.
The palm tree was made using a cardboard tube with string wrapped around it and then tissue paper was applied by soaking it with watered down PVA glue. The palm throngs were made by painting A4 paper and then cutting out the shape and then cutting the leaves.
The oasis was done by making a hole and applying the spakfilla/sand mix and I then added foliage from MiniNatur and the water was done using resin and adding a small amount of Medium green for the centre of the pool and then adding light green for the edges.
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Wow Ron. This is just wow! Top notch in every facet, but that is just what we are used to with your work. Man, so nice.
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Sweet Ron! That brings back memories of my older brothers toys. The sarcophagus is perfect.
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This was totally cool great concept.
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Okay, that is just plain cool! I so remember that dune buggy! I never was able to get it when I was young, but I had several other classic GI Joe small vehicles. I really liked the ones that could be broken down and worn as "backpack" for the figures (I still have a motorcycle and the sail car). I digress. You did an absolutely brilliant job executing this playset. The sarcophagus and mummy look excellent. The dune buggy is spectacular. Really great job all the way around.
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Wow Ron. This is just wow! Top notch in every facet, but that is just what we are used to with your work. Man, so nice.
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Thanks so much Shawn.
Sweet Ron! That brings back memories of my older brothers toys. The sarcophagus is perfect.
Thanks heaps Clint and my brothers and I had them as well the amount of fun we had was awesome.
This was totally cool great concept.
Thanks mate.
Okay, that is just plain cool! I so remember that dune buggy! I never was able to get it when I was young, but I had several other classic GI Joe small vehicles. I really liked the ones that could be broken down and worn as "backpack" for the figures (I still have a motorcycle and the sail car). I digress. You did an absolutely brilliant job executing this playset. The sarcophagus and mummy look excellent. The dune buggy is spectacular. Really great job all the way around.
Thanks heaps buddy and I had also had a few of the fold up vehicles and I'm going to see if I can do one in 1:12 scale.
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GI Joe and the Search for the lost Idol 1:12 scale.
Figure/snake/idol - The figure's is from DamToys and the head is from Hasbro's BS 6" Death Star Trooper and I added a beard using putty and the snake is from Schleich and the idol was 3D printed by a mate.
Helicopter - was made using plastic card and plastic rod/tube and I also used parts from a 1:35 scale tank and the jets I got from my Lego box.
Base - is foam board covered with a spakfilla/sand/dirt mix and was applied and dried I painted it. The ruined stone wall was done using foam, the grass tufts/shrubs are from MiniNatur and the vines are roots I got from the local bushland.
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Wow Ron. This is great. All the action. I like it a lot.
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Wow Ron. This is great. All the action. I like it a lot.
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Thanks so much Shawn.
Ron
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Damn that helicopter is really awesome! The groundwork is also phenomenal.
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Damn that helicopter is really awesome! The groundwork is also phenomenal.
Thanks so much JD.
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Amazing work. I really love these classic Joe inspired dioramas. That helicopter is just plain awesome.
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Amazing work. I really love these classic Joe inspired dioramas. That helicopter is just plain awesome.
Yeah I am so surprised that they didn't release a few of these before the other 6" figures but maybe down the line they will and thanks heaps mate.
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GI Joe, Adventure Team, The mouth of Doom 1:12 scale.
Recipe.
Figure & Equipment - The body, jacket, belt and water bottle are from Damtoys and the head is from a Hasbro BS 6" Death Star Trooper. The pants were my first time sewing and the boots are from a Hasbro Ghostbusters Egon and the socks were made using left over material and the machete is made using plastic card and balsa wood and the sheath was made using pleather.
The raft was made using balsa dowel and string and the pole was carved from balsa wood, The box was made using plastic card and the rifle is from a Madelman figure and the sling is pleather, the croc is from Schleich and I repainted it green
Base - is high density foam and the ground work is spakfilla which was watered down and while drying I sprinkled mulch over it and dead tree I got from the garden.
The grass tufts are from MiniNatur and the bushes are from Woodland Scenics and the spikey looking plants I picked up of ebay. The water was down using resin and I mixed a small amount of medium brown into.
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Looks awesome Ron. Off to share on the front pages.
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Looks awesome Ron. Off to share on the front pages.
Cheers Shawn
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GI Joe Adventure Team, Spacewalk Mystery 1:12 scale.
Recipe.
Astronaut - The astronaut comes with a space capsule but I decided to make the figure first.
The body and boots are from Damntoys the head is from Hasbro's Death Star trooper BS 6". The pants are from Coomodel, top is from a Mezco Sulu figure, gloves are from a V Hasbro Scouttrooper BS 6".
The helmet is from a Tamiya 1:12 motorbike rider and the equipment has been scratch built using plastic card, lego, model tank parts and elastic.
Capsule - was made using plastic pot plant holders, cardboard, plastic card. The interior instruments were done using greeblies from the spare parts box and the engine is parts of a UFO kit from Pegasus Models and the thrusters are plastic stool caps that go on the bottom of the legs so they don't scratch the floor.
Note - I made a mistake with the flag as it should have been put on with the bottom of the flag facing the engine/thruster section.
Base - is from a Star Wars Dewback resin kit which I picked up from Stanarts a few years ago.
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Ron, you can read my comments on the front pages.
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Ron, you can read my comments on the front pages.
Wow!
As always Shawn thanks heaps mate and appreciate the comments.
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Masterful, Ron! Somehow I missed the croc one, but its great. The space walk is amazing. You are doing a great job capturing the feel of these toys, its both impressive and nostalgic.
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Masterful, Ron! Somehow I missed the croc one, but its great. The space walk is amazing. You are doing a great job capturing the feel of these toys, its both impressive and nostalgic.
Thanks so much buddy and yeah I didn't have any of these when I was a kid so it has been fun making them and sorry for the late reply.
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Space Wolves - Grey Hunter 7.5" scale.
Recipe.
Figure - is from Mcfarlane and was originally an Ultramarine and I repainted and weathered him using Vallejo and GW paints and the images on the shoulder pads and right knee pad were hand drawn on using a led pencil.
The fur is fake fur repainted brown and then lightly dry brushed with medium grey and the light grey, the purity seals are done using high density foam and an old hanky and the rune stones and teeth were made using high density foam.
Base - was from an old 1:12 dewback resin kit and I just painted and weathered it and the snow was done by using watered down spakfilla.
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Ron, this looks real to me. Man I wish they did some movies with these guys.
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Ron, this looks real to me. Man I wish they did some movies with these guys.
Off to the front pages and I will try to come up with some better comments.
Thanks heaps Shawn and these are awesome figures to customize and here is a link to a Space Marine movie that was done back in 2015 I think it was made and I enjoyed watching it but it just lacked something IMHO.
And here is a link for fan made short films and some of these are great.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=space+marine+fan+films
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Thanks for the links, I will have to give these a look see.
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Thanks for the links, I will have to give these a look see.
Anytime mate and enjoy.
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Space Wolves!!! Awesome. This is a great custom, Ron. My son (who plays the game and paints the figures) thinks your modification is outstanding. So you get four thumbs up from the Starchaser household. I really like how you added the fur. Now all you need is a Thunder Wolf to go with it:)
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Space Wolves!!! Awesome. This is a great custom, Ron. My son (who plays the game and paints the figures) thinks your modification is outstanding. So you get four thumbs up from the Starchaser household. I really like how you added the fur. Now all you need is a Thunder Wolf to go with it:)
Thanks so much buddy and please let your son I said thank you and I'm actually looking a wolf bigger enough to be a Thunder wolf but at the moment no luck. Also let your son know that I'm doing a Space wolves Heavy Bolter figure and then a Space Wolves Veteran.
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Space Wolves - Long Fang with Heavy Bolter.
Recipe - The figure is from Mcfarlane which was repainted and the back pack was redone using plastic card as was the heavy bolter, I also used a piece of the connection that the back pack slots into to make the bolters hand grip and the magazine drum was made using a soft drink lid and plastic card.
The fur is fake fur which I gave several washes of brown to and the purity seals were made using high density foam and an old hanky, the teeth were done using high density foam and the I used O-rings to attach them.
The symbols on the shoulder armour and left knee were drawn on with a pencil then painted and the power cords were done using electrical cord.
Base - the base is the same one I used for the Grey Hunter marine.
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Looks pretty awesome to me. Those two look good together as well.
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Looks pretty awesome to me. Those two look good together as well.
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Thanks heaps Shawn, they are really great figures to customize especially if your a huge Warhammer 40k fan. I saw someone do a Stormtrooper Marine and in looked awesome, I'm getting a few more and will making one in the Trooper Marine.
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Nice! I really like the fur and the bolter and pack are great!
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Nice! I really like the fur and the bolter and pack are great!
Thanks so much mate.
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That fur really does make this look tougher and rougher if that makes any sense. More realistic.
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That fur really does make this look tougher and rougher if that makes any sense. More realistic.
Thanks Shawn and yep makes total sense.
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Another very impressive bunch of Space Marines my friend.
The fake fur looks great and the weathering is top notch.
Excellent work as always.
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Another very impressive bunch of Space Marines my friend.
The fake fur looks great and the weathering is top notch.
Excellent work as always.
Thanks so much buddy.
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I don't know much about the Necrons from Warhammer 40k the Necron were once flesh and blood beings and over time they became robotic, The flayed ones were cursed and now crave flesh which they can’t eat so the wear the skins of there enemies over their bodies.
Necron Flayed Ones - 7"
Recipe.
Necron - is from Mcfarlane Toys and I removed the figures and added blades using plastic card and the legs were cut and extra length added by using plastic card and plastic rod. I repainted the figure by giving it a black prime and then painted it silver then used GW Agrax Earthshade to tone it down then lightly dry brushed it with silver to add some highlights.
The skin was done by spreading out PVA glue on non stick cooking paper and once dry in was painted flesh tones on both sides. I then mixed some PVA glue, Red Gore paint and Matt black paint and mixed it together and applied to one side of the skin and then attached to the figure.
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Wow, nice and gruesome. That skin is eriely real looking. Off to the front pages.
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That turned out really well, Ron. Good job with the skin bits.
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Wow, nice and gruesome. That skin is eriely real looking. Off to the front pages.
Thanks so much Shawn and the PVA glue works great for skin.
That turned out really well, Ron. Good job with the skin bits.
Thanks Heaps buddy.
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While I’m waiting for some 3-3/4” sci-fi figures to arrive from JOYTOY I decided I’d make a patrol ship for them.
The ship so far is around 34 inches long and is made using foam board, I still have heaps of work to do as it will have full interior and complete exterior details. In the pics from left to right is the bridge, quarters/mess, cargo/airlock and engine room.
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Now this is gonna be awesome and huge. Nice Ron.
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Now this is gonna be awesome and huge. Nice Ron.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and I was going to do it for 1:12 scale figures but it would have been 3.5 meters long so I had to scale it down LOL.
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I too, like the size we are dealing with here. Lots of space to work with.
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I too, like the size we are dealing with here. Lots of space to work with.
Thanks Clint, the space will be a little less once the interior walls go up but there will still be heaps left.
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This is going to be cool! I like the scale and am really looking forward to how it progresses.
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This is going to be cool! I like the scale and am really looking forward to how it progresses.
Thanks so much mate and I'm really enjoying this build as I don't have any dead lines to complete it and the JOYTOY figures are coming from China so they will be while yet before I get them.
I also will be having one side so that the ship walls will be removable as once it's completed I want to start doing a few short toy photography stories which will be a first for me.
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That is an awesome start on a cool dio.
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That is an awesome start on a cool dio.
Thanks heaps JT.
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This is going to be cool! I like the scale and am really looking forward to how it progresses.
Thanks so much mate and I'm really enjoying this build as I don't have any dead lines to complete it and the JOYTOY figures are coming from China so they will be while yet before I get them.
I also will be having one side so that the ship walls will be removable as once it's completed I want to start doing a few short toy photography stories which will be a first for me.
