Star Wars diorama of the Battle of Hoth

In November 2010 I bought a AT-AT from Amazon.com - it was the start of a weird obsession of creating Star Wars dioramas that fit in my book shelf. This is the first one I made, complete with noob errors and such. Still it is so large it kind of cool anyway :)
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[@spelpappan]

Thanks - there are many things I would do differently today, but I'm still quite pleased with the results. Especially the fact that I fit everything in top of a bookshelf :)

[@toypolloi]

That's a lovely diorama you have made. I love the detail. And the dead hoth soldier. Nice work.

[@berrybeebenson7279]

Toy Polloi heyyy its toy poloi

[@gregmounts7648]

that is beautiful! I did the same thing with the falcon flying through the asteroid field perused by tie fighters , you did a nice job !

[@DanimalsDioramas]

Awesome diorama! Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

[@spelpappan]

I used a kind of snow paint that are only being sold during Christmas. It behaves a bit like spackle, but is not as hard. Very useful also for creating sand effects on Tatooine; you would of course have to paint it afterwards, though.

[@j18_malcolm]

This looks amazing.

[@stevie980]

At at has never looked better. Great diorama.

[@TheAmann69]

That is one awesome diorama, pretty cool that you used Christmas snow, I had never thought of that. Did you use the canned snow for the vehicles and turret as well or did you use spackle?

[@EdSiemienkowicz]

LOVE your paint apps to the vehicles!

[@LetFr33DomRing]

Very cool.....I have a large collection of figures I am starting dioramas on. Excellent work!

[@spelpappan]

Wow, sorry for the late answer - I made snow out of regular styrofoam that I cut with a hot wire, specially made for cutting styrofoam. Those can be bought in most hobby stores (is that an English word...?)
Then I applied a snow paint that is common during Christmas times, search on Google for "panduro snow paint" to see what I used. I applied this in several layers and probably used around three cans for this particular diorama.

[@Pemechan76]

Actually I am not a fan of the modern figures, but I must say you did a very nice job!

[@starwarsshack]

wonderful work

[@bassdude008]

nice work dude i just boughta bunch of cheap power of the force snowtroopers and those cannons im hoping to make a little scene to.

[@CrewTocks]

Great Diorama!!!!!!!

[@Jabthecat]

Just... great!

[@justmeted1969]

Great job!

[@robdcollector2808]

Now this is....cool!!!!

[@CliffuckingBooth]

Flawless... victory...

[@mgvillanmp478]

Cool love it

[@VipMike]

Awesome overall crummy ending MtfbwU always.👍 can't wait 4 more

[@squidman_1753]

what did you use to make the snow it looks great I want to make one similar to that and great vid :)

[@spelpappan]

I use a special snowpaint that is being sold in some stores in November, right before Xmas. I painted on styrofoam that was cut by special cutter with a hot metal thread that cuts into the styrofoam like butter. I also made footprints and such with an old soldering iron. Basically, you can do whatever you want with styrofoam if you heat it up - but beware, the fumes are toxic so keep small children away and your windows open all the time you do it. In some areas I actually bought and used snow spray that is sold in stores that sell stuff for trainmodels, but that is quite expensive so try to use it less often.

[@squidman_1753]

ok thanks for that :)

[@bassdude008]

any tips on how i could make the snow?

[@MikeRendar84]

Hur snyggt som helst! Wow!

[@nielsolsen7536]

Awesome.

[@davidcottam7967]

So cool

[@spelpappan]

It's carved out of styrofoam; regular styrofoam blocks that are meant for construction.

[@raymondz7152]

Very cool 😎

[@ZombieSlayersNation]

AWESOME!!!!!!

[@spelpappan]

Thanks, this was my first diorama and I really had no clue of how to make it :) The actual challenge was to fit it on the top of my shelf, since that was a requirement if I am gonna fit it at all in our home.
Since then I've made more dioramas with light and sound, but my time is limited so I proceed quite slowly. I blog a little about it, in Swedish only though: spelpappan.se/category/diorama/

[@racheldykes1658]

What did you use for the snow

[@paulknappcollections]

Been looking for a snow type background where can I find one? Thanks

[@spelpappan]

I found an image online and scaled it to the correct size and then let an online printer here in Sweden print it out on some kind of vinyl. Worked really well, you don't see it upclose anyway.
Here's a smaller version of the image I used: media.spelpappan.se/2011/05/hoth_bakgrund.jpg

[@ltz_michael]

how did you make the trench

[@spelpappan]

Thanks!

[@llmk2nll]

hoth and it is cold ;3

[@CrazyUpofficielGM]

Where can we buy the figurine ?

[@spelpappan]

Which one? Most of them come from the 2010 collection and all vehicles are painted afterwards.

[@spelpappan]

Snowtroopers and rebels I got from eBay, they were sold in chunks of 5 rather than one at a time. The ATAT I found on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Imperial-Terrain-Armored-Transport-Vehicle/dp/B0039X06OU/
The two laser cannons come together with a few figurines in one pack: www.amazon.com/Exclusive-Deluxe-Defense-AntiVehicle-Troopers/dp/B0047CRW8A/
And so does the ATST: www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Attack-Hoth-AT-ST/dp/B00624MTIE

[@CrazyUpofficielGM]

spelpappan Thank you ;)