Sci-Fi
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 …
Mini Spacemen – Desert Diorama This is the second of my mini spacemen dioramas. This one is a desolate planet diorama. I wanted to show how small the spaceman was compared to the cracked earth, alien skull and giant vulture. This is the first time I have used Golden Crackle Paste and it came out …
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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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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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 …