Ron
That's great. I look forward to the photo - stories. It will be cool to see what you come up with.
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Cheers mate and I want he story to revolve around the crew of the patrol ship and have them fight different enemies but they will all be human enemies no aliens at all. The patrol ship will be called The VAMPIRE from the UEM -United Earth Military.
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Terminator head 1:1 scale.
Recipe.
The head is 3D printed and was printed by the same friend that printed the 1:1 Vader head, I used Vallejo paints on it and the blood is Flat Red, Matt Black and clear resin mixed together and then applied.
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Jurassic World Extinction 1:12 scale.
Recipe.
The Raptor is from Mattel and is from the Amber Collection series and I repainted it using Vallejo paints.
The building is an older build which I did for a Batman figure which I sold and had the dio sitting in the cupboard so I decided to pull it out and use it for JW Extinction dio. I cleaned the dio up and then added a little bit more weathering to it and removed the light pole and added vines which I got off ebay. The ground debri is a mix of thin sticks dried grass and leaves mixed in a blender and then applied to the base.
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Its chilling how real this is. I shudder to think we have scientists probably trying to bring these back too. Eerie I tell you! Nice that working light Ron.
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Now, your Terminator Head is gruesome in the right way too. Spot on. I loved your Vader head and this one is great too. Just stellar paint work.
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Its chilling how real this is. I shudder to think we have scientists probably trying to bring these back too. Eerie I tell you! Nice that working light Ron.
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Now, your Terminator Head is gruesome in the right way too. Spot on. I loved your Vader head and this one is great too. Just stellar paint work.
Off to share that one too.
Hey Shawn,
Yeah I was stoked with the way the raptor dio turned out and the Terminator was a bit harder to get the skin tone but my mate is very happy with the way he turned out and thanks heaps mate.
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Ron, That Terminator head turned out really well - so very realistic. But...I love that 'raptor dio. The paint job is outstanding and it just all fits together so well - don't miss Batman at all :)
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Ron, That Terminator head turned out really well - so very realistic. But...I love that 'raptor dio. The paint job is outstanding and it just all fits together so well - don't miss Batman at all :)
Thanks so much buddy and yeah I was 100% happy with the way it all blended in together and totally agree with you mate Batman who LOL.
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Ghostbusters 1:12.
Recipe.
Figures/ghost - the GB's are from Hasbro and the ghost is a dinosaur skeleton which I took the back legs off and covered it with PVA glue mixed with green paint. The plasma streams are just wire repainted and can be removed to display the figures without them as with the ghost it can also be removed.
The diorama is made using foam and I carved the brick work and pavement using a sharp pencil, the fire booster was made using dowel, plastic parts form the parts bin. The lights work and are just book lights and the safety poles are dowel and the roller door is corrugated cardboard, I painted and weathered the dio using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
The rubbish bins were made using cardboard tube and corrugated cardboard and plastic rod for the handles.
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Ron this looks real. Man, from the concrete to the bricks to the lighting this is just top notch. Wow.
Off to share this on the front pages. It turned into Hemble Day here at the Yards.
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Amazing! Everything about this diorama is outstanding. It feels so real. All the little detail is just top notch. I also really love how you created the ghost - it is appropriately scary. Great job on this!
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This is amazing mate, I love the detail on this! Can I ask, what are the measurements of the bins? Thinking of making a couple for my current build.
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Ron this looks real. Man, from the concrete to the bricks to the lighting this is just top notch. Wow.
Off to share this on the front pages. It turned into Hemble Day here at the Yards.
Thanks heaps Shawn and damn it happened again with me replying to everyone and vanishing, I really got to re-check my setting again.
Amazing! Everything about this diorama is outstanding. It feels so real. All the little detail is just top notch. I also really love how you created the ghost - it is appropriately scary. Great job on this!
Thanks so much buddy.
This is amazing mate, I love the detail on this! Can I ask, what are the measurements of the bins? Thinking of making a couple for my current build.
Thanks so much mate and the bins are 2.1" H x 1.9 W
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Yeah, I haven't had that happen to me since I upgraded the forums software while dealing with some photo issues. Sorry it did to you. I am about half wondering if our ISP Host Server is the issue. I am gonna make some inquiries.
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Yeah, I haven't had that happen to me since I upgraded the forums software while dealing with some photo issues. Sorry it did to you. I am about half wondering if our ISP Host Server is the issue. I am gonna make some inquiries.
Hey Shawn, mate it's not the sever or anything like that stupid me got a brand new laptop and didn't tick the correct boxes when dealing with the internet, I went in last night and did it so hopefully it will be all good now.
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It is great to see some Ghostbusters stuff her on ISY.
The dio looks phenomenal. The lighting is icing on the cake.
Excellent work as always.
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It is great to see some Ghostbusters stuff her on ISY.
The dio looks phenomenal. The lighting is icing on the cake.
Excellent work as always.
Thanks so much buddy.
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The Ghost who walks 7"
Recipe.
The Phantom - is from Neca and I repainted him using Vallejo Paints and Game Workshop paints, the holsters were made using pleather and the pistols are resin prints.
Base - is made using foam board and the chair is made using high density foam and the skulls are resin prints and then the chair/skulls were covered using spakfilla and then painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints.
The fire pits were made using resin skulls and cardboard for the dishes and the skulls were also covered is spakfilla and then they were painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints. The flames were done using Woodland Scenics Water Effects and once dry I peeled them off the non stick paper and then painted them on the flat side to give them a fire look to them and I added LED's which come up thru the base and between the skulls and the coal is kitty litter which was painted black and then weathered using pastel chalks.
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Awesome Ron. Off to the front pages. Man this is nice. Thanks for sharing.
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Awesome Ron. Off to the front pages. Man this is nice. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much Shawn.
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Phantom looks great! You did a great job with the throne and the paint job and lights on the flames is really incredible. Boss Fight Studios has a license agreement with King Syndicate, so they are producing a 3.75" Phantom and Julie Walker - you should check it out (if you haven't already).
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Phantom looks great! You did a great job with the throne and the paint job and lights on the flames is really incredible. Boss Fight Studios has a license agreement with King Syndicate, so they are producing a 3.75" Phantom and Julie Walker - you should check it out (if you haven't already).
Thanks so much buddy and yeah I can't wait to get my hands on them and I think they are also doing Zorro and Tarzan so that will be cool as well.
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The Last Phantom 1:12 scale.
Back story - this version of the Phantom is based of a comic book series and the first pic is what got me inpsired to make this figure. The story behind this version is Kit Walker is the 21st Phantom and decides to hang up the outfit and start a charity organization and spend time with his wife and son and they are murdered and so the 21st Phantom takes up the mantle to avenge his family.
Recipe.
Phantom - The figure is from VToys and I made the belt/holsters from pleather and the buckle is a resin mould copy from NECA's Phantom. The boots are from a Marvel Mr Fantastic figure and the pistols were printed in resin by a friend of mine and I used Games workshops Mechrite Red to cover the figure.
Base - is from a craft store and the tree's are dead branches which were soaked in methylated spirits to stop the rotting and the rock is real as well. The ground work was done using watered down spakfilla and sand and then applying it and while still wet I covered it with dried garden mulch. Once dry I then painted the ground with Vallejo's Chocolate brown and then applied a mix of mulched up sticks and leaves .
The vines I picked up of ebay and the leafy plants are from the pet shop and the shrubs are grass tufts with fine leaf foliage applied to the tops of then.
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Looks spot on with your reference image. Nice work Ron.
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Looks spot on with your reference image. Nice work Ron.
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Thanks so much Shawn
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He turned out really well. I was never a fan of this particular storyline, but your rendition of the figure hits the mark precisely. I bet the paint job was a challenge on this one, but it looks really good.
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He turned out really well. I was never a fan of this particular storyline, but your rendition of the figure hits the mark precisely. I bet the paint job was a challenge on this one, but it looks really good.
Thanks so much buddy and the I haven't read the comics for The Last Phantom but have been trying to tack down them so I can read them. Actually the paint job on this was the easiest thing I had to do I just had to make sure I did go over board with the thickness.
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The Phantom, Devil and Hero.
Recipe.
Figures - The Phantom is from Neca and I picked up a body suit from GPSlot on Ebay and I picked up a light grey body suit and dyed it purple and then dry brushed it with a lighter purple to bring out the muscles. Devil is a 3D print my mate printed for me and Hero is from Breyer and was brown and I painted it white and then washed it with greys and then dry brushed it with white. The saddle and reins are also from Breyer and I had to cut the reins to fit on the horse.
Base - is the one I used for my The Last Phantom figure as I didn't have time to make one for these figures.
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Ron your stuff just looks real. Another great one.
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This is awesome! I cant wait to have the BFS Phatom to work you on a dio just like this. Very inspiring o/
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Ron your stuff just looks real. Another great one.
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Thanks so much Shawn.
This is awesome! I cant wait to have the BFS Phatom to work you on a dio just like this. Very inspiring o/
Thanks heaps mate and yeah they are excellent figures.
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That's awesome! The Breyer horse turned out well and Devil is really outstanding.
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That's awesome! The Breyer horse turned out well and Devil is really outstanding.
Thanks so much buddy.
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Frankenstein's Monster - 1:12 scale.
Note - I've added a pic of what the original figure looked like at the end.
Recipe.
Monster - is from Jada Toys and I repainted and weathered him using Vallejo Paints, I painted the clothing all black and painted the skin to give it a green/yellow hue. I added a metal brace and straps on the left wrist using plastic card and I mixed some red/black paint with some clear resin to simulate blood.
Base - the base is high density foam and I craved the stone work using a pencil and then I used a piece of stand stone and pressed it into the foam. The door and floor were made using balsa wood and the bolts and handle bracket on the door is plastic card and the handle is a metal O-ring.
The dirty blanket is a dried baby wipe and I just painted with German field grey and then a very light wash of brown. The shackles come with the figure but I cut one set in half and made brackets for them with plastic card and small metal O-rings.
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Wow Ron. I had been wondering what you were up too.
I can see you are still working your magic. Nice.
Love the shackles.
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Wow Ron. I had been wondering what you were up too.
I can see you are still working your magic. Nice.
Love the shackles.
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Thanks so much Shawn and back into it which is great as I've missed building and painting.
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Awesome work as always pal!
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Awesome work as always pal!
Thanks so much buddy.
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Dracula display and figure completed.
Note - last pic is what Dracula looks like out of package.
Recipe.
Dracula - is from Jada Toys and I repainted him using Vallejo and GW paints and I made the face more fleshly/white instead of the complete white which he came as.
Base - is high density foam and I carved the stones walls/floor and stairs using a pencil, the door is balsa wood with plastic card for the bolts and door handle and the wall torch is made using plastic parts from the bits box.
The flame is Woodland Scenics Water Effects and once dry I painted the flat side with orange/yellow/red/white and the spider webs are pieces of cotton ripped apart and glued in place. The coffin is made using cardboard and balsa wood and the white fabric inside is tissue paper which was secured with watered down PVA glue and then painted white.
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Exquisite Dracula scene, Ron
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Ron, you just do good work. Period.
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I think I am on customs overload right now. So much gorgeous work shared here the past few days.
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Exquisite Dracula scene, Ron
Thanks heaps buddy.
Ron, you just do good work. Period.
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I think I am on customs overload right now. So much gorgeous work shared here the past few days.
Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah I have a lot of catching up to do looking at everyones work.
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3rd Legion Trooper - Lunar Wars.
This was a simple custom to do which is just a repaint and custom base. I have added a before and after picture of the figure.
Recipe.
Figure - is from Joytoy and I decided to repaint it white with blue offsets using Vallejo Paints and the decals are from 1:20 scale Maschinen Krieger kit.
Base - is an old action figure base and the large rocks are pieces of high density foam ripped apart and glued on and then I used a mix of spakfilla/sand and applied it and then used kitty litter for the smaller rocks. Once the ground work was dry I then painted and weathered the rocks and ground using Vallejo Paints.
