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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 …
After a ton of planning, designing, and printing, I can finally announce that I am now selling my own 3D printed products. The first item up for sale is a supply crate that would look perfect in any Punisher lair, or villain hideout. I know this crate seems pretty simple, but it took quite a …
Most action figure dioramas are built using high-density styrofoam. While styrofoam has many advantages, I have been using MDF (medium density fiberboard) for my dioramas because they are rock-solid and can take plenty of abuse, which can happen after repeated photo shoots. I have devised a way to make these MDF dioramas modular by incorporating …
Creating a stone or rock wall for your diorama utilizes many of the same steps as making a brick wall, but a stone wall is much more forgiving since the lines don’t need to be precise. In fact, it’s almost impossible to screw this one up! Start with a piece of 1″ thick insulation foam board. …
There are plenty of tutorials online about how to create brick walls for your diorama, but I found that I wanted a more realistic result for my action figure photography. Most of the examples I’ve seen have bricks that are way too large and are the size of cinder blocks or larger. A standard brick …
