diorama tips n tricks

hi every one! many have been asking how i made i dios and what sort of materials i use... here is a simple step by step how tos i use to make my dios. hope this helps :)

First the base was made out of 1inch thick plywood and covered with a putty to make all the textures and shape of the road and the bank. The putty consists of flat white acrylic paint that comes in cans (industrial type) mixed with calsomine (white powder used to thicken acrylic paints), and an amount of industrial white glue (elmers glue will do but more expensive) to bind all the components.

When the desired composition was reached, rocks of different sizes were placed on random aera's while the putty is still soft. When everything hardens ( about two hours ) everything was coloured with brown acrylic as a base color. From theredark hues of browns, greens, ochres were worked up to the lighter shades.

For the tree, roots of a plant were used and placed upsidedown using clay. Then dried moss was glued on its branches and some on the ground. Then some smaller pieces of rocks were sprinkeld and different kinds of spices ( i used mcormic spices :) ) to ad more texture on the groundwork. When everything was done, the whole thing was sprayed with gloss varnish so seal everything up and hold everything in place, and to give it a wet look.

for those who want to make a snow scene, same method i use as the one i just explaind but you finish it off by sprinkling baking soda. after youre satisfied with the look, spray it up with clear to seal off everything :)

snow scene

in action scene

your action scene is awesome. Thank you for the tutorial!

great-i might make it(in distant future maybe)

i love it though

did u come up wiht it yourself?

i came up with the composition myself :) the techniques, i learned from my armor modeller friends and experimenting :)

wow i wish that i could do that but i dont think im patient enough but your stuff is great