Cyberpunk city diorama

This is just getting better and better. Thank you for sharing this journey with us, Katsu-san.
I like the pictures from your house and garden as well.
A bit of Spring & Blossom going on here too:
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There is so much coo stuff to look at. The lighting is perfect

Thank you, my friend!

This’s turning out beautifully Katsu-san !.
It’s also looking very big !, where will it be placed once you’ve finished ?

Thank you, Ged-san.
There are several places I think I might place it.
It may occupy 2 and 1/2 feet by 3 feet. So this is one of them.
A corner beside the fireplace.
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Another place is my wife's sitting room or our bedroom. Since my daughter left this house, there is plenty of space now. ;)

This is just getting better and better. Thank you for sharing this journey with us, Katsu-san.
I like the pictures from your house and garden as well.
A bit of Spring & Blossom going on here too:
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Thank you, Ged-san!
Beautiful! It's nice to know that Spring has come around the northern hemisphere of the world.
Ged-san what is going on in the southern hemisphere?:)
 
Its FINALLY starting to warm up here, a little bit. Yesterday got to 60 degrees. They said the last time it got to 60 was last November. Been really cold since.
Its now a good temperature....but still not ready for the 100+ degree weather that summer usually brings.
 
Thanks for asking (regarding the weather) Katsu-san.
Well, it’s supposed to be autumn, but depending on where you live on this continent - it’s definitely cooler here in the west ( where I live in Perth ) after a blistering summer. However, over east they’d be confused for thinking that winter has come months early - due to severe temperature drops, rain, hail and snow in parts over the last few days !!!

Appreciate that you and your good wife ( how’s she going by the way ?), have more room in your home now that the ‘children’ have flown the coop, but are you really considering having this ( Sexy, but brilliant !) build in your bedroom ?....,
or, maybe that’s what you intended all along you sly devil ! :devil::cool::p;)
 
Its FINALLY starting to warm up here, a little bit. Yesterday got to 60 degrees. They said the last time it got to 60 was last November. Been really cold since.
Its now a good temperature....but still not ready for the 100+ degree weather that summer usually brings.
Thank you, Michael-san.
60 is a good temperature for working outside. 100? it will kill me :lol:
Michel-san is a very active guy so take care.(y)
Thanks for asking (regarding the weather) Katsu-san.
Well, it’s supposed to be autumn, but depending on where you live on this continent - it’s definitely cooler here in the west ( where I live in Perth ) after a blistering summer. However, over east they’d be confused for thinking that winter has come months early - due to severe temperature drops, rain, hail and snow in parts over the last few days !!!

Appreciate that you and your good wife ( how’s she going by the way ?), have more room in your home now that the ‘children’ have flown the coop, but are you really considering having this ( Sexy, but brilliant !) build in your bedroom ?....,
or, maybe that’s what you intended all along you sly devil ! :devil::cool::p;)
Thank you, Ged-san.
So now you are relieved from the hot continental summer and taking a break. Soon, it will be a good season for winter sports.

And thanks for asking, my wife is fine and healthy every day. Now she is interested in stock investment and having a successful result. She read many textbooks and watch the market. Looks like she likes that kind of thing and is good at it. That is what I didn't expect before. So, when we see the TV news show, I am surprised that she has good knowledge to understand economic policy. She always loves to learn something deeply.

And it's a good question about displaying my diorama. Yes, Ged-san, I worried about displaying those rather sexy lady figures but so far, my wife and daughters love them and looking forward to being finished. I myself take care about building those figures not to be obscene and cheap but so cute and sexy. Each time I show them my work, they say 'Kawaii'- 'Cute'. As long as you got a comment like that to anything, that is a good sign from the female army.:D

katsu
 
As I posted the same on the AAV Drop ship thread too, but, one of the things I'm afraid of is the diorama might be looking like a construction miniature in an architectural office. Small, neat, and cohesive. It's all right to me somehow but that is not what I want to express. I have to think about the difference between those miniatures and the one I want to build.

