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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 …
Stunning Rock Diorama for One Sixth Figures Please support me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/KathyMillatt. I bought a couple of bespoke one sixth figures from Dorgmal Snow and wanted to create a diorama for them. I also wanted to try using EVA foam to create foam rock faces. Working in a larger scale means …
The saga continues… and this week is not pretty… First up, the masking tape wouldn’t stick so I used some Mr Masking Neo Sol which was great but it took me several attempts to put it on neatly… Painting iron man is much harder than printing him! If at first you don’t succeed… Here he …
This time it’s on to metallic paint. I’m going to let you into a secret – I’m not that good with an airbrush! Still, it’s an important skill so I’m practising hard. I printed 8 heads in all so decided to paint them up in 3 of the paint brands I had to see what …
Fettling This is the bit of the build that takes time, fettling everything to make it look good, fit well and be as smooth as possible for a good metallic finish. The Head First up was the head. I wasn’t happy with the eyes I’d drilled and as it’s 3D printed, I decided to hollow …
I’ve finished off the sanding on Iron Man and getting his various body parts to fit: I successfully drilled out the eyes using a hand vise and my normal drill with 1.2mm drill bits: I have to admit I have failed at the lighting though. Despite managing to successfully solder tiny LEDS…. They just weren’t …
I watched all 3 Iron Man movies in a couple of days and woke up the next morning just wanting to print Iron Man on my new Anycubic Photon 3D printer. Design I’m still relatively new at it and I just wanted to print so I trawled Thingiverse and MyMiniFactory until I found these files: …
The Solar System… A few months’ ago I binge watched The Expanse on Netflix: Whilst most sci-fi set in space is further away, this is set in the solar system which got me thinking. Now I love planning and researching as much as I do building so it’s been a great opportunity to renew my …
Photo of the Week – Optimus and Bumblebee This week’s photo is a diorama I made a few years ago with a city backdrop. It’s two Takara Tomy DMK kits and, whilst they don’t transform, they are great kits to make. I didn’t paint the models as the plastic came ready coloured with decals. I …
Halo Diorama – How to add a Background in Photoshop Every time I take a photo of a diorama I think about what’s behind it. Is it a sky, a building or a jungle? Most of the time, if I need a sky, I can take the diorama outside and take a great photo in …
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