Learn to add realistic details to your small-scale sets, landscapes, vegetation & vehicles with Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor, Ian Hunter (The Dark Knight, Inception, Blade Runner). In PART FOUR of his model making course saga, Hunter shows you how to put the finishing touches on your miniature metropolis, including laser cutting windows, illuminating street lamps, and creating tiny trees and topography.

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Intermediate Level

3h 47m of duration

English (auto), Spanish (auto)

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Curriculum

1. Title & Introduction - 52s

2. Prepping the Background Wallpaper - 4min

3. Tracing & Cutting Windows - 10min

4. Attaching the Paper to the Board - 11min

5. Building a Street Light - 20min

6. Adding a Street Light Reflector - 9min

7. Installing an LED Lamp - 4min

8. Building a Billboard Light - 8min

9. Building a Subway Car - 27min

10. Building Deciduous Trees - 16min

11. Flocking Deciduous Trees - 8min

12. Making Pine Trees - 36min

13. Making Detailed Coniferous Trees - 12min

14. Making a Hillside - 17min

15. Filling in Contours - 18min

16. Texturing the Hillside - 20min

17. Laser Cut Fire Escapes - 8min

18. Wrap Up - 41s

Materials

NOTE:

Due to the specialized nature of each project we cannot pre-provide a complete to the bolt count of what materials you will need for your personal miniatures project. However, we can provide a general list of materials and supplies needed for the construction of miniature sets.

BUILD MATERIALS

Plaster or Hydrocal

Wood & Balsa Wood

Sheet plastic (polystyrene vacuform sheets)

Foamcore

Cardboard

Styrofoam

Urethane foam sheet (surfboard foam)

CLICK on the links below to find the materials you need for this lesson.

Some items might be harder to find, but a little internet scouring usually finds you everything you'll need.

McMaster Carr

Michaels

Reynolds Advanced Materials

Smooth-On Inc.

HEALTH/SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

When working with toxic and/or dangerous materials or tools:

ALWAYS read labels for appropriate use guidelines

ALWAYS wear a high-grade respirator

ALWAYS work in a well-ventilated area

ALWAYS protect your skin

ALWAYS wear eye protection

Artist BiographyIan Hunter

Academy Award winning Visual Effects Supervisor

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