How to Make a Diorama
The Making of the 300 Spartans Battle of Thermopylae Diorama- Part 3 Building the frame and base
When making a diorama of this size you really need to consider the strength of the base. This diiorama is two feet by three feet so I wouldn't call it a large diorama; it is more of a medium sized one. But I really wanted it to be strong so I built a base out of two by threes and put a sheet of wood right over it for the surface. If you are making a diorama think about making it nice and strong.
Here is a look at the underside so you can see how I constructed it out of wood.
Next I cut out the pattern and transferred the drawing right onto the base. You can lay the whole template right on the base and transfer like that but it was easy for me to cut some of it out.
Okay, we transferred the pattern onto the base and I added some additional notes to refer to as I build up the diorama.
We are ready to start building the actual diorama. And this is a big step because up until now all the work we have done has been in two dimensions on flat surfaces and now we are going to be working in three dimensions. The notes I made on the base will help me in doing the three dimensional work. Now let's start making the terrain shell for this diorama.
Let's Make the 300 Diorama (Part 4: Building the Diorama Shell)
- Index
- What is a diorama?
- A short history of Dioramas
- Diorama Books
- Painting Miniatures
- Diorama Ideas
- Diorama Examples
- Diorama Making for the artist
- Diorama Making supplies & Tools
- Dioramas by Web Visitors
- Printable diorama box
Types of Dioramas to Make
- Diorama inside a lightbulb
- Mississippi River with Indians
- Really creative shoebox diorama
- Dinosaur Diorama
- Make a secret diorama
- Firefly Diorama with real blinking lights
- Rainforest Diorama
- Ocean Diorama
- Shadowbox diorama
- Make a shoebox diorama
- Massive Castle Diorama
- Diorama Examples
- Polymer Clay
- The Battle of Thermopylae Spartan Warrior Diorama - A tutorial
- HALO Diorama
- Wizards Tower Foam Diorama
- Cemetary Diorama
- Trench Warfare
- Simple Nature Diorama
- Water Woman Diorama
STORES
- Diorama Making Books
- Sideshow Collectible Lord of the Rings Dioramas
- Plastic Scale Dinosaur Diorama Kits
- Harry Potter Dioramas
- Diorama Foam
Check out the Diorama and Miniature store
Short Diorama Tutorials
- How to Make realistic tufts of grass
- How to make trenches
- Creative terrain shell making
- How to make Miniature Trees
- How to Make rubber rock and wall molds
- Motorize a drawbridge on your diorama
- Using foam to make a diorama
- How to make good looking rubble using cork
- Creative Shoebox Diorama Ideas for School
- A foam based diorama with water from start to finish
OTHER PROJECTS
Make a cardboard Samurai Sword
Make a Cardboard Medieval Shield
How to make a fantasy shadowbox
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