Hello,
I hope to build a miniature wooded hill for a short amateur movie - my problem is that I've no idea where to begin. I've played around with the following ideas:
-find an introductory course (no luck so far - well not in London anyway)
-find a web howto site (ditto)
-buy a book (I've found a few books on railway model making but they don't seem right for the task)
Could any movie model makers out there point me in the right direction?
regards
Ray
serious about nothin' 'cept film
What's my name?
Bernardo! Bernardo.
You're damn right...
I don't think you looked hard enough at the railway modeling section(www.horailroad.com/fsm/fsmlayout.html)(www.canyoncreekscenics.com)(www.woodlandscenics.com). The only thing with any sort of miniature is you need an incredible amount of skill and time to make even a half decent one. The key to a convincing miniature is detail, detail, detail. Oh and when/if you do make one I reccomend taking it outside for filming. That way you don't have to fake the sky or horizon and the natural light looks excellent. Good luck.
What? $1000!! That's crazy talk!!
What? $1000!! That's crazy talk!!
Okay. Detail and lots of time and hard work. The usual then ;-).
Thanks for this.
Ray
serious about nothin' 'cept film
What's my name?
Bernardo! Bernardo.
You're damn right...
the key to macking a good miniture is imperfection, not imperfection in the minature but imperfection in the terrain dont make perfectally straight gleaming bridges or round hills. I make most of my minitures with just anything to make the general shape (kebab sticks boxes etc) then i lay thick tin foil over the top and aly on my detail form there.
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