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Re: Arkham City Diorama
« Reply #45 on: November 16, 2012, 02:20:11 PM »
Totally amazing!

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Re: Arkham City Diorama
« Reply #46 on: November 23, 2012, 06:22:46 PM »
Looking great mate and nice tutorial as well.

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Re: Arkham City Diorama
« Reply #47 on: November 27, 2012, 08:26:40 PM »
Alright, a lot of work tonight for not that big an area...lol. I wanted to make the pizza joint have a tile foundation with "cedar" shingle walls.

Got a piece of balsa-ish wood, and made a "shingle maker" template....




Grid done


Now onto the cutting


I actually wound up using a regular pair of scissors to cut these. Much easier than scoring and trying to snap off the pieces.

Section to be shingled


One by one


195 squares later






Of course, these will be weathered, etc. I am not going to weather them until all 3 walls are done.

Onto the next wall

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Arkham City Diorama
« Reply #48 on: December 04, 2012, 08:17:59 PM »
A customer commissioned me to make him a "Middle Eastern" intersection part of a city. I have mocked up the layout and started on a lookout tower he wanted. I will say right off the bat that I think the tower is too high, so I will be taking it down an inch or so  At the current height, I'd have to make the buildings very big (not something I planned)

The front, back, and one side will be covered by wood panels, the beams are there for support and obviously hold the panels. There will be a ladder down the right side (looking at picture) and hopefully some machine gun mounts up front. I may also add some spot lights to it!





As you can see from the picture above, it's kinda big.

I have developed this dowel system that I think will add much security to the whole piece especially once I get it wrapped.





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Re: Arkham City Diorama
« Reply #49 on: December 08, 2012, 03:19:19 PM »
The roof slates turned out great and I'll be looking forward to seeing how the commission job turns out.

Ron

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Punisher Diorama.....it begins 6/18/13
« Reply #50 on: June 18, 2013, 07:12:39 PM »
Started this seriously today. Cobbled the walls together prior, but trying to go a bit more authentic with wood versus my usual "stucco and brick" work. There will still be brick(it's a warehouse of course). Here I will chronicle my workings up until the finish line.

Day 1.

Laid the floor to get a feel for how it would look. I went with the "tongue depressors" to give a wider plank look that most old warehouses have. I still need to pull all this off and paint the foam first, then glue the floor down, then paint and weather....



I like them uneven, makes it more realistic



Of course Spidey stops by for a cold one AFTER the work is done!



Couple of props and you already have a feel for what this may turn out to be



I then started the framing of the wall. While most of this will be unseen, it will add strength and some realism in places it shows. I may leave a whole wall just studs as if he's still working on it. Now, this is NOT all to perfect scale, but I tried to make it all at least even. They are not 16" on center, I'm just going to wing it.

However, when I pulled out the level.....


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Studly!



Hrmmm, wonder what wallpaper I should choose



One side framed. The top wall will be brick with maybe some small windows as if he's in a basement.



That's it for now, tune in next time!

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Re: Punisher Diorama.....it begins 6/18/13
« Reply #51 on: June 19, 2013, 06:01:01 AM »
Looking great so far. Good to see you back. On the front page.

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Re: Punisher Diorama.....it begins 6/18/13
« Reply #52 on: June 20, 2013, 10:49:14 PM »
That is awesome. Can't wait to see more.

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Re: Punisher Diorama.....it begins 6/18/13
« Reply #53 on: June 30, 2013, 05:45:49 PM »
Was tossing some ideas around about how to make some "armory lockers" when I strolled into my local Dollar Tree store. Lo and Behold!!! Almost perfect!! They had silver ones too, but I found some black ones mixed in!! No painting necessary! I will be making some brackets for the larger weapons and probably tie some of the hand guns to the back wall on a couple more. Now just to decide how many I want. Can't beat the price!











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Re: Punisher Diorama.....it begins 6/18/13
« Reply #54 on: July 01, 2013, 07:14:50 PM »
So today I challenged myself by making a peg board for Frank's workbench. I taped down some 1/2" graph paper and marked 224 holes.

4" x 8" balsa wood


1/2" graph paper taped on


224 "dots"


Then I grabbed the dremel and drilled out those 224 holes.


I wasn't too concerned that they were all perfect, as most of the board will be covered with tools and such


All drilled


 I hit it up with a sanding block and some grey paint. I temporarily tacked it up to keep it straight while drying.


 I then tackled the window I wanted. Overkill? Yes. Waste of time? Possibly seeing as I will be covering it up, but now wondering if I should leave it just framed.


Figure clamshell plastic. This will be made pretty opaque with sandpaper and  some green and yellow paint, you won't be able to see through it.




Also painted the floor where the wood will be laid. Not really worried about full coverage, just wanted to hide any white spots that will show through.

This took about 2.5 minutes with a foam brush.




Next update I will be laying the floor down.

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Re: Punisher Diorama.....it continues 7/1/13
« Reply #55 on: July 02, 2013, 01:07:44 PM »
I like those ammo lockers. Nice price too.

You gotta appreciate the attention doing those 224 holes shows. I think it is looking great so far. Back on the front page.

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Re: Punisher Diorama.....it continues 7/1/13
« Reply #56 on: July 03, 2013, 07:36:36 AM »
Wow this is a really great look.  So what are those things you're using for gun racks, letter holders or something?

I've seen others make pegboards at 1:6 scale, by getting little nails or paper clips, hammering them into the surface to be used, cutting them to length, sanding them en mass with the Dremel, then painting the whole thing to match.  Does that work at a smaller scale or look horrible?

Great job and thanks for the WIP stuff, learned a lot!

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Re: Punisher Diorama.....it continues 7/1/13
« Reply #57 on: July 03, 2013, 07:36:50 PM »
hey that's sick

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Re: Punisher Diorama.....it continues 7/1/13
« Reply #58 on: July 10, 2013, 08:00:19 PM »
So I set about putting down the flooring. This is my "secret" ingredient. Works great on foam


Baggie full of flooring


Smooth it out


I tell you one thing, I won't use the craft Popsicle sticks again. As I was warned on another board, they warp pretty badly.


Not to worried about the warping as it will be easy to cover up with props or whatever.


Floor laid and etched some wood grain


Stain


sponge it on, wait about 30 seconds, and wipe off.


Right side is fresh stain. Left side is "wiped"


sorry for the blur


Whole floor. Will drybrush lighter brown over it and add nail details later.


Testing out the brick walls. I am going to leave the studs open with brick behind


Testing some wiring (solder)


Again, sorry for the blur

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Re: Punisher Diorama.....it continues 7/1/13
« Reply #59 on: July 11, 2013, 06:28:41 AM »
Time to go to the front page and facebook. Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks.