Digital Dioramas

Randomdays · April 04, 2026, 10:02:24 PM

Just PM'd you. I found your Lightning Boy in Tommyboy's Legion mod. Let me know if you need it.

Edit - found your Cosmic Boy there too. No luck on Saturn Girl so far.

cranlox · April 04, 2026, 10:13:26 PM

I only got one comic they did as guests, it looks great!

deanjo2000 · April 04, 2026, 10:17:07 PM

I've always liked that scene and you've pulled it off amazingly. I'm really enjoying these dioramas.

Randomdays · April 04, 2026, 10:32:55 PM

Thanks guys.

For such a simple looking scene it gave me some trouble. I think it's a truly iconic comic cover/ scene, introducing the Legion.

I just wish I had the talent, the time, the money and the room to print these out into the real world. With most STls for 3d print, they're so high poly that the mesh does all the work. For us, we rely more on the skin to get the character across.

Like I said when I started, I wanted a little more for the characters than just having them Rumble, and making mods like Benton is beyond me.

Updated with Wyldefyre's Lightning Boy skin. Reuploaded.

Wyldfyre - As I mentioned to Benton a few years back, in some cases the only source for some meshes/ skins might be mods, now that the yahoo groups and so many sites are gone.

WyldFyre · April 05, 2026, 02:19:03 PM

Sent you Saturn Girl and My Cosmic Boy skin based on the first appearance.

Randomdays · April 05, 2026, 02:44:53 PM

Got them both!

Saturn Girl was in normal mail, but for some reason Cosmic Boy went to spam

Diorama re-uploaded again, this time with complete early costumes for the legion, provided by Wyldfyre

Randomdays · April 05, 2026, 11:57:55 PM

Legion of Superheroes Diorama - The Return of Lightning Lad.

Adventure comics #312

In a previous story, Lightning Lad died in battle to protect another Legionaire from dying. At one point, it was thought he had been revived, but it was really his twin sister taking his place trying to keep his memory alive.

In the end, the only way to restore him was for another Legionaire to sacrifice their life in turn, channeling lightning through their body and dying doing so.

It worked, but who was the one who died? Read the story and find out!

This one was going great until Lightning Lass. There was only one skin I found to match the picture, and the mesh with it wouldn't import into blender. Tommyboy's TV meshes also give blender a hard time since there's so many hidden parts in it. It took a few hours to her into the diorama

Lightning Lad - mesh and skin by JJ. Minor kitbash to close his eyes

Superboy - Mesh by Vertex. Skin by C6

Saturn Girl - mesh is female_hair_A. skin by Dark Jared of Skindex

Chameleon Boy - mesh is Chameleon Boy 2 by Tommyboy. Skin by El Insensatez

Lightning Lass - mesh is female_shorthair. Skin by El Insensatez

Sun Boy - Mesh and skin by Toxic J.

Mon El - mesh is male_cape_nobelt. Skin by C6

Buttons, bier, wand, buttons, glass case, and pillow from the models resource

Uploaded to the Dioramas folder

cranlox · April 06, 2026, 02:58:41 AM

I haven't been able to read that comic; I only came across a comic with the Legion characters. I'll look for it online. It looks really well done!

BentonGrey · April 06, 2026, 07:27:18 PM

These are so much fun. The Lightning Lad one is great!

WyldFyre · April 06, 2026, 11:48:09 PM

Randomdays · April 07, 2026, 02:38:55 AM

My first movie Diorama

"One Million Years BC" tells the story of two tribes that lived in a fictional era where men and dinosaurs lived at the same time.

Tumak, one of two sons of the chief of the dark haired Rock tribe, is exiled by his father. He makes his way to the coast and meets the blonde haired, more advanced Shell tribe. He and a girl of the tribe, Loana, fall in love and become a couple. After many dinosaur attacks and acts of nature, the two tribes unite in the end for a happy ending.

The standout of the movie is the actress Rachel Welch who played Loana. One of the most beautiful actresses of the 60's, A poster of her from the movie sold lots of copies, and probably one of the most iconic scenes is when a pterodactyl grabs her and flies off with her to its nest to feed its young.

