Nacho photo booth

[nacho]

Over the last couple of years, I amassed several of the Extreme Set pop-up dioramas, but I never had the space or time to build them or take some pics. But on this fine Father's Day weekend, I remedied that to a small degree. I built the cabin which is cool b/c you can use the interior and/or exterior, unlike some sets that are one or the other only. Hopefully I'll have time to build others and post in this thread periodically. Enjoy!

 

[NSA]

Dang man those look great! What sets are those?

 

[nacho]

Dang man those look great! What sets are those?

That particular one is the Extreme Sets Cabin. I like it because it has a useful interior and exterior.

Cabin Pop-Up Diorama 1/12 – Extreme-Sets

 

[NSA]

Well isn't that a cool site.. and they make 1/18 too! What kind of material are the sets made out of?

 

[nacho]

They're just heavy cardboard. Not exactly cheap, but they really make toy photography less about set construction (which I appreciate) and more about trying to tell a story. The 1:12 sets are friggin' massive.... I have 11 of them, and it's a good thing you can disassemble and flatten them back out.

I have these:

W3 - NELA Level 6

W4 - Asylum

W5 - Elevator Hallway

W5 - Gas Station

W6 - Abandoned House 1.5

W7 - Building 3.0

W7 - Building 4.0

W7 - Sewer 2.0

W7 - Sector 7 Docking Bay

W8 - Cabin

W8 - Building 5.0 (Arcade)

The Buildings are great for street-level shots. The Asylum is creepy for a prison, arkham, or evil hospital. The Cabin is awesome, as the minute I saw it, I knew Zartan would be hanging out in there... when he's not at the Gas Station pop-up (I just wish the gas station had insides too). Sector 7 is super versatile too, as it works for a high-tech HQ, a space station, really anything futuristic/sci-fi.

I just wish I had more room to have them all assembled at once!

Fan Shots – Extreme-Sets - Their fan shots inspire me to try new things, get creative with the lighting and angles, and even introduce me to figures I didn't know existed. I always get jazzed up about taking some shots when the newsletter comes each week with new pics.

 

[Videoviper]

I have the 1/18th bar & while it is usable I found things like the door don’t scale well as if it were made for larger figures. How do the other sets compare to the 4” figures?

 

[nacho]

I have the 1/18th bar & while it is usable I found things like the door don’t scale well as if it were made for larger figures. How do the other sets compare to the 4” figures?

All of my sets are 1:12, so I can't really say. I find all the 1:12 dios to scale very well to 6-7 inch figures, but I don't have the bar set to give you an apples-to-apples comparison.

 

[nacho]

I didn't get to take as many toy pics at the beach as I wanted to last week, but I did enjoy what little messing around I had time for. I'm still tweaking most of the shots in lightroom, but I thought you guys would enjoy seeing a few...

 

[ThunderDan19]

Thundar!!!

 

[nacho]

The hardest part was Ookla's weird puffy horse!

 

[ThunderDan19]

Customs?

 

[nacho]

The horses are just regular Mega horses, but I had to sculpt all the oddball parts of Ookla's horse. He has a puffy tail, a puffy mane, a horn on his nose, a bird beak mouth, and big bulgy eyes. Definitely not a traditional horse.

 

[nacho]

 

[nacho]

Here's a closeup of Thundarr & pals as well as a Conan I made. Two best barbarians ever

 

[nacho]

I'm truly having too much fun....

 

[nacho]

 

[nacho]

 

[nacho]

Last one for a while....

GLITCHES #05

 

[nacho]

Working on some more ARAH repaints. It's amazing how much more I like these figures when they have a proper classic deco.

 

[ThunderDan19]

Looking good!!!

 

[nacho]

Had the best snowstorm of the last five years (about 4"), and I just couldn't resist.

 

[nacho]

It's coming... almost finished:

From the back of a dilbert daily calendar cartoon...


to near-reality:

 

[ThunderDan19]

Is that a control panel for maybe a weapon of... MASS... destruction???

 

[nacho]

Is that a control panel for maybe a weapon of... MASS... destruction???

Maaaaaaaaaaybe.

 

[nacho]

 

[ThunderDan19]

Epic!!!

 

[NSA]

Wow that turned out great.

 

[nacho]

Epic!!!

Wow that turned out great.

The only real issue with it is that it's so. damn. big.

(that's what she said!)

 

[nacho]

I couldn't stand it, I had to work on the pics tonight.

 

[ThunderDan19]

Love it! Arise, Serpentor! Arise! You recreated the pinnacle of GI Joe’s popularity there!

 

[nacho]

The customizability of the valaverse Action Force figures is really spectacular. They're easy to disassemble, their parts are all compatible, and their noggins are both the size/scale and neck construction of a large number of Marvel Legends.

Can't say any of that about Classified. And I can't wait forever for Hasbro to dribble out the O13 and some other favorites, especially as hit and miss as they are. I'll try to get some dio action shots in the next few weeks, but I couldn't wait to get pics of these up as much work as has been going into them.

Also, props to Valaverse and Grid Iron for much of the gear that really gives them a ton of detail and sets each character apart.

 

[nacho]

 

[ThunderDan19]

Those range from awesome to EPIC!

 

[nacho]

Nobody wants to get sick on Christmas, but at my house, we got THE PLAGUE:

 

[nacho]

And the rest...

 

[ThunderDan19]

Excellent recreations! I honestly don’t know much about them, but they match the pics better than most H’bro figs do!

 

[nacho]

So many plans, so many parts, not nearly enough follow-through. I'm forcing myself to actually finish some customs!

To go with the 1:12 Ramen Tiger Orange:



And just because... They're YUUUUUGE. C'mon, man!

 

[nacho]

 

[ThunderDan19]

I can't see that without hearing " Just the good ol' boys..."

 

[nacho]

Just screwin' around... I imagine Trump saying, "Sorry Joe, no Loser-Seat in this model."