Dioramas

welcome
ditto on Shep Paine's book
add remember think outside the box.

QUOTE: Originally posted by RAF120 Welcome ShermanFirefly One of the things that has helped me do dioramas was Sheperd Paine's book "How to Build Dioramas"

That is a very good book. Good luck.
mark956

If your going to make it a hill or something use that pink styrene foam board stuff. Make sure its not the bubble kind of foam because that just makes a mess.

If you use the foam board make sure you get a hot wire foam cutter too!

As for scenery sculptamold (similiar to celluclay). You can use stuff from yard like twigs roots pebbles etc.
Good luck on your Dios

firefly!!
erock: kitty litter -"clean ofcourse"!!
regards,
nick

here is a pretty good idea u all can try i havent tried it yet but goin to on my next diorama. use durock concrete board u can get it from lowes places like that it is made for floors and stuff to be glued to and it should hold the glue for the fake grass and stuff but if u need a actual road in the diorama u already have it with the durock

take a look at all the cool dioramas on the internet. On some of these sights the guys will tell you some of their tricks. Alot of the stuff they use can be found around the house. The best tree s I ever saw were made out of twisted wire covered with clay then painted, using moss as leaves. one guy who gives alot of help is the Plastic Warrior. You can check him out by going to my profile. Shepard Paine has a book out. How to build Dioramas. You can find it in your local Library. Its great. I am starting to do one myself. Odd Balls Camp I am almost finished with my first of three Shermans and am still collecting junk to have in the camp. I will post it if i find it worthy. I figure it will take six months to do cause I am slow and don t have much spare time. I hope I was able to help.

Welcome Shermanfirefly..

This has been mentioned before I think, you can use a tree cross section found at arts and crafts stores...gives you a different look.

Regards, Dan

Welcome ShermanFirefly. You'll soon be hearing about the "Dark Side" mentioned alot in the armor forum.

Welcome ShermanFirefly

One of the things that has helped me do dioramas was Sheperd Paine's book "How to Build Dioramas"

Cellu clay works really well as a ground material. As already mentioned, woodland scenics has some product that certainly helps.

And of course ... welcome to FSM ShermanFirefly. Good to have you join us here in the Armour Forum.

Enjoy !!!!

Welcome to FSM, ShermanFirefly and welcome to the armor forum.

In addition to what erock listed, you can also use plaster for the base. There are also chopping boards available that can be used as a base.

Good luck.

For a base, you could use a small piece of plywood or any other type of wood. I usually go to the local craft store. They have many different sizes and shapes, all ready to use.

As for grass and such.... I keep a supply of Woodland Scenics material handy (the stuff used for train layouts) They have different colored grass, sand and dirt. You just apply some white glue on the wood, spread it around and shake on the grass.

For rocks and pebbles, Kitty litter is the best (clean, of course)