New Diorama Build: Dagobah - Luke meets Yoda

[Craig Walker]

Hey Craig, have you done any more to this project? It's been a while.

I was thinking just last night I need to get back at it. Thanks for the encouragement

Life went a bit sideways on me around the time of my last entry: The wife and I gave birth to a 19 year old girl. I basically have guardianship of my 19yr old 2nd cousin for the near future. I got her driver's license, got a car, hooked her up with a job etc. Life has been crazy, but good crazy.

She's 'established' now, so time to get back to work/play

 

[Craig Walker]

Two boxes are just preliminary coats.

 

[Craig Walker]

 

[The Beginner basher]

Nice work as usual Craig. I don't know whether to congratulate you or not on your new addition to the family. Lol.

 

[Craig Walker]

Lol, she's great. A sweetheart.

Thanks

About to start the foam/ground work.

 

[Craig Walker]

More painting:

 

[Craig Walker]

"Radio" isn't that green in person, but need to tone it down a bit.

 

[Hoody999]

"Radio" isn't that green in person, but need to tone it down a bit.

Nice, it's all coming together...

 

[Craig Walker]

 

[Craig Walker]

Layering in the mud...

 

[Craig Walker]

 

[Craig Walker]

 

[Craig Walker]

Left side of storage box:

 

[Craig Walker]

Few more things go in this box. And few things not finished painting....ex: black boxes are gold in the movie.

 

[Solo_bones]

I have no idea how you scratch build all of these things..:it’s brilliant and looks like a lot of talent and hard work. I wish I could do that.

 

[Mandible]

Holy hell, Craig!!! That looks like real mud! How the hell did you do that?!

 

[Craig Walker]

I have no idea how you scratch build all of these things..:it’s brilliant and looks like a lot of talent and hard work. I wish I could do that.

Thanks Everything is polystyrene, pretty much. Just getting various shapes and sizes, then determining how what you have can work

Holy hell, Craig!!! That looks like real mud! How the hell did you do that?!

Don't know if you backtracked to post #129: I globbed melted polystyrene (styrene dissolved in the bonding agent) onto him to get the 'bulk' of the mud. Paint alone won't give the mass/weight of mud.

NO turning back, I'd never get this crap off him again, so it's "all in". There's a ton of it on him, esp his left foot. If you look at stills, it hides much of the detail of his left foot.

Then layered some brown paint, applying more heavily on the bottom half of him. Then I blended a darker grey and black to taste, until it looked like the mud color in stills.

Just gotta be patient and not slap it on there. Layer, layer, layer.

Thanks

 

[Mandible]

You're a braver man than I!

Looks great!

 

[Craig Walker]

You're a braver man than I!

Looks great!

Thank ya

 

[TonTon]

Great work in here, Craig.