Thinking of making some Dioramas...

In particular, one for some of the Mcf Military figs. I thinking a couple more bombed out, shot through stone walls, sandy-looking base, etc.
Question - what does one use to make the walls? I was thinking of trying bodyfill (Bondo) or making drywall filler. I was thinking that with the bodyfill I could make a wall, and then hit it with a hammer on the corner to get a bombed out look, and hit it with an ice pick to get the shot up look.
And I was thinking of mixing bodyfill with a sand colored paint, and then actually mixing in some sand for the texture.
Any comments/help would be appreciated.

Wish I could lend some advise...but I have no experience with those materials. It sounds like it should work well and give a very realistic affect!

(somewhat jokingly) Use firecrackers for a scorched/explosion effect.

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Originally posted by Drau:
(somewhat jokingly) Use firecrackers for a scorched/explosion effect.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hmmmmm.....

[img]graemlins/thinking.gif[/img]

"Light Blooming Groundflower and get away with loud retort"

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Originally posted by Joranthalus:
"Light Blooming Groundflower and get away with loud retort"

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So I'm supposed to fart when I "get away"? [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]

I have a ton of those flower things...

Not sure on the materials that you want to use, but I once used Magic Sculp over the top of some foam core board and sculpted a sidewalk base on a diorama I did once.

Work in progress. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
http://homepage.mac.com/erictorres/custom36.jpg

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Originally posted by ghostdawgg?:
Work in progress. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
http://homepage.mac.com/erictorres/custom36.jpg

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]cool.gif[/img] Whats that made of?

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Originally posted by Return of the KK:
In particular, one for some of the Mcf Military figs. I thinking a couple more bombed out, shot through stone walls, sandy-looking base, etc.
Question - what does one use to make the walls? I was thinking of trying bodyfill (Bondo) or making drywall filler. I was thinking that with the bodyfill I could make a wall, and then hit it with a hammer on the corner to get a bombed out look, and hit it with an ice pick to get the shot up look.
And I was thinking of mixing bodyfill with a sand colored paint, and then actually mixing in some sand for the texture.
Any comments/help would be appreciated.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'd say you got it all set up right there! Hell, I should be asking YOU for advice! [img]eek.gif[/img]

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ September 26, 2005 04:20 PM: Message edited by: Toymank ]</font>