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Diorama building tips, techniques, and custom 3D printing.
Making a fire escape by hand is a daunting task that requires quite a bit of skill and patience, so I wanted to offer an easy solution for those of us who might not have those skills and patience! This fire escape kit can be assembled in under a minute without any glue. I modeled …
Everyone seems to use hardware cloth screens or gutter guards for their dioramas, but the overly large size of those screens and their asymmetrical diamond pattern always bugged me, so I wanted to create something that was a little more realistic and to scale for my action figure displays. I designed these panels with two …
Some delinquents went nuts on Yancy Street last night. Yancy Street exists in a world where apes and humans reside alongside one another, sometimes tolerably, other times not so much, so I wanted to add a bit some graffiti and flyers that would help to tell that story. These OBEY posters I found online were …
I designed this door with a large window and 3D printed it for the comic shop on the Yancy Street diorama. I could have made this door our of styrene or wood, but I wanted to design and print as much as possible for this diorama. A little paint and it’s starting to look pretty …
With this press, you can quickly turn a large sheet of styrofoam insulation board into a wood floor for your action figure diorama. Spend less time carving and more time on other aspects of the hobby — painting, posing, playing, and photographing! This press measures 8 1/8″ x 1 1/2″ and works well in 1:10 …
With this press, you can quickly turn a large sheet of styrofoam insulation board into a cinder block wall for your action figure diorama. Spend less time carving and more time on other aspects of the hobby — painting, posing, playing, and photographing! This press measures 8″ x 2 3/8″ and works well in 1:10 …
Carving stone walls in styrofoam is a difficult, time-consuming process. This small stone wall press makes it easy to achieve great looking results. Spend less time carving and more time on other aspects of the hobby — painting, posing, playing, and photographing! This press measures 4″ x 4″ and will work in any scale. This …
Believe it or not, painting a stone wall is one of the easiest (but messiest) things you can paint because there’s no right or wrong way to do it. Here’s one technique on how to create and paint a stone wall for your diorama or gaming terrain. Painting stonework is all about layering on the …
This new styrofoam press measures 6.25″ x 6.25″ and will let you complete a giant diorama wall in no time. If you’ve ever tried carving stone walls out of styrofoam, you know it can be a tricky project. I created this stone wall press to make the process much easier to achieve great looking results. …
