Transformers Diorama Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by JJohnson, Sep 21, 2017.

  1. Maximal Prime

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    That diorama shelf is looking great! Are you going to have a light source from inside the Ark tunnel?
     
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    Thank you and yes
     
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    This new bit will have the lights..this section will stay detachable 0817211248.jpg 0817211248a.jpg
     
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    Mountain background under way 0817211250.jpg 0817211250.jpg
     
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    So I don't post much on these forums but I've been working on these for a while and thought I'd finally contribute to the community.

    The first one - the scene on Thrull - is pretty much finished. I might add some extra accents on the backwall (but I'm still not very good at creating depth in the backgrounds) but it is basically done.

    In the second one - the crystal mines of Burma - I plan to glue on some plastic tubing over all the red "crystal" tubes to give it a bit more realism. And yes, that is Soundblaster in there as a placeholder until the not-Fans Toys Acoustic Wave gets released.

    Any feedback or suggestions would be really appreciated!

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    Looks nice love the rocks..my thoughts on lava since i am thinking about my future gigapower dinobots display..i want a volcano in the back ground is..figure out where the lava flow will be sculpt some lava make a cast of it ams so it with clear red resin have it be holllow paint some kind of orange on the volcano where it will be placed..then uae led to iluminate the insise hopedully creating a cool lava effect..not sure if that makes sense lol
     
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    Lights are coming 0822212239.jpg 0822212239.jpg
     

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    Decided to stop beig lazy and continue work on my "Sherman Dam"-type power station.

    Great job everyone else.
     
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    the smallest of dioramas

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    There any dioramas I can buy that scale well with WFC figures?
     
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    No idea i have seen people on youtube but i do not know who sells their dioramas
     
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    0831211658.jpg quick little update
     
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    0831211706_HDR.jpg in case anyone was curious about scale 0831211709_HDR~2.jpg
     
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    Nice..did you build the ship?
     
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    Purchased the Extreme-Sets Deluxe Headquarters (purple Decepticon theme) and Deluxe Control Center 2.0 (orange Autobot theme) sets, which are made of printed cardboard. They are relatively pricey at around $80 but ended up being a lot bigger than expected. The 3 floor panel wide setup was wider than one my kid's play tables. Don't have the Autobot one up yet due to lack of space. The sets are modular, and I could take them down to 1 floor panel wide each. Then, however, I'd feel like I'm wasting a lot of an expensive set.

    Posted these in another thread earlier:

    Yep, very wide.
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    Also, quite tall.
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    I was thinking of getting these, do they scale well with WFC figures in your opinion?
     
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    I think it scales well with WFC overall. The figures don't look out of place or anything.
     
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