I often get asked about my layout, track plan etc so here are the key facts: The layout is based on the New Haven but not one specific location in New England I am still not set on an era and may have 3 main dates. My problem is wanting steam and diesel plus I …
Animated Spaceport Diorama with Traveller RPG spaceship This is a fully animated spaceport diorama with working cargo gantry, monorail, light up control panels, landing pad lights and flashing warning lights plus a siren when a ship is due to land. The spaceship is from a crowdfunding campaign currently running on MyMiniFactory for 2nd Dynasty. It …
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Starting Scenery: Wonderful Water I love modelling water but it seems to scare some people – I guess I have had my fair share of resin leaks so I am used to it. In the latest instalment of the Starting Scenery course, I look at many of the ways you can add water to your …
How to Model Ultra Realistic Roads In this video, I show you how to make model roads using plaster and paint. It is very easy to come up with realistic results with just a few simple steps. I have struggled with plaster roads in the past as I have never managed to get the plaster …
I made a Realistic River from Rubber + Glue One of my patrons is allergic to resin and asked if I knew anything they could use instead for a river scene. I had this Rubber Glass sat on the side for a future underwater project so decided to give it a go. Pouring an unknown …
Star Wars – The Clone Wars – Final Scenes Dioramas These last two scenes of the Clone Wars are so poignant and emotional and I wanted to capture that feeling of desolation and loss in model form. With the Bad Batch coming out on Tuesday, May the Fourth, I rewatched the last series of the …
Starting Scenery: Basic Bushes This is the next video in my starting scenery course – bushes. Not quite a tree, definitely not grass but a great middle ground for filling out scenes. Model bushes are perfect in so many situations. I’ve used these techniques quite a bit in the last year and I really like …
Model an Ultra Realistic Ocean and Speed Boat This was supposed to be a quick diorama because I wanted to do a step by step on foil waves for the book I am writing. Instead it became a testbed for new techniques and products. The ClearFix glue is an excellent find and I have already …
Starting Scenery: Tremendous Trees Trees are everywhere and there are so many ways to model them. This is the next video in the Starting Scenery Course and I hope you find this quick snapshot of some of the methods I like useful. Materials The Amazon links are all items I have either bought or bought …
Halo Infinite Diorama with Ultra Realistic Scenery Perfect pines, a dusty road, beautiful mountains… what’s not to love about the scenery in the Halo Infinite trailer from E3 in 2018? I have been wanting to recreate this for ages and when I needed a step by step on pines for the book I am writing, …
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Mini Spacemen – Lost in Space Diorama This is the last of my mini spacemen dioramas. This one is a spaceman in his element – lost in space! I am still working on improving at painting metallics and this spaceship was the perfect practice using holomatic chrome by Alclad. I fell in love with these …