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Riddles in the Dark. First foray into a fantasy figure based diorama
Hobbit/Lord of the Rings is my daughter's favorite book topic, so this was a logical choice.
Her favorite scene is where Gollum and Bilbo agree to a riddle game and "if Baggins loses, we eats it whole"
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The kit from Citadel Finecast

So the real reason I am starting this is I want to practice the water before I do it in my Swamp XWing build in the Star Wars sig.
Choosing bases....these figures are small, like 1/72ndish so I thought I wanted my white moulded base, but too big so must go for the smaller cedar one.


The idea, from a Google search


My layout plan

Besides my Tamiya paints, I got this Citadell set to try out

I am all ears to any suggestions, tips or direction from those more experienced with figures and dios!!!

Ya, they are pretty small
Is most gaming stuff larger scaled???
Hey, I don't cast 'em I just get 'em

Didn't get as much time on it today on my "day off" as I wanted
Testing the rocks and arrangement

Blue tape on right is lake water, Bilbo on his stand Gollum in the rocks
I primed everything and got the little boat painted

The bottom is green for goblin skin and the inside a tanish flesh color

I made a little rope to tie it off as Smeagol was a riverman and would have tied off his boats

C'est tout pour ce soir....Bon nuit

Got a little farther along in this....not feeling that great this weekend with a flu aches and such
I propped the little base up so it sits in a larger square and gives a nice shadow line
Figures are pretty much done, just some face rearrangements to Bilbo needed



Got some supplies for the water effects as well

Been warned about this particular water effect.....need to put on thick, it runs, shrinks and cracks.
Or course I learned all that AFTER I bought it

Wow, this is six pages deep in my posts, clearly need an update!
New base made and rough painted, rocks temporarily placed and characters arranged




Here is the scene I want to capture, need to make some scattered bones in the middle


Next is playing with the silicone for water...all in preparation for the X wing Dagoba swamp construction
Anyone made bones before

So an interesting experiment with hardware store silicone sealers....these two were clear versions by GE
Easy to handle and spread around, very acetic acid stinky so do it well ventilated area.
Both were labelled as clear and after 3 hrs were dry to touch and perfectly able to see though to the base.
Paintability is interesting as my Citadel water base acrylics do not really hold (LHS in pic). Tamiya acrylics (RHS) did better but still not full on coverage. There are paintable clear caulking silicones (GE Silicone II) if you need to surface paint.


There are some great videos on cheap silicone water effects....you don't need to buy expensive ones
Gollum and some rocks are now crazy-glued on and some final accent paint/shading done on the base

Silicone in the morning

Silicone applied and pic right before I put it away to dry.
Goes on pretty clear right away...don't f with it too long as it gets clumpy instead of flowing.
I will leave it most of Sunday now as I do my chores, maybe get a look at it tonight

Looking good Scott.
I take it this water creation is like a practice run ready for the "Dagobah Swamp" ?......
Hurry up and get your chores done dude...... Modellings awaiting!.... Lol..
Continued success mate..

Ha ha, the Warden gave me a lunch break
Thanks for commenting, working solo in here it seems; yes it is the test run for Star Wars dio
I am done except for a little sign...my daughter has seen this and wants it
Liking how the water turned out. I cut my finger and added some of my own dried blood to the styrene bones








Onward to Dagobah!!!

Calling this full and final finis!!!

love it!

great stuffs.

congrats.

Goose

Goose wrote:love it!

great stuffs.

congrats.

Goose

Merci, it is just a test run project for making water effect
Certainly not a figure specialist!
Appreciate the comment