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Using 3D to plan a dio

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  • From: Australia
Posted by OctaneOrange on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 9:36 PM

interesting way to combine your skills of models and computer. That splash will make an interesting device on the diorama.

if anyone wants to have a crack at this, i'd recommend Google's sketchup  as a starting point.

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    October 2005
  • From: Warwick, RI
Posted by Kolschey on Monday, October 8, 2012 7:55 AM

Great start on this! I actually also use CG models, but in reverse. I construct my scratchbuilds, and then use those as the basis for CG versions.

Here's my process:  www.firstgearterritories.com/.../INDEX.htm

Krzysztof Mathews http://www.firstgearterritories.com

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Posted by Lloyd on Sunday, October 7, 2012 7:53 AM

Thanks, the program cost about the same as a used car, but thats for my job. There are free and easier to use programs out there which could be used to test a layout this way.

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    August 2012
Posted by mc65 on Sunday, October 7, 2012 4:39 AM

oh, boy!

as I'd like, know how to use the computer at this level ... Instead I'm still looking for the key to the brackets!

For this reason I have to plan my dioramas with boxes of cookies and a lot of a lot of imagination ... it's a good mental exercise, but that effort!

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Using 3D to plan a dio
Posted by Lloyd on Friday, October 5, 2012 10:52 AM

Hi, this is just an idea I had for planning out a diorama to test the layout and action. I have the armor represented here in Tamiya 1/48 kits and the army men figures correspond to the Tamiya 1/48 Infantry GI Set.

So it really just an action piece set in a ruined Eurpoean town, with a vertical apect to it, the bridge over a  river etc. Not sure if tanks would line up like this, so tactically it probably is way off.

I'll probably never make it, it's a bit too generic in a way but actually might look OTT and cool if fully fleshed out in a scale dio. Cheers.

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