Topic: Materials for Dioramas: Finding crates, parts and miscellaneous stuff...

[Darth More]

Those folding baskets come in handy. Thanks for sharing those with us, JDeck & Tamer!

[Darth More]

If I remember correctly, you guys recently talked about a suitable cage for a Wampa and/or Tauntaun
over on Starchaser's thread.
Woolworth got you covered:





The approx. dimensions are 10x8x6 inches. I can imagine this would look nicely painted in white, too! Happy hunting!

[Tamer]

Definitely in the ball park now.

[Darth More]

If you're looking for artificial plants to fill your Scarif diorama with, you may find them on AliExpress! I'd share links here, but the store I bought them from does no longer exist. It took the parcel 6 weeks to arrive this time and I'm glad it showed up after all.

Click here to see one of the best Scarif dioramas in 1/18 scale out there and make sure to leave your feedback for JDeck.

[Darth More]

Found some more neat stuff at my local Dollar Stores today: storage boxes and diorama pieces


I like the texture of this piece. Might be useful as base for a landing bay for an Action Fleet/Hot Wheels/Jazwares Millenium Falcon?





Those storage boxes are quite expensive online. Amazon for example take about 20€ for such a box. It might be worth it to look at your local big box stores. Kaufland here in Germany is similar to Walmart and today I got one of those black boxes for my light sensitive figuress (Clone Troopers & Stormtroopers).


I always like to look for gift boxes here.
New arrivals:

[Tamer]

Looks like some interesting fodder.

[Darth More]

Yes, I love going through all the aisles. You never know what you gonna get! Kaufland is similar to Walmart and their non-food items are usually weekly offers. After that they go on clearance if there are any left, which is the case most of the times. So I’m waiting until then to get 3 or 5 more. On the other hand: the reason why I waited almost 3 years to pull the trigger on a black box is because I store my figures in a dark closet anyways. And my goal is to display them all in my cabinets eventually.
So that might save me another 40€.

[Starchaser]

These updates are great. I missed the cage one from earlier, but that would work for a "beat up" look. I think I'd darken it to a gun metal gray or something. Dollar stores are a great source of inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

[Darth More]

These updates are great. I missed the cage one from earlier, but that would work for a "beat up" look. I think I'd darken it to a gun metal gray or something. Dollar stores are a great source of inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

That's a brilliant idea! I went back to Woolworth last week, but the cage with the Raptor was already gone. I might find one in another store.

[Darth More]

My local dollar store had a 30% off promo last week. This was the first time that I saw a dollar store put their entire assortment on discount ever!

And while browsing through the isles I found some bottle openers which I thought would fit 1/12 scale figures. But after I compared the measurement to my real crate of beer, I figured it's in 1/6 scale.
For 2€ each, this might be a cool accessory for you as well. They're sold on AliExpress, too!

[JDeck]

I like those beer crates, those are cool. You could stack them up in the Navarro cantina. You could paint them up to look like something else. There's potential there.

[Darth More]

Absolutely, I got two of them 30% off, definitely a nice gimmick for 1.40€. I looked up "pirate" on AliExpress and boy did I find cool stuff there. Might be a neat source for your bar project as well 

[Darth More]

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[Tamer]

I can envision a new Felucia Dio with that plant material. Those tea lights have a lot of uses.

[Darth More]

Thanks, that's a great idea! I really like the texture of these (polyester?) leaves. And I was rather thinking of a new, bigger Scarif diorama. I got those leaves here for half the price from AliExpress and they're more to scale for 3.75". However the ones from the dollar store would look nice next to figures of 6" or taller.
And if I repainted them, I could see them on a Felucia diorama as well. Thanks for the hint, Tamer!