TMNT sewer display diorama

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TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby leafman343 » Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:43 pm

I did this as a quick project to spruce up my turtles display, only took a few hours to make.
The brick wall is a 1/2" thick piece of styrofoam, which I drew out the bricks and then dremeled in the mortar. I base coated the wall black and brushed on brown paint and filled the mortar in with brown to hide the white foam. Finished it off with a gloss sealer on the bricks to make them stand out more and give them a wet look.
The pipes are actual pvc plumbing bits called flush bushings. Painted them grey and drew black rings on the edges to give them a comic feel.
The base is a cardboard box with stone fleck textured spray paint, I custom mixed several shades of grey (too cheap to buy grey paint :roll:) and dry brushed them on to make it look like concrete.
Once all the paint was dry and everything assembled I used hot glue to make the sewer slime and coated it with some model masters clear green.

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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby ẈĀŦƧĦĪƧ₣Ā₵Ė » Fri Jul 02, 2010 2:09 pm

It loocks great! I like the slime.
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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby Darththomas » Fri Jul 02, 2010 2:15 pm

Nice work man, I really like the Neca turtles, so darn expensive though :cry:
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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby ẈĀŦƧĦĪƧ₣Ā₵Ė » Fri Jul 02, 2010 2:29 pm

darththomas81 wrote:Nice work man, I really like the Neca turtles, so darn expensive though :cry:


I got the 4 pack fore around $60. with shipping.
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Postby bobtheodd » Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:27 pm

Nice base. =D>
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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby Darththomas » Sat Jul 03, 2010 2:09 am

pock63 wrote:
darththomas81 wrote:Nice work man, I really like the Neca turtles, so darn expensive though :cry:


I got the 4 pack fore around $60. with shipping.



That's a great price, the cheapest I've found is £70 with shipping.
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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby marvelselect » Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:53 am

Very cool. Good job, man. :)
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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby WeAreVenom » Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:41 pm

I love it, the bricks spacing looks nice, and I like the comic feel
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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby sonofred79 » Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:51 pm

Man this is incredible dude. Two bad Neca isn't makin Splinter that would make this look a tad bit better. But this look pretty dang awesome by itself =P~
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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby leafman343 » Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:53 pm

Thanks guys! :D
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Postby Top-notch comix » Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:14 pm

Looks sweet! I especially like the look of the slime! :D =D>
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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby Metaluna Mutant » Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:59 am

Do the pipes go the whole way through to the back? I'm tempted to create a display for some of my Mario themed figures. Watch out for those Piranha Plants!

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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby leafman343 » Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:31 am

Metaluna Mutant wrote:Do the pipes go the whole way through to the back? I'm tempted to create a display for some of my Mario themed figures. Watch out for those Piranha Plants!

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Yeah they do go all the way through to the back, I thought about putting a piece of black paper on the back so you can't see through the pipes, but then I got lazy :lol:
If you can find the flush bushings, I think they would look great for piranha plants. I got mine at home depot, I don't remember if lowes had them or not.
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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby Metaluna Mutant » Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:40 pm

I'm not sure if black paper would look that great. I recommend you take some cardboard and paint it ghost gray with a hint of green.
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Re: TMNT sewer display diorama

Postby therapist » Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:02 pm

That is awesome. I think displays are way too cool to not have but they just take up so much space
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