Topic: Raylen's Dioramas

[Raylen]

I sold this one off about a year ago. We moved and it was designed for a shelf at our old place. Plus, this was before I got into making diorama parts and kits. It used Frank Diorio's decals. I had LED Christmas lights bundled in between levels. Never got much done on the surface and never finished the med-bay bunk.

[Tamer]

You have shared so much great stuff. So awesome.

This is great too. I know I would have sure bought it.

Off to share this on the front pages too.

[BlackThorne]

Looks very nice, I'm eager to see more.

[Starchaser]

That was a nice dio. I'm curious to see how you would build the same scene now.

[Raylen]

This was my most recent dio. Its a little difficult to see the details in the alcove with the reddish door. Would little to add lights at some point. Nothing seems to be quite enough. Archways, red door, white doorway, and control panels are all available from Hole in the Ground Productions.

[Tamer]

Wow, nice dio. It looks great to me.

Off to share it and your dio store on the front pages.

[Starchaser]

That looks great. I like the red doors. What are the columns made from?

[Darth More]

Very nice diorama pieces there! Are you going to add some panels for texture to the floor of your last one? I think the walls look superb! Can't get more starwarsy than that! Thanks for sharing and thank you for joining this forum!

[Raylen]

Here's my Star Tours diorama. Originally I wanted to more closely duplicate the layout from the ride itself but the control tower would be roughly from where the viewer would be looking, so had to take artistic license. Main construction is wood, along with PVC, sheet styrene, some kit bashed parts, 3D printed parts, and some crates and door from Hole in the Ground Productions http://www.holeinthegroundpro.com/dioramas.html

I have lights installed but the ones in the overhead gantry weren't getting enough power so I cut em. The control room lights up along with a few wall lights. If you've been on the ride, there are conveyors moving stuff around overhead so I included that idea at the back. I even cut one the the crates so it appears to be going "through" the wall. The crane for the gantry slides back and forth and the claw pivots. It's designed to be able to hold the R2 figure outside the Starspeeder.

[Starchaser]

That looks absolutely amazing. It totally captures the ride. The conveyors are great and the cut crate was an excellent idea to convey motion. I'm impressed!

[Tamer]

Wow. So impressive. I have a friend who is down there now who was blown away by this.

Thanks for sharing.

Off to the front pages.

[MandoMuggle]

That is one convincingly awesome diorama!

[BlackThorne]

The dio is awesome, great attention to all the details. I love it!

[hemble]

Excellent work on all the dios mate.

Ron

[Raylen]

About time I start working on some of my own projects again. Here is the Death Star Tractor Beam Chasm. I considered going higher So I could add another doorway and ceiling greeblies to double as the chasm "swing" scene but I have a specific shelf it needs to fit on. The walls, doorways, bridge "stubs", Tractor Beam Generator, and the two "thingys" in the background are all sold through Hole in the Ground Productions. I then added the support tubes and bridge (which can lift out). Painted wood base and frames to hold the walls in place. Unfortunately no way to have a matte painting that can work from all angles!  So the plain black makes it more like a piece of art.