Diorama/Playset Spotlight

[Darth_Anton]

This is a great thread! All of the pieces are excellent, but that sail barge is just stunning.

[CHEWIE]

Thanks Darth Anton.  I think it's so cool to look at other people's work...

Here's another that I found online.  I don't know who made this one either.  It's supposed to be Dagobah, but the think to me that stands out is this could be a good start for a diorama for the planet Felucia where Aayla Secura is seen in ROTS -



I think you could buy a lot of this stuff at a hobby store like Michael's for pretty cheap?

 

[Famine]

I think you could buy a lot of this stuff at a hobby store like Michael's for pretty cheap?

This is true.

They have allllllll sorts of plants and such.

Kevin

[CHEWIE]

Here's a scene that has been on my to-do list for about 8-9 years now!!!



This was made by a customizer named David Syczylo - awesome job. 

I think this is something I could replicate, but where's the time, and space to put it?   

 

[Famine]

Shelf box Diorama, Justin.

You build the shelf like a box without the front side. Build the sailbarge against the back edge, and about 3/4 of the sarlac, so you can see inside of it from the side. It would be a neat take on it.

Kevin

[Ryan]

Very, very cool! I'd also love to do thios one but I need some space and a skiff or two frist.

Speaking of Sarlac Pit what ever happened to him? I think his name was Toni Collucci or something like that. He did 12" and I think so 3 3/4" customs and dioramas.

[CHEWIE]

I used to look at this one from time to time over at www.niubniubsuniverse.com.  It was made by a customizer named Luis Del Pozo.

 

[Fly07]

Hi all, I registered at Chewie's request. I too am a banned soul at Rebelscum. Not to toot my own dio horn or anything, but Chewie suggested I post pics of my 2 main custom dio projects, Kashyyk and the GRIATU (which is a GI Joe USS Flagg playset). This link is to my gallery and there are a plethora of pictures in it. Any thoughts or comments are welcome.

http://www.coreplanets.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=226

I named the Flagg the GRIATU, which stands for Grand Republic In Atmosphere Transport Unit, nickname "the 66". I still have to change the deck and tower decals from 99 to 66, and remove another GI JOE sticker or two, but I think it makes a nice crossover toy. Good to be here by the way.

[CHEWIE]

Fly07, I am a huge fan of your GRIATU, in fact that was on my list of things to add to this thread.   

 

[Fly07]

Thanks man. I like it as well, and am glad to have picked it up, but I have been wishy washy at the thought of really altering it, as I have some money in it when factoring the parts I bought to complete it and the figures I traded for it in the first place. It works pretty well as it is, but I can't quite decide what to alter and with what parts to make it more Star Wars-ish. There are some pretty nice dio's in this thread all around. That droid torture chamber is going to be copied in my room I think.

[CHEWIE]

Well.... I would suggest repainting the whole thing to make it more of an Imperial Gray color... as for the "66" on it; I think it would be very cool if you made some sort of fan-fic symbols on it to represent the English version of "66" - some sort of cool symbols on it would rock.  Even the Imperial logo would be nice.

 

[CHEWIE]

Here's another that I like, from Jamie Follis -



It's much better than my lame attempt -



 

[Gregorbian]

Don't sell yourself short CHEWIE, Jamie's diorama is excellent, obviously, but I really like your version too.  I would probably try to add some junk (literally) to fill up some of the space, but I like your version.  All of my dioramas are just a foamcore base, a foamcore background and lots of random paint 

[CHEWIE]

Thanks for the kind words... and I remember seeing this behemoth on ebay a few years back...



 

[Gregorbian]

What the hell?  Jeez that must've taken some time.  How much would that have sold for on eBay?