wouldn't you know it, I am making a diorama based of the design by tnswman , ( Hope you don’t mind tnswman ) Anyway I ran out of paint , so when I went to get some more, well, it was gone. I went to 5 stores and no one had the right color, I did how ever find a similar color, .And As I said it does have many of the same features as the one done by tnswman, but that design was awesome , and I had to have one. I did make some minor changes , such as little cross’s to mark graves... I will post some pics tomorrow
Last edited by RichardJones : 05-29-2008 at 07:30 PM.
This Diorama was inspired by the one done by tnswman . Mine however is not as good as his, but hey not bad for my first Indy Diorama . I am now working in on a Grail Temple Diorama. Will update soon....
I made a little progress on my Temple of the Forbidden Eye paper model. I'll post some new pics later this evening. You can view my progress here: http://raven.theraider.net/showthread.php?t=14985
Like many of you guys, I had a bunch of the old stuff...old Star Wars stuff anyway...like the Tatooine playset with the pod that C3PO and R2D2 crash in...if you remember the plastic base was later duplicated for a Walker/Empire Strikes Back motif...the only difference was that it was white instead of tan (sand color), LOL! The new Cargo Truck comes with an awesome cardboard diorama that I use as a backdrop for the truck itself and all 17 of the figures from waves 1 and 2 (hope to find some 3 tomorrow @ TRU). This is likely old news to most and pales in comparisson to what is pictured above...but fun and nostalgic for those of us who had cardboard sets decades ago...I'll try to post a picture soon!
I've started to build a government warehouse diorama. I used the Marvel figure factory crates & applied labels for the large ones.
Ark fits perfectly inside!
Thanks to Soloboy5 over at Rebelscum for the Ark crate templates!
hey Monarch, how did you make the decals to go on the Figure factory crates. Ive got a ton of those crates in my Indy display now and would like to fancy em up like yours(sorry Marvel )
thats weird. as much as i like the Indiana Jones figures, the paint is a bit sloppy. gloss should only be used when detailing one item of clothing from the other.
for instance i have a model from a 1960's set of Bela Lugosi as Dracula. for the cloak and shoes, my dad said it would be best to paint that a gloss black. however leave the suit in a rather flatter color.
it works well since you can see the contrasting elements from each paint.
thats maybe why the arms look so much different from the jacket.
hey Monarch, how did you make the decals to go on the Figure factory crates. Ive got a ton of those crates in my Indy display now and would like to fancy em up like yours(sorry Marvel )
Here are the templates I used. Again, credit goes to Soloboy5 at Rebelscum.com for the original Ark crate template.
I changed this one to look more like the crates in the warehouse. Using photoshop, I typed with the font 'Impact' & erased parts of the lettering so it would look more like stenciling.
I also did a Russian Army crate! Using a translator website, I put 'Top Secret. Property of the Russian Army. Do not open!'. By the way, I translated the Russian back into English & it said 'The highest of classification. The Russian Army does not reveal!'!!! Anyway, on with the template...
I printed these out onto A4 labels, you can get these from any good stationers. (Or just any paper & use glue) Then you just cut them out & stick 'em on!
wouldn't you know it, I am making a diorama based of the design by tnswman , ( Hope you don’t mind tnswman ) Anyway I ran out of paint , so when I went to get some more, well, it was gone. I went to 5 stores and no one had the right color, I did how ever find a similar color, .And As I said it does have many of the same features as the one done by tnswman, but that design was awesome , and I had to have one. I did make some minor changes , such as little cross’s to mark graves... I will post some pics tomorrow
'Top Secret. Property of the Russian Army. Do not open!'
Ha! I can actually read what it says, and the literal translation is "Highest Level of Secrecy. Property of the Russian Army do not open!"
You should have put a period after the first word of the last line, or put the last two words a few lines lower. Otherwise, it looks like a run-on sentence, as you can see in my translation.
) Anyway I ran out of paint , so when I went to get some more, well, it was gone. I went to 5 stores and no one had the right color, I did how ever find a similar color, .And As I said it does have many of the same features as the one done by tnswman, but that design was awesome , and I had to have one. I did make some minor changes , such as little cross’s to mark graves... I will post some pics tomorrow 
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