Here is the Japanese word "Mitate".
It is a very difficult word to explain even to Japanese natives.
This word has several meanings.
Diagnose, Evaluate, Select, and Compare.
Also, metaphors in an artistic way.
Japanese gardens often (or most of the time) use some sort of "look-alike" technique. For example, in 'Kre-Sansui' adry gardens, white sand, and pebbles (patterns) can be considered "flows of water." They dare not use real water to enjoy the look-alike (Mitate).
Something I would say is that "Mitate" is a skillful combination of different dimensional senses.

Sometimes, I can find the strangeness of the combination in the work of the modeler in RPF threads. Those works are very charming. It may be very difficult for me to express it in my model but the thought of those is one of the fun of building.

Kare-Sansui
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Bon-Kei
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If you have any comments or questions, I will be happy to talk about them.

Katsu
 
Greatly appreciated the in depth explanation of “Mitate” and the use of Bonsai art pictures to help understand the meaning.
Most interesting in your threads is the way you link philosophy, modeling skill, art, photography with the command of language and cheerful attitude.

The type comments you receive on this site certainly reflect this. Best regards.
 
This is really looking like a busy city with things going on.
You've always been good at not only just designing something, but then making the outside AND whole complete inside part, and it always looks so interesting.
You know, it would be interesting to see other parts of the inside of the death star, becides the parts you only see in the movies.
Like, what donthe crew living areas look like, or other areas, food court, maybe even shopping areas.
As big as both were suppose to be, they would have plenty of other type areas in the thing.
 
This is really looking like a busy city with things going on.
You've always been good at not only just designing something, but then making the outside AND whole complete inside part, and it always looks so interesting.
You know, it would be interesting to see other parts of the inside of the death star, becides the parts you only see in the movies.
Like, what donthe crew living areas look like, or other areas, food court, maybe even shopping areas.
As big as both were suppose to be, they would have plenty of other type areas in the thing.

Thank you so much. Michael-san!
Oh, I agree. When I was a kid, I love to see illustrations in juvenile magazines. 'The imagination of inside the secret nuclear sub' sort of that. I was watching for hours until my parents think if their kid was OK. Finally, they said, 'Stop seeing that and get your homework done!'.:oops:

Outstanding work! I love your attention to detail!

Thank you so much, James-san.

Love that ceiling and all those different pipes/details. I particularly like the overhead wires; it lends a level of "Real World" to the whole diorama
Keep up the excellent work Katsu-san :cool: :cool: (y) (y) :notworthy: :notworthy:

Thank you so much, joberg-san.
It took some time to find the material to express the natural sag of the wires. Once I thought of using a thin chain necklace. Finally, I found the 1 mm steel cable in my junk box. That was a leftover thing of the fabric cutter I build for my daughter a few years ago.
I'm so happy that you like it. :D

Looks like it could be a movie set

The best part is all those details look like they have a purpose rather than just being stuck on randomly.
That is one of the things that make it look like a real place

Thank you, Analyzer-san. I'm so happy to hear that my intention has worked.:D

>>Outstanding build. All the new extras makes this so believable. (y)(y)

Thank you so much, Stevie-san!
 
Katsu-san, someone in Hollywood should offer you a job as set builder.
You could really outdo yourself (like you are kind of doing right now)
Thank you George-san! It's far from what my respecting Hollywood people do but thank you so much!

As I said in my previous post, I got the order from My Highness and Princess #1 that I have the honor of being the chief conductor of constructing the Royal Pizza Facility RPF. The construction was done on the 14th of April. Here's a documentary film of what it was.


:) Thank you for watching!
 
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Omg, that was funny and ingenious all at once. I wanted to use all of the available emoji’s here as a like, but sadly I can only choose one:rolleyes:
Katsu-san, I would definitely buy & devour one of your home-made pizzas :notworthy:
Thanks for sharing this funny video !
 
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