Topic: BlackThorne's Dioramas

[BlackThorne]

Hi fellow yarders. I'll start this thread with my first DIO, it was finished about two months ago. I intended to recreate the streets of Mos Eisley, here is the result:









I still feel I could have done a better work on this - the doors are really uglies. Well, by now I'm working in another similar DIO, and I believe I'll hit the points where I left to be desired.

As always, all feedbacks are welcome. It is a pleasure to learn with you all.

[Mando Assasin]

That looks great!

[Luke Sprywalker]

First off, welcome to the Yards! Great looking diorama you have created and we would love to hear what materials and techniques you have used to make it. I too plan to recreate the streets of Tatooine as I sold my last build. Feel free to show us some progress shots on your next builds, they are always fun.

[Tamer]

Looks good to me. Off to the front page. I look forward to seeing your next entry.

[BlackThorne]

That looks great!

Thanks for the words, Mando Assasin.

First off, welcome to the Yards! Great looking diorama you have created and we would love to hear what materials and techniques you have used to make it. I too plan to recreate the streets of Tatooine as I sold my last build. Feel free to show us some progress shots on your next builds, they are always fun.

Hi Luke, I'll be ansious to see your new street of tatooine dio, I really dig your dios.

To create this set I used a type of wood called eucatex (it is very similar to MDF) as a base. All the structures were created with styrofoam with multiples layers of "kitchen paper" to add textures - to put everything together I also applied a high adhesive glue diluted in water over the piece.

The next step is adding some milled and sifted sand. Then, I painted the whole thing with tones from darker to lighter, then darker again.

You can see some shots of the process here: http://forjadasestrelas.blogspot.com.br/2012/10/diorama-star-wars-wip-ruas-de-mos-eisley.html

Sorry for not having documented the entire steps flow.

Looks good to me. Off to the front page. I look forward to seeing your next entry.

I'm happy you like it. The next dio will be even better.

Check this out, a sneak pic from the upcoming DIO:

[Tamer]

Nice!

[CHEWIE]

Very impressive work!

 

[Spookymufu]

very cool, dios are my fav part of collecting SW

[hemble]

Mate welcone aboard and you have done a fantastic dio, I especially like the textures of your buildings,   the doors look great as well and both together gives the buildings a really rustic look to them.

Ron

[clone10]

Awesome job man, cant wait to see more.

[Clonehead]

Welcome aboard! That is some sweet diorama work there. Your sneak peek of the next one has my interest held for sure.

[DocOutlands]

Nice work, here!

[BlackThorne]

Wazzup fellow yarders! Thanks a lot for all the comments!

I jumped in the topic just to show updates of my new diorama. It will be a big one, modular with two floors.

I learned how to do new doors, much more cool and detailed compared to the first ones.

Here is the pictures:


Custom Star Wars Diorama Sneak pic por Man'O War, no Flickr


Custom Star Wars Diorama Sneak pic por Man'O War, no Flickr


Custom Star Wars Diorama Sneak pic por Man'O War, no Flickr


WIP dio tatooine - Mos Eisley por Man'O War, no Flickr


WIP dio tatooine - Mos Eisley por Man'O War, no Flickr

Tomorrow it will be finished, I'll post the final shots of the whole thing, stay tuned.

[Tamer]

Looking good. This update is on our fp.

[Luke Sprywalker]

This is looking awesome! The doors do look quite nice and detailed.