Topic: RCWCreations diorama's

[Darth More]

Brilliant paint job on the weapons! Like seriously! 

[RCWCreations]

Thanks mate

[Starchaser]

I love the picture of the Cobra throne with Spidey and Mantenna in it:) Seriously though, the He-man weapons are excellent and the Cobra throne turned out amazing! I love the details you put into the Grayskull walls. Really great work.

[hemble]

Excellent work mate and the weapons really give it a great castle feel to it.

Ron

[RCWCreations]

I am working along side InspirEd Workshops and Bradford’s National Media Museum to create eight diorama’s for InspirEd’s stop motion classes.

The eight diorama’s are my standard size of 15? x 14? x 10?.  I have cut the boards make five dioramas.

Boards cut for 5 dioramas, ready for work to be started.

I’ve used PVA glue to glue the layers together, using heavy comic book novels to apply equal pressure to each model. Once these are dry, I can start molding them into scene’s.

https://richardscreativeworkshop.co.uk/inspired-workshop-commissions/#29-01

[RCWCreations]

For the first diorama of the eight I am building an apartment room. The walls are held together using magnetic tape. The work done so far has been to cut a door frame into the first layer of foam. The door is made from bolsa wood.

https://richardscreativeworkshop.co.uk/inspired-workshop-commissions/#building

[RCWCreations]

I have pencilled into all three walls the brick work which I will score out. 0.5?x1? brick. The floor I have also pencilled in 1?x 5? floor board’s, also ready to be scored.

https://richardscreativeworkshop.co.uk/inspired-workshop-commissions/#building

[RCWCreations]

The right wall I have cut out a window, where I will insert a piece of perspex and build around it a window frame.

https://richardscreativeworkshop.co.uk/inspired-workshop-commissions/#building

[RCWCreations]

For the floor I have used a wire brush to give it the wood effect. I then scored around the bricks before creating the door frame.

https://richardscreativeworkshop.co.uk/inspired-workshop-commissions/#28-01

[RCWCreations]

While contemplating what do next before adding the window, I decided to start making some accessories. To start with I have created an armchair, modelled here by Harley Quinn

https://richardscreativeworkshop.co.uk/inspired-workshop-commissions/#28-01

[RCWCreations]

The next of accessories made for this piece is side board/workbench and a wall mounted TV.

The table is made using 6mm foam board and bolsa wood for the doors and draw. The flat screen is made from a piece of 10mm board.

https://richardscreativeworkshop.co.uk/inspired-workshop-commissions/#29-01

[Darth More]

Hey Richard, you continue to amaze us all! I actually bought 3 brushes for 2€ a couple weeks ago. Two of them were wire brushes, which I wanted to use for getting more retention in styrofoam. Saw that trick on YouTube.
Now, seeing the wood effect you achieved, it feels like I got a million-dollar-tool in a dollar store.
I will try if I can do it, too, but I doubt it. The walls and floors you create are incredible! Man, just incredibly great!

Much respect, mate!

[RCWCreations]

Hey Richard, you continue to amaze us all! I actually bought 3 brushes for 2€ a couple weeks ago. Two of them were wire brushes, which I wanted to use for getting more retention in styrofoam. Saw that trick on YouTube.
Now, seeing the wood effect you achieved, it feels like I got a million-dollar-tool in a dollar store.
I will try if I can do it, too, but I doubt it. The walls and floors you create are incredible! Man, just incredibly great!

Much respect, mate!

Thanks mate, that video is where I got the idea too.  When you do it, you have to press down on the brush to get through the top layer of foam, then use multiple stroke to get the impression on the foam.  It hurts your wrist after awhile but its worth it for the effect.

I used the same technique with the Friday 13th piece. https://richardscreativeworkshop.co.uk/friday-13th-scene/

[Darth More]

Wow, that is one detailed making-of on your website! Just tried Firefox and checked it out because I couldn't see any pictures with InternetExplorer. Yeah, it's time to switch standard, browsers, again. Anyhow thank you so much for your advice! I think now I know why the Scratching results on my blue foam were not as satisfying. It needs a layer of paper right? I think it's called foamboard, available in Special stores for Architecture supplies here in Germany (fairly pricey), but I will see what I can do. Got my next major exam on Monday. But after that I can share what I got in the pipeline already. I do like sand!

[RCWCreations]

I do this with the standard foam board, you have to do it enough that it breaks the skin of the board, whether it is the blue board or the black board I use.