Tatooine Diorama I printed and painted the Mandalorian and now it was time to build a diorama to put him on. This Mandalorian tatooine diorama is over 3′ long and fits on the top shelf of some new bookcases I have for displaying my dioramas. I wanted to incorporate the speeder bike design from Gambody …
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Making a Winter Wonderland I love modelling winter dioramas – they’re so easy and fun to do! When Noch approached me to make 4 short videos for their advent calendar series, I snapped at the chance – this is the complete video in one go. Snow is easily modelled with a variety of different powders …
The Mandalorian I love the Mandalorian series and I wanted my own! Full size was a bit beyond me so I 3D printed then painted an 1/8 scale figure which is about 9″ high. This was so much fun to do – even the sanding was therapeutic. It often feels that my job (which this …
Mini Spacemen – Pot of Gold I fell in love with these mini spacemen when I saw them on Instagram on Roman Lappart’s page. At just 15mm high, they are part of the Massive Voodoo Challenge 2020. You just need to create a diorama with a mini spaceman on it. The spacemen are resin casts …
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Starting Scenery: Realistic Roads Realistic roads are such an important part of all of our scenery; they tie buildings, towns and cities together and give us more little vignettes to model. There are so many ways to model them and I have already covered many options in videos. Because I’ve already covered so many topics, …
Starting Scenery: Backdrops Backdrops make such a difference by cutting out clutter and expanding the scene beyond the few square inches that are modelled. Materials The Amazon links are all items I have either bought or bought something similar for myself. Clicking on any links to Amazon will give me a small affiliate income which …
The Tomb of Glowing Lava This has been one of the most fun dioramas I have ever built with glowing lava, a plucky heroine and some great new techniques. You can get a free painting guide to glowing lava here. I’ve listed the materials then a quick step by step. Please check out my collaborators …
Memories of the Lake District When Noch approached me about doing a sponsored video using their new Grasmaster 3.0, I immediately thought of one of the grassiest places I knew – the Lake District. There are so many types of grass and reeds as well as other vegetation. I looked through my holiday snaps and …
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Starting Scenery: Grass Grass is everywhere, in fact it covers 20% of the planet, so it’s not a surprise that we need to model it so often! It is surprisingly easy compared to other vegetation as we have the perfect material for it – static grass. Materials The Amazon links are all items I have …
Starting Scenery: Earth or Ground Layer The earth or ground layer is key. It hides the construction layers beneath and is the first scenery layer to be modelled. My favourite product is tile grout; it comes in many different earth tones, is easy to apply and very robust. It can easily be used for terrain …