SLIPKNOT Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Dear forum members, As we all know, diorama construction is the one area where attention to detail is a must, as it usually involves historical accuracy, or is an abstract body of work or vignette, who's construction is in the mind of the modeller. It is also the one area where I am at a complete loss when it comes to the subject of scratch building as I have had simply no practice at it. My question is to you all is? What would be the best ideas to practice and build so I can gain a range of skills in this area? I should state that I am not a complete novice modeller, but my experience relates mainly to kits. many thanks 😀  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Depending which avenue you want to go down, be it scratch build of buildings for a diorama or scratch build of vehicles then the best suggestion has to be to obtain a plan. This will give you scale size but if you just want to build something that you totally want to create randomly that a sketch of sorts would be needed I would suggest if you want to create a landscape . . . Â If you can be more specific than I am sure suggests will be forth-coming Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the South African Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 build things with a "single" color such as tree trunks garbage cans etc I have found in my limited experience that these type of things is the most difficult to represent accurately. Â Also make things with a lot of curvature eg again dustbins and skips these curves are difficult to keep in place and render accurately with dents etc. Â HTH Â Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Regardless of the subject you choose take it in small steps by choosing small simple subjects first so you can actually finish them without loosing heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Pfffew..... where to start??? I could write pages in response, so it would be a lot easier and more concise if I knew which genre of our hobby you are most interested in!  Rearguards, Badder   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Having read a couple of responses though, I'd say either start of small and simple and build up gradually towards a grand masterpiece, or go straight for the grand masterpiece. I've chosen the latter because if I leave it too late I'll be pushing up daisies before it's finished!  If you can be more specific I can give advice on the 4 areas I consider most important.. and those are Buildings/constructions, Vegetation, Groundwork, and Composition.  Rearguards, Badder Edited July 23, 2018 by Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I start off by getting a bunch of cardboard box material together & some masking tape.  Use these to mock up what you want & see the size it will be.  If you are happy with it start thinking of materials (and budget and time it will take) to build it & dive in.  I don’t go for high detail or expensive materials first time - you can go there later if it will improve what you have.  But then mine are always a work in progress & rarely have everything exactly the way I would like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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