Map Room Descent (Indiana Jones) Custom Diorama / Playset
Custom #:12201
Name:Map Room Descent
Contest:Dioramas I
Custom Type:Diorama / Playset
Toy Series:Indiana Jones
Creator:Hemble  
Date Added:January 20, 2009
Base Figure:Habro
Height:3.34 inches
I had a few of the Hasbro Raider figures left over so I decided to make a scene from ROTLA when Sallah is helping Indy down into the Map Room. This is not a movie exact dio as I could'nt find and wall paintings or drawings of the Map Room, once everything was made I painted and drybrushed using Vallejo and Games Workshop paints.

RECIPE

1: Figures - Both figures are from Hasbro, Sallah has been positioned and all the joints superglued, Indy has been made from various other figures which are.

Legs & head - are from the Indy that comes with the Ark.

Body - the body is from the Cairo swordsman so is the lower part of the robes,

Arms - are from the Sallah

Once I got the posture I wanted Indy was pinned and superglued together and both he and Sallah were apited before adding them to the base.

2: Base - The base is made from balsa wood, foam and cardboard, once I got the height I wanted I cut a hole thru the foam and then used sculpty clay to make the stone entrance. The fallen debri on the floor is old pieces of foam covered in fine sand and plaster.

The Map Room walls are pictures I got of the internet and then gled them to the back of the base and sanded them once it all dried. I decided to give the walls the a really old feel to them and have section of it either fading or crumbling, I did this by adding plaster and fine sand to some areas and the drybrushed over these areas.

The wooden wall embankment is made from balsa wood and painted and the shovel is from the Sallah figure. The rope is fine leather that I got from the material shop. The top of the base where Salah is was covered in plaster and fine sand and was painted and drynrushed to the desired look.

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Hemble -
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Hi All,

matthancock, TheMattMan095 & fitzjedi - Guys thanks heaps on the replies on this especially seeing it is such an old custom I really appreciate it. matthancock mate a huge apology to you mate for not replying to your post I don't know how I missed it.

Ron
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fitzjedi -
Monday, November 3, 2014
I'm re-experiencing all your work today. You're such a MASTER--brilliance exists in all these pieces.
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TheMattMan095 -
Sunday, February 2, 2014
This is really cool dude.
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matthancock -
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Once again...I swear that people don't recognize what a genius you are. This one along with the others I've commented on are just splendid. I need to do some Superman dio's like this!
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