I think painting them looks infinitely better then printing, if you want to make it or choose the easily affordable option. When I made my animated film a few years back I used a few sets that I had made and used over the years, including some old wooden slates that were spray-painted green and had printed out streets glued onto them, but they didn't look that good. Painted roads look a lot better and don't peel off or look out of place, plus they're pretty easy to make, so I did a new layout with some roads and added fake grass and moss for realism.Destorogoji wrote:I'm working on my city diorama, but I still have no clue on how can I make the streets, Should I print them?, Or maybe just paint them?
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Thank you! I will put that in practice!Creature22 wrote:I think painting them looks infinitely better then printing, if you want to make it or choose the easily affordable option. When I made my animated film a few years back I used a few sets that I had made and used over the years, including some old wooden slates that were spray-painted green and had printed out streets glued onto them, but they didn't look that good. Painted roads look a lot better and don't peel off or look out of place, plus they're pretty easy to make, so I did a new layout with some roads and added fake grass and moss for realism.Destorogoji wrote:I'm working on my city diorama, but I still have no clue on how can I make the streets, Should I print them?, Or maybe just paint them?
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What the best scale for XPLUS or Neca Pacific Rim figures? I don't want the buildings to be too small but I don't want them too big either. I'm not looking for exact scaling just a broad range. I don't want anything that's too out of scale but it don't need to be 100% accurate either.
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For X plus I'd go with N scale buildings.Tyrant_Lizard_King wrote:What the best scale for XPLUS or Neca Pacific Rim figures? I don't want the buildings to be too small but I don't want them too big either. I'm not looking for exact scaling just a broad range. I don't want anything that's too out of scale but it don't need to be 100% accurate either.
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I was looking at some N scale on Ebay earlier. Thanks.
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I found a printable cityscape floor, that I believe had something to do with ultra act possibly? It's not the papercraft style building they released. It was literally just a city floor, like streets and blank plots for buildings.
Anyone have any clue what I'm talking about? haha Would love to print it out.
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What scale of buildings would fit well next to the SHF Ultraman stuff?
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Hi, sorry for the date.Birdman wrote:What scale of buildings would fit well next to the SHF Ultraman stuff?
Probably Z Scale, that would put them between 30-40 meters.
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My question is: Does anyone knows about a good software to design my own buildings and get the scale right?
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Sketchup is a free 3D modeling software made specifically for architecture. I'm sure it could help greatly in making plans for paper buildings.Destorogoji wrote:Hi, sorry for the date.Birdman wrote:What scale of buildings would fit well next to the SHF Ultraman stuff?
Probably Z Scale, that would put them between 30-40 meters.
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Bandai is putting out buildings !! A true blessing from the collector gods https://instagram.com/p/Bh6t4KzAs0e/
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......About damn time.godzilla1541 wrote:Bandai is putting out buildings !! A true blessing from the collector gods https://instagram.com/p/Bh6t4KzAs0e/
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Apparently the Bandai buildings are capsule toys. Guessing that's going to increase the cost and difficulty of finding them.
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That sucks, but its true. I searched for these and they are hard to find, having to use middleman services.....*sigh, oh well*morbidmovies wrote:Apparently the Bandi buildings are capsule toys. Guessing that's going to increase the cost and difficulty of finding them.
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CSToys offers them for 3,66$ each.goji89 wrote:That sucks, but its true. I searched for these and they are hard to find, having to use middleman services.....*sigh, oh well*morbidmovies wrote:Apparently the Bandi buildings are capsule toys. Guessing that's going to increase the cost and difficulty of finding them.
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Thanks!Dramorg wrote:CSToys offers them for 3,66$ each.goji89 wrote:That sucks, but its true. I searched for these and they are hard to find, having to use middleman services.....*sigh, oh well*morbidmovies wrote:Apparently the Bandi buildings are capsule toys. Guessing that's going to increase the cost and difficulty of finding them.
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I'm sure this has been asked before, but what is the best light bulb to use for photo/video taking?
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Can anyone help a brother out? I need to know how people create this smoke effect.....any tutorial or if you happen to know how I appreciate it thanks.
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I know absolutely nothing about anything- but it kind of looks like spray-foam (the kind used for insulation), carved and then flocked, somehow, to give it those fuzzy edges?
Alternatively, it could be cotton of some sort over a rigid carved core beneath; it's hard to tell.
Like I said, I have never built anything like this, and am just offering my novice impression of what I'm seeing in the photo.
Alternatively, it could be cotton of some sort over a rigid carved core beneath; it's hard to tell.
Like I said, I have never built anything like this, and am just offering my novice impression of what I'm seeing in the photo.
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Ah yes, Ive thought and tried those methods and it doesnt look that good. Maybe with practice but I've looked for tutorials and hell, it seems like its a big secret kept close to the chest.Zarm wrote:I know absolutely nothing about anything- but it kind of looks like spray-foam (the kind used for insulation), carved and then flocked, somehow, to give it those fuzzy edges?
Alternatively, it could be cotton of some sort over a rigid carved core beneath; it's hard to tell.
Like I said, I have never built anything like this, and am just offering my novice impression of what I'm seeing in the photo.
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Well, someone posted some videos in the other thread but it’s no secret. Just the right materials and lots of practice. Some people use cotton balls, others use various forms of stuffing for pillows, cushions, stuffed animals, etc.
The basic idea is you create a base structure, glue the material on and stretch it into the appropriate shape and paint it. For getting such a specific shape (specifically the billowy smoke effect at the back) he probably used some sort of spray adhesive to help hold it in place. For the stretched out fast moving rocket exhaust he probably glued it to a wire (he’s got to have a wire or post holding the missies) as he stretched it out thin. It’s also quite possible that he gently trimmed the stuffing/cotton as he pulled it into shape to help refine the look.
The basic idea is you create a base structure, glue the material on and stretch it into the appropriate shape and paint it. For getting such a specific shape (specifically the billowy smoke effect at the back) he probably used some sort of spray adhesive to help hold it in place. For the stretched out fast moving rocket exhaust he probably glued it to a wire (he’s got to have a wire or post holding the missies) as he stretched it out thin. It’s also quite possible that he gently trimmed the stuffing/cotton as he pulled it into shape to help refine the look.