UPDATE Aug 23: Dio: "I've Got a Bad Feeling About This&
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UPDATE Aug 23: Dio: "I've Got a Bad Feeling About This&
I've made enough progress that I thought I'd share some pics of the diorama I have in progress. It's an urban scene from the Long War:
I still have a lot to do -- there's no street surface, lots of details needs to be added, etc. But I've been busy constructing the buildings, making custom SFOR guys and "locals," putting my regular troopers in early GWOT desert camo, etc.
I still have a lot to do -- there's no street surface, lots of details needs to be added, etc. But I've been busy constructing the buildings, making custom SFOR guys and "locals," putting my regular troopers in early GWOT desert camo, etc.
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The large, flat surfaces are foam board. This material is incredibly easy to work with. Just draw the layout of the wall -- edges, doors, windows -- and then cut with an X-acto and a metal straight-edge. The door and window frames are made from balsa strip, glued with white glue, with dimensions to snug-fit into the openings in the foam board.TEXAS_HOSS wrote:what stuff did u use, supply list?
The flat wall surfaces are a neat trick I learned from my wife, who is an artist -- paper. You can get all kinds of cool "art paper" with different patterns and textures at an art or "women's hobby" store (Michael's in Houston). More texturing can be done with the paper by crumpling it and then flattening it out. I glue it onto the walls, then cut out the openings with an X-acto, then add more color with acrylic washes. The detail of the layered coloring didn't show up in these pics, but it really looks like textured concrete or stucco.
More details (like the columns on the mosque, the balcony railing supports, etc.) are made from hardwood dowels.
The "onion domes" and minaret are made from cardboard tubing and foam "eggs" -- also bought at Michael's. The surface texture is wood putty, buttered on with popsicle sticks.
Other curved shapes and details, like the inside of the archway, are made with paper over wood forms. Paper really is an amazingly great material for this sort of thing!
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Thanks for all the positive feedback. I don't feel quite so crazy for spending so much time doing this (but I still DO feel crazy).
I've been fiddling with creating more figures -- modest customs that are still kind of rough ... I'd say some are "impressionistic" ... Here's the latest since the original post:
This guy's not happy his nap in the Humvee got interrupted (and that he'll get chewed out for not having his body armor on):
A "student" at the madrassa looks down from the mosque as all hell is about to break loose:
The lieutenant wonders whether it was something he said:
"Yeah -- I used to be in the army, so what?"
The Colonel tries to calm down the hotheaded little guy from Blackwater:
Tex be stylin' with his Cabella's shooting glove:
... more to come ...
I've been fiddling with creating more figures -- modest customs that are still kind of rough ... I'd say some are "impressionistic" ... Here's the latest since the original post:
This guy's not happy his nap in the Humvee got interrupted (and that he'll get chewed out for not having his body armor on):
A "student" at the madrassa looks down from the mosque as all hell is about to break loose:
The lieutenant wonders whether it was something he said:
"Yeah -- I used to be in the army, so what?"
The Colonel tries to calm down the hotheaded little guy from Blackwater:
Tex be stylin' with his Cabella's shooting glove:
... more to come ...
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Some new and/or improved figures:
A squad builds up on a roof on the north side of the square:
Detail of hand-painted ammo belt:
A reporter and his local muscle confer:
Suspects being lined up for questioning:
A resident of one of the apartments on the east side of the square watches as things get tense:
Thanks for looking and stay tuned!
A squad builds up on a roof on the north side of the square:
Detail of hand-painted ammo belt:
A reporter and his local muscle confer:
Suspects being lined up for questioning:
A resident of one of the apartments on the east side of the square watches as things get tense:
Thanks for looking and stay tuned!