Dida Drawing Board: POTA Deluxe Playset

[cdhall]

A-men

The only thing I don't like about your work Scott, is the fact that I can't afford to own every last piece you design.

Great work as usual!

I second that.

[DocDrako]

The only thing I don't like about your work Scott, is the fact that I can't afford to own every last piece you design.

Great work as usual!

[Sandman9580]

Thanks for the info, Scott. Glad to hear you kept the bridge, that's my favorite feature! Can't wait to see these...

[megoscott]

It's not on the website yet. I'm not doing a lot of Didas right now, so I'm not actively promoting new stuff. I have 3 of these POTA deluxe sets I am finishing now. I'll have new pics of the final product soon.

Thanks for the ideas re: vacu-forming. I've investigated it, I'm just not inclined to get involved with all those complications. I like doing as much as I possibly can with Dida parts and simple solutions like laminated art. The bridge is looking pretty great in all
it's dorky glory.

[Sandman9580]

That sounds really cool HardyGirl! I'm not seeing any POTA displays on the Dida site, so was this like a DIY kit, or commission or something?

[HardyGirl]

Sandman,

I have a POTA Tribox set that can be folded out into a stage playset, and it's so cool. Space saving, and good play value. No, Scott did NOT pay me to say this. But if space or money is an issue, than this is a good solution.

[cdhall]

Wow

Scott, you are a genius. Mattel needs to call you. You need to do a Playset for the WGSH.

Duh.

I am still hoping to place that order we discussed but I will get to you when I'm ready. I know the offer may expire.

This looks awesome though. If my Trek guys land on this planet, maybe chasing GL and Sinestro... this could come in handy...

[Sandman9580]

Just came across this thread in a search, and I am blown away. That first shot is jaw-dropping! I understand you are simplifying the design, but I gotta say I love the stairs and the bridge! I'm sure you've thought of this already, but I wonder if there was some way you could get some pieces--or one big central piece--vacuuformed, and then have that "fit" into the vinyl set. I've spent some time looking around monster model sites, and there's a lot of guys who make castle/dungeon-type dioramas, and then cast the pieces in resin and sell them. Mego is roughly the same scale as a lot of the old Aurora models, and that scale is very popular with figure modelers (as are the Apes themselves). Maybe a collaboration could be struck? Say, one central piece that could be made cost-effective by incorporating into other "Super Didas"? (Castle, Pirate's Cove, Mad Scientist's Lab, Supervillan Hide-out, Star Trek environment... yeah... alright, easy for me to suggest, I know. As Blondie sang, dreaming is free. : )

Anyway, this looks beautiful. I've always liked playsets that utilize flat backgrounds, and have a kind of stage-y, movie-set quality to them. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

[Meule]

So that's how you work your magic, eh?
Cool pic, Scott

[wilbs518]

Great stuff!

[rche]

I love it that the MM is peeking out behind your video player. good stuff

[megoscott]

I was kind of blown away by all this playset art on my computer desktop at once. Here's a screenshot of both monitors with artwork and reference photos. Next, I will comp these up in a sample playset design.



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[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Mmmm. Gorgeous Scott.

[alex]

I must say u are very talented, love the cartooney art work, theres nothing I could say I dont like.

[SUP-Ronin]

I wanted to share the new artwork for this project, I need some feedback. I scrapped almost everything and went with a new approach. I'm really excited about the design and the drawing and coloring I'm doing. I'm taking a very retro marker art style like Mego used and giving it lots of attention and detail from the movie.

This is all of the inside artwork in one view.

http://www.didadisplays.com/protos/pota/PotaIntComp.jpg

This is the work in progress on the outside art...Village, scarecrows, red sun, Liberty, and the secret archaeological cave.

http://www.didadisplays.com/protos/pota/Extcomp.jpg

Work in progress on the front door panel art showing the crash of the spaceship

http://www.didadisplays.com/protos/pota/BigDoorCrash.jpg

A detail shot of the rendering style. Lurid!

http://www.didadisplays.com/protos/pota/Liberty.jpg

I'm banging through this one now, I'll have a playset done soon.

You've got mad skills, that art is really great. This thing is gonna look sweet.