As seen and built at STAR WARS CELEBRATION VI • RETURN TO TATOOINE DIORAMA BUILDERS
Orlando, FL, USA from August 16 to 19 2012

pre production Celebration VI DIORAMA BUILDERS OPTIONS

Welcome to the OFFICIAL Star Wars Celebration VI Return to Tatooine Diorama Builders workshop site featuring my EXCLUSIVE CREW COVERAGE not seen anywhere else on the web.
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Wednesday, June 20 2012

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After Lucasfilm gives the OK for the theme we want to do at this years convention (or any for that matter) I spend couple months designing and building all the prototypes that you will be creating at the show. I will show you the construction of those in a separate page, for today, I present the catalog shots I created of the prototypes to show the fans at the show just what builds they had to chose from at the show. These were shown at the entrance of the workshop booth and allow passers by to actually see what the finished constructions will look like 4 days from the start of the Star Wars Celebration Diorama Builders workshop. Which one would you have selected ?
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You can CLICK on ANY PHOTO above to see it Full Size HD mode.  Use the side arrows to scroll through the photo gallery.
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BUILDERS CHOICE #1A : LARGE HOUSE from STAR WARS : EPISODE I-II-III-IV-VI. Well you can’t have Tatooine without Mos Espa or Mos Eisley right ? So the first obvious choice you have in front of you at Celebration VI are the houses that create the city streets. On this choice, the LARGE HOUSE, builders started with a 8″x16″ shape and build upon that with set extensions and half domes on the ceiling and doors and awnings, it’s all up to YOU as to how specific you want the architecture. Your imagination is your ONLY limit.  The house is covered in Plaster bandages and then painted with watered down latex paint. Don’t worry if you make a mess or if it isn’t 100% perfect, that is the JOY of Tatooine, the more run down, the more movie accurate your creation will look. THIS LARGE HOUSE IS “C” LEVEL – CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
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BUILDERS CHOICE #1B : SMALL HOUSE from STAR WARS : EPISODE I-II-III-IV-VI. Well you can’t have Tatooine without Mos Espa or Mos Eisley right ? So the first obvious choice you have in front of you at Celebration VI are the houses that create the city streets. On this choice, the SMALL HOUSE, builders started with a 8″x8″ shape and build upon that with set extensions and half domes on the ceiling and doors and awnings, it’s all up to YOU as to how specific you want the architecture. Your imagination is your ONLY limit.  The house is covered in Plaster bandages and then painted with watered down latex paint. Don’t worry if you make a mess or if it isn’t 100% perfect, that is the JOY of Tatooine, the more run down, the more movie accurate your creation will look. THIS SMALL HOUSE IS “C” LEVEL – CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
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BUILDERS CHOICE #1C : SLAVE QUARTERS from STAR WARS : EPISODE I-II. Well you can’t have Mos Espa without Anakin’s house,  So for those who wantethe fun of making a house but with some added details, the perfect choice was the Slave Quarters district. On this choice, the SLAVE QUARTERS, builders started with a 16″x16″ shape and build upon that with set extensions, stair cases, doors and rear balcony, it’s all up to YOU as to how specific you want the architecture to be, how many stairs etc…. Your imagination is your ONLY limit.  The Quarters is covered in Plaster bandages and then painted with watered down latex paint. Don’t worry if you make a mess or if it isn’t 100% perfect, that is the JOY of Tatooine, the more run down, the more movie accurate your creation will look. THIS SLAVE QUARTER IS “B” LEVEL – CHILDREN AGES 10+
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BUILDERS CHOICE #2 : TUSKEN TENT from STAR WARS : EPISODE II. The camps of the Sand People are the most dangerous places to wander on Tatooine, do you have the courage to build a TUSKEN TENT and partake in this savagery 🙂 On this choice, the TUSKEN HUT, you start with 6 coat hangers and 5 skewer stick tips and add some plaster bandages to drape and a little paint, and you are ready to place it on the sandy tables and start your village. It’s as simple as that yet looks VERY COOL. We will place the tents in bunches of 12-15 to create dispersed villages throughout the 400 foot diorama. Obviously as with all other projects, you get to bring home your tent and a couple of Tusken Raiders home with you. Maybe even a BANTHA ! THIS TUSKEN HUTT IS “C” LEVEL – CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
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BUILDERS CHOICE #3 : MOISTURE VAPORATOR from STAR WARS : EPISODE I-II-III-IV-VI. We all know what a desolate and HOT planet Tatooine is, and if you don’t want everyone do die of thirst you may choose to build a MOISTURE VAPORATOR to help them out 🙂 This choice, the MOISTURE VAPORATOR, is the PERFECT build if you don’t want to get messy with PLASTER, it’s basically like a model kit, straws, beads, decals, and a little paint, and you are ready to place it on the sandy tables and start bringing Tatooine to life. It’s as simple as that yet looks VERY COOL.
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We will place the Moisture Vaporators dispersed all over the place throughout the 400 foot diorama. Obviously as with all other projects, you get to bring home your Vaporator build and some Action Figures home with you. Maybe even a Lanspeeder ! THIS MOISTURE VAPORATOR IS “C” LEVEL – CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
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BUILDERS CHOICE #4 : ROCKY CANYONS from STAR WARS : EPISODE I-II-III-IV-VI. Tatooine needs plenty of hiding spots from those nasty and dangerous Tusken Raiders, so what better option then to choose to help make some giant ROCKS 🙂 On this choice, the ROCKY CANYON, you start with a 16″x16″ shape and build upon that with crumpled paper. NO TWO Rocks can look the smae since we all crush them at different places. Your imagination is your ONLY limit. THIS ROCKY CANYON IS “C” LEVEL – CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
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BUILDERS GROUP CHOICE #1 : JAWA SANDCRAWLER from STAR WARS : EPISODE I-II-III-IV. As one of the GROUP BUILDS this year at Celebration VI, The JAWA SANDCRAWLER 1:1 SCALE to HASBRO FIGURES is so HUGE – The size of your refrigerator ! – that there is NO way we could have winged it in the 4 days of the show. I knew we had to design and find the proportions ahead of time and create the CORE if you will, so that the fans could FINISH the Crawler LIVE in Orlando. THIS JAWA SANDCRAWLER GROUP PROJECT IS “A” LEVEL – ADVANCED AGES 16+
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BUILDERS GROUP CHOICE #2 : JABBA SAILBARGE from STAR WARS : EPISODE VI. As one of the GROUP BUILDS this year at Celebration VI, JABBA’S SAIL BARGE 1:1 SCALE to HASBRO FIGURES is so HUGE that there is NO way we could have winged it in the 4 days of the show. I knew we had to design and find the proportions ahead of time and create the CORE if you will, so that the fans could FINISH the Barge LIVE in Orlando. THIS JABBA’S SAILBARGE GROUP PROJECT IS “A” LEVEL – ADVANCED AGES 16+
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LOOKING BACK…

