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Diorama building tips, techniques, and custom 3D printing.
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 …
This was a fun little project that tested the limits of my both my brain and my 3D printer. I’ve been trying to create items that are not seen on every action figure diorama — if you’ve seen one back alley, you’ve seen them all. I don’t recall ever seeing a giant bank vault in …
This stretch of Yancy Street has seen better days, and the wear and tear after all those years is showing. For the entryways of each business, I wanted some sort of old, beat up tile, and I found some good examples online and printed them out. I cut the shape of the entryway and used …
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL MINIATURE PAINTER! (Please be kind.) I spent a good part of a week painting an army of zombies recently. These miniatures are for the new expansion of Zombicide by CMON games. When you open the box for the game, you are presented with trays and trays of gray figures, …
Tired of staring at those white walls, I decided it was time to add some color. I thought the comic shop would look good in red, while Monk’s needed a more sedate gray. While the paint dried, I started work on the comic shop’s sign. Cool & Collected is one of my long-running websites, so …
Last night, I added some detail to the buildings by gluing strips of wood trim around the doors and windows. One of my goals for this diorama was to create and 3D print as many pieces as possible. Here is the door of the future comic book shop. I left a large opening for “glass” …
I’m in the final stages of designing a 1:12 scale fire escape/balcony. I’m planning to sell these as a kit, so the pieces need to be designed to be assembled with minimal effort. These are getting real close to prime time, so stay tuned!
My Zombicide Kickstarter finally came in and let’s just say the amount of painting in my future is pretty daunting. CMON’s minis are always top-notch and I can’t wait to get started! The beginning step of the painting process is to prime all the figures with a base coat of black spray paint that adheres …
