Lord Serpentor
07-10-2007, 11:49 AM
Hi everybody here I'm again :)!
At first I would like to say I'm sad that Frank is leaving! Although I didn't know him very well, I came in contact with him via E-Mail, he send me some Dios. From there I can say he's a friendly and reliable guy. Although I didn't realise what's going on here with this stuff but I for my part would be glad if experienced Dioers (not sure if this is a word ;) ) give me feedback about my work about things I've done well and things I should improve. This way you can produce better quality pics next time. People should take critic as a help to improve their work not as an attack against their person. I personally hope he stays but should he leave I hope he will have a look at these boards here and there because, as I talked about it before in another thread, I'm a few steps closer to producing my 1st dio and I think he will find them very amusing ;) like the rest of you veterans surely will, I think.
And now on to my question:
I'm not sure if this belongs to the "How To" thread because it isn't exactly a question about Dio techniques but merely a general question about dimensions. If you think I'm wrong you have my permission to move the thread, somehow I have the feeling you would do it without my permission anyway ;).
Okay here we go: The reason for my absence till the last post was because I was busy preparing everything for the story. I armed all soldiers, manned the vehicles and worked on the storyline. Everything done. Now I'm looking for the background. I found some excellent sites (thx to this site btw :cool: ) offering all kind of cool accessories I need (houses, guns and mortar emplacements, dragons teeth, hedge hogs,...). But now one problem arises: I was never and will never be good in mathematics, therefore figures and scales will ever be very confusing to me. So you might find this whole question funny, ok go ahead I don't blame you ;), but I'm really stuck here.
As the Joes are 3 3/4 figures I read somewhere that the accessory should be scaled 1:18. Now the thing is I would like to create a field HQ and therefore would need tents, ammunition crates, barrels, you know the type of things you will typically find in such a location and I also have found suitable accessories but they're all scaled 1:32. Now I'm asking this because I don't want to order all these things and when my items arrive I realise that the troops that technically should inhabit the tents can step on them because they're three times larger than their housings :). I can't tell from the pictures provided from the store therefore I'm asking the community here:
Will 1:30, 1:32 and 1:72 scales also looking good as an environment for GI Joe or will they totally be out of proportion and only 1:18 possible. Furthermore I also would like to know about the meaning of these figures. You know on a road map for example you have let's say 1:100.000 or 1:1000.000 and there you can say the higher the figure the smaller the section of the map. Does this also apply here: Are 1:18 things larger than 1:72 ones?
You know I'm not an expert in Dioramas (well, at least not yet :) ) therefore I'm a little bit confused about all these dimensions and thankful for all the help I can get.
So stay tuned for my adventures in creating a Diorama here on this station.
At first I would like to say I'm sad that Frank is leaving! Although I didn't know him very well, I came in contact with him via E-Mail, he send me some Dios. From there I can say he's a friendly and reliable guy. Although I didn't realise what's going on here with this stuff but I for my part would be glad if experienced Dioers (not sure if this is a word ;) ) give me feedback about my work about things I've done well and things I should improve. This way you can produce better quality pics next time. People should take critic as a help to improve their work not as an attack against their person. I personally hope he stays but should he leave I hope he will have a look at these boards here and there because, as I talked about it before in another thread, I'm a few steps closer to producing my 1st dio and I think he will find them very amusing ;) like the rest of you veterans surely will, I think.
And now on to my question:
I'm not sure if this belongs to the "How To" thread because it isn't exactly a question about Dio techniques but merely a general question about dimensions. If you think I'm wrong you have my permission to move the thread, somehow I have the feeling you would do it without my permission anyway ;).
Okay here we go: The reason for my absence till the last post was because I was busy preparing everything for the story. I armed all soldiers, manned the vehicles and worked on the storyline. Everything done. Now I'm looking for the background. I found some excellent sites (thx to this site btw :cool: ) offering all kind of cool accessories I need (houses, guns and mortar emplacements, dragons teeth, hedge hogs,...). But now one problem arises: I was never and will never be good in mathematics, therefore figures and scales will ever be very confusing to me. So you might find this whole question funny, ok go ahead I don't blame you ;), but I'm really stuck here.
As the Joes are 3 3/4 figures I read somewhere that the accessory should be scaled 1:18. Now the thing is I would like to create a field HQ and therefore would need tents, ammunition crates, barrels, you know the type of things you will typically find in such a location and I also have found suitable accessories but they're all scaled 1:32. Now I'm asking this because I don't want to order all these things and when my items arrive I realise that the troops that technically should inhabit the tents can step on them because they're three times larger than their housings :). I can't tell from the pictures provided from the store therefore I'm asking the community here:
Will 1:30, 1:32 and 1:72 scales also looking good as an environment for GI Joe or will they totally be out of proportion and only 1:18 possible. Furthermore I also would like to know about the meaning of these figures. You know on a road map for example you have let's say 1:100.000 or 1:1000.000 and there you can say the higher the figure the smaller the section of the map. Does this also apply here: Are 1:18 things larger than 1:72 ones?
You know I'm not an expert in Dioramas (well, at least not yet :) ) therefore I'm a little bit confused about all these dimensions and thankful for all the help I can get.
So stay tuned for my adventures in creating a Diorama here on this station.