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Stargate Diorama roughly 1:56 scale.
Recipe.
Jaffa - the miniatures are downloaded from myminifactory and made by Monstrous Encounters and I printed them off with my resin printer. Here is the link https://www.myminifactory.com/.../3d-print-sg-royal-guard... these are 32mm and 28mm miniatures and resized them to 1:56 scale. I have also resized some to 1:35 scale and the details even up sizing are awesome, I painted them using Vallejo Paints.
Base - is a piece of foam with balsa wood sides, the Stargate is a resin print I did and the monoliths and statues are from some spare 1:6 scale Indiana Jones Map room diorama I have had lying around.
The stairs were done using foam and the floor was done by using a pencil and drawing them in the the main base foam, the said is a mix of spakfilla/sand.
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This is absolutely awesome mate, well done!
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Absolutely awesome Ron.
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This is absolutely awesome mate, well done!
Thanks so much Richard.
Absolutely awesome Ron.
I had to get this one on the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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“… starring Richard Dean Anderson!” ;)
This is fantastic!
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“… starring Richard Dean Anderson!” ;)
This is fantastic!
Thanks heaps buddy and yeah RDA really made the series and I loved his cocky attitude.
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Ron,
I've been A.W.O.L. for a while. Let me just say that your latest customs have been great. I really like the monster dioramas - they are great. Nice paint work and detailing. The JoyToy repaint is fantastic! Your Stargate is amazing. I love that you are printing figures now. Really amazing job.
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Ron,
I've been A.W.O.L. for a while. Let me just say that your latest customs have been great. I really like the monster dioramas - they are great. Nice paint work and detailing. The JoyToy repaint is fantastic! Your Stargate is amazing. I love that you are printing figures now. Really amazing job.
Thank so much buddy and yeah I should have gotten a 3D printer years ago as there is so much out there to print.
Ron
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First build done for 2022 and hopefully many more to come.
1:18 scale German 88mm Gun.
Recipe.
Figures/88mm - the figures are from Joytoy and I glued the joints and then covered them with putty and then painted them using Vallejo Paints. The 88mm is from I Love Kit and was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and chalk pastels.
Base - is high density foam and is 17" L x 12" W and the small shed and wall were done by using high density foam and then using a pencil and drawing in the stone work and then a piece of sandstone was pressed into the stone work to give it a more realistic look.
The frame work inside the shed was done using balsa wood and the tiles are done using cardboard and the wooden ammo crates were made using balsa wood, the spent shells I are 3D resin printed which I got off the internet.
The ground work was done by mixing spakfilla, sand and mulched bark and then some Vallejo Chocolate Brown was mixed in to give it a more dirt look. The grass is grass tufts which I got from ebay and the small bushes are from Woodland Scenics as is the vines.
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Ron daggone this looks real! Man, so fantastic.
I mean the 88mm was their go to. Dealing with 155mm while I was in the service myself I can appreciate all the effort that went into this, from the shell casings to the guard on the gun. I mean just awesome Ron.
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Gotta love the vines
1/18 scale 88! What a monster…. Never seen a kit of it in that scale before.
Looks stunning, Ron. The figures turned out high and tight.
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Wow Ron, that is an amazing build. It looks so very realistic. The shed is great - did you use cardboard for the tiles? The figures look great, the gun looks amazing, the landscape is phenomenal.
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Ron daggone this looks real! Man, so fantastic.
I mean the 88mm was their go to. Dealing with 155mm while I was in the service myself I can appreciate all the effort that went into this, from the shell casings to the guard on the gun. I mean just awesome Ron.
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Thanks so much Shawn and yeah the 88mm was a formidable weapon that was for sure and this kit is just amazing to build and I didn't even use the front/rear bogies which would have made the dio even bigger lol.
Gotta love the vines
1/18 scale 88! What a monster…. Never seen a kit of it in that scale before.
Looks stunning, Ron. The figures turned out high and tight.
Love that shed
Thanks very much Clint and I believe Ultimate Soldier made a prebuilt and pre painted 88mm for the 1:18 scale figures and this is the biggest WW2 kit I have ever built but I do have a 1:16 Tiger Tank kit I got for xmas and she is big LOL.
Wow Ron, that is an amazing build. It looks so very realistic. The shed is great - did you use cardboard for the tiles? The figures look great, the gun looks amazing, the landscape is phenomenal.
Thank you so much buddy and yeah the roof tiles are cardboard and I'm very happy with the way the whole dio turned out.
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Awesome work again. Yeah that 88 looks great in 1/18. Very detailed. The shack and groundwork is incredible as well.
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Awesome work again. Yeah that 88 looks great in 1/18. Very detailed. The shack and groundwork is incredible as well.
Thanks so much JD and I am starting a 1:16 Tiger Tank very soon and this thing is huge.
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Awesome work again. Yeah that 88 looks great in 1/18. Very detailed. The shack and groundwork is incredible as well.
Thanks so much JD and I am starting a 1:16 Tiger Tank very soon and this thing is huge.
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Damn i bet it is huge! Im looking forward to what you end up doing with it. A lot of possibilities.
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Awesome work again. Yeah that 88 looks great in 1/18. Very detailed. The shack and groundwork is incredible as well.
Thanks so much JD and I am starting a 1:16 Tiger Tank very soon and this thing is huge.
Ron
Damn i bet it is huge! Im looking forward to what you end up doing with it. A lot of possibilities.
It sure is and I was shocked on big it is and I've made some big pieces over the years but I think this is going to look awesome once it's all done.
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Ghostbusters diorama.
Recipe.
Figures/Ecto-1 - the figures are 3D resin printed and I picked the up from POP Minis https://www.myminifactory.com/users/PopMinis and the Ecto-1 is from Vivid Toys, I painted the figures and Ecto-1 with Vallejo Paints.
Base - is high density foam and the building is made using foam/cardboard and plastic card, the antenna's are made using thin plastic rod and the foot path is foam with the sections marked out in pencil and the fire hydrant is a resin 3D print I got of Thingiverse.
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That is super fun:) Really, it looks great. The scale looks small, so your details on the paint job are amazing. Ecto-1 is awesome. I'm glad you put Slimer in there too.
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I agree just some awesome small detail paint work here. Looks fantastic Ron.
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That is super fun:) Really, it looks great. The scale looks small, so your details on the paint job are amazing. Ecto-1 is awesome. I'm glad you put Slimer in there too.
Thanks so much buddy and the scale is roughly 1:50 scale and the Vivid Toys Ecto-1 is a great cartoony version and the figures work perfectly with it and yeah I'm glad I put Slimer on the roof as it the perfect spot for him.
Ron
I agree just some awesome small detail paint work here. Looks fantastic Ron.
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Thanks heaps Shawn.
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Very nice!
Thanks MM.
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Buzz Lightyear 7".
Recipe.
Buzz - was made using a Spartan MKV from Jazware and the head is from Tecotoys and is a 1:35 scale 3D print and I just resized it to 7" scale. I decided to go with a jetpack and have the rockets on the end and rockets/thrusters on the bottom of the pack which were all made using Lego parts. The dome is from a UFO from Pegasus models and is from the Alpha Centauri 1:32 kit and I used plastic card for the edging and the laser on his right arm is from a 1:18 scale gun.
Base - is from a Bandai 1:144 scale Millennium Falcon kit and the ground work was done using a plaster mould for the large rock from Woodland Scenics and the smaller rocks I used kitty litter and the dirt is a mix of spakfilla and sand.
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That is the first realistic version of him I have ever seen. Man, he looks great Ron.
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Hell yeah that's awesome. Do you have a 3d printer?
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That is downright awesome! I really like the proportions on him. Very creative use of different parts to make this build so excellent looking. The paint job is great, too.
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The realistic style Buzz Lightyear looks phenomenal.
Excellent work my friend.
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That is the first realistic version of him I have ever seen. Man, he looks great Ron.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and no posts lost mate and thanks for your great work.
That is downright awesome! I really like the proportions on him. Very creative use of different parts to make this build so excellent looking. The paint job is great, too.
Thanks so much buddy.
The realistic style Buzz Lightyear looks phenomenal.
Excellent work my friend.
Thanks very much mate.
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Pirate Smurf.
Recipe.
Smurf/house/items - the smurf is Grumpy form Jakks Pacific and I added the eye patch and belt using pleather and the buckle is from a 1:12 rifle. The mushroom house is from Scheilch and I removed the back so you can add the figure and see inside better and the table and chairs on the bottom floor and top floor are made from balsa wood and the dock/flag pole are also balsa wood and the flag I did using PSP and the items like ships/barrel/bottles/weapons/candles/lantern/ship wheel and shells are all 3D printed
Base - is high density foam and the sand is a mix of spakfilla and dirt and once applied to the base I sprinkled fine sand over it. The low tide water was done using clear resin and the palm tree was done using a thick piece of dowel and then I wrapped string around it and the palms are just cheap ferns I got from the two dollar shop.
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Freaking awesome Ron, but now I have the theme song stuck in my head.
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Now, does he make Brainy Smurf walk the plank or just launch him like all the other smurfs do?
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That is really phenomenal. I love all the little bits (like the ship in the barrel - that's my favorite) and the paint job is great. The balsa wood additions look really good, the Dock looks really good. Just plain old fun!
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Freaking awesome Ron, but now I have the theme song stuck in my head.
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Now, does he make Brainy Smurf walk the plank or just launch him like all the other smurfs do?
Thanks so much Shawn and now that is a great idea about walking the blank, I might have to see what I can come with LOL
That is really phenomenal. I love all the little bits (like the ship in the barrel - that's my favorite) and the paint job is great. The balsa wood additions look really good, the Dock looks really good. Just plain old fun!
Thanks so much buddy and I still love scratch building but having a 3D sure helps with thing line the small sail ships.
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Smurf Trek.
This was a commission for a friend.
Recipe.
Smurfs/Tribbles - are from Jakks Pacific and I repainted them using Vallejo Paints and I printed off the emblems and cut them out and glued them on. The phasers/tricorders/communicators are from Mezco One:12 Star Trek figures and the tribbles are just small fur balls from the craft store which I dry brushed.
Base - is high density foam and the dirt is a mix of spakfilla/dirt/sand and applied and once dry it was painted and the mushrooms were printed using my 3D printer and the tall fury plant stems I removed from some plastic ferns I use for Endor diorama.
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Haha this is brilliant, Ron! ;D
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This is amazing Ron. Got that song in my head again thanks! La La La La La.
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That's a great mash up! Brilliant job on these. The paint job is excellent. Just plain fun. And thanks Tamer, now I have the Smurf song stuck in my head.
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Thats awesome! Great mashup with smurf trek, the terrain looks like something from star trek and or smurfs too.
That pirate smurf diorama is really awesome too. I like the hut. Great job on these
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Haha this is brilliant, Ron! ;D
Thanks heaps DM.
This is amazing Ron. Got that song in my head again thanks! La La La La La.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and I got the song Star Trekkin in my head while I was making it LOL.
That's a great mash up! Brilliant job on these. The paint job is excellent. Just plain fun. And thanks Tamer, now I have the Smurf song stuck in my head.
Cheers buddy and yeah it's great when you get people to ask you to make non SW/Indiana Jones things as it lets you do what ever you want.
Thats awesome! Great mashup with smurf trek, the terrain looks like something from star trek and or smurfs too.
That pirate smurf diorama is really awesome too. I like the hut. Great job on these
Thanks heaps JD and I have a two more smurf huts I have to do for a client so they are going to be fun to do.
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Gotham by Gaslight Batman display/diorama 1:12 scale.
Recipe.
Batman - is from Noir Toyz and I repainted his heads/hands/boots/belt and his pants.
Base - the house is built using foam board, balsa wood, cardboard and plastic tube and the door knocker and door handle are from some cheap jewellery chains and I used a pencil to do all the stone work on the building and base.
