Star Wars Diorama, AT-AT, Imperial Walkers.......FINI.....

[Allan31]

Good progress but I wish I was retired so I had more time for building !!!
I had only one example of the Snowspeeder so I cleaned up the original and used it to make more...



The walkers were painted with a combination of greys sprayed wet into wet...





When these had dried up a few days I gloss coated them wth Future then an oil wash to pick out detail...



I got one to the point I liked it then did the others bad boys to match...







I then started on the base. This I sculpted with light spackle on primed ply-wood...



Primed and painted with some plastic "snow" glued on for some texture. This will get airbrushed with very light blue to enhance shadows and add depth (I hope).
This is where we stand about now...





One of those turrets in the foreground will be knocked-out. Home stretch now !!!

[Dirkpitt289]

Wow.... This is looking amazing

[BlohmWolf]

This is indeed a really amazing looking diorama. How are you going to place the Snowspeeders? Wire? Stands?

[Ian]

That is certainly looking the beans, Allan. The AT-ATs have come out looking wonderful. I love the detail like the footprints - especially the ones moving away from the crashed Snowspeeder. How far are you from retirement? I want to see this finished!!!!

[Old_Tonto]

That looks the muts nuts mate. I too want to see it completed.

[1001kjk]

Great stuff looking forward to the finished item

[JohnRatzenberger]

Really great !!! The AT-AT's, in the varied poses look very realistic and life-like (OK, I know it's a sci-fi machine, but you know what I mean).

[Allan31]

Lots of work but lots of fun...









I airbrushed shadows with light blue, the Snowspeeders are on a wire post. The grappling cable is florist wire.

I noticed the lighted cockpit of the walkers in one of the screen grabs. This I did on the models with "Bare-Metal-Foil" and Tamiya clear red.

















I think half the fun of doing this kind of thing is getting to shoot it after..











Honestly, who could be having more fun than us !!!!!!........

[PaulBradley]

Fun, indeed! Very nice work, Allan!

[Clashcityrocker]

Allan, very nice work and nice pics too. I like the blue shading in the snow.

Nigel

[MarkyM607]

Cracking stuff, absolutely excellent!. Nice to see it all finished.

[Dazzled]

Absolutely stunning Allan. You obviously put a lot of work in but you've certainly got a result that justifies it.

[ShaunW]

Brilliant, super paint work and weathering, a really great piece of work.

[Dirkpitt289]

HOLY **EXPLETIVE** No one word can describe this one. I don't even think there is a smilie emoticon that would describe this

[Allan31]

Thanks everyone. This really was a fun project, thanks for all your kind words and support.