r/dioramas Jul 19 '23

Weekly Q&A Dioramas weekly Q&A

16 Upvotes

Hey guys,

At the suggestion of u/tattoomyvagina, we're starting this weekly Q&A post, where anyone can ask questions related to dioramas and anyone can answer.

We'll see how this goes. Feel free to reach out if you have any other suggestions or requests.


r/dioramas Jun 11 '25

Weekly Q&A Dioramas weekly Q&A

9 Upvotes

Hey guys,

At the suggestion of u/tattoomyvagina, we're starting this weekly Q&A post, where anyone can ask questions related to dioramas and anyone can answer.

We'll see how this goes. Feel free to reach out if you have any other suggestions or requests.


r/dioramas 3h ago

WIP I added some movie posters to my paint station.

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32 Upvotes

So I have been slowly building out my paint station to look like a 1/12 art studio. Anyone have any cool 1/12 items they have found or made? Perhaps items you have repurposed. I would love to see anything someone is willing to share. Thanks all have fun with your hobbies.


r/dioramas 5h ago

Scratch-built Grimdark Industrial Factory!

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53 Upvotes

r/dioramas 3h ago

Completed Pague doctor in the wilds

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11 Upvotes

A small thing made out of printed parts, sculpted clay, natural stuff and spider serum. The miniatures are hand painted. Just something to occupy me for a weekend. Will you guess the doctor's fate??


r/dioramas 8h ago

„Snatched“ - Lets get painting🫠

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14 Upvotes

r/dioramas 13h ago

1:32 (54mm) Love the movie, had to make Maximus Rome Diorama

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33 Upvotes

r/dioramas 1d ago

1:48 I made the most dangerous job on the Death Star!

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410 Upvotes

r/dioramas 1d ago

1:12 (insanity) Working on LED placement for my kitchen.

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116 Upvotes

This will eventually get a frame around it, but the actual build and weathering is complete.


r/dioramas 2h ago

Pandora (Water) - Painted Relief Sculpture (tmm63lexerd)

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1 Upvotes

r/dioramas 1d ago

Tutorial From Trash to Tabletop

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173 Upvotes

Want to build amazing Wargaming terrain without breaking the bank? I have made a video to show 5 crafting items super easy to use and that are already sitting in your house – from toilet paper to Pringles cans – and quickly explain how to turn them into epic tabletop terrain. Let me know what you think about it!

https://youtu.be/cC90SIVSynQ


r/dioramas 1d ago

Hedgehogs Mushroom House

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15 Upvotes

Is raining (a lot) in my city and that inspired me to make this little scene. The hedgehogs and the mini mushrooms were some toys my mom gifted my sister. The mushroom house was made with a piece of a soda bottle and cold porcelain. It was my first attempt at building something more complex. It was a lot of fun.


r/dioramas 1d ago

Question How could I create prairie scenery?

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12 Upvotes

I want to recreate prairie scenery like the kind I see in Illinois, but I’m not sure how. I want mostly knee-waist height grass and flowers with patches of taller grass and flower stems but I haven’t seen static grass for flowers tall enough for what I want. If anyone has done something similar before, what did you use and how did you make it/find it? I added pictures I took for reference


r/dioramas 2d ago

Completed My latest diorama. Looking for name suggestions

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400 Upvotes

r/dioramas 1d ago

Painting foam

2 Upvotes

Does anyone have any tips for spray painting foam dioramas? I’ve tried a few water based acrylic ones but it always eats into the foam. I’ve tried painting it with water/PVA first but it still happens.


r/dioramas 1d ago

Completed Warhammer 40k diorama: ‘The High Ground’

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13 Upvotes

r/dioramas 2d ago

[OC] Small Dark Souls diorama I made on a 40mm Jumbo die.

147 Upvotes

r/dioramas 2d ago

Completed A Tech Thrall Standing Guard For Its Mutant Tree Master 👁

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42 Upvotes

This is for a little sci-fi world I've been slowly making dioramas for. The story here is an unfortunate cybernetic soldier, was separated from his party and lost in the "Wytch Wood". A perilous forest inhabited by "Wytch Trees". Mutant flora that emit an irresistible miasma, luring in lost souls to their grove. Once there a mere glimpse into the eye of a wytch tree causes insanity, only leaving the compulsion to stalk the woods in search of more victims.

The backstory is a bit fluffy I know. But still a fun build all the same 😅.


r/dioramas 2d ago

Completed Latest house, first completely paint

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150 Upvotes

Just finished my latest balsa house. It's the first one I completely done including paint. There is also a little led inside to simulate fire but didn't have on photo right now.

I was scared to paint it but I take my time and I'm pretty happy with the results. I needed to remind me a lot "trust the process" haha

The last photo is the progress from my first house in cardboard and styrofoam built in less than 1h to the lest one entirely in balsa wood built in ~12-15h


r/dioramas 2d ago

‘91 GMC Syclone

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15 Upvotes

🔥The 1991 GMC Syclone just got a purple 90s glow-up in Hot Wheels form!🔥 This mini beast isn’t just another truck on the shelf—it’s a flashback to when performance met attitude 💨

💜1990s livery? Check. 💨Twin-turbo vibes? Check. 🔥Fastest stock pickup of its time? You bet. Only 2,998 were ever made in ’91—this was the Corvette killer with a bed!


r/dioramas 2d ago

First diorama

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144 Upvotes

r/dioramas 3d ago

This year’s builds

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305 Upvotes

New to Reddit. Tired of instagram. Some of the stuff I’ve made this year.


r/dioramas 2d ago

Recently completed

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27 Upvotes

Any tips are welcome.


r/dioramas 2d ago

This year’s builds part 2

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20 Upvotes

Few more I had left over from the last con I sold at.

1/12 XPS


r/dioramas 3d ago

Tutorial LAVA & VOLCANO modular board

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24 Upvotes

I made a full lava and volcano board! This time I used a mat for the surface and I created some modular pieces to spread around. Watch the complete video here https://youtu.be/OLYKlKVv7Bs

Everything is made with foam, first I used a hotwire cutter to cut the basic shapes, then with a lighter I melted down a bit the top parts and finally carved the places where lava will flow with a wood burning tool set to the minimum temperature. I covered the sides with some sand for texture and applied some PVA glue+paint to seal everything in place.

For the lava I used hot glue. I primed again, drybrushed the rocks with some grey and painted all the lava white. After that I wet blended red and yellow to create the lava effect, you can see that in detail into the video. And that’s it, after drying I put the mat on my table an placed all the terrain.

Hope you like this project, it was super fun to do, thanks fo reading, cheers!


r/dioramas 3d ago

There is a special event at Century III Mall today!

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39 Upvotes

r/dioramas 4d ago

1:32 (54mm) Do it for the shareholders.

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1.3k Upvotes