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Wow this looks great! The building is excellent.
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Wow Ron. This is perfect if you ask me. I remember watching that anime just awhile back.
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Wow this looks great! The building is excellent.
Thanks so much JD.
Wow Ron. This is perfect if you ask me. I remember watching that anime just awhile back.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and I watched that same one and that's what gave me the idea especially after seeing the figure.
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That's really cool, Ron. I love the way Batman turned out. The design is cool and I like your paint modifications. The building is great. I really like the door handle and the railings.
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That's really cool, Ron. I love the way Batman turned out. The design is cool and I like your paint modifications. The building is great. I really like the door handle and the railings.
Thanks so much buddy and yeah the Batman is a great figure and comes with two other alternate heads and other alternate hands as well.
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The Phantom 2040, 1:10 scale.
Here is a link about the 24th Phantom, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_2040][url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_2040 (http://[url)[/url]
Recipe,
Phantom - is from NECA is from the Defenders of the Earth series, I removed his forearms and gave him gauntlets form the calf armour sections of the Bandai Deathtrooper.
The belt was also removed and replaced with armour from a Games of Throne Brienne of Tarth figure and the buckle is some plastic card sanded to an oval shape and I then painted the skull and the weapons are made from the barrels of the Deathtrooper rifle.
Base - is high density foam and given a watered down wash of tail polish to give the stone a real weathered look caused by acid rain. The dead vines are roots I got form the local bush and let them dry out and the small dark grass tufts are from Gamers Grass and the dirt is a mix of spakfilla/sand/mulch mixed with Vallejo's Chocolate Brown.
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Still working the magic Ron. Awesome.
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I really like how that one turned out! I mean REALLY. The modifications really make him fit the 2040 vibe. Nice work.
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Still working the magic Ron. Awesome.
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Thanks heaps Shawn.
I really like how that one turned out! I mean REALLY. The modifications really make him fit the 2040 vibe. Nice work.
Thanks buddy and yeah I prefer the muscle style Phantom then the tall lanky style they have in the cartoon.
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The Phantom - Modern Version 1:12 scale.
I got the inspiration for this figure when I saw a picture done by Gasa979 over on DeviantArt which is the last pic.
Recipe.
The Phantom - the figure is a knock off of Mezco's Black Panther figure and I decided instead of going exactly like Gasa979'S picture I kept the whole body and gave him a belt and holster made from pleather.
The pistols are resin prints and the buckle is from the Neca Defenders of the Earths Phantom. For the mask I decided to give him half face mask which I cut the lower face section off and added a lower face from a Superman Kingdom come figure and the hands are from a TBLeague Phicen figure and the skull rings are cut from some Games Workshop Spacemarines miniatures and the good mark ring is just some solid round plastic card.
Base - the base came with the knock off figure and the stone work is high density foam cut and sanded and I used a pencil to carve the floor and the Phantom writing. The grass tufts are from Gamers Grass and the dirt is a mix of spakfilla/sand/mulch and Vallejo's Chocolate brown.
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He looks great, Ron. Are you going to try and find a necklace for him? You did some really good work cutting and adding small parts to make him look good (half a Superman face - that's dedication :) ). I like him. 2040 Phantom is still my favorite though.
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I did get this on the front page yesterday. Don't know why I didn't comment. It looks great Ron. Magic yet again.
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He looks great, Ron. Are you going to try and find a necklace for him? You did some really good work cutting and adding small parts to make him look good (half a Superman face - that's dedication :) ). I like him. 2040 Phantom is still my favorite though.
Thanks so much bud and I actually removed the necklace that was on him as it reminded me to much of the Black Panther and I really liked the 2040 cartoon but the only thing I couldn't get use to was how tall and lanky the characters were.
I did get this on the front page yesterday. Don't know why I didn't comment. It looks great Ron. Magic yet again.
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Thanks as always Shawn.
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He looks great, Ron. Are you going to try and find a necklace for him? You did some really good work cutting and adding small parts to make him look good (half a Superman face - that's dedication :) ). I like him. 2040 Phantom is still my favorite though.
Thanks so much bud and I actually removed the necklace that was on him as it reminded me to much of the Black Panther and I really liked the 2040 cartoon but the only thing I couldn't get use to was how tall and lanky the characters were.
Ah...I get that. I do agree with you, the skinny, tall characters were a bit too stylized for me. I still really like the character design, so to see you do it more "heroic" was pretty cool.
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He looks great, Ron. Are you going to try and find a necklace for him? You did some really good work cutting and adding small parts to make him look good (half a Superman face - that's dedication :) ). I like him. 2040 Phantom is still my favorite though.
Thanks so much bud and I actually removed the necklace that was on him as it reminded me to much of the Black Panther and I really liked the 2040 cartoon but the only thing I couldn't get use to was how tall and lanky the characters were.
Ah...I get that. I do agree with you, the skinny, tall characters were a bit too stylized for me. I still really like the character design, so to see you do it more "heroic" was pretty cool.
Cheers buddy.
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Lightyear XL-15, 5" scale.
NOTE - The last pic is what it looked out of the box before painting.
Recipe - the XL-15 is from Mattel and I removed the cockpit jump up mechanism and made a back seat using foam board and added new hand controls using wire and plastic rod and added a few bits and pieces from the parts box. I added marking and the extra number 15 to the ship using stencils I made and I then repainted and weathered the ship using Vallejo Paints.
Base - is a piece of high density foam and I added lights using small round Gundam lights and the covers are lids from superglue bottles and the step ladder was made using plastic rod. The red piece of equipment was made using a crystal grade container from another Lightyear figure and the cylinders and used asthma sprays and the hoses are electrical cord with the wiring pulled out.
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I knew this ship would make for good customs. So awesome Ron.
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Bravo on that flight deck too.
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This is sweet Ron! I love the weathering. I haven't seen this yet in the wild and Amazon US says it won't start shipping until May 18th, so I'm a bit jealous that you already have it in hand for modification. And yet...I can't think of a better person to customize it, either. Excellent work.
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I knew this ship would make for good customs. So awesome Ron.
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Bravo on that flight deck too.
Thanks so much Shawn and yeah with a little addons and alterations it would suit the smaller 1:12 figures for sure.
This is sweet Ron! I love the weathering. I haven't seen this yet in the wild and Amazon US says it won't start shipping until May 18th, so I'm a bit jealous that you already have it in hand for modification. And yet...I can't think of a better person to customize it, either. Excellent work.
Thanks heaps buddy and I just walked into the local shopping centre and they had it and a lot of the characters as well so I had to scoop it up along with a few figures.
Ron
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Awesome work! A great ship design. Been seeing the figures and smaller scale ships but still not seeing this scale anywhere
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Awesome work! A great ship design. Been seeing the figures and smaller scale ships but still not seeing this scale anywhere
Thanks heaps Raylen and yeah it funny that some countries get certain things then others as I'm still trying to find all the smaller ships but keeping seeing the same two everytime.
Ron
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Awesome work! A great ship design. Been seeing the figures and smaller scale ships but still not seeing this scale anywhere
Lol just found it today! Passed up for two reasons. One: headed to ICC Con and secondly.... wow, its a bit bigger than i expected. I know the scale if not 1:18 but a little concerned it dwarfs an Xwing and similar ships. However, if i dont start seeing some SW (other than a Lando army) in stores i may bite. Picked up my first JP figure today.
Thanks heaps Raylen and yeah it funny that some countries get certain things then others as I'm still trying to find all the smaller ships but keeping seeing the same two everytime.
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Awesome work! A great ship design. Been seeing the figures and smaller scale ships but still not seeing this scale anywhere
Lol just found it today! Passed up for two reasons. One: headed to ICC Con and secondly.... wow, its a bit bigger than i expected. I know the scale if not 1:18 but a little concerned it dwarfs an Xwing and similar ships. However, if i dont start seeing some SW (other than a Lando army) in stores i may bite. Picked up my first JP figure today.
Thanks heaps Raylen and yeah it funny that some countries get certain things then others as I'm still trying to find all the smaller ships but keeping seeing the same two everytime.
Ron
Yeah she is on the large size but I've been thinking 4" figures would suit it way better as they should be the right scale for it and good luck at the Con.
Ron
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Buzz Lightyear in Alpha suit 5" scale in Toy Story colours.
Note - I have added a pic at the start so you can see what he looked like before painting.
Recipe.
Buzz - is the figure that comes with the XL-15 that I repainted a few weeks ago and I decided to paint him and the jet pack up in Toy Story colours. I added the Space Ranger and name tag using my printer and the laser barrel is a piece of plastic and the laser beam is a light saber blade from a 3-3/4" Hasbro Darth Vader figure.
Once the figure and jet pack were painted I drilled out holes from the exhaust and then added clear rods and once dry attached him to the base and then added smoke using cotton wool which was ripped/pulled apart.
Base - is a plastic base I got from a 1/6 scale figure and I made the rocks by pulling/ripping apart foam and then gluing the to the base and the mud is a mix of spakfilla/sand/dirt mixed together and applied to the base.
Once the ground work was dry I painted it as well as the rocks and then applied the grass tufts which are from Gamers Grass and then I applied clear resin to give it a more soggy swap look.
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Wow Ron, this turned out fantastic! Man, love the jetpack action and firing laser here.
You really turned this whole 5 inch offering into an awesome work of art!
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Buzz looks great! The paint job is excellent. I love the rocket smoke and laser beam.
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Wow Ron, this turned out fantastic! Man, love the jetpack action and firing laser here.
You really turned this whole 5 inch offering into an awesome work of art!
Time to take this to the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn and for a kids/family and yes adult movie Mattel have done such a great job on detailing these figures, they just need a good paint job.
Buzz looks great! The paint job is excellent. I love the rocket smoke and laser beam.
Thanks heaps buddy.
Ron
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Lightyear in X-01 flight suit 12" repaint.
Recipe.
Lightyear - is from Mattel and is 12" tall and I painted him using Vallejo Paints and I took some custom repaint liberties on him as there wasn't any or not clear enough pics that I could find and I have put two pics to show what he looks like before painting.
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That looks really excellent. It's amazing how much better the figure is with just some good paint applications.
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You made this look so much better. Man, wow. Comments on the front pages.
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That looks really excellent. It's amazing how much better the figure is with just some good paint applications.
Thanks heaps Jeff and yeah the details on these figures is actually excellent and as you said it just needs a good paint app to bring them out.
You made this look so much better. Man, wow. Comments on the front pages.
Thanks so much Shawn.
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XL-15 Maintenance, 1:72 scale.
Recipe.
XL-15 & Figures - the XL-15 is from Mattel's Hyper speed series, the Buzz that comes with the ship is to big so I looked at a few pics and figured it was about a 1:72 scale ship. I had to make a new cockpit which I did using plastic card and rod and then I repainted and weathered it using Vallejo Paints.
The figures are from Preiser and these were WW2 German tank crew so I had to remove the heads as they had caps on and replaced them with heads with hair and then sanded away the German tank uniform and the ladder was completely scratch built using plastic card and rod.
Base - is a piece of high density foam cut to shape and I then used a pencil to mark out the tarmac sections, I then painted and weathered it using Vallejo Paints. The two hoses are just thin electrical wire and the hose connection is from a German WW2 tank and the two piece with aerials on the are from an old Star Wars figure.
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Ron this looks fantatsic. I mean wow.
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That's brilliant, Ron! I love the weathering and the ladder turned out really fantastic. Adding the ground crew was a great touch, they look great.
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Ron this looks fantatsic. I mean wow.
Off to share on the front pages!
Thanks so much Shawn.
That's brilliant, Ron! I love the weathering and the ladder turned out really fantastic. Adding the ground crew was a great touch, they look great.
Thanks heaps Jeff and I was actually going to paint it and have it on a stand but when I got it I thought a diorama would be way better.
Ron
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German King Tiger WW2 - 1:72 scale.
