Pirates of the Caribbean diorama This is loosely based on the rum island from pirates of the Caribbean. Imagine the scene – the plucky female pirate is using a treasure map she has found to dig for buried treasure but it is badly water stained so she is not having much luck. As she pores …
Model a Water Splash using UV Resin I have had a bottle of UV resin for a while and it was time to put it through its paces and model a water splash with the Master Chief riding through a resin river. I used GreenStuffWorld UV resin, plus their epoxy resin for the river and …
Halo Infinite – Exploding Warthog Diorama This has got to be one of my favourite dioramas I have made this year! With Halo Infinite coming out and Xbox/Halo’s 20th anniversary, I thought it was time to do a couple of themed dioramas and first up is a model explosion. If I had known that explosions …
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The Gladiator Mech Battle Diorama Hulk v Thor is the ultimate gladiator mech battle – who will win – Hulk’s strength or the god of thunder? It’s loosely based on Thor Ragnarok and is for the Gunpla Talk Show Singularity contest. (You can check them out on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/GunplaTalkShow). This was built using 30 minute …
Miniature Working Fun Fair Ride with Flashing LEDs Fun fairs are such great places to model with loads of movement, flashing lights and people having fun! This is the first of what I hope is a series of HO scale fun fair rides that build up into something much larger over time. Materials The Amazon …
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Samurai Star Wars Kitbash Droid | Dojo diorama I love the Samurai Star Wars figures and having collected a few, I needed a diorama for them to live in then Boylei Hobby Time suggested a collaboration on a kitbash Star Wars droid. I knew exactly what was needed! To be honest it wasn’t much of …
Tomb Raider Underwater Escape Diorama Tomb Raider is one of my favourite video games and this is based on many of her underwater scenes. I wanted to show her escaping the inevitable bad guys whilst swimming towards the next tomb… This uses rubber water which is great for encapsulation. I hit a couple of snags …
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 …