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« Reply #360 on: May 18, 2017, 06:01:42 PM »
   I just started my Jabba's throne room display.  I'm building it in a bookshelf, so it's more of a stage seeing everything will be on one side facing out. I have most of the flooring rough cut, and I started on the main archway over Jabba's throne.  A good trick when mocking up foam walls is to use scewers cut short, stick em under the wall section pointy end out, place it, and jam it into the floor. Helps hold when gluing too, in addition to clamps. Well, that's what I do anyway.       
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Re: JDeck's dios & figures.
« Reply #361 on: May 19, 2017, 12:19:22 AM »
Damn this is looking great already JD.

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Re: JDeck's dios & figures.
« Reply #362 on: May 19, 2017, 02:29:39 AM »
Looks good on the front page.

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Re: JDeck's dios & figures.
« Reply #363 on: May 19, 2017, 04:03:58 PM »
I've started a JP 3 times. Finished 0. Have parts. Some that end up in other works.  :D
In the meantime until I start number 4 (which will probably fail too.)  >:(
 I like to watch other peoples success. This is looking very good so far. Keep up the good Work.
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Re: JDeck's dios & figures.
« Reply #364 on: May 19, 2017, 05:13:03 PM »
Damn this is looking great already JD.

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Thanks Ron! A big thing is the lighting, as you know. Thats why I like these in shelf dios. I can manipulate the lighting, almost like a movie set.

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Re: JDeck's dios & figures.
« Reply #365 on: May 19, 2017, 05:14:59 PM »
Looks good on the front page.
  Thanks Tamer! Yeah it's looking pretty cool so far. Just need to build a few more wall sections and some stairs.

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Re: JDeck's dios & figures.
« Reply #366 on: May 19, 2017, 05:17:36 PM »
I've started a JP 3 times. Finished 0. Have parts. Some that end up in other works.  :D
In the meantime until I start number 4 (which will probably fail too.)  >:(
 I like to watch other peoples success. This is looking very good so far. Keep up the good Work.
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  Yeah I know what you mean. I started a 6" version a couple of years ago. I ended up selling what I made, but to me it wasn't anywhere near done. This is just going to be real basic. If it comes out even slightly better than the POTF2 jabba's palace 3d diorama I'll be happy.

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Re: JDeck's dios & figures.
« Reply #367 on: May 22, 2017, 03:31:42 PM »
    I did a little more work on my Jabba's throne room display this weekend. I got a few walls fabbed up, I built the stairs on either side of Jabba's dais, and I got the inside of the main arch covered. Granted its all held together with toothpicks essentially, so its a little wonky. I used foamcore for the inside of the archway. I had to strip off the paper, because it will fold instead of bend with the paper. So I spent most of yesterday soaking and stripping. Next I'll start finishing the flooring, including an attempt to make the floor grate.
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Re: JDeck's dios & figures.
« Reply #368 on: May 23, 2017, 02:35:20 AM »
Wow, this is gonna be great. Off to share the latest.

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« Reply #369 on: May 23, 2017, 02:38:11 AM »
This is looking really cool man, I found steaming the paper off works wonders if you have wallpaper steamer or something similar.

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« Reply #370 on: May 23, 2017, 06:00:15 AM »
Wow, this is gonna be great. Off to share the latest.
Thank you Tamer, it's coming along. Once it all gets a coat of stucco it'll really take shape.

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Re: JDeck's dios & figures.
« Reply #371 on: May 23, 2017, 06:02:56 AM »
This is looking really cool man, I found steaming the paper off works wonders if you have wallpaper steamer or something similar.
  Thanks Panther. Steaming is a good idea, it would loosen the glue pretty good. I don't have any device, and I dont want to take too many chances, this foam melts like butter. At one time I could get paperless foam at Dollar tree, but they stopped selling it.

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« Reply #372 on: May 23, 2017, 06:26:41 PM »
Looking impressive JD.

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Re: JDeck's dios & figures.
« Reply #373 on: May 24, 2017, 03:35:20 PM »
This is looking really good ! Cant wait to see more updates and finished pictures !

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« Reply #374 on: May 24, 2017, 06:23:49 PM »
Looking impressive JD.

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   Thanks Ron. Yeah I have to take a lot liberties to put Jabba's entire palace into a 23"×11" shelf. I would have loved to do a whole dio, but I don't have the space.

This is looking really good ! Cant wait to see more updates and finished pictures !

   Thanks Mr Jedi! I find the more work I do, the more I realize I still need to do. It might be a while before it's finished.