You never know where the next evil-doer attack might be…

It might be under your feet!

Thank goodness our Marvel Superheroes (plus a reptile friend) were there to fend off the attack in the next Minimate Diorama!

Here’s your first look:

Can the good guys fend off the attack?
Or will they succumb deep in the stinky sewers?
And when will the Alligator friend get his own super hero alias? (I’m thinking Toothy McGee).

Look for it in the next installment of Marvel Inserts!

So how about some production notes you ask? No problem!
You might be surprised to know, this is not exactly what I had in mind when I started.
Yep. Things change.

This is what  I started with: a gutter.

Let’s imagine for a moment, yours truly waltzing thru Home Depot saying… “Gee! What would make a great underground sewer scene!” Well, after stumping some flabbergasted sales guys (”You want to do what? With what? I can show you some nice appliances!” …hmm..no thanks), I directed my attention to the gutter pieces. Viola! Slice those bad boys open and we’ve got a nice homey perfectly sized Minimate backdrop!

Quick Step catch-up:

Spray with Stone texture spray paint (while gassing your office) and dry brush some black around…

Those rock looking things are indeed…rocks. My aim was to fill it with “realistic water treatment” and make it all murky like. Note to self: Make sure the area you pour “realistic water treatment” has a WATER TIGHT AREA!!! Learn from me, I now have “realistic water treatment” on my desk. I’ll have to add some “realistic goldfish” so as not to draw attention.

Make some dowel ladders (so our heroes can escape if need be!) and steal borrow grating from past Stargate action figures. Glue! And again, gas the office. Those Adhesive sealants are stinky! (and make preeeeeety cooooolors… gah).

Not bad! My original thought was to shoot the Minimates down the hallway and around the corner, but… didn’t work out so well for me. I did decide tho to add some hanging spanish moss (i.e. black lace and glue drips).

Here’s how it looked before Photoshop:

And here it is after!