Making a diorama
Chapter 4: The landscape details
The process of making a diorama is one of continued refinement. First you start with the broad strokes and you work continually down to the details. Now you are starting to get into the details of the landscape.
Note that I have a video of this stage of the tutorial at the bottom of this page.
Once your diorama has completely dried. It is important that it is completely dry because you will be applying water and various liquids to it. If it is not dry the added water can make the shell sag and distort your landscape.
Now examine your landscape. Do you remember where you want the different types of terrain to go? Yes you do. You have made sketches that explain all this to you. Now you will apply a base coat of colored paint that mimics the different terrain.
Apply a coat of green paint to where the grass and trees will go.
Apply a tan colored paint to areas that will have dirt.
Apply grey to any areas that will have lots of rocks or cliffs..
Apply blue to any water areas.
Think about what you want it to look like and paint the colors accordingly. This is not finish paint. What I mean is that where you paint it green thats not the grass.You will apply grass over this but some of the base will show through the grass and having painted this green will give a uniform look . You dont want the white of the plastered paper towels to show through. You must completely cover all of the working area of the diorama with a colored paint.
The paint doesn't have to be dry. You can continue right on to the next stage.
Continue with the diorama making tutorial
Detail isn't important at this stage. You just have to get a rough approximation of the various types of scenery and paint accordingly.
Here is a video showing this stage of the diorama making process
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Table of Contents for this tutorial
More Diorama Stuff
- Index - Diorama Home
- What is a diorama?
- A short history of Dioramas
- Diorama Books
- Painting Miniatures
- Diorama Ideas
- Diorama Examples
- Diorama Making for the artist
- Diorama Making supplies & Tools
- Dioramas by Web Visitors
- Printable diorama box
Types of Dioramas to Make
- How to make a Paper Mache Diorama
- Diorama inside a lightbulb
- Insect Maker Diorama
- Mississippi River with Indians
- Really creative shoebox diorama
- Dinosaur Diorama
- Make a secret diorama
- Firefly Diorama with real blinking lights
- Rainforest Diorama
- Ocean Diorama
- Shadowbox diorama
- Make a shoebox diorama
- Massive Castle Diorama
- Diorama Examples
- Polymer Clay
- The Battle of Thermopylae Spartan Warrior Diorama - A tutorial
- HALO Diorama
- Wizards Tower Foam Diorama
- Cemetary Diorama
- Trench Warfare
- Simple Nature Diorama
- Water Woman Diorama
STORES
- Diorama Making Books
- Sideshow Collectible Lord of the Rings Dioramas
- Plastic Scale Dinosaur Diorama Kits
- Harry Potter Dioramas
- Diorama Foam
Check out the Diorama and Miniature store
Short Diorama Tutorials
- How to Make realistic tufts of grass
- How to make trenches
- Creative terrain shell making
- How to make Miniature Trees
- How to Make rubber rock and wall molds
- Motorize a drawbridge on your diorama
- Using foam to make a diorama
- How to make good looking rubble using cork
- Creative Shoebox Diorama Ideas for School
- A foam based diorama with water from start to finish
OTHER PROJECTS
Make a cardboard Samurai Sword
Make a Cardboard Medieval Shield
How to make a fantasy shadowbox
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