I made this for my MOTUC shelf in my toy room. My plan was to make one of these backdrop/dioramas for each of my shelves for my different collections, I just never got around to doing it. When Matty announced their collection contest to win a Fisto, I figured, why not try to finally make it and set it apart from the other entries. Granted I don't have a ton of figures, but I thought the backdrop might help my chances a little, lol.
Anyway, I started with a sheet of pink construction foam and measured the size I needed, then drew what I wanted and then started carving away. I added extra depth by carving the skull on separate pieces and then gluing them on.
I wasn't happy with the "gums" and "teeth", so I resculpted part of them with fixit.
After that(about a million hours of cutting and sanding that foam).. I just went over the whole thing with black and then dry brushed the colors on(another million hours of dry brushing layer by layer).
Here's a pic I sent a friend to show how it looked without the figures in front of it.
And here it is with my meek collection. I have a couple other figures I didn't open yet, but they're guys that weren't really key and though I could just add them later.
I'm quite happy with how I turned out. I originally planned on adding the snake mountain bridge, which is why there's that extra rock part on the bottom right, but I ran out of time and the wood I bought for the bridge didn't look right, so I'll have to rethink that part. Now to plan my next shelf... Halo or Batman... hmmm...
Anyway, I started with a sheet of pink construction foam and measured the size I needed, then drew what I wanted and then started carving away. I added extra depth by carving the skull on separate pieces and then gluing them on.
I wasn't happy with the "gums" and "teeth", so I resculpted part of them with fixit.
After that(about a million hours of cutting and sanding that foam).. I just went over the whole thing with black and then dry brushed the colors on(another million hours of dry brushing layer by layer).
Here's a pic I sent a friend to show how it looked without the figures in front of it.
And here it is with my meek collection. I have a couple other figures I didn't open yet, but they're guys that weren't really key and though I could just add them later.
I'm quite happy with how I turned out. I originally planned on adding the snake mountain bridge, which is why there's that extra rock part on the bottom right, but I ran out of time and the wood I bought for the bridge didn't look right, so I'll have to rethink that part. Now to plan my next shelf... Halo or Batman... hmmm...
