This year I decided to Finally enter a Dio in the Diorama Contest after 4 years of thinking about it. It went through many ideas but finally I decided on something I could use later and would tell a story but be simple to make and display. I decided on a dirt road in the Rainforest on Cobra Island.
First I had to pick my base. I grabbed a piece of Green foam from the hobby store like this.
Next I waded up some packing paper I had and created the foundation of a road and small hills. I just taped it down with packing tape. Nothing fancy because it only has to stick for a little while.
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