FRANK: Beeing able to return to the roots, the planet that started this Diorama Builders adventure of mine, was quite Amazing, Stressful and Overwhelming at times. The excitement of having Lucasfilm give us the BIGGEST floor space EVER – 100 FEET x 100 FEET !!! More than ANY BOOTH on the show floor, was amazing, to see how each convention we grew and grew, however, the huge space came at a cost, the crew remained the same size and we could just not police and keep an eye out on the entire space, We had these kids come and grab over 100 figures that were on display in the diorama and run off with them. Yes, we had our very FIRST THIEFS. We had to then sadly take down every figure from the display to avoid more theft, but at the cost of having a ghost town diorama. Because of this, the figures were left in giant bags under the tables until the kids giveaway sunday 🙁
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The other thing I remember is the added stress of promising group build 1:1 hasbro action figure scale Sandcrawler AND Jabba Sailbarges, these took ALL of my time, I could not go eat at the restaurant with the crew or spend time laughing at the pool as in past years, I was a slave to jabba and the promise to Steve Sansweet. I had ZERO FUN at this celebration, or very limited. After the show, we asked to return to the size of the previous HOTH workshop which was pure joy and the perfect oiled machine. It is the size we since use every convention since.X
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Do you want to build this diorama for your own home and display your action figures like you see here ?
Visit the tutorials SPEED INDEX page to find out if step by step MAKING OF instructions, DECALS downloads, BLUEPRINTS downloads, VIDEO MAKING OF tutorials, ART SUPPLIES material list are available for this build. If it is not available you can always send me an email request at DIORAMAWORKSHOP.COM@GMAIL.COM – and I will try and prioritize this for you.X
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Did you also build this Diorama ? Would you like to show it in the site’s GALLERY VISITORS DIORAMAS section, yes ? THAT IS AWESOME !!! You can find out all the details on how to email me your photos on the VISITORS SUBMISSIONS INFO page …  When I get your photos, I will create your very own page just like this one. You may not realize it but work does inspire others to join in the fun of making Action Figure Dioramas.
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Did you attend (or want to in a future convention) one of our Star Wars Celebration Diorama Builders workshops ? if you have a Facebook account, why not JOIN the OFFICIAL DIORAMA BUILDERS FAN CLUB group today !!
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