Recipe.
Tank/Figures - are both from Dragon Models and were painted using Vallejo Paints and the tank was weathered with Pastel Chalks.
Base - is an old father's day present my son gave me a few ago which use to be a key holder. The ground is a mix spafilla/sand/brown paint and once dry was given a few washes of beige brown and then dry brushed a medium brown.
The stone fence is metal which I've had for years and I think it was an AB figures product, the static grass is from my local hobby shop and the grass tufts are from Army Painter and the bushes and trees are from Woodland Scenics.
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You can read my comments on the front pages. Magic I say, magic!
Just looks real Ron.
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You can read my comments on the front pages. Magic I say, magic!
Just looks real Ron.
As always thanks so much Shawn.
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I love the paint job on that King Tiger! That's awesome. The landscape is excellent. It looks so realistic. I can totally imagine a scene just like this somewhere in France.
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I love the paint job on that King Tiger! That's awesome. The landscape is excellent. It looks so realistic. I can totally imagine a scene just like this somewhere in France.
Hey Jeff, thanks heaps mate and sorry for the late reply buddy for some strange reason I'm not emails to say I have replies.
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Fallschirmjagers and Pak 40 Anzio 1944,1:35 scale.
Recipe.
Figures/Pak 40 - are from Dragon Models and built straight out of the box and were painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
Base - is high density foam cut to shape and the ground work is a mix of spakfilla/sand/dirt and then painted and weathered. The stone wall and stones are kitty litter and the grass tufts are from Army painter and the small bushes are from Woodland Scenics dead foliage kit.
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That's great Ron! I really like the color tones in the landscape and I think that stone wall is amazing! Does it take you a long time to assemble a wall like that? I would think it does.
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Another well done diorama, Ron! You make this war come alive, again. Shall it never be forgotten. The wall and crew look very realistic, too!
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I agree with the wall comments. I mean it looks like you just plucked this from time!
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That's great Ron! I really like the color tones in the landscape and I think that stone wall is amazing! Does it take you a long time to assemble a wall like that? I would think it does.
Hey Jeff, thanks heaps buddy and the wall is so easy mate all I did was make a frame using foam board and then used cling wrap(you use it to wrap food in) and shove that into the frame then add the kitty litter shake it then keep adding the litter until you can't then added watered down PVA glue over the litter and then let it dry for 24 hours. After the 24 hours pull the frame apart and the peel off the cling wrap.
Another well done diorama, Ron! You make this war come alive, again. Shall it never be forgotten. The wall and crew look very realistic, too!
Thanks so much DM.
I agree with the wall comments. I mean it looks like you just plucked this from time!
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Thanks very much Shawn.
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That's a brilliant technique Ron, and sure beats building the whole thing piece by piece ;)
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That's a brilliant technique Ron, and sure beats building the whole thing piece by piece ;)
Thanks so much Jeff and I was originally going to do it one piece at a time but thought now ay it will take way to long LOL.
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Sd.kfz 223 Afrika Korps 1:35 scale.
Recipe.
223/figure - the 223 is from Tamiya and built straight out of the box and the cam net is from JoeFix Studios and I cut is to size and added straps using paper. The 223 was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks and the figure is from Dragon and was painted using Vallejo Paints.
Base - is a piece of high density foam and the small rock ledge section was done by using a knife and cutting into the foam. The small rocks are kitty litter, the grass tufts are from Army Painter and the sand is a mix of spakfilla and sand.
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That is outstanding, Ron. I like the addition of the camo net - that's a great bit of detail. The landscape looks good, too. I like the rocky ledge, it looks realistic.
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That is outstanding, Ron. I like the addition of the camo net - that's a great bit of detail. The landscape looks good, too. I like the rocky ledge, it looks realistic.
Hey Jeff,
Thanks heaps buddy and really glad you like it and the kit came with a cam net but it's all plastic and was way to bulky.
Ron
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More magic Ron.
Man that thing looks like it has ridden all over North Africa. Perfect.
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More magic Ron.
Man that thing looks like it has ridden all over North Africa. Perfect.
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Thanks so much Shawn and yeah these armoured cars sure did get around and could take a beating as well.
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Jurassic Park, The hunters become the hunted -1:35 scale.
Recipe.
T-rex/figures and Jeep - The T-rex is from Tamiya, the figures are from Trumpeter and the jeep is from Jada Toys and it was jeep #18 but I thought I'd throe an Easter egg in and change it to #10.
Base - is an old shelf and the diorama base is foam board, I used used a mix of spakfilla/sand/dirt to make the ground work and once applied and dried I used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water to give it a muddy look.
The bushes are from Woodland Scenics and are from their foliage range, the palms/ferns/grass tufts are from Gamers Grass and the spikey plants are plastic plants from a pet shop. The dead tree trunks are pieces of dead branches which I soaked in methylated spirit to kill any bugs and stop them from rotting and the vines were made by pouring thin strips of PVA glue onto non stick paper and then sprinkling Woodland Scenics foliage climbs over them.
The gate was made using foam for the columns and wire for the rebar and plastic rod for the fence section and the gate was made using plastic card and rod and the signs are from ETA Dioramas.
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Man, looks real Ron.
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I recognize some of those artificial plants, but you caught me completely by surprise with the Wrangler! Recently I saw Jada's die-cast version on shelves. I think it's 1/32 scale, right? That's prettay close to 1/35. Ron, you beat that metal up quite a bit! The Jeep and figures look amazing! But somehow I'm blown away by that T-Rex the most this time. Probably because of its seamless body and good proportions. The footage provides a nice change of perspectives. For a predator like this, us humans would be easy prey for sure. I like that theme you depicted here. Don't mess with nature, don't play God. The Jurassic Park movies show that in an ever so impressive way.
This is such a nice tribute to that leitmotif.
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That's a really great combination of lines to provide all the constituent parts. I really like the gate, with the different signs of wear and damage. The PVA glue trick is a great one. I'll have to experiment with that. The landscape is excellent with a wonderful mix of plants. The paint job is outstanding!.
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Man, looks real Ron.
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Thanks heaps Shawn.
I recognize some of those artificial plants, but you caught me completely by surprise with the Wrangler! Recently I saw Jada's die-cast version on shelves. I think it's 1/32 scale, right? That's prettay close to 1/35. Ron, you beat that metal up quite a bit! The Jeep and figures look amazing! But somehow I'm blown away by that T-Rex the most this time. Probably because of its seamless body and good proportions. The footage provides a nice change of perspectives. For a predator like this, us humans would be easy prey for sure. I like that theme you depicted here. Don't mess with nature, don't play God. The Jurassic Park movies show that in an ever so impressive way.
This is such a nice tribute to that leitmotif.
Thanks so much DM and yeah the Jeep is 1/32 and as you said you can get away with it being 1/35, the T-Rex was a real pleasure to to build with only a few gaps that need filling. I was going to have the figures hiding from the T-Rex as it also comes with waking legs but as you mentioned you don't play around with nature and if you do stay away from it, especially dinosaurs.
That's a really great combination of lines to provide all the constituent parts. I really like the gate, with the different signs of wear and damage. The PVA glue trick is a great one. I'll have to experiment with that. The landscape is excellent with a wonderful mix of plants. The paint job is outstanding!.
Thanks so much Jeff and I was a little hesitant to use the Gamers Grass ferns and palms as I've always used MIG plants in the past but I was very pleased with the way they looked once the whole dio came together.
Ron
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Space Wolves Veteran Sergeant 7" scale.
Recipe.
Figure - is form Mcfarlane toys and I have added a pic at the end to show what it looked like before customizing it. The fur is fake fur cut to desired shape and then given a few washes of medium brown, the skull on the chest and on the loin cloth are resin printed as were the skull seals on the shoulder armour. The designs on the shoulder armour were hand drawn using a pencil and then painted.
Base - is high density foam cut to shape and the ground work is a mix of spakfilla and sand and once dry I ground up mulch in a blender and then applied it to the base and once dry I painted it and the snow is watered down spakfilla.
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Wow Ron, that is an outstanding paint job! The fur and printed symbols are fantastic. I really like the way you have snow on the legs. Great job.
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Daggone Ron that is just tough. Off to share on the front pages.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Wow Ron, that is an outstanding paint job! The fur and printed symbols are fantastic. I really like the way you have snow on the legs. Great job.
Thanks so much Jeff.
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Space Wolves - Wulfen 7" scale.
Note - I have added to pics at the end to show what the figure looked like for painting and weathering.
Recipe.
Wulfen - is from Mcfarlane Toys and a Marvels Beast figure and I have to give a shout out to Pawel Rutkowski over on Mcfarlane Warhammer Repaints, Customs And Primaris Space Marines FB page for the inspiration. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1000912023720490/
The two figures were pulled apart for the parts I needed and once I got a pose I liked I superglued the joints and then puttied them up.
The axe/skulls/bones were 3D printed and the wolf tales were made using figure joints/plastic tube and fake fur, the rune stones were made using foam and the leather parts are strips of pleather cut to width. The symbols on the shoulder/knee armour were drawn on using a pencil then they were painted.
Base - is high density foam cut to shape and the rock is also high density foam which a pulled apart and then applied spakfilla to give it a more stone look and the snow is watered down spakfilla.
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The colors and the detail in this are amazing. Man love the weathering on the armor and stuff too.
Man, just the stuff of magic Ron.
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What I wouldn't do to be rich and just have you making me stuff all the time!
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The colors and the detail in this are amazing. Man love the weathering on the armor and stuff too.
Man, just the stuff of magic Ron.
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What I wouldn't do to be rich and just have you making me stuff all the time!
Hey Shawn,
Yeah that is a dream of mine getting paid to make diorama's and figures maybe one day and thanks heaps buddy glad you like it.
Ron
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That's awesome Ron! The paint job is brilliant. I really like how you have assembled the figure (even if it's not an original design with you). Makes me think that you could do something similar with JoyToy figures and Marvel or Fortnite in 1/18th scale
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That's awesome Ron! The paint job is brilliant. I really like how you have assembled the figure (even if it's not an original design with you). Makes me think that you could do something similar with JoyToy figures and Marvel or Fortnite in 1/18th scale
Thanks so much Jeff and I have been looking at the Joytoy figures and there is so much you could do with them.
Ron
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Panzer IV Ausf. F, 1/35 scale.
Recipe.
Tank - is from Tamiya and built straight OOB and I cut to tool lid so I could have it open. I added tools from Miniart Tank crew at work and the tarps were done using tissue paper and the Tank crew warps which are drabbed over the turret and left door hatches were done using tissue paper as well.
Base - I wanted this model on a simple nice base so I made it using balsa wood and gave it two coats of Games Workshops Agrax Earthshade.
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Magical work like usual Ron.
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Magical work like usual Ron.
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Thanks heaps Shawn.
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That looks great, Ron. Do you use something like Modge Podge with the tissue paper to make it less delicate?
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That looks great, Ron. Do you use something like Modge Podge with the tissue paper to make it less delicate?
Thanks heaps Jeff and I just use a little watered down PVA glue and once dry paint it.
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That looks great, Ron. Do you use something like Modge Podge with the tissue paper to make it less delicate?
Thanks heaps Jeff and I just use a little watered down PVA glue and once dry paint it.
Ron
Ahhh, I thought it might be something like that. Turned out really well!
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Looks like this Panzer time-travelled telling by how realisitc you made it look! Absolutely phenomenal work all around!
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Looks like this Panzer time-travelled telling by how realisitc you made it look! Absolutely phenomenal work all around!
Thank you so much DM, I was really stoked with the way it turned out.
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SAS Jeep, North Africa, 1942 - 1:35 scale.
Recipe.
Jeep - is an old kit from Tamiya and I built it straight out of the box. I replaced the two handed grips on the jerry cans with three handed grips and added equipment from bits box.
The tarps are folded tissue paper which were glued down and the netting is from Verlinden and I painted and weathered everything with Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.
