Hello and welcome to the fourth episode of miniverse today is a great day as I have a pretty cool diorama to show you guys
horizon zero dawn so that's right today I'm making a horizon zero dawn forbidden west diorama
As always with these dioramas, we start with cutting up and shaping our diorama
Using a mixture of tools from a standing knife nail scissors and a handheld hot wire
Horizon zero dawn is an amazing game and with the launch of forbidden west I knew I had to
Make this diorama. The story behind this diorama is that after venturing from the cold wastelands
Aloy finds herself in a new biome and habitat
however, there is a new red blight that is corrupting the nature around it well I haven't
played the game I have no idea what actually happens so take my hypothesis with a pinch of salt
this miniature of Aloy was 3d printed and I had a lot of fun painting it however not
having a painting handle and using my fingers was a real pain but don't worry I have one now
now it's time to coat the diorama with a mixture of mod podge and paint
after that using PVA glue I base the diorama with sand
I also use texture paste to add more texture to the tops of the rocky surfaces
next, it was time to add some real rocks using slate I picked out the pieces I needed
and then I hot glued them to the diorama
after priming the diorama black with an overcoat of white I painted all the rocky
surfaces with a dark grey and then added brown and reds to add some contrast to the rocks
I then painted the sand with well you know a sand coloured paint now it's on to
the most painful part of the diorama after spraying these green plastic plants white
I painted contrast paint all over the top of them and it was a real pain as it kept
scratching off but I experimented in different ways to add the paints on top
I also learned a valuable lesson that when in doubt, hot glue it don't super glue it
and now on to my biggest battle yet resin pouring
after the fiasco of the last diorama I was determined to make this right
so I hot glued some plastic card onto the diorama and guess what it worked
while the resin was drying I made a moss mixture by mixing foam grass and mod podge
to make this nice little bit of moss
now it's time for the almighty waterfall off the camera I put some Everclear filler onto some
plastic card and then mixed it all together to make it look like what you're seeing now with the
waterfall now glued in place it's time to add some colour to it by pouring some resin back over it
to add some ripple to the water I used Liquitex's gloss gel
now I added some more gloss gel to the base of the waterfall
now I used cotton wool to make it look like there were rapids at the bottom of the waterfall
now finally it's time to glue alloy in her place
I hope you enjoyed the video and let me know what do you think I'll catch you in the next episode