My Hoth Diorama NO PHOTOSHOP 140+ SQ FT

[Zipidi Doodah]

This dio is in my living room. Thanks for looking. No photoshop in any picture. Here is my youtube channel: TojoYomamoto - YouTube and FB: https://www.facebook.com/zipidi

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My tutorial on how to build the explosions.



Thanks again for looking.


Barry

[MMorelock66]

........Wow.

[fogger1138]

That is FANTASTIC.

I know you've got the YouTube tutorial, but would it be possible to do a step-by-step here as well?

[Videoviper]

Welcome to the 118th.

Great dio & great technic.

[darthdre758]

For as fantastic as everything is...and something I could NEVER duplicate...ever....the Darktrooper and Vader are out of place. I do love the posing on Vader though..that's pure awesomeness.

[MAJOR BLOOD]

That is fantastic! Amazing detail in that and the fact that there is no photo shop is simply awesome! It really looks like something that could be used in a movie.

[Ewokhunter92]

I am in awe

[Zipidi Doodah]

Originally Posted by MMorelock66

........Wow.

Originally Posted by fogger1138

That is FANTASTIC.

I know you've got the YouTube tutorial, but would it be possible to do a step-by-step here as well?

Thanks so much. I sure can.

For the explosion effect, you'll need:
Chicken wire
Polyfiber fill material ( found at Walmart, in the craft section, in a pillow shaped bag. This works well for smoke too, when lightly painted black.)
Spray paints (yellow, orange, red and black)
Light bulb ( for inside your house, 13w fluorescent bulb is fine. BEWARE OF FIRE, AS THIS WILL GET HOT!)
Lightbulb adapter ($1 at Walmart. One end plugs into an extension cord, the other end receives the light bulb.)
An extension cord

Cut 2 sections of chicken wire. Leave prongs sticking out, as tabs to connect everything together. One 12" x 4" (this will be the base. It's a rectangle shape now. Make it into a tube by connecting the ends. The other piece needed will be for the top of this mushroom cloud shaped frame, so cut the other piece around 16" square, and shape into a mildly flattened ball (not exactly round).
Join the tube shaped base to the mushroom shaped head, using the prongs as bendable tabs.

Pack each hole lightly in the exterior of the frame using the polyfill material (it's like cotton), until the entire frame is filled.

Paint in this order:
Yellow
Orange
Red
Then, paint the tips black(where the polyfill pokes out the most)

Now, put a light under it and enjoy.

THE LIGHT WILL GET HOT, SO DON'T LEAVE ON LONG OR UNATTENDED.
USE PARENTAL SUPERVISION.


THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!

[G.I.*EDDIE]

That Luke (i think) and Vader pic is so kicka$$!

Hoth was/is the reason Empire was/is my fave of all the SW films...very very nice work man...thanks for sharing here...

[G.I.*EDDIE]

I tried this myself (using your youtube tutorial) and thought the brighter the bulb the better...I got a 200w bulb!...it looks awesome in person, but no matter what I did with the camera, it was just WAY too bright...it was like pointing the camera at the sun, lol...what did work quite well was a yellow party type bulb...in person it looks really dull, but on film looks just right...