Star Wars Cloud City Diorama Build - Bespin Escape Black Series Figures

Hi everyone, in this video I share how I built my Empire Strikes Back Cloud City (Bespin Escape) diorama for my Star Wars The Black Series 6" figures. The diorama features a cylindrical elevator with an operable pocket door, made from a 1 gallon plastic paint can. The diorama is made mostly from foam poster board, styrofoam, white card stock paper, and some white pvc plumbing pipe. The windows and door graphics were purchased from Cardboard Galaxy on ebay. The lights are wired Ledberg spot lights from Ikea.
I had a lot of fun building this diorama, especially figuring out how to make the elevator and the curved foam archway. This was a total scratch build for me. I started with a few figures I knew I wanted to display, the Cardboard Galaxy graphics, and knowing I was going to put it into a single Ikea Kallax cube shelf.
I always loved the parts of Empire Strikes Back where princess Leia and Chewbacca were trying to escape, finally helped by Lando, while Luke and R2D2 were trying to sneak in and rescue them. The Black series figures of Chewy with 3PO on his back, and the Bespin Escape outfit Leia are excellent figures, and definitely deserved an excellent display on my shelf!
Check out some of my action figure photos I took of the diorama at the end of the video. So many display possibilities with this.
Thanks everyone for the support on the channel. If you have any questions about the diorama or how I did something, please ask away in the comments. I'm very happy to share tips and techniques that I've learned in this fun hobby of Star Wars collecting and customizing!
Please check out my channel for more of my Star Wars collection and how you can make awesome dioramas for displaying your collection!
I'm also on Instagram @red_wagon_dios and Facebook @redwagondios
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[@12litwin]

God, the quality of this diorama is SICK!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks Patrick, appreciate it!

[@5foldunderstanding547]

As w/ so many fine Women- *its about the curves being in the right place.*
The curvature & step layering really make this belivable. And Noteworthy!
Impeccably done!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

LOL well I get your point, the curves make the diorama for sure!

[@rustyblades2566]

Man, the figures really come alive once photographed!!. Beautiful job on your dioramas.

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks man, yeah, I love the photos I got from this one!

[@VulcanicsPlayGround]

you did a beautiful job! amazing! great video keep up the great work!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks!

[@brettnegray]

Ingenious!! I can’t even express how cool this is. So creative!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thank you Brett! I love how this one came together too :). Appreciate your comment!

[@i7rooper]

Wow! You're resourceful! Great job!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks man!

[@ageis]

Fabulous work as always! Really inventive (and inspiring).

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks man!

[@JavierTorres-fs5sy]

Excellent work.....when we love what we do great things get created!!...Thank you for your attention to detail and passion!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thank you Javier, very kind words :)

[@davidmcfadden1763]

Thanks for sharing this! You really did a fantastic job!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks David!

[@MamaJedi]

So cool!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thank you :)

[@francoisregis2155]

Wow great diorama great job you did

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks!

[@francoisregis2155]

Thanks I still can’t believe how nice it is You gave me inspiration to do something similar with my 3 3/4 figs

[@rogue3894]

Awesome work!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thank you!

[@tattooedjedi95]

Fantastic job mate! Really inspired to do something like this now! Thanks for another great video!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks man! This was one of my favorite diorama builds. I love how it turned out. Glad to be a source of inspiration :)

[@mickeygoldmill3965]

Nice job

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks Mickey! I love how this one turned out.

[@MandoMike]

Great Job!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

thanks Mike :)

[@mikemcconville2495]

Dude you’ve got talent!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks Mike, appreciate that!

[@commanderphilbo1471]

Awesome

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks!

[@stephenpenor9957]

Such a piece of art!

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thank you Stephen!

[@stephenpenor9957]

@@RedWagonDioramas I absolutely just love it! Wish I had that! Lol! I use a book shelf. Wanting to learn how to make dioramas.

[@jeffmohrlang9708]

Excellent video, thanks so much for a great walkthrough! Cheers

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks Jeff!

[@thearianmandalorian]

that is awesome, really well made.

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thank you very much!

[@jmarshal76]

Really awesome.

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks Michael!

[@michaelvaldez5993]

Um, this is something I'm gonna try! I love your work and please, more of these... These step by step tutorials are helpful and man, you make it look easy. I want to watch more videos like this...

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks for the kind comments Michael, glad you find my stuff helpful and inspiring. I do have a few more tutorials I'll be posting over the next few months.

[@mikemcguinness1662]

Impressive diorama. 2 quick questions. I see you used krylon spray paint on the stairs. Is there a spray paint that goes on glossy with texture like that ? Or did you just paint it and then hit it with some sort of gloss spray? Also, how did you create the blast damage effects on the wounded stormtrooper? Thanks.

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Thanks Mike. The Krylon spray paint I used for the steps was a "Glossy" white, so I didn't have to apply any gloss afterwards. The blast effects stormtrooper is straight from Hasbro. They sold two versions of him over the years in the Black Series line. One in a trooper 4-pack, and the other a deluxe figure with explosion effects. I can't remember which one that is in this diorama. The markings are slightly different between the two figures. Thanks for watching!

[@imperialTech]

Hi everyone, I am using 3ds Max to model a Star Wars scene for the Black Series. Does anyone know the Character scale inside 3ds max for Black Series figures so I can print them out with a 3d printer?

[@RedWagonDioramas]

Sorry, I wish I could help, but I don't know the answer to that...