[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by VonPooten

As always, TBM, thank you very much for the kind words! The power burst is a lovely effect, but given it's singular use, it gets a tad boring. Now the two, smaller ripples of energy that it comes with? Far more interesting. As you can see, I'm having a good time using insulation wool and styrofoam to make displays a bit more involved. It's useful (see Voodoo "mysteriously" floating), and great fun to play around with.

Clean-up is a pain in the arse, though.

Have you ever considered going further in the debris department, BM? I find a few scattered pieces of "concrete" really help the Tamashii effects blend in, and it could add a lot of potential to new set-ups!

I vacillate on dioramas and the accent pieces that compliment them. On one hand, it's obvious how much they add to figure displays by assisting the viewer to make that leap from 'shelf' to 'comic panel.' Done well, they look fantastic. On the other hand there are only so many scenarios in which any one diorama is going to work, a fact that feels a bit limiting. Once that realization is made, the need for more dioramas soon follows...and I simply don't have the space nor funds to add diorama collecting to my hobby. One day, I'll get that stuff. For now, I'm just having fun practicing.

I do like your suggestion, it matches my minimalist approach to displays and would not detract too much from the figures themselves or their poses/motion...these are the most important aspects to be celebrated when I throw a display together. I like to explore, on strength of pose alone, whether I can bridge that gap between the aforementioned 'shelf' and 'panel.' Sometimes I'm successful, other times I'm not. But when I've done it, I feel a satisfying sense of accomplishment. At times, I feel like dios can function as a crutch, but that's partly because I'm jealous that I don't have any!