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 AkiPla circa 2006 Here’s my current target: A strip mall under Akihabara Station called Akiba Station Plaza, or AkiPla for short (note: Since my trip to Tokyo, it’s become an Ishimaru, a chain of electronics and home-appliance stores). You’ll need to click on the pathetically small thumbnail to see it clearly. It’s plastered in ads, and has merchandise practically spilling onto the street. Not only is the interior lit, but there are lots of little spotlights at the top illuminating…well, what they are meant to illuminate isn’t quite clear. They are directed at the corrugated metal. There’s lots of great modeling possibility in this little scene. Update 27 April 2008: I’ve added some more photos below. Well, the static grass idea didn’t really work. Time to think of something new. Thankfully, static grass glued with PVA glue onto a glossy surface comes up really easy, so nothing was really lost—except a small amount of now used static grass, oh, and a weekend’s worth [...] I never published anything about my first attempt at a Suigun Line diorama. That’s because it…it, uh. Well. Utter failure before it really got anywhere. But that’s why I did it: To learn. Here’s what I learned: You can’t use foamcore as a diorama base if you’re going to paint or glue things to it, because [...] 合格！ I have over the past couple of days learned some interesting things about Woodland Scenics ballast, and how to paint shadows into it. Tell me what you think. Unshaded on the left, shaded on the right. As if you couldn’t tell. Yeah, it’s glossy, I know. The ballast was fixed with a mixture of gloss varnish, [...] I’m new to model railroading, but I’m not new to modeling generally. Most of my hours have been spent on wargaming, painting little tin soldiers—usually members of the Crimson Fist Chapter of Space Marines. Hello, my name is Geek. Anyway, these figures are tiny and incredibly detailed. The thing is, when you’re standing on the other side [...] |
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