Magnum PI Diorama

[Twokidsnosleep]

Don’t ask me why, but these figures seem to have my interest and motivation so am going with it
I am supposed to be making Christmas gifts for friends and family, but just no go

3D printed resin figures files from Thingiverse.




I have Magnum, TC and Higgins…Zeus and Apollo too but they failed in their first print
Rick sucks so he was omitted purposefully.

I am recording this for my own record so you can skip ahead and or ignore the entire thing and do something else
Clear green resin for magnum and TC; Higgins and dogs were the grey(and had dogs fail lack of supports)
set the y axis to 40 mm and this gave 70mm tall figures, approximately 1/24 scale
The details are soft so not likely be able to make these any larger.

So Magnum:
Primed in ultimate black, then grey hand painted shirt and a blue grey mix for the pants
That was Ultimate White base mixed with some Ultimate grey and some Tamiya blue. Same paint was used for Mando’s pants.
Blue jeans have that b/g base, then W/N ultraMarine oil dappled in and thinned for wear areas
Skin is W/N griffin alkyd flesh thinned with white and darkened with burnt umber for shaded areas
Hair W/n burnt umber over gelb primer
Hat same blue oil, then Tamiya X-4 and W/n matt varnish to tone it down



The red shirt is XF-7 Tamiya…green and white foliage and blue birds to come

Extra Details:
Gun squared off to look more like a 9mm, drilled out and magic powder over black used
Leather belt with paper belt loops and aluminum buckle
Tinted sunglasses from opticians cheap glasses after your dilation appointment, rimmed with gold sharpie and gold painted wire arms
Ring for his third finger to make, but it switches hands so have to pick where to put it
Rolex Pepsi watch and bracelet will be from more aluminum shavings off the lathe
I still have the shirt’s crazy details to add and not sure about the hat logo yet…white posca pen on route







Ya, that Detroit logo has to go, will try again with a finer pen

[cor]

Awesome subject. Is there no Rick?
The sunnies and jeans came up well.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Awesome subject. Is there no Rick?
The sunnies and jeans came up well.

There is a Rick, but he is a dork so was left out

[BigWall]

The glasses and the jeans = WOW!

[Twokidsnosleep]

The glasses and the jeans = WOW!

[Tomcat64]

That's a cracking result on the denim mate - really well played!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Last day of Christmas/NewYears’ Vacation
Got TC and Higgins going quite well







Higgy Baby will have his dogs printed and on his right hand lead
No Rick, he was annoying

[Tomcat64]

Nice progress on the dudes

TC's trousers must have been a pain in the butt to figure out but they turned out really well.

Looking forward to seeing how you tackle the dogs.

[KalebB]

Nice work so far! I always enjoyed watching Magnum with my pops growing up, I wish I had a mustache like him

[Twokidsnosleep]

Thinking out loud here
So trying to get a rough idea of how to put all of these Magnum PI pieces together for display



Backdrops

Or


Chopper tilted and in the air on a wire
Then Tiered levels of figures???






Maybe separate base for each figure and vehicle that then interlock together by their base?
Suggestions welcome

[KalebB]

I like the idea of the beach front back drop, Magnum next to his iconic ride, the the other two on the center platform, van right behind them. And then the helicopter suspended like you said. I think that could come out really well.

[Twokidsnosleep]

I might chop the van in half length-wise and stick it right up Vs the backdrop

Or maybe put all the vehicles in one area and the figures in another

[Tomcat64]

I like where you've got Magnum behind the Ferrari at the front - maybe switch Higgins & TC and have them behind some kind of low wall/fence for cover?

[digger303]

How can you have the chopper in the air when TC is the pilot ?
Higgins is a problem. He might be better crouching down behind the Ferrari ?

