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09-07-2010, 07:28 PM	#1
footloose Veteran Offline --> Posts: 1,321 --> Join Date: Mar 2010	Lets build a dio i thought id post a thread on how i throw together my dios for my shots i do. im goign to do a jungle/ forest setting. seems to be the one i get questions bout. im going to go step by step so please dont post anything till im done. thank you. the first thing i put down are some poster boards. one to set everything up on the other to block out the background. __________________ LIKE MY PICS, LIKE ME ON FACEBOOK 'http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.193468034035754.45520.193465904035967&saved#!/pages/JPs-Toy-Photography/193465904035967

09-07-2010, 07:34 PM	#2
footloose Veteran Offline --> Posts: 1,321 --> Join Date: Mar 2010	the next thing i do is put down my moss sheet. you can get these at michaels for around $15. theyre quite useful. youre going to also want to decide if you want the surface flat, or do you want a hillside. whatever its up to you. i chose to do a hillside. to do so just place some objects under the sheet of moss where ever you want there to be a hill or what not. this is what i use. just some wood from an old dio of mine. next im going to put some trees in. best pasrt bout these they are free. go cut some branches off a tree and you got scale trees for your joes. screw them at one end to some wood and theyll stand up just fine __________________ LIKE MY PICS, LIKE ME ON FACEBOOK 'http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.193468034035754.45520.193465904035967&saved#!/pages/JPs-Toy-Photography/193465904035967 Last edited by footloose : 09-07-2010 at 07:53 PM.

09-07-2010, 07:39 PM	#3
footloose Veteran Offline --> Posts: 1,321 --> Join Date: Mar 2010	next i start putting my trees in place. place them in different spots as i see fit. and use rocks as weights to make sure the trees dont fall over. once the trees are in place i use some spanish moss i got from the $store to cover up anything i dont want seen or gaps they may need to be filled on the moss sheet. and turn on ym lighting and this is what i have anyquestion please feel free to ask. im not the best teacher in the world but ill do my best to help you out __________________ LIKE MY PICS, LIKE ME ON FACEBOOK 'http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.193468034035754.45520.193465904035967&saved#!/pages/JPs-Toy-Photography/193465904035967

09-07-2010, 07:48 PM	#4
Black Knight Tactical Specialist Offline --> Posts: 998 --> Join Date: Aug 2008	Pure awesome and quite helpful... thanks man.

09-07-2010, 07:53 PM

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Pure awesome and quite helpful... thanks man.

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09-07-2010, 07:58 PM	#6
SIC DETH frozn 4 awhile Offline --> Posts: 7,605 --> Join Date: Jun 2008	yeah thats sweet sticky ickey........ moss you got there!!!! __________________ Whos Da Masta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrXSWI0oWHg