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WWII Russian houses on fire
Wolf-Leader
Joined: June 06, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 06:55 AM UTC
In my many travels through out the WWW I have noticed a lot of photos of German tanks passing by a Russian house that is on fire.I always thought that theses photos would be a great diorama but I do not know how to approach the idea of making a house on fire. How would someone show that a house is on fire and make it convicing!!
AJLaFleche
Joined: May 05, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 09:03 AM UTC
The depiction of fire has been discussed a number of time here and elsewhere. It's a particularly difficult thing to do because the smoke is partly translucent as are the flames. The flames shift color as they move outward from the source. You can depict it well in 2 dimensions but a realistic full three dimensional depiction is quite hard.
Perhaps a box diorama with a photo or the house painted the back wall might be a better approach.
Perhaps a box diorama with a photo or the house painted the back wall might be a better approach.
BorisS
Joined: October 07, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 02:51 PM UTC
perhaps, a flamy shaped thing cast of clear resin, then painted in transparent paints and lit from within with a bulb. smoke can be done with cotton brushed in various shades of black and gray.
also some flat pieces of transparent styrene cut in tongues of flame and pained the same way can add a bit to the effect. the tips of the styrene and molds can be airbrushed in a smoke color.
hope this gives some idea. explosions seem alot easier to model since they are mostly smoke dust and debris, not much actual flame.
also some flat pieces of transparent styrene cut in tongues of flame and pained the same way can add a bit to the effect. the tips of the styrene and molds can be airbrushed in a smoke color.
hope this gives some idea. explosions seem alot easier to model since they are mostly smoke dust and debris, not much actual flame.
ninjrk
Joined: January 26, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, April 20, 2008 - 02:56 PM UTC
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perhaps, a flamy shaped thing cast of clear resin, then painted in transparent paints and lit from within with a bulb. smoke can be done with cotton brushed in various shades of black and gray.
also some flat pieces of transparent styrene cut in tongues of flame and pained the same way can add a bit to the effect. the tips of the styrene and molds can be airbrushed in a smoke color.
hope this gives some idea. explosions seem alot easier to model since they are mostly smoke dust and debris, not much actual flame.
What you described is similar to what Mike Wallace did in his Godzilla diorama seen in Amazing Figure Modeler #40. He used expanding foam in a can to build the flame and explosion, then cast it in resin, which he painted and illuminated from within using LED's. It looks labor intensive but very, very nice.
Matt
BorisS
Joined: October 07, 2007
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Posted: Monday, April 21, 2008 - 02:48 AM UTC
perhaps instead of expanding foam, the flame can be sculpted out of clay or something. that way you can sculpt fine detailed effects to the fire.
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