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Dioramas
Do you love dioramas & vignettes? We sure do.
What happens next
trooper82
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Posted: Sunday, August 05, 2018 - 11:45 AM UTC
I see all types and sizes of dio's on here and other forums and I have started to wonder "What happens next" when its all tweaked and fiddled with,shown too everyone you can think of, etc etc. What do you do with your dio ? Not everyone has endless storage space so where do they go ?
Stickframe
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Posted: Sunday, August 05, 2018 - 11:57 AM UTC
That’s a good question. I find I enjoy the build more than looking at the end product. I do enjoy taking photos of the builds. There’s an artist called Lori Nix - She’s built some remarkable dioramas. She maintains she’s a photographer not a model builder - so when she’s done - she takes them apart - keeping some good stuff and tossing the rest. I’m seriously thinking about doing the same! Maybe keep one or two favorites and chuck the rest! Maybe buy a couple of six packs of beer, have some friends over - and tear them down!

That’s essentially the reason I quit the model rr stuff. Fun to build - but it turns out I don’t really enjoy driving model trains.

Yes - I still build dios and need some room for them! Lol

Cheers
Nick
pbennett
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Posted: Sunday, August 05, 2018 - 12:58 PM UTC
One of the benefits of focusing on small-scale dioramas (1/76 & 1/72) is that they are much easier to store. Mine are kept in shoe boxes, which are then stacked in several large cupboards. Apart from the occasional visits to model shows around the West Country, that is where they tend to remain. However, from time to time, I will cast an eye over certain ones; older creations that are not up to standard are often stripped down for useful parts (and the remains consigned to the bin!)
cheyenne
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Posted: Sunday, August 05, 2018 - 10:19 PM UTC
I have Nicks philosophy , I must have 4 or 5 ongoing builds . the fun for me also is the build , challenge and creation of visuals .
Lori Nix is amazing and her and her partner create dios in their apartment , keep a photo bible of their builds and recycle some of their pieces .
I do the same . Once a ref picture or thought comes into my melon , it's off to the races . I have a photo bible of my work so it's never really gone . Tons of photos are also good for visual spellchecks of your work . Sometimes stuff your eyes miss on the bench are glaringly visible in your photos .
Basically it's my room , my world , my melon , anything can happen as long as I'm havin fun .
mylobass
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Posted: Sunday, August 05, 2018 - 11:04 PM UTC
I avoid dioramas for that reason and only do vignettes. Stick to figures and concentrate on every minute detail. I couldn't bear to destroy hard work. I can't do it here in miserable Florida but can't they be stored in attic's in cooler climates?
Dioramartin
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Posted: Sunday, August 05, 2018 - 11:28 PM UTC
What Nick & Cheyenne said – space sure is the final frontier where I live. But dio bases should be ground…er grinded?...into mulch & spread on a/the garden from where new diorama tree-lets & micro-foliage can grow & hey presto instant sustainability. Save the world, just don’t mention the plastic…or the paint…or the glue…
jrutman
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Posted: Monday, August 06, 2018 - 02:47 AM UTC
I put the finished ones in boxes,which subsequently get shifted around various shelves in the basement until one day I give up and throw them away !
Onward and hopefully upward,
J
white4doc
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Posted: Monday, August 06, 2018 - 04:42 AM UTC

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I put the finished ones in boxes,which subsequently get shifted around various shelves in the basement until one day I give up and throw them away !



Oh, man Jerry say it ain't so Brother! The thought of your dios ending up in the trash is horrible... all that work. I hope you at least salvage stuff you might be able to reuse before they meet their demise.
HansBouwmeester
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Posted: Monday, August 06, 2018 - 05:25 AM UTC
The fun is in the build. That's why I've had the luck to build some stuff for people who like the items but lack the skills (like my Japanese figures) and for a museum that's bought my "Parade" and now have me made the Tankman diorama.
The rest I keep in my room, behind glass. There's still enough space for many more to come.
Jmarles
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Posted: Monday, August 06, 2018 - 06:49 AM UTC
These days I do mini dios or vignettes, such as a simple groundwork scene, road, building ruin etc. on a small base like a cheap picture frame, wood or MDF bases, trophy bases, or even small sturdy boxes (cell phone boxes, etc.). This way, the base is not much bigger than the kit, and you can display stand alone kits in front of them in "terrace" fashion.
M4A3E8Easy8
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Posted: Monday, August 06, 2018 - 01:09 PM UTC
I have not produced a big diorama in a long time, but I can not even think of all that work going in the bin. Do you guys really toss em? Seems like alot of work for the pictures. As a bonus when I fail to wale up one day I leave my kids with a room full of plastic tanks a d little scenes they know nothing about or have a clue what to do with. I would say worst case is put em on evil bay and get a buck or two from them.
j76lr
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Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2018 - 04:28 AM UTC
Thankfully I have tons of room in my semi finished basement ! but I do know guys that take pics and give away or throw away there work ! Ive given a lot away but cant throw anything away lol !
Jberardi
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Posted: Tuesday, August 07, 2018 - 05:04 AM UTC
I too have a finished basement with a lot of room. However, the litmus test is when my wife says "Would you look at all this sh*t down here. You need to build more shelves." At that point I look at cycling out some of the older stuff.

That said, you are all correct. The most fun is in the build and sharing it on a forum such as this.
trooper82
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Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018 - 11:23 AM UTC
Thanks guys for all the responses, I am extremely short of any kind of storage space and what I do have is in danger of my wifes duster I am also very short on bench time so lurking is a common pastime after 11pm.
Paul
dioman13
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Posted: Friday, August 17, 2018 - 09:25 AM UTC
I have resorted to building dios on a 4x6 inch picture frames i bought from wally world. I can go any where from one figure to my 22 figure dio of Tarowa which i found space for 7 more figures. Then in the cabinet. My output has been very slow since my forced retirement. When i run out of space ill rotate them.
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