'Close Contact' Diorama (WIP)

[Klaus not Santa]

Really amazing how your build comes together.
I LOVE the scratch built details.
And the scene is building up tension nicley - one can already feel the drama building up here.
Good Job mate!

 

[Deere_driver]

Great work on the details, especially the AC unit and satellite dish!

 

[tiking]

Thanks for the warm replies guys.

 

[Steve Ski]

Figs look great, structures are coming along and the layout looks like it flows well. Lookin like a great one to me!

Cheers, Ski.

 

[Junkie]

Yeah, totally. This is shaping up great.

 

[tiking]

Figs look great, structugetting ready to oming along and the layout looks like it flows well. Lookin like a great one to me!

Cheers, Ski.

Thank you guys, especially you ski. Coming from you it is a total compliment. I am in the process of getting ready to paint the usmc figures.

 

[cargoman5126]

Great work, Luv the details and results you've created. Awsome!!

 

[tiking]

A little continuation of the diorama construction. No big change but added some more small stuff, so it looks a little more the mess out on the road and around the building. You can see that I keep on trying different variations to see which one fits best in the scene.















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These are the figures I am using. Right now I'm forced to start over with the USMC figures because I was not entirely happy with the result.

 

[JohnSimmons]

Wow I'm really liking this man!

 

[Steve Ski]

Yo tambien! (me too) Wow, the details are adding up, but what really has me going is the trash bags with what "really" looks like bags full of trash. Incredible detail, excellent addition and spooky realistic. Ruck On!

Cheers, Ski.

 

[modelerchris521]

Great Job man ;D ;D ;D ;D That scratch building looks amazing
Cant wait for those USMC troops 8)
8) MC521 8)

 

[tiking]

Thanks for the support guys. Greatly appreciated.

 

[tiking]

Well, after buying some denatured alcohol, and soaking the figures in them to remove the paint, I finally took them out after 8 hours and the results were not that good. The paint seem to come off easily but so did the plastic. So I had to throw away two of the usmc figures. So typical. And these were the two main figures I wanted to use in this scene. So that means I will have to build the other two remaining ones and luckily I had one resin figure from Blast Model that I will add to the present ones. Oh well. Next time I will not leave them in for so long. I am going to start on the figures this weekend. So my apologies for not having any pics to show of the usmc figures. Hopefully next update.

But here are some over all pics of the entire diorama, which I took outside. I painted the concrete barriers black/yellow strips and added drums to the mix to make the scene more interesting. Still going to weather the building some more and the surroundings.

 

[hilld]

Wow,the detail is so great. I love the bullet holes in the side of the building and the paper on the street. Brilliant!

 

[tiking]

Thank you. Still a little more work needed.

 

[The Chaos]

This Dio looks very good 8)

 

[tiking]

Thanks to you too Chaos.

 

[Klaus not Santa]

Bummer about the two lost figures, but I'm VERY confident with your level of work you will compensate easily.
The deatils are awesome!
Good luck with the rest
Cheers
klaus

 

[tiking]

Thank yoy Klaus.

 

[tiking]

I have been asked many times how I made the garbage bags. I made the trash bags using this method:

1. I cut a small piece of GLAD food rap plastic and cut it into the size I wanted; more like a square shape napkin.

2. Then I took some sugar( sand works fine too) and placed some in the center of the plastic.

3. I gently folded all four corners together then used a piece of thread to tie the plastic together.

4. Then I took a spray primer and sprayed the entire plastic. You might want to use a plastic type spray that is compatible with such materials. I did not have any on hand. So I just used a car primer spray can.

4. After it dried for an half hour to an hour, I took a black spray can( Tamiya Matt Black, but any will do, I guess) and spray the bags until I covered all areas except the bottom. This area will not be seen anyway. That's it. Instant trash bags.

I am a cheapo modeler. So O try and look for all cheap methods to building. That is why I decided to do this project.