Tie Pilot RAH 12" Figure

MightyMegs - Great pics love how you've done the chase scene very nicely done.

Hi All

While on an expedition in the South American Jungle Indaina Jones discover a cavern with ancient ruins inside, He quickly grabs a rope and starts the DESCENT down to discover what treasures and mysteries can be found.

This was a really fun dio to make as it didn't have to do with anything from the movies so I could make what I wanted. Once the dio and figure were built and puttied they were painted using Vallejo, Repaer and Games Workshop paints.

I wanted to give this diorama a feeling that Indy is climbing down the rope but I also wanted to add depth by adding different levels such as the columns and stones being different levels, and making the rope hang in mid air as if it's tied to something and amking it longer then the column.

To simulate Indy decsending down the rope while in mid air I drilled a hole in the column and in Indy's leg and cut some coat hanger wire and inserted it both into both.

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1: The figure and base - The figure/base are from Disney's 7" line the figures joints have been superglued and then sculpty clay used to fill in the gaps. It was the repainted and hand from a 7" Star Trek figure were replaced with the original hands.

The base has had an extra column added by cutting of the top and then gluing another one on top, the part that was cut off was added to the base. The stone blocks have been put into place then an axtra smal stone block was added and placed on top of one if the buried stone blocks.

The plants are a combination of plastic fish tank plants which have been drybrushed, lichen moss which a got from a craft store and model railway shrubs from woodland scenics. The dirt is fine sand reapainted and dry brushed, The bones are from some dinosaurs kits I had in my bits box.

Ron

Cool pictures

I just picked up the cargo truck today

Good shots!!

tnswman

Man, coming from you that means a LOT....I use a mizture of the green floral foam ( for basic structure ) and a really thin white rigid foam for details. The floral foam is smoother and does not look like a bunch or foam when painted LOL!

I gather vines, moss, grass, ect. wherever I can find them from nature and floral shops.

THANKS!! they are simple dios but I like them to be like the vintage playsets.

Cheers mate I'll have to go and get some vines for a boulder cahse dio I'm doing, and I actually have that green florist foam I'll have to give it a go on a larger scale thanks mate and again amazing work.

Ron

Hi All

Thanks for the replies on the figures guys. And tnswman totally amazing dios mate the temple looks amazing, what foam do you use when youmake them and the vines are they from a florist?

Ron

Man, coming from you that means a LOT....I use a mizture of the green floral foam ( for basic structure ) and a really thin white rigid foam for details. The floral foam is smoother and does not look like a bunch or foam when painted LOL!

I gather vines, moss, grass, ect. wherever I can find them from nature and floral shops.

THANKS!! they are simple dios but I like them to be like the vintage playsets.

Hi all

Yep another indy I can't get enough of him.

I was looking thru my bits box and found two more Indy heads and straight away I knew I wanted to make Indy in Desert uniform when he is on the Island in ROTLA. In the movie when he first knocks out the German soldier and tries putting on the uniform and then there's another German standing above him I noticed that when he puts the uniform on it doesn't have rank.

I figured that if this soldier is ordering Indy around that he has to have some sought of rank so I gave my Indy a NCO (non commissioned officer) uniform that's the yellow strip around the collar.

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1: Head - Is from The frontline custom heads this is the new head. I gave the head a little darker skin then I usually do as I figured that if he's out in the water and holding onto the periscope that he would get a little sun burnt.

2: Body & Hands - The body and hands are both from Dragon.

3: Uniform - The whole unirom is from Dragon. The uniform was boiled in hot water with washing detergent and a quarter of a teaspoon of bleach was used to tone down the colours. When the cloths have dried I put them on the body and gave them wash's to simulate the colour's I wanted.

4: Base - The base is foamcore, I traced a 7" Disney base onto the foamcore and then cut it out. The boxes/crates under the tarp are pieces of foam cut to size and glued in place. I then covered the foam with cloth and use watered down cloth glue to glue it down.

I then covered the base using plaster of paris and used a mix of 50/50 plaster and Vallejo's Khaki, when th mixture was mixed together I dabbed it over the base to give it a concrete. When the plaster dried I then gave the base a wash of Mattblack and then dried brushed it with khaki and off white to give it a concrete look.

Ron

Hi All

Thanks for the replies on the figures guys. And tnswman totally amazing dios mate the temple looks amazing, what foam do you use when youmake them and the vines are they from a florist?

Ron