Rebel Forces FTW.
Rebel Forces FTW.
(Vintage Snowspeeder, Vintage Tauntaun, Vintage Rebel Soldier, Vintage Princess Leia Hoth Outfit, Vintage Han Solo Bespin Outfit, Vintage 2-1B, Vintage Rebel Commander, Vintage Luke Skywalker X-Wing Pilot, Vintage Luke Skywalker Hoth Battle Gear, Vintage R5-D4, Vintage Chewbacca, Vintage C-3PO)
When a big box padded with white styrofoam comes into the house it can mean only one thing: Hoth diorama! And yes, I’ll own up to it straight away unless it’s not already completely obvious: unlike most of the shots presented on this site, what you’re looking at is not just one photo but a composite of several.
Nice one! I used to use styrofoam to make Hoth scenes when I was a kid in the 80s. Double-hit of nostalgia!
Styrofoam was my number one building material when it can to my action figures. Hoth Base? Done. Need a cave or rocks? Break it up, light coat of grey or brown spary paint and your in business. Battle damage? Take some chunks out grab a back marker, color the area in then smear before the ink dries for that blaster burn effect.
Awesome Pete. Styrofoam was also my main action figure building blocks when I was a kid. Love how you combined the two pics. Neat trick.
Thanks guys. I actually didn’t use much styrofoam as a kid. I had a lot of wooden blocks as well as legos leftover from my older brothers. Those all seemed to get the most mileage in the set-building department.
And I have to say I’m really enjoying this photo but I wish I’d have spent a little more time on the compositing. With just a little more patience I think I could’ve given it a more convincing feel — like it’s really one diorama. Also I can’t believe I didn’t put a guy on the back of that Tauntaun!
Oh well, next time I’ll aim for a multi-level Death Star or something like that. I’ll carry over the lessons learned here and with any luck the results will be that much better.
We were building a house the summer of 1980 and used to blow the you-know-what out of the styrofoam! (trying to relive the excitement of the last days of the Empire overrunning the Rebel Base on Hoth!) I’m not sure how we found it exactly, but we did some form of alcoholic mixture for plants and used fire-works and matces! (all while parents were away). I had a huge piece of plywood, 5′ / 11′, painted white and augmented with styrofoam pieces representing the rebel base and changed colour schemes regularly (the idea being that the rebels were always on the run and moved from planet to planet between Empire and Jedi)
I’ve been following your photo blog for a while now … and this is one of the best photo setups/composites you’ve ever posted! It’s full of great fun. More! More! Please.
Thanks! I had some fun making this one. I’ll come up w/ some more multi-tier situations like this for sure.