Base - is made using balsa wood and the sand is a mix of sand and spakfilla and the rocks were done using kitty litter.
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Ron, I really like that! I'm a fan of the JEEP and this SAS one is spectacular. I appreciate that you switched the jerry can handles to three rather than two, as I believe that is what I have seen on actual WWII pictures - that's outstanding attention to detail. Great job.
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Ron, I really like that! I'm a fan of the JEEP and this SAS one is spectacular. I appreciate that you switched the jerry can handles to three rather than two, as I believe that is what I have seen on actual WWII pictures - that's outstanding attention to detail. Great job.
Thanks so much Jeff and yeah the jeep(SAS) is the only allied vehicle I actually like and like making and the kit is over 20yrs old so they only use to make two handles and you are correct all jerry cans back in WW2 were three handles.
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Magic Ron. Magic.
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Magic Ron. Magic.
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Thanks so much Shawn.
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Roswell, New Mexico -1947.
Recipe.
UFO/Alien - are from Pegasus Models and is a 1:32 scale kit and I built the UFO straight out of the box and cracked the canopy and added lights using cheap Xma's lights from a two dollar store.
Base - is made using high density foam and the groundwork is a mix of Spak Filla/sand and the rocks were done using kitty litter and the grass tufts are from Army Painter, the destroyed sign was using balsa wood and a print from the printer.
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I was looking at this on FB the other day. Very nice.
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I love that! The weathering on the balsa wood sign is fantastic. The "landscaping" is brilliant as usual. How did you crack the dome? Did you tap it with a hammer?
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I was looking at this on FB the other day. Very nice.
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Thanks so much Shawn.
I love that! The weathering on the balsa wood sign is fantastic. The "landscaping" is brilliant as usual. How did you crack the dome? Did you tap it with a hammer?
Thanks heaps Jeff and the weathering on the balsa wood was done using Games Workshops Agrax Earthshade and the dome I used a pair of model snippers and then a model knife to make the cracking glass sections.
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First build for 2023 and hopefully many more to come.
I have a few of the old Disney 7" Indy figures so I decided to start using them in dioramas. This one depicts Indy on an actual paid dig by the university.
Indiana Jones 7" scale.
Recipe.
Figure - is from Disney and is 7" in scale and I got him into a pose I liked and glued and covered the joints and painted and weathered him using Vallejo Paints.
Diorama - the main part of the base was built using foam board and then I used high density foam and cut out all the individual stones and glued them into place. Once the stones were all dry, I then used watered down Spak Filla and dapped it over the stones to give them a more realistic look.
The soil/dirt was done using a mix of Spak Filla/sand/dirt and then applied it the areas and once dry I gave it a wash of Vallejo's Chocolate Brown and the vegetation is grass tuft and shrubs from Army Painter.
The relics/pots/skulls I got off Thingiverse and I resized them from 28mm to 7" scale using my 3D printer. The table/crate/lowering hoist are made from balsa wood and the rope is just some string I have had in my parts box.
The flames/torches/ where made using balsa wood and Woodland scenics Water Effects and the lantern was made using scraps from the parts box and I then added LED's to them.
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Daggone Ron how a movie company hasn't offered you a six figure job yet doing things like this is beyond me. Freaking sweet man!
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That's really nice Ron, and large! I really appreciate all the detail you put in there. I think the latern turned out really well. I enjoy the lighting effects. Brilliant.
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Daggone Ron how a movie company hasn't offered you a six figure job yet doing things like this is beyond me. Freaking sweet man!
I know what is going to be at the top of our pages today. Wow!
Thanks so much Shawn and damn they could offer me a five figure job and I'd take it in a heart beat.
That's really nice Ron, and large! I really appreciate all the detail you put in there. I think the latern turned out really well. I enjoy the lighting effects. Brilliant.
Thanks heaps Jeff and I'm really enjoying adding lighting to the dios as it gives it more realism.
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Love that dio! I met an archeologist last year and my first job to do back in my childhood is, I wanted to become a paleontologist. So this setup gives me some true excitement! The lighting looks superb and adds all the magic to this scene. Doesn't always need a figure to make a dio look fantastic. Brilliant work, Ron!
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Nah, you are a six figure artist bud. Trust me I have seen a lot of work as you well know.
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Love that dio! I met an archeologist last year and my first job to do back in my childhood is, I wanted to become a paleontologist. So this setup gives me some true excitement! The lighting looks superb and adds all the magic to this scene. Doesn't always need a figure to make a dio look fantastic. Brilliant work, Ron!
Thank you very much DM and when I was young, I wanted to become an archaeologist but it never happened but now I'm retired I've been looking at doing courses at my local uni but if not, the local uni likes to get Veterans in to help with digs as where I live it's a garrison city and they like to support the veteran community.
Nah, you are a six figure artist bud. Trust me I have seen a lot of work as you well know.
Thanks so much buddy but to be honest I'd just love to do it and make dios or playsets that fan want.
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I agree with Tamer. I think you could smoke Adam Savage in a build-off. Seriously it would be a good showdown. Adam is a legend but as far as I'm concerned you're a bigger legend.
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I agree with Tamer. I think you could smoke Adam Savage in a build-off. Seriously it would be a good showdown. Adam is a legend but as far as I'm concerned you're a bigger legend.
Thanks so much JD that really means a lot.
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I agree with Tamer. I think you could smoke Adam Savage in a build-off. Seriously it would be a good showdown. Adam is a legend but as far as I'm concerned you're a bigger legend.
Thanks so much JD that really means a lot.
Ron
Dude you were my biggest inspiration. I learned a lot about dioramas, materials, composition, lighting a lot from you. You always had a patient demeanor. I could never figure out how you did sand effects so well. I developed my own techniques based on your own.
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I agree with Tamer. I think you could smoke Adam Savage in a build-off. Seriously it would be a good showdown. Adam is a legend but as far as I'm concerned you're a bigger legend.
Thanks so much JD that really means a lot.
Ron
Dude you were my biggest inspiration. I learned a lot about dioramas, materials, composition, lighting a lot from you. You always had a patient demeanor. I could never figure out how you did sand effects so well. I developed my own techniques based on your own.
Thanks so much JD and I always loved sharing my work especially how I do things so people like yourself can try it and like yourself develop their own techniques and I still find new ways of doing things from other people which is awesome as it helps you develop your skills even better.
Having patients is a positive thing for sure, but I also personally believe that loving something you do and talking to other people with the same love of the hobby is a huge bonus.
Ron
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Fallout T-45 Power Armour, 1:12 scale.
Recipe.
Armour/fallout gear - the armour/pipboy/nuka cola bottles/ chems/fusion cores are all from https://www.patreon.com/Budget3DWorks/posts and you can order these items and heaps of SW gear on his instagram page https://www.instagram.com/d.s.prints/ and you can see his builds here https://www.instagram.com/ds.artwork.and.more/ .
I 3D printed all the above items and then printed off labels and applied them to the Chems and I printed off a pipboy screen and applied it to the screen. I made a few mistakes on the power when I was pulling the supports off, so I decided to make the armour look old/battle damaged. The bobble heads and Nuka caps I got of thingiverse.
The toolbox/tools I also got off thingiverse and resized them, the laser rifle is from the Funko's Lone wanderer figure and the chain is some old jewellery I had in my parts box.
Base - is foam and the sides are foam board, and the corrugated sheets are corrugated carboard and the framework is balsa wood.
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That's awesome Ron! I love the corrugated walls. Thanks for the tips on ordering dio props. You did a great job with your prints (and adapting around the support pull-away spots). The paint job looks amazing, appropriately weathered for the Fallout world.
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The small details here really make this thing go over the top. Magic again Ron.
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That's awesome Ron! I love the corrugated walls. Thanks for the tips on ordering dio props. You did a great job with your prints (and adapting around the support pull-away spots). The paint job looks amazing, appropriately weathered for the Fallout world.
Hey Jeff, thanks heaps buddy and my pleasure mate and the number of prints files he has on his Patreon is awesome and he has a lot and I mean a lot of SW files for download when you become a member.
The small details here really make this thing go over the top. Magic again Ron.
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Hey Shawn, I love small details when it comes to diorama's and has you said it just makes the diorama and thanks mate.
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Glaive Mech and Pilot, 28mm.
Recipe.
Mech/Pilot - are from Skullforge and are resin kits, link below and I painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and the decals from Hasegawa Maschinen Krieger kits. https://skullforgestudios.gumroad.com/
Base - is high density foam cut to shape and the groundwork is a mix of mulch/sand/dirt, and the grass tufts are from Gamers Grass and the bushes are from Woodland Scenics.
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Looks tough Ron. Man, do you think we have any working mechs already? I mean cmon you know foreign armies are working on a version of this right?
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Beautiful mech, Ron. I love the look of the pilot.
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I really like the paint job on that mech! Its brilliant. Lots of great detail. The ground looks great too, I like how the front corner is so uneven, if gives a sense of realism.
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Looks tough Ron. Man, do you think we have any working mechs already? I mean cmon you know foreign armies are working on a version of this right?
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Hey Shawn, I'd say they are working on some sought of mech but I'd say they are doing exo suits more and thanks heaps buddy glad you like it.
Beautiful mech, Ron. I love the look of the pilot.
Thanks heaps Clint and yeah the pilot's details are excellent and there are also pilots running which kind of reminds me of Titan Fall.
I really like the paint job on that mech! Its brilliant. Lots of great detail. The ground looks great too, I like how the front corner is so uneven, if gives a sense of realism.
Thanks heaps Jeff and I like love doing uneven ground when I can because as you said it gives it that sense of realism.
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Medieval Knight, Livonian Order. 1:35 scale.
Recipe.
Knight - I got it from Myminifactory as a resin STL file and it is 28mm and I resized it to 1:35 scale and link is below, and I painted and weathered him using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks. I'm still learning how to add supports so when I removed them from the helmet, I left two little dents so I got a model knife and made them into damaged sections. https://www.myminifactory.com/.../Northern%20Crusades...
Base - is an old Star Wars Bandai figure base and I added balsa wood on the sides. The dirt is a mix of real dirt/sand/blended mulch mixed with dark brown paint then painted and weathered. The rocks were done using kitty litter and the grass tufts are from Gamers Grass.
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That's really nice Ron! Not too many people are familiar with the Livonian order - I always loved the cross and sword on their shield - so its really cool that you did one. Nice print - what's a knight without a dent or two? - seriously, it's easy to leave pocks when peeling away supports. The paint job is great and the stand really makes it come to life.
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That's really nice Ron! Not too many people are familiar with the Livonian order - I always loved the cross and sword on their shield - so its really cool that you did one. Nice print - what's a knight without a dent or two? - seriously, it's easy to leave pocks when peeling away supports. The paint job is great and the stand really makes it come to life.
Hey Jeff, Thanks heaps mate and I've only started reading about them in the last two weeks and find in very interesting and when I was going thru the figure files I saw the shield and straight away purchased it.
I'm really loving the 3D printer and the supports were medium and spoke to a friend and he told me to use small and see how that goes, so finger crossed I won't have any more issues.
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That's really nice Ron! Not too many people are familiar with the Livonian order - I always loved the cross and sword on their shield - so its really cool that you did one. Nice print - what's a knight without a dent or two? - seriously, it's easy to leave pocks when peeling away supports. The paint job is great and the stand really makes it come to life.
Hey Jeff, Thanks heaps mate and I've only started reading about them in the last two weeks and find in very interesting and when I was going thru the figure files I saw the shield and straight away purchased it.
I'm really loving the 3D printer and the supports were medium and spoke to a friend and he told me to use small and see how that goes, so finger crossed I won't have any more issues.
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Cool about your new "discovery" of the Livonian Order. I've had historical interest in the Crusading Orders since I was a child, after reading Ivanhoe (I think), so its an area of interest for me. I'm always happy when someone else gets a little fascinated by these groups.
