airsoftlover Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 finished my newest scenery! it's small, but it still took plenty long enough. the green toxic spill is poster plastic glued into a puddle shaped cutout, then painted over, then with realistic water poured over it for a hard, shiny surface. The spill part coming from the pipe is hot glue. the telephone pole is hand cut from wood, and the insulators on top are hot glue bits that were cut into insulator shapes and some painted aqua (i also collect insulators in real life lol). the wire is just... wire. the whole thing is carved from foam with sand for texture and bits of modeling grass and moss sprinkled on it. the green is supposed to be radioactive so it is reflecting off of everything, not so sure i did the green reflections properly :-P anyway, i hope you guys like it! i am no where near a pro but i did my best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Cleanbrush Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Hey! That looks awesome! I've done a little bit of scenery for a couple dioramas of mine, and (for me at least) it can sure be tempting to slack off a little on terrain. But you showed some great patience and attention to detail. The one small critique I have is that it might be worth it to extend the dark line on top of the wires that stick out over the sludge. This would give the appearance of the light coming more from straight beneath it. However, maybe toxic sludge radiates and reflects enough light to make it appear as if it's coming from all over. I've never seen it in real life, so I don't know. So, do you have any models lined up to place on it? Maybe the base for some cool diorama? All you need are some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airsoftlover Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 thank you very much! now that you mention it, i do completely agree, i should extend the black on the top of the wires. my miniatures are all demons, and this was just a fun diorama so i will put 3 or 4 minis on it and then change it up a week later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Cleanbrush Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Sounds cool. I ended up cutting base-shaped slots into the ground of my diorama to lock the models in place at ground level, but then I can only see my figures from a few directions as they sit in my display case. Yours will have a lot more utility, and it looks great in its own right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuaslater Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Mutants would look great on that. Excellent piece!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbdog Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Looks good. Like the colors involved. Three suggestions: Kuro is right that the way to help the "glow" effect is to not only brighten up what is glowing, but also darken areas that are not to help make it actually look glowing... Not only on the power lines, but also back side of the pole, further away areas on the hill, the ground actually goes kinda the opposite, it is usually the darkest just outside of the glow and actually tends to get lighter back to a neutral the further away you get (because that ground might be gaining light from other sources like the moon or lightpole). For the diorama end of things, the electric pole looks great, but also looks lonely on that table. Maybe add some other objects scattered around, rusted barrels standing or toppled, maybe a pile of old tires (depending on your time line), etc.. If you are going to use it with gaming at all, then I would suggest some form of transition between the uphill and the downhill, whether that simply be add some more hill in there, a wooden stair case, old wooden bridge, etc.. Something that allows play to flow on both and between both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airsoftlover Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 thank you all very much! and thank you very much for the suggestions! i will get right onto fixing the ground highlights and darkening the back of the pole and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogimus Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 That scene screams for zombies. Very good job on it. Careful not to over-tweak it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Bedlam Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I like the glow effect on the phone pole. And Frogimus is right. It does demand zombies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airsoftlover Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 my demon army will be getting several zombies soon, and they will be sure to go on this diorama! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Spot on with the toxic waste! I'm a sucker for cool terrain. Zombies would be cool, but this screams Shadowrun to me... ...uh oh...project number 529 in my queue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruunwald Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Love modern terrain. Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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