I think the new rock texture and backdrop does a good job of matching the movie scene. I tried to match her pose as close as possible as well.

If you haven't seen it, you need to for some classic movie goodness.

Loana by Cranlox. Adjusted the face a bit - it was flat in profile - pulled out the nose and bridge between the eyes. Comes with a spear. I put up a closeup pic to show what a good job he did with the capture.

Pterodactyl from a previous import. Rock from Freedom Force.

uploaded to the Dioramas folder

cranlox · April 07, 2026, 03:15:08 AM

Quote from: Randomdays on April 07, 2026, 02:38:55 AMMy first movie Diorama

"One Million Years BC" tells the story of two tribes that lived in a fictional era where men and dinosaurs lived at the same time.

Tumak, one of two sons of the chief of the dark haired Rock tribe, is exiled by his father. He makes his way to the coast and meets the blonde haired, more advanced Shell tribe. He and a girl of the tribe, Loana, fall in love and become a couple. After many dinosaur attacks and acts of nature, the two tribes unite in the end for a happy ending.

The standout of the movie is the actress Rachel Welch who played Loana. One of the most beautiful actresses of the 60's, A poster of her from the movie sold lots of copies, and probably one of the most iconic scenes is when a pterodactyl grabs her and flies off with her to its nest to feed its young.

I think the new rock texture and backdrop does a good job of matching the movie scene. I tried to match her pose as close as possible as well.

If you haven't seen it, you need to for some classic movie goodness.

Loana by Cranlox. Adjusted the face a bit - it was flat in profile - pulled out the nose and bridge between the eyes. Comes with a spear. I put up a closeup pic to show what a good job he did with the capture.

Pterodactyl from a previous import. Rock from Freedom Force.

uploaded to the Dioramas folder

Always better

Randomdays · April 07, 2026, 05:17:43 PM

Lee Falk's classic hero, The Phantom.

Riding out of the skull cave on his horse, Hero, with his wolf, Devil, at his side.

A bit more complex than the rest thanks to the 3D display by Cranlox.

Two different versions included - near the Skullcave with the cave enlarged, and near the edge of the display with a smaller cave. Take your pick.

The Phantom - Mesh and skin by Draven off of The Phantom DX.

Devil - Mesh and skin by Beyonder

Main display mesh by Cranlox. Thanks!

Thoughts on this one?

Uploaded to the Dioramas folder

Edit - pictures seem to be slow to load - wait and they should show up

cranlox · April 07, 2026, 05:44:15 PM

Quote from: Randomdays on April 07, 2026, 05:17:43 PMLee Falk's classic hero, The Phantom.

Riding out of the skull cave on his horse, Hero, with his wolf, Devil, at his side.

A bit more complex than the rest thanks to the 3D display by Cranlox.

Two different versions included - near the Skullcave with the cave enlarged, and near the edge of the display with a smaller cave. Take your pick.

The Phantom - Mesh and skin by Draven off of The Phantom DX.

Devil - Mesh and skin by Beyonder

Main display mesh by Cranlox. Thanks!

Thoughts on this one?

Uploaded to the Dioramas folder

Edit - pictures seem to be slow to load - wait and they should show up

You've done a great job! I like that they're further along; I'm going to download them after lunch. Today I made the hero files for the first Muppets while the others were processing. I have a new Rizzo on the way, so I'll save you some work adjusting the ears. I hope it turns out well. The diorama backdrop looks great, although it did lose a bit of quality when the polygon count was reduced so much.

Randomdays · April 07, 2026, 05:51:50 PM

Close to the edge was harder to get looking right due to the slope. I didn't want it to look like they were floating.

Quality looks fine to me.

cranlox · April 07, 2026, 06:04:25 PM

Quote from: Randomdays on April 07, 2026, 05:51:50 PMClose to the edge was harder to get looking right due to the slope. I didn't want it to look like they were floating.

Quality looks fine to me.

The whole thing looks fantastic! It would be great if the wolf followed the horse while it was riding, haha, that would be a programming nightmare. I'm glad I could help.

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