Also, I asked my son about supports - he has printed a lot of 28mm figures on his printers (he's got two different resin printers). He customizes all his supports. He said that he has found most .stl files are over supported and he would rather two smaller supports in place of one larger to solve exactly the "pocking" issue you are dealin with. Anyway, thought I'd let him "chime in."
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Nice, I am about three weeks away from teaching about the Crusades.
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Nice, I am about three weeks away from teaching about the Crusades.
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thanks heaps Shawn and so sorry for the late reply mate I pop in once a week and didn't even see your message and have fun teaching about the crusades.
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Indy with gold idol and base 6" scale.
Recipe.
Indy - is a repainted 6" figure from the new Hasbro line and I used Vallejo Paints and pastels to paint and weather him and the gold comes with the figure but there is no hair detail on the back so I used a model knife and added the hair.
idol base - is printed by https://syndicatecustoms.com.au/ and I painted and weathered is using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks and the foliage is from Model Scene and I just pulled apart what I needed and glued it in place.
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Wow, magic Ron. Magic.
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Wow, magic Ron. Magic.
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Glad you like it Shawn and thanks mate.
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Hi Ron, I've been "out-of-loop" for a few weeks. That Indy dio is really wonderful. Brilliant repaints!
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Hi Ron, I've been "out-of-loop" for a few weeks. That Indy dio is really wonderful. Brilliant repaints!
Thanks heaps Jeff.
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Indy on horseback ROTLA 6" scale.
Recipe.
Indy/horse - the figure is from Hasbro's Indy Adventure Series, and I posed him and then glued the joints and then puttied the joints and he was painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and pastels chalk.
The blanket was done by using an hanky and cut to size and then hand painted and the horse is Breyer and I painted him light grey and then dry brushed with matt white.
The saddle/bridle/reins were made using leather, the stirrups are resin and the o-rings are metal and I got them from the local craft store.
Base - is made from balsa wood and the groundwork is a mix of sand/kitty litter and Vallejo Iraqi sand and the sign was printed of the net.
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That's excellent, Ron. Great use of a Breyer horse, and the "hanky" for saddle blanket is a great idea.
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Very cool. Now I wonder if Indy had a hard time adjusting to different saddles. Im sure he was used to western. But anyways. Great job! Great quality as always.
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Look real Ron. Wow. They way you fill those joints up just makes this so realistic.
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That's excellent, Ron. Great use of a Breyer horse, and the "hanky" for saddle blanket is a great idea.
Thanks heaps Jeff and they are great to use blankets, tents, tarp rolls etc.
Very cool. Now I wonder if Indy had a hard time adjusting to different saddles. Im sure he was used to western. But anyways. Great job! Great quality as always.
Cheers JD and it doe's make you wonder doesn't it.
Look real Ron. Wow. They way you fill those joints up just makes this so realistic.
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Thanks so much Shawn.
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Club Obi Wan, Temple of Doom, 1:12 scale.
Recipe.
Diorama - the building is a 3D PLA kit from In Print Condition https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100065277600673 and I got it printed from Syndicate Custom https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082987609768 and it comes in pieces so there is a little sanding and then gluing.
I painted with Vallejo paints, the tassels on the lantern are just pieces of string and dyed in red paint. The plants in the pots are from Woodland Scenics and posters I printed off the net and the frame work is made from plastic strip.
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HA! This is unreal, Ron. Love the door and the design of the windows next to it. I'd definitely have a drink with you at Club Obi-Wan! Brilliant idea and execution, mate!
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Awesome concept Ron. Looks great.
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Ron, looks brilliant! Spot on to the set. This is a really a great dio.
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HA! This is unreal, Ron. Love the door and the design of the windows next to it. I'd definitely have a drink with you at Club Obi-Wan! Brilliant idea and execution, mate!
Thanks so much DM and when I saw you could get a 3D print of it I knew I had to get it especially with the TOD tuxedo Indy coming out.
Awesome concept Ron. Looks great.
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Thanks so much Shawn.
Very cool. Everything looks great!
Thanks heaps JD.
Ron, looks brilliant! Spot on to the set. This is a really a great dio.
Thanks so much Jeff.
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Got the TOD tuxedo Indy in the mail today so I took a few quick pics with him with the Club Obi Wan dio.
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Dapper! The club makes a great backdrop for the figure, he just needs Willie on his arm, or Shortround tugging at his pants :)
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Looks great with tuxedo Indy! I like that figure, I guess because it's different, he pretty much wears the same thing all the time, unless he's teaching.
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Looks good Ron.
Cheers Shawn.
Dapper! The club makes a great backdrop for the figure, he just needs Willie on his arm, or Shortround tugging at his pants :)
Thanks Jeff, they do have a 6" Shortround coming and hopefully they'll do a Willie as well.
Looks great with tuxedo Indy! I like that figure, I guess because it's different, he pretty much wears the same thing all the time, unless he's teaching.
Cheers JD and I have him in his usual attire as well this one, him in a suit with bow tie and him in desert garb.
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" I've got a bad feeling" 7 inch scale.
Recipe.
Figure/dio - is a 3D print which I got from Hex3D over on his Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/Geoffro and again a huge thanks to Syndicate Customs for printing this out for me. The base and Solo in carbonite are PLA printed and Indy is resin printed and I painted everything using Vallejo Paints.
The dirt is garden mulch which I throw into a blender and mulch it up until it's like a sandy/dust texture and then I apply it and once dry I use Vallejo's Chocolate Brown and give it a wash over. The grass is from Model Scene and the vines I get off ebay.
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That's awesome! Really great brickwork, and great idea!
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All that JD said applies. Brilliant! Had a good laugh of joy here. Fantastic work on painting the bricks, indeed!
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That's awesome! Really great brickwork, and great idea!
Thanks so much JD and I was really surprised how great the stone actually turned out using a PLA 3D printer.
All that JD said applies. Brilliant! Had a good laugh of joy here. Fantastic work on painting the bricks, indeed!
Thanks heaps DM and yeah it's a great humor dio for sure,-.
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So cool seeing these mash ups. Looks great.
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So cool seeing these mash ups. Looks great.
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Thanks heaps Shawn and this was a fun one to paint up and I got told of another crossover with indy and solo/chewie which indy finds the falcon and a dead han so I'm going to be doing that as well.
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That's fantastic, Ron. The stone color is excellent. I really like the vines growing on Solo. The different prints worked out well. My son swears by filament printers for terrain and resin for figures, so I'm not so surprised that the stones turned well.
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That's fantastic, Ron. The stone color is excellent. I really like the vines growing on Solo. The different prints worked out well. My son swears by filament printers for terrain and resin for figures, so I'm not so surprised that the stones turned well.
Thanks so much Jeff and yeah when the filament printers first came out they were terrible as you would spend more time trying to sand the lines out but now, they are awesome for terrain and diorama's. The resin printers are brilliant for smaller items or miniatures as the details you get on them is mind blowing.
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ToD Sankara stone and skeleton stone head 112 scale.
Recipe.
stones/head - the stones are a brown/clear resin and the stone head is a 3D PLA kit from In Print Condition https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100065277600673 and I got it printed from Syndicate Custom https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082987609768 .
I drilled out the centre of the stones with a Dremel and inserted LED's and once that was done, I added a few wash layers of Burnt Sienna to make the stones less clear and I painted and weathered the stone head with Vallejo Paints. The base and the section the stone head is on is balsa foam which is very easy to cut and carve into but very dusty.
I used a pencil to mark out the floor and the two flame holders were made using plastic rod/craft string and tabletop miniature bases and the flames were done using Woodland Scenics Water effects with a little orange/yellow paint mixed into it.
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Wow, that looks phenomenal! The magic stones turned out well. The paint job is great, the stone looks real.
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You can read my comments on the front pages. I mean wow Ron!
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That's awesome! Great job all around from the floor work, the skull and lighting the stones. Do you ever have print line issues with any of your 3d printed items? If so how do you get rid of it?
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Wow, that looks phenomenal! The magic stones turned out well. The paint job is great, the stone looks real.
Really glad you like it Jeff and thanks for the kind words mate.
You can read my comments on the front pages. I mean wow Ron!
Thanks so much Shawn.
That's awesome! Great job all around from the floor work, the skull and lighting the stones. Do you ever have print line issues with any of your 3d printed items? If so how do you get rid of it?
Thanks very much JD and all these Indy dio's I have had Syndicate Customs print them for me as they have awesome printers that hardly or don't even leave the print lines. My printer is resin and I'm not game to print things this big in resin as I have a hard enough time printing miniatures lol
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Indiana Jones 1:12 scale.
Recipe.
Indy/Croc - Indy is from Hasbro and I glued the joints and then puttied over the joints and the croc is from Schleich and both were repainted using Vallejo paints and Indy was given a little more weathering using pastel chalks. The webley I got of Ebay and is resin and the bullet hits on the crocs back were done using thin wire and then covered with Woodland Scenics water effects.
base - is a picture frame and I built of the groundwork using mulch, the plants are from Joefix Studios and the grass tufts are from Army painter. The plants were given a brown/green wash to give them a more realistic look and the vines I cut from a few trees that are around my neighbourhood.
The column is designed by Inprint Condition and it was printed by Syndicate Customs and the water I used Woodland Scenics realistic water and once dry I used Woodland Scenics water effects to create the ripples.
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Daggone Ron this is another beautiful one. Your stuff just looks some lifelike. I mean I expect to see it move.
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This looks great! I like how the plants turned out and the vines look really good on the column. The croc is amazing; great paint work and the bloody back is impressive. Great job all around.
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Daggone Ron this is another beautiful one. Your stuff just looks some lifelike. I mean I expect to see it move.
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Thanks so much Shawn that means a lot.
This looks great! I like how the plants turned out and the vines look really good on the column. The croc is amazing; great paint work and the bloody back is impressive. Great job all around.
Thanks so much Jeff I really appreciate the kind words.
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PZ. KPFW. III (5cm) AUSF. H.
Recipe.
Tank - is from Dragon Models and is built straight out of the box and painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks.
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Love that! The North Africa color scheme is great!
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Love that! The North Africa color scheme is great!
Thanks heaps Jeff.
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Looks great Ron. Like it rolled out of Tunisia.
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Looks great Ron. Like it rolled out of Tunisia.
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Thanks so much Shawn.
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Great work on this! Glad to see I'm not the only military modeler on the forum. ()rr
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Great work on this! Glad to see I'm not the only military modeler on the forum. ()rr
Thanks heaps RC and it's a great hobby to do and I've been building military models for 43yrs now and still love it.
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Indiana Jones and the lost Tomb, 1:12 scale.
Recipe.
Figures - both figures are from Hasbro's Indiana Jones Adventure Series, and I glued and puttied up the joints and painted and weathered both figures using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks and the torch was made using balsa wood, string and the flame part from the Professor Jones figure.
Base - is made using foam and I used balsa wood to cover it to make it look like a crate. The sarcophagus is from an old 1:6 GI Joe figure and the base is made from foam.
The columns are from Inprint condition and printed by Syndicate Customs, the Anubis statue I got off thingiverse and Syndicate Customs resized it and printed it off for me.
I had to add snakes to the Dio 🙂 and they are from eBay, and I repainted them using Vallejo paints and the sand is fine river sand applied in several layers.
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Ron, it's so good to see you back around! I was in Egypt a couple weeks ago. Thought about going to Luxor. It's supposed to be well worth it, but crowded. And I was suspicious to leave the hotel area anyways - lots of tourist traps once you step out of the guarded area.
I found a postcard for my neighbors. The image of a restored temple was good enough to sell it to me. Later I recognized that it was a CGI. And I tell you what, your diorama looks a thousand times better than what they sold to me.
Looking at your model fills me with great joy and sure does replace a trip to the real deal.
Just A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.!
Thanks for sharing & I wish you a great day in Australia! One more continent I haven't been to, yet.
