Diorama: "Which Comes First - Chicken Or Egg?"

[xamel1975]

Hobbylink.tv and HLJ organized a competition called Playing With Plamo Modeling Competition 2013 from 26th of August, 2013 through 1st of January, 2014.

Here's my entry for the contest. Since I got some ‘leftovers’ from my other builds, I figured why not use the spares rather than let them collecting dust.So I pull out my Tamiya’s Livestock set and some crates from Academy’s AFV Miniature Accessories set for this project which I will call “Which Comes First: Chicken Or Egg?”.





"Well whaddaya know ~ A EGG!" ~ Foghorn Leghorn .

That’s right, I’m using egg as part of this project. Well, just the shell actually .



Clean it up, remove the membrane and gave it a good coat of clear.Then I melt some wax and pour it into the shell.After the wax set and dried, I cover it with a layer of 2-part epoxy, a couple of pebbles are embedded to give some variety of the groundwork.

Then, I did a composition test of the rooster and hens.



Painted the groundwork with Tamiya Diorama Texture Paint (Soil Effect) and lightly airbrush some highlights. Some model grass are also thrown in for more variety of texture.

[xamel1975]

Chickens are painted and another round of composition test.





From the earlier composition test, I notice that the diorama is ‘flat’. It needs a bit of height variation to give it a visual impact.I fashioned a crate cover by cutting off the lower portion of Academy’s ammo crate. This crate cover will be placed as a background to give some height effect.



A little vegetation is in order to give a bit of ‘life’ into this diorama. I use J’s Workshop paper plant which I acquired at our local hobby shop.





I move around some of the hens to make it more presentable.

[xamel1975]

There's an empty space in the middle of the diorama so I figured I have to add something. A wooden bucket comes to mind. Then, I decide that maybe I could add another rooster, perching on top of the bucket.

So I scratchbuild the bucket using 1mm styrene sheet.






I use ballpen tip as a dowel.









The rooster, will look stiff if I use it OOB, so I change the pose – almost upright and flapping it’s wing, as if ready to crow. I use 2-part epoxy putty for the flapping wings since it’s easier to work with compares to thin styrene sheet.

[xamel1975]

Here are some shot of the complete build. The clear perspex display casing was bought from Daiso. For the "base", I lay down some grass - the municipal contractor just did their trimming rounds in my housing area .

[OzanBG]

Amazing..

[shah]

Frankly. love the very imaginative concept and execution. Good luck and I hope you win!

[xamel1975]

Feb 11, 2014 20:54:48 GMT 8 shah said:

Frankly. love the very imaginative concept and execution. Good luck and I hope you win!

The results already out. Didn't bag any prize .

[neosigma]

:DNicely done

[shah]

Feb 12, 2014 9:06:12 GMT 8 xamel1975 said:

Feb 11, 2014 20:54:48 GMT 8 shah said:

Frankly. love the very imaginative concept and execution. Good luck and I hope you win!

The results already out. Didn't bag any prize .

Still counts as a win in my book. Ganbatte!

[franciscfs]

Wow...that egg-ception concept...mesmerizing...