Homie Diorama

[Hollywood Jim]

I spent some time doing a mock-up of a circus scene. I'm not sure yet how I want to lay this out.

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[mannyclub]

lol looks cool so far Jim, the unicycle is very cool!

Manny

[Hollywood Jim]

After searching the internet for pictures of clown cars, I found these pictures.

I decided to turn my little clown car:

Into a fire truck clown car.

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[Danno]

Hey! Watch that. Don't be making fun of the firemen and their shiny red trucks!

[Hollywood Jim]

Hey! Watch that. Don't be making fun of the firemen and their shiny red trucks!

Oh don't get your red suspenders in a bunch. I'm just clowning around...........

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[Hollywood Jim]

I need more red paint !!!

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[Foxer]

This ball is starting to sail over the fence!

[Hollywood Jim]

The clown car is almost finished !! I just need to finish the two buckets.

One bucket of water and one bucket of confetti. ( I'm sure you know what part of the act they are for.... )

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[Gluhead]

Too cool.

[Hollywood Jim]

I finished the cannon today.

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[Danno]

Too kewl!

(after I unbunched my red 'spenders!)

[Agent G]

The clown car is almost finished !! I just need to finish the two buckets.

One bucket of water and one bucket of confetti. ( I'm sure you know what part of the act they are for.... )

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That looks like every fire truck I ever saw...................................

G

[Hollywood Jim]

I got some clown painting done today.

Here is what I started with:

Here are some that I painted:

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[Agent G]

Oh look!

SLFD's Rescue #2.

I love that clown Jim, it is perfect.

G

[Ramfins59]

Jim this is just too friggin cool... Great imagination.... The overall diorama will be a real winner.

[Sixties Sam]

Jim this is just too friggin cool... Great imagination.... The overall diorama will be a real winner.

Ditto what he said! This is way cool - crazy (in a good way), but cool!

Sam

[Hollywood Jim]

Thank you guys !!

This diorama is supposed to be non-serious and just for laughs.....

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[Danno]

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[Hollywood Jim]

I have one more clown to paint.

On this clown I want to hang a billboard. I have an idea for this billboard clown that I will show you later.

So I searched the internet for circus posters that would be advertising a circus coming to town.

While searching I found this circus poster. Although it is not good for the billboard, I love this poster. It is so cool !!!

So here are the two posters that I will use.

I reduced the size and printed out the posters for the billboard. Here is the finished clown.

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[Mister Twister]

Very kewl Hollywood....I like it all! Nice pics and documentation also.

[Danno]

Just keeps getting better and better!

The Clown Fire Truck will fit right in!

[Hollywood Jim]

I have been thinking about the layout of this diorama.

I was going to build a single ring circus with the backdrop and maybe a small audience. Kind of like this.

But then shooting a guy out of a cannon might need more space.

I decided to change the layout to a street scene. And have a “circus coming to town” parade. Much more simple.

So here is the new story line. The homie figure’s name is Choco. Choco left the hood and joined the circus. One day the human cannonball got hurt so they got Choco to fill in. When the circus came to Choco’s hood, all of Choco’s old friends came out to see him.

Step one, I built a sidewalk.

I separated the homies and some other figures I have into not in scale (too cartoon looking) and in scale.

These guys are too cartoon looking.

These guys are much more real looking. These will be Choco’s friends.

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[Danno]

. . . not unlike a typical club meeting . . .

. . . not unlike a typical club meeting . . .

[Hollywood Jim]

. . . not unlike a typical club meeting . . .

Yeah come to think of it Dan, it does look just like one of our model car club meetings.

Except I forgot to add your character. So I decided to add one more.

Thanks for the great idea.

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Edited December 11, 2012 by Hollywood Jim

[gasser59]

So is he the hydrant or the dog? I really can't tell.