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Freaking sweet Ron. Looks like you plucked it right off the screen.
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That's amazing Ron. It looks like a real film set. Those printed pillars are pretty great, I hope they weren't too expensive. All around beautiful work.
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Ron, it's so good to see you back around! I was in Egypt a couple weeks ago. Thought about going to Luxor. It's supposed to be well worth it, but crowded. And I was suspicious to leave the hotel area anyways - lots of tourist traps once you step out of the guarded area.
I found a postcard for my neighbors. The image of a restored temple was good enough to sell it to me. Later I recognized that it was a CGI. And I tell you what, your diorama looks a thousand times better than what they sold to me.
Looking at your model fills me with great joy and sure does replace a trip to the real deal.
Just A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.!
Thanks for sharing & I wish you a great day in Australia! One more continent I haven't been to, yet.
Hey DM, thanks so much buddy and damn I would love to visit Egypt the inspiration there would be mind blowing.
Freaking sweet Ron. Looks like you plucked it right off the screen.
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Thanks so much Shawn.
That's amazing Ron. It looks like a real film set. Those printed pillars are pretty great, I hope they weren't too expensive. All around beautiful work.
Thanks so much Jeff and no they are $60aus and that is two damaged pillars and some rubble so a great deal.
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Wow! Still...looks amazing!
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Wow! Still...looks amazing!
Thanks heaps buddy.
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German 88mm, Flak 36 - 1:18 scale.
Recipe.
88mm - is from Merit and built straight out of the box and the crates were made using balsa wood and everything was painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel chalks.
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Man, looks like North Africa to me. Nice Ron.
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Man, looks like North Africa to me. Nice Ron.
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Thanks so much Shawn and it could be used in North Africa or anywhere in the late war as the Germans used Dark Yellow as their main colour by then.
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That's a great model! The balsa wood crates look excellent. The paint job is fantastic!
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That's a great model! The balsa wood crates look excellent. The paint job is fantastic!
Thanks so much bud I just wish they would build more 1:18 items so I can do a huge WW2 dio.
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Fallout US army T-45 Power armour with workstation 1:12 scale.
Recipe.
Armour/work station - are from Budget3DWorks https://www.instagram.com/d.s.prints and they were printed for my by SyndiacteCustoms https://syndicatecustoms.com.au/ .
The tool box and some tools/battery/oil can/bottle/extinguisher/supports and welding cylinders and trolley are from an old 1:12 Tamiya kit and the rest are 3D printed. The crates are made using balsa wood and the decals on the crates and T-45 armour are from a 1:35 Tamiya APC kit.
Base - is cut out from some blue foam and the floor is balsa wood and the dirt is a mix of sand/mulch/spakfilla and once dry was painted and the grass tufts are from Army Painter.
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Ron, that is super cool! Those 3D prints are very nice. Great job assembling the different elements of the diorama, it really fits the expectation of a mechanic's workzone. The paint job on this is fantastic. I particularly love the harness rig, it looks brilliant. I like how you did the wood floor and ground elements. Really nice composition. Great to see something new from you, too ;D
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That is one awesome creation Ron. Magic once again.
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Ron, that is super cool! Those 3D prints are very nice. Great job assembling the different elements of the diorama, it really fits the expectation of a mechanic's workzone. The paint job on this is fantastic. I particularly love the harness rig, it looks brilliant. I like how you did the wood floor and ground elements. Really nice composition. Great to see something new from you, too ;D
Thanks so much bud and yeah,That is one awesome creation Ron. Magic once again.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
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I was very happy with the way it turned out and everything just blends in great together.
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Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues, Custom 1:12.
Recipe.
Indy - is from Hasbro and I added the beard with putty and the jumper/scarf/tie were all made using a dried baby wipe and the buttons on the jumper are pieces of plastic.
The sax I 3D printed which isn't great as I used to many supports but it will do until I print a new one and the whip is the uncoiled whip which comes with the figure, and I just coiled it and superglued it.
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Love that! Totally forgot that was an episode of Young Indy! The baby wipe works really well.
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You can read my comments on the front page. So awesome Ron. You are in legend status for years now.
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Love that! Totally forgot that was an episode of Young Indy! The baby wipe works really well.
Thanks heaps Jeff and the great thing about using baby wipes at this scale for certain clothing is it makes the clothing look real.
You can read my comments on the front page. So awesome Ron. You are in legend status for years now.
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Thanks so much Shawn I really appreciate the kind words.
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Werewolf 1:14 scale resin printed.
Werewolf - is from #wargamesatlantic and it comes with other poses and different arm poses and is STL format and I resized one pose up to 1:14 scale and painted and weathered it using Vallejo Paints. The blood was done by mixing flat with a little flat black and then mixed it with Woodland Scenics realistic water and then applied it to the figure.
Base - is an old action figure base and I used high density foam for the rocks and then kitty litter for smaller stones, I then used crunched up potty mix and applied and the bushes are from Woodland Scenics.
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Looks great! I really like your strategy for the blood, it makes good sense (and turned out well!). Are you going do a victim diorama, so we know who has just bled out?
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Looks great! I really like your strategy for the blood, it makes good sense (and turned out well!). Are you going do a victim diorama, so we know who has just bled out?
Thanks so much Jeff and I will be doing a 1:18 diorama using these resin minis and some Joytoy figures but this was a test run on how well they printed in larger scale.
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Thanks so much Jeff and I will be doing a 1:18 diorama using these resin minis and some Joytoy figures but this was a test run on how well they printed in larger scale.
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Looks great on the front pages Ron. I like the look of this werewolf.
Thanks heaps Shawn and I love that you can resize these miniatures to larger scales without losing their details.
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Fallout 1:35 scale.
Recipe.
T-45 Power Armour - are from Miffles_Makes over on www.cults3d.com and he has the T-45/T-51/T-51 Ultracite/T-60/X-01 power armours as well and they are 28mm and all are free to use, I resized mine to 1:35 scale as I can then use a lot of my 1:35 sale model kits with them.
Base - Is XPS foam cut to shape and the destroyed Red Rocket garage and partial sign were made using XPS foam and plastic card, I used XPS to do some of the debris and then used sand and dirt for the rest.
The tools/fuel cans/ gas cylinders/tyres/cement barricades are from the parts box and the skeleton is from Verlinden Models which I have had for years, The posters and magazine I got of the internet and resized them.
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Amazing 👏 The models are cool, but the environment is full of great detail and looks fabulous. Nice job on that partial sign. Your scratch build elements are inspiring. Great paint applications. The weathered posters look authentic.
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Amazing 👏 The models are cool, but the environment is full of great detail and looks fabulous. Nice job on that partial sign. Your scratch build elements are inspiring. Great paint applications. The weathered posters look authentic.
Thanks so much Jeff really glad you like it buddy.
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The apocalypse is real in this one. Love all the small details like the poster peeling from the wall. Bravo Ron. Off to share.
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The apocalypse is real in this one. Love all the small details like the poster peeling from the wall. Bravo Ron. Off to share.
Thanks so much Shawn and really glad you like it.
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Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs - 1:12 scale.
Figure - is Indy from the Hasbro Indy adventure series and I glued and covered the joints and painted and weathered him using Vallejo Paints and Pastel Chalks.
Base - is MDF foam which was cut to shape and then I used individual pieces of thin foam to make the stones and glued them in place. I then went around with a pencil and added cracks and then I used a piece of sandstone and pressed it into the foam.
The pots/statues/coins/medallion were resized and printed on my 3D resin printer, and they were then sanded and painted and attached to the base. I added dirt to the base and spread it out to fill in the gaps and then added watered down PVA glue to keep it in place. The moss was done using sand/green paint/watered down PVA glue and applied with a small brush and then I added the coins.
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That looks sharp, Ron. The stones look excellent, very realistic! All the little bits (coins, statues) look really great.
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That looks sharp, Ron. The stones look excellent, very realistic! All the little bits (coins, statues) look really great.
Thanks heaps Jeff and I'll have a lot more Indy dios coming which will be duplicates of my 1:18 Indy dios which I made years ago and I'm making them into 1:12 scale.
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You can do magic. You can do anything that you desire. Man those song lyrics are your latest dioramas Ron! Off to share.
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You can do magic. You can do anything that you desire. Man those song lyrics are your latest dioramas Ron! Off to share.
Thanks so much Shawn and I can actually here those lyrics for a hemble song ;D
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You can do magic. You can do anything that you desire. Man those song lyrics are your latest dioramas Ron! Off to share.
Dang, Tamer...now it's stuck in my head! I'm going to have to put it on my playlist while I grade discussion boards tonight :(
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You always make the best Indy dios ever! Very inspiring!
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You always make the best Indy dios ever! Very inspiring!
Thanks so much buddy.
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Indiana Jones 1:12 vignette.
Recipe.
Indy - is from Hasbro and I posed him and the glued the joints and puttied them up and painted and weathered him using Vallejo Paints/ Games Workshop Paints and Pastel Chalks.
Base - is MDF foam cut to shape and the stairs/column/floor are also MDF foam cut to size and glued in place, and I then used a piece of sandstone and pushed it into the foam to simulate the stone texture.
The snakes I picked up a bag of 100 from Ebay and the pots and statues are STL files and I resized them using my resin printer, the torch is made using balsa wood and the torch was done using Woodland Scenics Water effects and the sand is fine river sand.
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That looks awesome Ron. Man, got that song going again.
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That looks awesome Ron. Man, got that song going again.
Off to the front pages.
Now that you've mentioned it so do I LOL and thanks heaps mate.
Ron
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That looks fantastic, Ron. I love the cat statues ;D The details are excellent all the way 'round on this. I just continue to be amazed at how realistic your dioramas look.
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That looks fantastic, Ron. I love the cat statues ;D The details are excellent all the way 'round on this. I just continue to be amazed at how realistic your dioramas look.
Thanks heaps Jeff and the things you can get to print now a days is awesome and really mores life easier when making dios.
Ron
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Hi All,
German BergePanther Ausf. D 1/35.
Recipe.
Panther - is from ICM and built straight out of the box and I painted and weathered it using Vallejo Paints and Pastel Chalks, the tarps were done using tissue paper and the tools are a mix of Miniart and Italeri.
Ron
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Looks pretty awesome to me Ron. Off to share.
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Nice! I really like how the tools and tarp turned out on the top. Outstanding paint job!
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Looks pretty awesome to me Ron. Off to share.
Thanks heaps Shawn.
Nice! I really like how the tools and tarp turned out on the top. Outstanding paint job!
Thanks so much Jeff.
Ron
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Hi All,
German Armoured Train WWII, Panzerjager Triebwagen 51. 1:35 scale.
Recipe.
Train/Base - both are from Trumpeter and built straight out of the box and it was first sprayed with Army Painter Dark Sand and then dry brushed using Vallejo Paints Dark Sand and then weathered using Vallejo Paints and Pastel Chalks.
Ron
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Very nice, buddy
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Very nice, buddy
Thanks heaps bro.
Ron
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Wow, Ron, that's awesome. The weathering is really outstanding. Those Pastel Chalks work well.
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Man I could so see this in an Idiana Jones movie. Was this a true creation? First I have seen an armored train car with actual tank turrets. It sure does look like something the Germans would have created.
Off to share!
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Wow, Ron, that's awesome. The weathering is really outstanding. Those Pastel Chalks work well.
Thanks so much Jeff and the pastels really do bring out the details and realism that is for sure.
Man I could so see this in an Idiana Jones movie. Was this a true creation? First I have seen an armored train car with actual tank turrets. It sure does look like something the Germans would have created.
Off to share!
Thanks Shawn and it is an actual German WW2 armoured train and they built so many that you actually do say to yourself was that real and Hell yeah I could see Indy running on the top of this.
Ron
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The military tech that Germany created during WW2 is crazy.
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The military tech that Germany created during WW2 is crazy.
It sure was and the size of some of their equipment was insane.
Ron