Awesome Dioramas

While it’s not quite as terrifying as xenomorphs landing on our planet, gigantic crabs could do some damage. North of the Border created this tiny sculpture of Earth, then crafted a pair of continent-size crustaceans to battle it out in the Northern Hemisphere. He floated the whole scene in a bath of clear epoxy resin.

The Battle of Geonosis is one of the most pivotal moments in The Clone Wars. This incredible LEGO build pays tribute to the setting of this epic confrontation. Solid Brix Studios shared this time-lapse video of his 250,000+ piece diorama during its 2-year build. The 15-foot-long model is packed with details, and the textures of the landscape are incredible.

To celebrate his love for Star Wars, maker Boylei Hobby Time wanted to create a snow globe with a lightsaber inside. Since he wanted it to light up, he decided not to submerge it in water and instead surrounded it with resin and glitter snowflakes. He made the diorama using a lightsaber from a General Grievous model kit and outfitted it with a skinny LED filament.

Boylei Hobby Time is an expert at making dioramas. For this project, he built a miniature room inside of an oversized wooden alphabet block. But what makes this particular room special is the tiny weapon arsenal hiding behind a false wall. He used a bunch of off-the-shelf dollhouse parts, but the whole is greater than the sum of its parts in this case.

After seeing Cody from WhistlinDiesel ride his jet-powered merry-go-round, model maker Boylei Hobby Time wanted to commemorate the stunt in miniature form. He 3D printed a tiny jet engine, then built a Lexan base for its motor drive, and fabricated a turntable from foam board. The finishing touch was a mini version of Cody holding on for dear life.

AMC’s promotional Dune 2 popcorn bucket is the subject of many memes. While most of us can’t get our minds out of the gutter, Adam Savage saw the cursed bucket top as an opportunity to build a geeky diorama, turning the bucket back into a proper sandworm by building a foam and resin sand dune and adding a tiny Paul Atreides and a 3D-printed ornithopter.

Tears of the Kingdom and Katamari Damacy have a few things in common, like gathering objects to create more complex ones. That inspired Studson Studio to combine the two games into one epic diorama. He gathered some characters and Zonai objects from TotK, rolled them into a jumbo Katamari, and then made a combo of Link and The Prince.

At first, we thought these color-coordinated LEGO habitats had been slathered with paint. But artist Dana Knudson built each entirely from same-color LEGO bricks. He had to remove some printing, otherwise, it’s 100% LEGO plastic. Beyond the Brick stopped by Dana’s display at Atlanta Brick Con for an up-close look at every scene.

Artist Duane Perera is a master at his craft. He makes playful miniature scenes inspired by pop culture. Each diorama features characters enjoying everyday life, like playing video games, listening to CDs, or record shopping. His making of video for his Scarface plays NES diorama is priceless. Duane sells prints of his work on Redbubble, and we want all of them.

There have been lots of memorable battles in the Star Wars universe. To celebrate his love for these action sequences, Boylei Hobby Time created a diorama with a trio of tiny battle scenes. He used miniatures from Star Wars Legion to recreate moments from A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.

It’s a battle for the ages – Lady Liberty vs. the king of the dinosaurs. Ok, maybe not, but we still enjoyed watching how Boylei Hobby Time took two off-the-shelf models that have nothing to do with each other and came up with a creative idea for a diorama – that the statue’s real purpose is to defend our country from monsters.

After seeing Top Gun: Maverick, model maker Boylei Hobby Time wanted to make a diorama inspired by one of the movie’s big action sequences. While he found a 1:144-scale model of the soviet gunship helicopter, he couldn’t find one of an F-18 fighter jet a the same time, so he decided to swap in an X-Wing from Star Wars.

Inspired by the 2006 movie Monster House, Midnight Hobbies set out to create a miniature version of the animated horror-comedy’s eponymous dwelling. He built the structure for the model by attaching foam board to a tissue box, cutting its roof and shingles from cardstock, and making windows and siding from popsicle sticks.

Artist Thalasso hobbyer makes amazing dioramas, often with undersea creatures as their subject. This gnarly sea monster was inspired by a fellow artist’s illustration of a nightmarish vision. They sculpted the beast from wire and clay, surrounded it with tiny sharks, fish, and a diver, then submerged them in ocean blue resin.

M.C. Escher’s Relativity is one of the artist’s best-known works. Filled with paradoxical staircases, it’s a real head-scratcher. The Avid Creator went through the effort to replicate the illusion but in a 3-dimensional model. They made the structure from foam board and added details using balsa wood, wire, and clay.

After watching the trailer for the Super Mario Bros. movie, Boylei Hobby Time was inspired to recreate the fire-breathing Bowser scene as a diorama. He started by making the buildings out of wood and foam, added a 3D-printed Bowser, painted everything, and created the fire effect using LED filament lights and cotton.