And Now for Something Completely Different

Joel

Hi All. I was taking a break from railroad modelling and decided to try a fantasy scene. As this is not Sierra West related I felt this was the wrong venue for the pics but Brett (also a big fan of Fantasy lit) pressed me to show off a bit. This is my version of Diagon Alley from the Harry Potter books. From a modelling standpoint this is the first time I tried forced perspective. The
flags are in three different sizes. The bricks for the streets are 4 different sizes. The truck in the foreground is o scale and the one near the back is ho scale. I used 7 different scales of figures. I am pleased with the overall effect. A fun diversion.

Joel

Joel

CarlLaskey

Joel.
at first I thought it was a Norman Rockwell so neat. .........Carl...

admin

Great modeling, fantastic scene. Thank you for sharing this with us. Absolutely love it!

KKarns

Amazing work Joel! I have a forced perspective modeling project in the wings as well...I'll have to discuss with you at some point.

Jim M

This is truly amazing. What a great project.

Karl.A

Fantastic work Joel, your talent is boundless. The forced perspective is incredible and seamless.

MuddyCreekRR

Outstanding....I just rec'd the Full Monty.....60 some figures.....Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail....all 28mm scale which is close to O scale to my eye....not going to start them for a while....

brownbr

I love it.

Mountaingoat

Love the forced perspective. Fantastic modeling as well. This gives a lot to consider if you are doing a layout with any depth to it......Rick

ALCO

Glad you shared. This is really cool!

Jerry

Wonderful diorama!! Thanks for sharing!

Jerry

Robert.G

As a fantasy lover, I just LOVE this. So well done . Wonderful scenes. Thanks for sharing. (You too Brett !!)

mikemettelka

Wow! Fantastic!

kebmo

that's the most effective forced prespective i've ever seen. amazing job...

TomMich

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

sdrees

Just WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joel

Thanks so much for all the nice comments. It was a fun project but it's time to get back to real modelling. Really not sure where to put all these dioramas at this point.

Robert.G

Joel, if that's not real modeling, I don't know what is.... And for the dioramas, I had the same question . ...... I made a layout with them. The Beaver Lumber Company..

kebmo

what is the overall footprint of the diorama?

brownbr

Where to put the dioramas? A real dilemma. I made a layout as Robert did and then ran out of places on the layout. Now I have a table set up that holds some but it is running out of space. I have plans in my head to make a set of free standing shelves using black pipe as framing and weathering some lumber to look like old barnwood. I figure if the shelves have the same footprint as the table and have 3 shelves then I'll have 3 times as much space. It's just a matter of getting around to it.

Joel

Sorry I missed the question on size. This diorama is 2ft wide and 2.5 ft deep.

Karl.A

It looks about 25' deep, extremely well done.

kebmo

Karl.A said:

It looks about 25' deep, extremely well done.

yeah, it sure does. its pretty amazing.

SonofVietnamSeabee

What material did you use for the brick street? It's amazing.

Joel

Thanks but that was a real mess. I used simple clay from Michaels. It comes in terra cotta. I rolled it out and then used 4 3d printed rolling pins of different sizes. Again to give it a bit of perspective. Way in the back I just left the clay flat. Then it dried and cracked all over the place so I had to patch it a few times and redraw the lines repeatedly. I think it would have been better to just put a layer of plaster down and hand carve it because that's what I ended up doing but the end result is way softer as I can't put this in a kiln.

EmeryJ

My wife is not allowed to see this. She will want one. Very cool Joel!!