Diorama for Neca 18" Terminator Endo

[skiffy]

I have the large Neca endoskeleton figure (bought from the Terminator attraction at Universal Studios, Florida).

He fell over recently and needed a little repair work. So, I thought I should lock him down on a proper diorama base.

The obvious choice is a skull-covered wasteland and to that effect, I began a sculpey skull, matching the endo in scale.

Here are some shots of it post-bake, with a little filler on the front so I can see to add detail to the carving. It's been attacked with the dremel and scalpel to make the holes and pare down some areas. I'll be casting about a dozen of these.. Some will hopefully be thin slush-castings that I can break apart to put under his feet.

..and a crappy pic pre-bake..

 

[autoprops713]

That looks awesome so far. Mine took a dive off the top shelf. I took the lazy way out though. I ended up finding a 1/4 scale-ish keychain skull and molded that instead. Popped out a bunch of skulls and then butchered them with a dremel. I ended up with a base that looked very Cinemaquette looking. Looking forward to seeing yours! :thumbsup

 

[Too Much Garlic]

I know you said you'd cast these, but in that size I really think you should go for the individually sculpted skulls over the similar cast ones you plan - then you could have varying sized skulls as well. it's more work, but it will look better. Also, for kicks... you could add some endo parts to the base as well, having it walk over the remains of a destroyed endo.

Very nice looking skull! .)

 

[autoprops713]

I thought the same thing but once the skulls are "damaged" and turned around every which way....they kinda all look different. Plus a lot of concrete debris helps.

Maybe knock out some random teeth? Add some laser blast holes to the skulls?

 

[Genki]

MP for you skiffy

 

[postmanpat]

Did you ever end up finishing the diorama? I am just about make one and would love to see how it ended up.

 

[skiffy]

Hi Postman Pat - got and answered your PM.

I've just been too busy with work and family to wrap this up.

This project (along with a few others) is now waiting for warmer weather - probably early 2013. My workshop isn't heated - and it's perishin' out there!