Hemble Dioramas and Customs

[hemble]

Hi All,

Completed this R2D2 and R5D4, 2 in 1 dio this morning.

Recipe

Droids - are from Bandai and built staright out of the box and they were painted and weathered using Vallejo Paints and pastel chalks.

Bases - are done using balsa wood and the sand is a mix of spakfilla/sand/paint/PVA glue and then I roughly sanded the bases so that the mix would adhere.

Ron

 

[eczamurai]

Love these! That darth vader on page one is epic!

 

[eczamurai]

Do you also use real sand on dios or is it all paint?

 

[hemble]

Love these! That darth vader on page one is epic! and Do you also use real sand on dios or is it all paint?

Cheers mate and I would like to do another Vader like that but use a Bandai one instead as they are a great looking kit. I do use real sand in all my dio and it depends how much I use with the spakfilla depending on the scale of the figure.

Ron

 

[hemble]

Hi All,

Recipe

Scout - is from Hasbro's BS 6" line and has had the joints glued and puttied up and then he was painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and pastel chalks.

Base - is made from Bandai stands that come with the kit and then foam was added to the top and then a balsa wood frame was added.
The tree trunk I got from the yard and the smaller trees are from Woodland Scenics. The small ferns are from MIG and the grass tufts are from miniNatur, I used 1:1 scale fake ferns for the large ferns and cut the end off and used them.

The smaller ground plants as well as the water plants are from JoeFixit Studios, I used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water for the water itself and once dry I mixed a little Vallejo German Camo Medium Brown with some Realistic water to do the muddy water effects. The moss on the trunk was done by mixing spakfilla x 1 tablespoon and fine sand x 1/2 teaspoon and mixed it with some PVA glue and light green paint and added it to the trunk.

Ron

 

[Natedog]

What no fish in the water? This thing sucks!

just kidding! Its actually very nice!

 

[hemble]

What no fish in the water? This thing sucks!

just kidding! Its actually very nice!

LOL yeah I should have put one or two in there or some sought of bug damn and thanks buddy.

Ron

 

[hemble]

Hi All,

Here is my latest dio/figure and hope you guys/gal enjoy it.

Solo - is from Hasbro's BS 6" line and has been painted and weathered using Vallejo paints. The first pic is a before and after repaint.

Base - is a Bandai 1:12 base with balsa wood sides, I used high density foam and cut out the stones and then used a sand stone and pressed into the foam lightly to give them a more realistic look.

Once I had the foam glued in place I then added a mix of spakfilla, dirt and paint to do the ground work. Once everything was dry I painted and weathered the dio using Vallejo Paints and Pastel Chalks.

Ron

 

[hemble]

Hi All,

Sandtrooper - Tatooine diorama/display.

Recipe

Troopers - are from Bandai and are built straight out of the box and have been painted and weathered usinbg Vallejo paints and pastel chalks.

Base - is made from foam board and I used balsa wood for the sides and also to add strength underneath, The walls have also been made from foam board and have had a spakfilla/sand mix added to them.

The sand is also a spakfilla/sand mix with some PVA glue added as well. The mositure evaporator was made using plumbers PVC pipe connection, plastic tube, plastic card, 1/72 and 1/35 parts.

The small machine is made using plastic tube, curtain rod rends, a lid from a tooth pick container and a deodorant lid. Once everything was put together they and the the diorama were painted and weathered using Vallejo Piants and pastel chalks.

Ron

 

[hemble]

last few pics

 

[Spudtrooper]

Absolutely love that Tatooine one. I would love to have something like that in 1/6. Awesome job as always, Ron.

 

[hemble]

Absolutely love that Tatooine one. I would love to have something like that in 1/6. Awesome job as always, Ron.

Thanks heaps Spud and yeah I would love to have a 1/6 Tatooine dio for a display just no room until I get into the new house once it built.

Ron

 

[hemble]

Hi All,

Recipe

Troopers - are from Bandai and have been built straight out of the box and then painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and Pastel Chalks. I have also given them an E-11 each with an extra hand glued to the weapon to save on having to pull apart the hand to add the next weapon.

The back packs have been made using plasticcard and left parts from the Bandai Sandtrooper back pack and the hose are left over parts from 1:20 scale S3FD mech suit kits.

Endor Base - is made using the Bandai stand that comes with the figures and have had balsa wood sides added. The ground work is a mix of static grass, dried moss, and potty mix, I mixed the lot together and then glued it to the base.

Once the ground work was dry I then gave it a good heavy wash of Vallejo Dark Brown and let it dry. Once dry I added the small plastic plants wich are from Joe Fixit Studios and the grass tufts are from miniNatur, the small ferns are laser cut from MIG and the large soft plastic fern I picked up from the local craft store and cut the ends off. Once all the plants were glued in place I gave all teh plastic plants a light wash of Vallejo Medium Green and then I gave them a 50/50 mix of Vallejo Medium Green/Medium Olive.

The small stone is made up using a mix of spakfilla and sand and once dry I used spafkilla to cover that. The moss on the stone is a mix of fine sand and spakfilla with Vallejo Medium Olive to give it depth.

Tatooine Base - has the Bandai figure base with balsa wood for the sides. I used a 60/40 mix of spakfilla/sand and then once added to the base and it was dry I used Vallejo Iraqui Sand to paint it. The small stone was done using the same mix as the sand and while it was hardening I used a small sandstone and lightly pressed in the mix to give it more realism.

The small stone was painted using Vallejo Dark Brown and then a was of Vallejo Dark Sand and once dry I used Patel Chalks to weather it.

Ron

 

[hemble]

Shocktrooper Endor

 

[Spudtrooper]

Too cool man!

 

[hemble]

Too cool man!

Thanks heaps Spud.

Ron

 

[hemble]

Hi All,

I did a simple Kanan Jarrus in Stormtrooper disguise custom.

Recipe

Jarrus - the head is from the BS 6" line and the trooper body is from Bandai. I repainted the head using Vallejo paints and the black area's of the trooper uniform as well.

The head is a serperate piece and can be removed to allow teh helmet to be attached.

Base - is the stand that comes with the Bandai kit and I used balsa wood for the sides, I then cut some cardboard from a cereal box and glued it on the base then sprayed it using a high gloss paint.

Ron

 

[hemble]

Hi All,

Recipe

Fett - is from Bandai and is built straight out the box except for the cape which I replaced with a drt baby wipe. The figure and cape were painted and weathered using Vallejo paints.

Base - this base was from an old figure I did last year and it got knocked around a bit so I decided to fix it up and use it for this figure.

The base and walls are high density foam (blue foam) and it was covered using plaster, the sand is a mix of plaster and sand and the pipes are bendy straws. The base was painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and Pastel chalks.

Ron

 

[hemble]

Hi All,

Mini Falcon

The kit is straight from the box and it is an amazing piece to say the least the details on it are stunning, way to go Bandai.

I used the stickers from the kits and once they were all on I went over each one with a pair of pointy sweezers. Once that was done I used model glue and went over each one to blend in the stickers to the model.

The model was painted and weathered using Vallejo paints.

Ron

 

[OutLander]

That really is amazing detail on that Mini Falcon Ron, and of course you did an amazing job painting it up.