Transformers Diorama Appreciation Thread

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

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    Lensing effect. I get the same thing from my computer glasses when I look at things edge-on.
     
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    Yea i hate the camera on my phone
     
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    Show of the combiner size by using a city skyscraper backdrop. Show off how tall these are by having them navigate the streets.

    Awesome dioramas!
     
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    Yea maybe a huge city scape with them busting down buildings..ty
     
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    Finally getting somewhere on the painted background. It has been very humbling, spent a lot of time watching tutorials, and had some false starts. I'm beginning to be happy with it.

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    I may have to shorten the background piece, possibly have the outside of it slope down to try to tie it to the walls. Maybe put some thin pieces on the outer walls and paint them orange.

    I'm impressed with how fast some folks can crank this stuff out. I can maybe get a few hours on it a week.
     
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    I agree.. My setups are modular and not static as I have to re-shift them constantly during my photo-shots, and they needed to be "simple", but even simple took hours (even days/weeks) to build, refine, adjust, etc. plus the hours more to plan, consider the approaches, then finding the materials (that can take weeks to find something that works), etc.

    I keep wanting to go towards the 3d-printing but I just don't feel it's at the point of being foolproof (and cheap) enough to invest into it.
     
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    The printer units are getting better all the time, but not where a diorama needs them to be. The two generators I have are the first 3D printed pieces I incorporated. While I’m impressed, I’ll wait for the next gen machines to come out.
     
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    At this time, I would consider going with the Resin type over the standard one, but the whole chemical and extra work just doesn't appeal to me. The feedback about most resin being brittle is another factor, but I've seen progress with flexible types of resins.

    Once they can get to machines that really makes it as fool-proof as printing on paper, we'll really see a turn-around in the world economy too as I can see the whole "Star Trek replicator" approach, where you buy an object's plan and just print it, including for replacement parts, and also go towards the recycling of the material. But that's another discussion completely.
     
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    I have been thinking about getting into the 3d printing as well..great info ty
     
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    I usually take a couple of hours every few months to see what's new, read up on the updates.

    We are starting to see some that are closer to being fool-proof, including "all in one" concepts for resins that would cure, vent the fumes, clean the residue, etc. as close to a finish product, but it's just at the beginning of such machines.

    There's some that claim to be fume-less resins, and I've seen some hobbyists mix resins type to obtain results that are high quality, hard but with a little flexibility that is coming close to matching the better plastics types. But we still need to get to the point of colors, etc. being part of the design/results too.

    The regular 3d printing with the spools, I've seen that progress has been made with the multi-spools for colours, but for the most part, they are getting better but still rough. I have some high quality prints (3rd party stuff/kits) that are pretty good, but not fully comparable still to molded stuff.

    But the progress in just the last 5 years is remarkable, so I can see that at this rate, another 2-3 years and we'll really see amazing advances, 5 to 10 years and we should really be close (if not there) for 3d printers as a standard in homes for online purchases to print items.

    Even vacuum printing (aka heating sheets of plastic over shapes with a suction to force it to take the shape) has been fascinating to see.
     
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    It’ll be something to see with the advancements in that technology. We won’t be building dioramas anymore, we’ll be printing them. But would that count as building them here though?
     
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    Posted a new short..guess best way to share video..idk..lol
     
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    I would say yes if your original work..idk..it amazing what we can make
     
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    I would love to 3-D print the Autobot City corridor that Prime drives down before his showdown with Megatron. I want to make a diorama of it, but it would be 10ft long and 4ft high. I just don’t have the room for it.
     
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    Having room is probably the main hardship for most collectors... How I would love to build my scenes in a more "permanent" way, but I'd need a room that's as large as the whole of my house to do it right. Heck, outside of dioramas, I have a few hundred of my figure on display now and that's not even close to a quarter of just the recent (last 3 years or so) figures I wish I could display.

    I'll be doing a cleanup in my collection/tool room and hope to figure a way to do something with it...

    That's why I did my setups as modular that I can build for my picture sessions and put it away when done.

    But here's some of my largest set-ups... and with some cropping and such, it added the perspective of space to the scenes. But all were on my dining room table or floor. Just to give you some possible incentive or inspiration.

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    Did a little work on a few dioramas. Will have to start the Beast Wars one from scratch.

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    Prime wishes everyone a Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays.

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    Hi-Jinx at the movie studio. The spotlights are glow-in-the-dark paint. I may re-do those.

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    Will probably add a mountainous background or something. It's looking a little "plane."

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    Megatron has the spirit.

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    Poor Powerglide. Literally.
     
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    Decided to redo my Beast Wars diorama. Going for a more jagged rock wall and give Megatron the high ground.
     
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