[Twokidsnosleep]

See it confuses all of you
I think separate bases for each character and their vehicle(s) like islands that can come together
They are not meant to be interacting in one scene per se (ie not a shoot out scene, that was the only set of figures I could find)
The chopper is to go in distance with the backdrop as it is also smaller scale which lends to a distant perspective view

[digger303]

See it confuses all of you
I think separate bases for each character and their vehicle(s) like islands that can come together
They are not meant to be interacting in one scene per se (ie not a shoot out scene, that was the only set of figures I could find)
The chopper is to go in distance with the backdrop as it is also smaller scale which lends to a distant perspective view

Glad you straightened me out on that cause yes I thought you were trying to get them all in one scene.

[Twokidsnosleep]

See it confuses all of you
I think separate bases for each character and their vehicle(s) like islands that can come together
They are not meant to be interacting in one scene per se (ie not a shoot out scene, that was the only set of figures I could find)
The chopper is to go in distance with the backdrop as it is also smaller scale which lends to a distant perspective view

Glad you straightened me out on that cause yes I thought you were trying to get them all in one scene.

Yes it is confusing and why I posted to see other minds confirm that it wasn’t right in their eyes too
Maybe some amputations and remove the weapons or find different figures
They all need to chill out and not look so aggressive
Would love to have Magnum seated in the Ferrari

[digger303]

See it confuses all of you
I think separate bases for each character and their vehicle(s) like islands that can come together
They are not meant to be interacting in one scene per se (ie not a shoot out scene, that was the only set of figures I could find)
The chopper is to go in distance with the backdrop as it is also smaller scale which lends to a distant perspective view

Glad you straightened me out on that cause yes I thought you were trying to get them all in one scene.

Yes it is confusing and why I posted to see other minds confirm that it wasn’t right in their eyes too
Maybe some amputations and remove the weapons or find different figures
They all need to chill out and not look so aggressive
Would love to have Magnum seated in the Ferrari

I'd like to see TC charging out of the chopper.
Magnum in the Ferrari with nice girl cutting up Higgins lawn...

[Tomcat64]

See it confuses all of you
I think separate bases for each character and their vehicle(s) like islands that can come together
They are not meant to be interacting in one scene per se (ie not a shoot out scene, that was the only set of figures I could find)
The chopper is to go in distance with the backdrop as it is also smaller scale which lends to a distant perspective view

Glad you straightened me out on that cause yes I thought you were trying to get them all in one scene.

Yes it is confusing and why I posted to see other minds confirm that it wasn’t right in their eyes too
Maybe some amputations and remove the weapons or find different figures
They all need to chill out and not look so aggressive
Would love to have Magnum seated in the Ferrari

Ahhh ok - yah I completely missed that... so you're looking at doing separate vignettes for each figure and then forming a composite/montage out of them... kinda like a 3D movie poster?

That's a really neat idea... or did I get that wrong too???

[Twokidsnosleep]

Glad you straightened me out on that cause yes I thought you were trying to get them all in one scene.

Yes it is confusing and why I posted to see other minds confirm that it wasn’t right in their eyes too
Maybe some amputations and remove the weapons or find different figures
They all need to chill out and not look so aggressive
Would love to have Magnum seated in the Ferrari

Ahhh ok - yah I completely missed that... so you're looking at doing separate vignettes for each figure and then forming a composite/montage out of them... kinda like a 3D movie poster?

That's a really neat idea... or did I get that wrong too???

on the right track there

[BigWall]

I like Magnum where he is and in the pose he's in. It just says Magnum to me. The helicopter for scale...yep...I see that. I like the idea of 3 bases forming into one composite scene too for some reason. I think you've hit it just right or dang near close to right.

[cor]

I like the idea of it. Bit like a movie poster from the 70s, with all the elements crammed in. Beach backdrop a nice idea too. Gotta have a bikini girl in there somewhere too. It'll come together as the parts build up.

[BigWall]

I think Magnum needs to be on the driver's side of the car though. Like he just jumped out of it

[Twokidsnosleep]

Forging on a bit with these figures
I have modified TC by cutting off the gun
Then I made a decal of this using Testors decal paper and my office ink jet





I needed a lighter shirt to make that pop, but it looks better and very isn sync with the tv character

[Stokesy44]

Very cool work with the decal

I can almost hear the music!

[digger303]

your back in the groove getting all creative. The holiday must have done it's work and your all rejuvenated.