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Title: Streets of Mos Eisley shelf dio
Post by: Daigo-Bah on May 13, 2011, 04:58 PM
 Hey guys!  Just finished my latest; WIP pics over at RS if you're interested!

 
(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin1.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin2.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin3.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin4.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin5.jpg)

And here is the left side with figures added.  Note some pics have the foreground jawa after I gave him a dirty wash, and others before.  I don't LOVE that version of Luke, but I wanted to get his poncho in the scene since he put it on then.  I had carefully hot-glued Ben's (and Wioslea's) robes to drape more naturally too.

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin6.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin7.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin8.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin9.jpg)

And on to the right side: I hot-glued all figures in place to prevent dominoes-falling!

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin10.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin11.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin12.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin13.jpg)

And the last couple show the diorama in place on my shelf. I painted the inside of the shelf a sky baby blue, and you can see the Tatooine building stuffed there in the corner with my Mos Eisley guy custom from a couple years back.  This is a hole I've had since the beginning (this shelf built for my very early dios by a relative), so I was thrilled to finally get this one done!

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin14.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosfin15.jpg)
Title: Re: Streets of Mos Eisley shelf dio
Post by: Daigo-Bah on May 14, 2011, 01:25 PM
I had a couple hours this morning, so I thought I'd knock out the seated jawa really quick, in order to put this dio "to bed" in my mind.  So here's a few pics of that- I took a spare POTF2 version and cracked off his bottom half, using some super sculpy to get at least a convincing seated robe shape.  I baked it, painted it, and gave it a slightly darker wash.  In the dio it helps cover up the Landspeeder support too!

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosjawa1.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosjawa2.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosjawa3.jpg)

(http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//1451/mosjawa4.jpg)
Title: Re: Streets of Mos Eisley shelf dio
Post by: Matt_Fury on May 14, 2011, 02:03 PM
Incredible!
Title: Re: Streets of Mos Eisley shelf dio
Post by: Siths Herald on May 16, 2011, 08:08 AM
Very, very cool!
Title: Re: Streets of Mos Eisley shelf dio
Post by: patreektherodian on May 16, 2011, 06:53 PM
Was there a quick way to do the pattern on the door frame?
Title: Re: Streets of Mos Eisley shelf dio
Post by: Jesse James on May 17, 2011, 04:06 AM
Greg,

As always man, outstanding stuff.  Screen accuracy is always off the charts with what you do, and it seems that tradition is holding true.  It looks like IG-88's leg is in there...  I'm not seeing a lot more I recognize though, other than figures.  The rest seems like a buttload of scratch building, especially the cargo gear/junk, etc.  Really though, outstanding.

And the fact you did a seated Jawa?  I've wanted Hasbro to do a drunk Jawa duo for outside the Cantina for ages now.  I'd love to have a couple of those guys just to chill around a Cantina shelf for sure.

Really man, outstanding.  Every detail just oozes difficulty and I appreciate stuff like this a lot.  Thanks for sharing with us.  I always appreciate that.
Title: Re: Streets of Mos Eisley shelf dio
Post by: King_Maul on May 17, 2011, 10:50 AM
Fantastic, just really impressive!
Title: Re: Streets of Mos Eisley shelf dio
Post by: Darth_Anton on May 17, 2011, 11:11 AM
Again, another insanely incredible piece of work.
Title: Re: Streets of Mos Eisley shelf dio
Post by: Mister Skeezler on May 17, 2011, 12:14 PM
Very awesome! This piece just has so much sense of atmosphere! I love it!
Title: Re: Streets of Mos Eisley shelf dio
Post by: Daigo-Bah on May 17, 2011, 05:36 PM
Thanks so much guys!  And Jesse, as always, I'm honored you put it on the front page!  Yep, those are all IG-88 parts in that cross-sectional tube, a scene detail very hard to notice on-screen (though I think it was just random machinery in the set piece).  The door ribbing is a translucent shelf liner I found in either WM or Lowe's years ago, and I had to cut strips of it to get the 3-stripe characteristic of the Tatooine doorways.