Topic: Hemble's Dio's - Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise WIP 6" P63 07/07/15

[hemble]

Great dio Ron! Thanks for the link to the FanFilm too!

Thanks mate and my pleasure.

Ron

[hemble]

Hi All,

Here is another 6" WIP dio I'm doing that will have Luke and R2 looking for a good place to set up base camp after they ditched the X-wing on Dagobah. At the back there will the swamp and to the right there will be a large swamp tree.

Ron

[Tamer]

Wow Ron, I can already see this one is gonna be a nice. I am living the POTA stuff, but of course I am gonna love a dio from my favorite movie! Off to share at the regular places.

[hemble]

Wow Ron, I can already see this one is gonna be a nice. I am living the POTA stuff, but of course I am gonna love a dio from my favorite movie! Off to share at the regular places.

Thanks Shawn and I have a few more dio idea's for POTA but I really want to get a few SW dio's done that I have been wanting to do first.

Ron

[hemble]

Hi All,

Another update on the Dagobah Dio.

I wanted to use a palm tree root like the one I used on my 3-3/4" Luke and Yoda dio but it was to short so I used a branches from a old tree I had in the recycle compost bag.

I cut what branches off I wanted and then pinned and then superglued the smaller ones to the trunk, I then used high density foam to build up the ground work then used plaster cloth to cover the foam and build up the ground work.

Were I attached the smaller branches I used plaster cloth to cover up the gaps then let it dry a little and with a piece of bark pushed that into the plaster cloth. Once it all dried I then used a mixer of plaster and PVA to and lightly covered over the bark this will help with the bark from peeling off or cracking.

I also used plaster cloth to cover the rest of the ground work and just pushed teh plaster cloth around till I got the desired look.

Ron

[Tamer]

You can read my comments on the front page. Just fantastic Ron.

[hemble]

Hi All,

Thanks again as always Shawn and I'll have two more updates very very soon.

Ron

[hemble]

Hi All,

More updates,

Pic 1 - I have added another light mix to the tree and given the base a quick paint job to see how the ground work will look around the base of the tree.

Pic 2 - The tree was given a heavy wash of Matt Black and then left for about 2 hours to dry.

Pic 3 - The tree was then given a wash of Burnt Umber and left to dry and then a second wash of Burnt Umber was applied.

Ron

[hemble]

Pic 4 - The tree was then given a wash of Burnt Unber and Light Brown.

Pic 5 - The tree was given a very very light drybrush of Beige brown.

Pic 6 - The tree was then given a wash in different areas to simulate moss/slime.

next up will be the thicker moss/slime.

[hemble]

More updates.

Pic 7, 8 & 9- Ground work has been done by mixing dried garden dirt, potty mix and ground up leaves together and then covering the base with PVA glue and then the ground mixer was added and then let dry for at least 2 hours for the ground mixer to adhere correctly.

The moss was done by mixing static grass and model railway bush clumps with some green paint and then attaching it to the tree and leave to dry. Once this mixer has dried get some cotton ball and soak in the same green paint you used before and once soaked tear it apart and then start attaching it over the static grass and bush clump mixer you attached earlier.

Pic 10 - Once everything has dried the ground work was then given a wash of Black Brown and then let this dry for about and hour.

next up applying extra shrubs and water.

[hemble]

Hi All,

Last update for the night.

Pic 11 - Where the water edge is I have used Woodland Scenics Water Effects to make a barrier for when I use Woodland Scenics Realistic Water. The Water Effects once dry will be clear and blend in very realistic with the Realistic Water.

Pic 12 & 13 - I have added small clumps of plant life using Army Painters Wilderness Tufts, for those that haven't seen these they are tufts/clumps of grass that you peel off and they are very sticky underneath. Once you decide where you want the tufts/clumps you can just stick hem onto your base but I like to add a little super glue to make sure they do not come off.

Next up will be filling in the water and making it murky.

[Tamer]

Looks great Ron, updates going to the front page.

[hemble]

Looks great Ron, updates going to the front page.

Thanks heaps Shawn and I'll have more updates tomorrow.

Ron

[CloneSniper78]

Awesome work Ron! I'm looking forward to seeing more and I also want to see a step by step painting process for R2-D2.

[hemble]

Awesome work Ron! I'm looking forward to seeing more and I also want to see a step by step painting process for R2-D2.

Thanks mate and I'll have another update tonight sometime and I will also be doing Luke and R2 step by step as well.

Ron