I am back with a new work that has taken a lot of time. I present you this new project with a unique feature. The idea was to close an elaborate diorama into a small box of only 8cm per side! The figures I’ve used are those from Cadwallon (Rackham) and some familiars, useful as very small in size. The inspiration came after watching again a film that is very dear to me - Nightmare before Christmas – by Tim Burton. Using these miniatures, I wanted to recreate a fantastic scene that would recall the settings of the film. Maybe you’ll be able to notice the hill in the background, a typical scenery of the film.
The diorama can get completely closed in the box, without any miniature getting removed or scratched in the process. The background has been made using the usual materials for dioramas, like fimo, green stuff, pasticard, styrofoam, sprues from various boxes, chains, etc.
Making proper pictures was very tough, especially focusing on all the tiny details of a scene with so many points of interest. I hope I’ve finally succeeded in showing you my work at its best. If you want to see closer or larger or even more pics of this diorama, please visit my painters album or CMON, searching the image numbered with 160070, 160071, 160074 and 160075;
Once enclosed in the decorative frame (obtained from the union of two normal frames), it is possible to read the banner with the title of the scene in the background: Do not open before Halloween!
For the colors I have tried to use always the same tonalities to give uniformity to the scene. For the yellow tones the used colors, also in the osl, have been vallejo light yellow and gw golden yellow, mixed with some skull white of the gw. The walls, the pavements, the road and the ground are different mixes, that are besed on the usual shadow grey of vallejo, at times darkened with chaos black, at times cleared with london grey or additions of white. the suits in brown color are composed from bestial brown, present always in different measure, choccolate brown and ss ca. black borwn of vallejo, clearer tones with medium flash and white. For the purplish colors I have used a base of enchanted blue with brightenings performed with warlock purple. The darker side of the cartoonish sky ist darkened with chaos black!
I hope you like it.
Comments are welcome.
Greetings from South Tyrol/Alto Adige, Italy.
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