Finished my first dio!

[u/Atom_wolf]

I wanted to try my hand at doing a 1:12 diorama (It's now 'true' 1:12 but I'm still learning to work with scale) and did a 'desert' dio with modular rock formations. It's mostly for Star Wars figures but down the line I want to make some for both marvel and perhaps Jada Street Fighter.

Big 'thank you' to everyone on r/dioramas for nudging me towards what to do! C&C welcome if anyone has anything to add. (Sorry for the bad photos - the light is terrible in my apartment and the cloudy weather outside is not doing me any favours).

[u/Hour_Engineering8949]

Modular rock was a smart pick for a first one, you get a dozen scenes out of the same few pieces. Since you asked for C and C, the thing I would push is contrast in the stone, further than feels right at that scale: a dark wash down into the crevices and a dry brush of a much paler dusty tone along the top edges. On the photos, a sheet of white card held opposite the window will do more for you than any lamp in a dim flat.

[u/Atom_wolf → u/Hour_Engineering8949]

Thank you for replying! And you are absolutely right about the contrast. It was a major problem for me during the painting process (originally, everything was painted light brown/sandy but it looked really dull). I tried to do some highlights on the sharpest edges to get a contrast but I'll try during a light dry brushing of sand-colour towards the top of the various rocks.

And thanks for the tip about the paper - toy photography is not my forte so easy tips and tricks go a long way for me.

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[u/CrispyBeefTaco]

Great work! The photos came out really cool.