TOOLs Contest pics and other projects

TOOL · Post by **TOOL** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:57 pm

Here is the link to my photos that did not make the cut and some other large scale projects.

http://community.webshots.com/user/tool ... =community

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:26 pm

Your setup looks HUGE!
What did you use to make the streets with?

Are all the buildings and partial buildings handmade?

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:32 pm

Razor17019 wrote:Your setup look HUGE!

Uh yeah.. wow..

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:44 pm

1958Zelda · Post by **1958Zelda** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:03 pm

That is very impressive! hope to see you do more diorama pictures using that set up,Great work!

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:17 pm

alf · Post by **alf** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:12 am

wow....

great pictures, great dio....and the cobra mountain is breathless.

man that's because there is people like you that I love this hobby and board (and that I cannot stop to buy everything). you're my heroin

I'm in process to buy a house and then I will have the room to play with all of you.

recipe and time to do this cobra mountain ?

TOOL · Post by **TOOL** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:18 pm

Thanks everyone, its fun to show off your work sometimes. To answer a few of the questions posted:

The streets in the contest diorama were made from 2 inch styrofoam that you would find in packing funiture or appliances. Most dumpsters behind furniture stores or electronic stores are good places to look....I am not above dumpster diving

This allowed me the depth for the crater in the street and a good base to piece together and paint. I spray painted the pase with a dark earth color and then used real dirt and rubble to cover the seams. Its far from perfect but was effective on this large of a scale set up.

All of the buildings were scratch made by me using several techniques with plaster or scrap wood and spray paint/Acrylics.

The Cobra Mountain....I normally would not have attempted a project this large but some crazy events in my life allowed it to happen. My new son needed a heart transplant over the summer but they had to do it in Denver since they didn't do transplants here in Utah at the time. So my wife had to move to Denver for 4 months while I stayed here and worked. Obviously I had some free time and put it to use.

Time: It took almost 3 months to complete working maybe 25 hours a week. All the hours were very productive.

Materials: I used the base of the MT. from styrofoam that my TV came packaged in and the top section from different packing styrofoam. It was made in 8 different sections that fit together. This was the only way I could transport it from the garage to my War Room. The front the styrofoam is covered with a thick layer of plaster 60 lbs of it!! I didn't have quite the patience to carve the mountain all by hand so I used model train rock molds to help me out and they workd fairly well. Painting consisted of spary paint and weathering.

THanks for the kind words....this board has been a great place of refuge for me during hard times.

Thanks

1958Zelda · Post by **1958Zelda** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:33 pm

Amend too that Bother!

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:37 pm

those pics rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:09 pm

WOW

You need help! And Im just the one to help you store all that stuff at my place

tosborne3 · Post by **tosborne3** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:20 pm

OMG!!!!!!!!

All those Cobras. Perhaps an invasion force?

COBRAAAAAAAA!!!!

Very nice indeed.

RED · Post by **RED** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:33 pm

KICK-ASS pics brother!!!! Got any more???---RED---

jrs. · Post by **jrs.** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:36 pm

Your scratch built buildings are simply amazing! Great work, very very artistic. As good or better then anything I have ever seen,

What part of the state you in? I am in Holliday!

Anyway great pics and great buildings keep em comming!

bird · Post by **bird** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:02 pm

i'd love to see some more street scenes of this calibre
i loved the buildings, great work, would like to see more

TOOL · Post by **TOOL** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:54 pm

Quote "What part of the state you in? I am in Holliday!" Jrs.

Not to far from you actually I live in Sandy. I lived near the Circuit City in Holaday a few years back nice area.

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:02 am

Impressive, most impressive

Yep, there's nothing like a small division of tanks to help your soldiers out

I've done that myself

Now I'm building a company of 500 soldiers to support those tanks and a camp to base them all in. Herr General

blaster_e11 · Post by **blaster_e11** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:04 am

yeah that's what i call impressive projects

did you show your mountain on joe boards ?

TOOL · Post by **TOOL** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:12 am

I just barely submitted it to Joecustoms under the playset category. I thought they might get a kick out of it. THe Cobra Mountain project from Diorama Dreams inspired me to build one.

scope uk · Post by **scope uk** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:33 pm

simply AWESOME work!!!