Terminator Future War NECA 1/4 scale custom Diorama

[postmanpat]

Hi all,

I have just finished work on another future war themed diorama from Terminator. My first diorama was a 1/35 scale and utilizes the Pegasus Aerial and Tank kits. It can be found here for those interested;

http://www.therpf.com/f11/terminator-future-war-aerial-tank-hunter-killer-diorama-220568/

This diorama is 1/4 scale so it has a large presence to it. The base is identical size to that of the hunter killer diorama I made so the two display together really well. This diorama started with three NECA 18" (1/4 scale) endoskeletons. These look plastic and toy like but with a bit of work can look fantastic. I made a few minor modifications to make it more screen accurate but in all honesty they were very close straight out of the box. I painted them gloss black and an alclad chrome which came out really reflective and very impressive in person. I completely removed the electronics and LED from each of the figures and put in my own LED and rewired them all so that they all turn ON/OFF using the one switch.

The skulls were made by a hobby shop locally. They are used for 1/4 scale historic model builders but it worked perfect for this diorama. The details were incredible on the skulls. I damaged up the skulls and painted up to look post-apocalyptic. The water was achieved using clear resin with a bit of grey mixed in to achieve the murkiness.

I still want to detail the guns a bit as the seam is pretty visible. I may also put in a couple of random flashing blue LEDs to represent shooting. I might put in a little more debris down the track too.

I've also uploaded a quick video of this diorama here;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZ72X_eSr8

Thanks heaps for Looking.


UPDATE: LED lighting completed;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftgnttaAK1Y

 

[jwood314]

WOWOWOW, both of your builds are absolutely amazing, holy mother of @#$%@?#$@#%!@#$%!@#% they rock. I love the subject matter and the execution.

Fantastic!

 

[gizmo]

Fantastic!!! Love it!!! Just shows how good those Neca endos can look. If I remember correctly they are based on the old argonaughts kits. Anyway nice work.



Ben

 

[postmanpat]

Thanks very much for the kind comments. Yeah, the NECA figures were really impressive straight out of the box. Even just giving them a paint over would improve it to a really presentable state. I still have space for one more Terminator diorama...now I gotta start thinking of what to do for that lol.

 

[postmanpat]

I've now completed the flashing blue LEDs to represent the plasma rifle flashes. Here is the link to the youtube video for those interested;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftgnttaAK1Y

Feel free to check out my other terminator props I made on my channel.

Cheers

 

[jkno]

Excellent diorama there! I used to have a NECA endo, and now I'm sorry I gave it to my cousin.

 

[postmanpat]

Excellent diorama there! I used to have a NECA endo, and now I'm sorry I gave it to my cousin.

Thanks for the kind words. You can still pick up the NECA endo pretty cheap on EBay. It was a pretty cheap little build this one and it really does look fantastic so it's well worth the effort.

 

[Nocturno]

Another stunning project hat turned out awesome Peter,thanks for sharing this with us.
Have you figured out what's your third diorama gonna look like ?

 

[postmanpat]

Have you figured out what's your third diorama gonna look like ?

Thanks heaps for the kind comments mate. Much appreciated. I have been sidetracked with finishing off some of my life-size statues in recent times so have not made any dioramas recently. The next two that I will do will be the 1/4 scale NECA Predator which I will repaint, detail and put into a jungle setting and the other on is the NECA 1/4 scale Alien which I will build a Nostromo corridor or vent to display him inside. Should be heaps of fun to make but I work very slowly and get easily distracted lol. Look forward to seeing your diorama.

 

[Nocturno]

Thanks heaps for the kind comments mate. Much appreciated. I have been sidetracked with finishing off some of my life-size statues in recent times so have not made any dioramas recently. The next two that I will do will be the 1/4 scale NECA Predator which I will repaint, detail and put into a jungle setting and the other on is the NECA 1/4 scale Alien which I will build a Nostromo corridor or vent to display him inside. Should be heaps of fun to make but I work very slowly and get easily distracted lol. Look forward to seeing your diorama.

Wooow looks like a lot of fun by the master of diorama's himself,Mine will be slow as yours cause I have to much work going on but I will get there for sure.
I have searched for more Terminator diorama's but nothing found here on board.