Topic: RCWCreations diorama's: Takodana's Forest encounter

[Tamer]

Giving it a little form. Gonna be good!

[RCWCreations]

Update!

I have applied plaster of paris strips to the wall, I think this has given them the rock shaping that I was looking for.

For trap door ramp. I cut a piece of foam core, sliced length ways to shape around the bottom trap door.  I dremmeled down all of the sides to shape around the walls, added a layer of plaster of paris to ramp and blended it into the walls.

I built in a small cave into the wall, for Skywalker to hide into.

I hope you like the pictures.

[TheClosetjedi]

looking good

[RCWCreations]

First coat of paint applied, you'll have noticed the dark small cave for Skywalker to try hide from the Rancor

[Tamer]

You can read my comments on the front pages.

[RumSleg]

Looks really nice, but I thought the little cave where Luke hid was located differently in relation to the trap door chute.

[RCWCreations]

Thanks Tamer.

Call it artistic license  , without putting in the main doors and ceiling, I wanted to try and capture some of the elements of that scene.

Today I have taken a sponge and gone over the walls with a light grey wash, filling in some the areas I missed yesterday.  You will have noticed that I have put back the extra layer of foam core back in, not only to strengthen the floor but hide the bottom of the walls.  This has left a few gaps between the walls and the extra floor, this gave me an idea to try something  new.  I got some grey course ballast, mixed it in with some PVA glue and paint, then used it to file the holes around the edges.  I also did the same for inside the little cave but used black instead of grey, making it as dark as possible.  I will be using the same technique for the overall floor but using a sandier tone like yellow ochre or something similar.

If you have any suggestions please let me know, especially with the colours.  Being colour blind I don't always get it right.

Richard

[Starchaser]

This diorama is looking really good. The plaster of paris technique is working very well.

[mr.Jedi1977]

Coming along nicely !  Look forward to seeing it completed

[Tamer]

You are definitely getting there. More progress.

[hemble]

This is looking great and I can't wait to see it complete.

Ron

[RCWCreations]

Thanks Ron.  My wife is asking me the same question, she wants to know when she can have dining table back 

[RCWCreations]

Not much of an update but I've managed to start work on the floor. I've created a couple of mounds to slide the Rancor's feet to, giving him a little grip.

Covered them with PVA glue and covered them in small stones.

I took a knife to the top layer of foam by the cave and sliced a ramp. Sanded it and now just going to leave the mounds to dry before putting the first coat of paint on the floor.

Luke tried out the cave for size..

[Tamer]

This is gonna look awesome when you get it finished.

[RCWCreations]

Thanks Tamar, it has been one of those projects where I have been unsure of how it will turn out and just amazed with the direction this has gone.  I think the walls have turned out far better than I could have imagined and the crawl space has turned out very well.

To be honest I'm excited to see how this finally turns out.

Richard