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Anonymous Fri 05 Jan 2024 19:11:01 No.10813869 View View Reply Original Report

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What are some good dioramas for action figure photography? Thanks.

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Anonymous Sat 06 Jan 2024 03:35:59 No.10814659 Report

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i've bought a couple and i gotta say, you probably just want to get into making your own. A lot of these pre-made ones are just good for one or two angles, which is fine, but they're also expensive and take up so much space in storage. I've never really felt great about getting one. I'm trying to get better at making dioramas on my own, but it is slow going.

if you're set on getting one you can try 1/12 accessories at big bad toystore. But just keep in mind that it'll take up a lot of space and you can only do so much with it

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Anonymous Sun 07 Jan 2024 18:21:09 No.10816929 Report

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>>10813869
Unironically make your own. Diorama building is fun and you'll be able to make something cool and unique.

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Anonymous Sun 07 Jan 2024 18:42:35 No.10816956 Report

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>>10813869
I've heard good things about the extreme sets pop up dioramas. They save on space, too since most of it's collapsible.

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Anonymous Sun 07 Jan 2024 18:44:04 No.10816959 Report

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>>10816956
I'm not paying like $200 for cardboard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 07 Jan 2024 19:31:49 No.10817021 Report

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I found a kickass doll house in a trash pile and fixed it up. Now it's the tmnt movie farmhouse (more or less)

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Anonymous Sun 07 Jan 2024 21:16:32 No.10817154 Report

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>>10817021
That sounds great. Pics soon, I hope.

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Anonymous Mon 08 Jan 2024 17:09:31 No.10818124 Report

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>>10816959
Pretty sure they go for like $40-80, but fair enough. The more expensive ones do seem a bit overpriced for what they are even if they can make for some nice photos. I've always been tempted by dioramas, though more the 15x15 custom ones on ebay that can fit into a detolf since I don't photograph my figures generally.

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Anonymous Mon 08 Jan 2024 18:33:49 No.10818199 Report

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Do any of you use the background inserts that come with some toys? I threw away all my NECA boxes for example but I kept some of the backdrops for pics maybe. But they seem small I might just toss them too.

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Anonymous Tue 09 Jan 2024 02:56:26 No.10818818 Report

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>>10818199
All of mine are too small for anything really decent.

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Anonymous Tue 09 Jan 2024 04:03:18 No.10818910 Report

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>>10816959
That's my main problem with them too. For what they're made of, the prices are ridiculously high. Plus, I don't know if it's the selection BBTS carries or what, but they usually look dingy and unappealing.

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Anonymous Tue 09 Jan 2024 04:19:37 No.10818933 Report

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>>10816956
I've wanted to pick some of these up but for the price I wish the prints were more saturated, or on a better color holding material, or something. I feel like the surfaces look washed out in every photo I see of them when next to any action figure. I guess they would look great with some heavy depth of field to blue out the cardboardiness of them.... but I just idk man.

For instance look at this image. It just looks off - this is an extreme sets background. Maybe something special needs to be done for lighting on them.

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Anonymous Tue 09 Jan 2024 04:24:59 No.10818940 Report

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I bought one of these, and the cheaper expansion set as well. You can re-build it because it's all modular. BBTS is the only place I have even found them for sale. I wish I could find like a bootleg version on aliexpress or something.

I have mine currently assembled into a bunch of panels and curved wall segments so I can move them around as needed.

There is a more expensive version with built in lights - but the base version looks pretty easy to install LED's into as it is anyways. I haven't yet tried though.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/65093?o=4

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Anonymous Tue 09 Jan 2024 17:30:55 No.10819416 Report

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>>10818933
I maybe some red lighting on the back? It looks like straight up paper lol. They're pricy for looking like that.

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Anonymous Sun 14 Jan 2024 08:51:52 No.10826518 Report

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>>10814659
>you probably just want to get into making your own
>>10816929
>Diorama building is fun and you'll be able to make something cool and unique.

This. It's not that difficult and you'll get more control.

>>10818199
I kept some but haven't done much so far - because they are small. But since I have some of those small metal fig/micro figures, i could actually use them for that once I get around to clearing out some space and putting together the shelving units I purchased.

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Anonymous Sun 14 Jan 2024 18:11:37 No.10826963 Report

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>>10814659
I’ve been using some old foam sheets to test out some ideas for adding in backdrops and facades to spice up some displays.
It turns out if you’re putting in crates or rooftop ledges you don’t want anything in the front row to be taller than 3/4 to 1 inch high or it’s going to block your view of the figures too much.
Most of my shelves are backlit so I’m going to try printing out some different backdrops to see how they look with light coming through them.

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Anonymous Mon 15 Jan 2024 20:10:53 No.10828864 Report

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>>10813869
If I were to really get into it, I'd invest in a nice color laser printer to print out any background I want

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Anonymous Mon 15 Jan 2024 20:20:05 No.10828880 Report

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>>10813869
i hate the inner city Dioramas so much. I’m tired of seeing them. I much rather see a room, lab, forrest, a ship. anything other than the city diorama.

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Anonymous Mon 15 Jan 2024 21:00:42 No.10828966 Report

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>>10813869
Make your own dioramas. It is way way easier to build and paint your own scenery and have it look good or better than commercially available stuff than it is to make/paint your own miniatures/figures and have them look as good, materials are cheap, often bordering on free, like used cardstock from cereal boxes.
Watch some miniature craft/hobbyist youtube videos to get an idea how its done

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Anonymous Tue 16 Jan 2024 02:38:47 No.10829431 Report

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>>10818910
Unfortunately in my case i want extreme sets specifically because they look like low-res ps1 textures. Actually i just want to make a house of the dead diorama.

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Anonymous Tue 16 Jan 2024 10:37:53 No.10829844 Report

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>>10828880
I want to see some Star Wars ship interior dioramas.

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Anonymous Tue 16 Jan 2024 13:52:32 No.10830004 Report

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You can get a new Ender 3 pro 3d printer for $169, sometimes as low as $100
Walgreens prints 12x18 posters for $14.99.
It's a little bit of a hunt to find files to match what you're building but options are limitless if you build your own.

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Anonymous Tue 16 Jan 2024 16:50:58 No.10830256 Report

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>>10816929
This 100%
>oh no I suck and it looks like shit!
Practice practice practice. You get better, and you can always recycle your old projects into new ones so you're not exactly pissing money away.

OP, you started this thread with a pic of NECA's playset. I scroll past this all the time. You've seen it once you've seen it enough already. I ALWAYS stop to look at someone's uniquely made diorama, even if I've seen it before there is likely to be some detail I missed

Make your own. Make mistakes. Learn from them. Have fun. Go at your own pace and the speed of your own budget. There is no FOMO when you're making your own.

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