Lee Chambers Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) Hi all, here are the final pictures for my Fantastic Voyage Proteus Diorama build. I wanted to depict the part of the movie where the sub had entered into the inner ear and the intake vents had got blocked up with as Donald Pleasence called them "particular fibres". This meant scratch building the 3 leg supports that were shown in the movie and I attached a diver to the front intake, who is attempting to remove the fibres. The guy with the laser rifle is a bit of artistic licence as that scene came later in the movie. The base was an old plastic sweet box [Quality Street or Candy for our US folks], which I sprayed black and added a 12v power socket and various coloured flashing LED lights. I covered that with some bubble wrap to give the impression of cell structures, bearing in mind that the sub has been miniaturised to the size of an atom. For the fibres I used a Tack cloth washed in lacquer thinners to remove the wax impregnated in it. Then I attached the shredded cloth to the sub with UV clear resin which I airbrushed clear blue, red and black smoke Tamiya paints over them. Many thanks to everyone for all the great comments and feedback for this build thread. I would like to build another Proteus kit in the future, but to keep it clean looking and sitting on the miniaturisation table. I hope you enjoy the 60's psychedelic dive into the human body! Edited August 8, 2021 by Lee Chambers 25 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 It is, quite literally, Fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Amazing job. I remember seeing the film on release. I like the kit, but just a touch expensive for me. The lighting makes it believable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Chambers Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said: Amazing job. I remember seeing the film on release. I like the kit, but just a touch expensive for me. The lighting makes it believable. Thanks, I bought the kit on it's release, Mobius kit's seem too pricey these days. But I would love to pick another kit up in the future for a reasonable price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Incredible build and presentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Chambers Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 1 hour ago, John_W said: Incredible build and presentation. Cheers John ,it's been a challenging build ,but I had fun making it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddahbill Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 This is such a beautiful build, really excellent in every way and superb photography! Respect! Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 An excellent build, ages since I saw the film or read the book, but your diorama really catches the spirit of the film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Stunning diorama,beautifully presented👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Superb!! Top notch work it looks fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadman Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 That. Is. STELLAR..!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Stellar work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Sorry to butt into this thread, and I have to say it’s a lovely looking duo, but I noticed that the pics were loading slowly. I tested some of the pics, and they were 1.8mb in size, which is huge when posting up on the internet. You should be aiming to save your files to around 200kb optimally, give or take a bit. To accomplish this, you can reduce the size of your pics, as anything over the recommended 1024 x 800 maximum we advise, it's wasted bandwidth and storage space useage. Most people view these pics on phones, tablets and 1080p screens, so huge photos of 4000 x 3000 px will have to be shrunk down by the forum software (load on the server and delay for the user), as well as the extra bandwidth that is uses up (10x what's necessary). The downsides of this from a viewer's point of view is the waiting time before you can view the pics, and some people might get bored and click away. From the server's point of view, it's wasteful of bandwidth, storage size (we cache images to improve speed), and it's also wasteful of the server's resources, which means a slower experience for all of us. This isn't meant as a "telling off" BTW, more of a bit of useful advice to help you as well as help us. If you can size your pics to the recommended limits, we'll be really happy, and so will the members Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Chambers Posted August 4, 2021 Author Share Posted August 4, 2021 5 hours ago, Mike said: Sorry to butt into this thread, and I have to say it’s a lovely looking duo, but I noticed that the pics were loading slowly. I tested some of the pics, and they were 1.8mb in size, which is huge when posting up on the internet. You should be aiming to save your files to around 200kb optimally, give or take a bit. To accomplish this, you can reduce the size of your pics, as anything over the recommended 1024 x 800 maximum we advise, it's wasted bandwidth and storage space useage. Most people view these pics on phones, tablets and 1080p screens, so huge photos of 4000 x 3000 px will have to be shrunk down by the forum software (load on the server and delay for the user), as well as the extra bandwidth that is uses up (10x what's necessary). The downsides of this from a viewer's point of view is the waiting time before you can view the pics, and some people might get bored and click away. From the server's point of view, it's wasteful of bandwidth, storage size (we cache images to improve speed), and it's also wasteful of the server's resources, which means a slower experience for all of us. This isn't meant as a "telling off" BTW, more of a bit of useful advice to help you as well as help us. If you can size your pics to the recommended limits, we'll be really happy, and so will the members No problem, I get my Nephew to load the images,so I will inform him of your request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 7 hours ago, Lee Chambers said: No problem, I get my Nephew to load the images,so I will inform him of your request. Nice one For a while I was getting a big tall light grey column and no photos, so with smaller file sizes, you've less chance of someone getting bored or thinking your pics are broken going forward. That should make for more successful views and probably more people telling you how nice your work is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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