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Wonderfest has added a new category for this year. Their announcement says: Yes! We will have a special award for the Best Ray Harryhausen Inspired Model. Your entry could be something from Ray's movies--or an original that's Harryhausen-esque. How could we not do this with having Vanessa Harryhause...

Stunning!

Fantastic!

Thank you for the very kind words. I figured this is the year of Godzilla and Kong so it was time to post this one. As regards the size of the figures, Kong is about 8 or 9 inches tall. The girl figure was about 1/48 scale.

Here is a diorama of Kong battling a proto-zilla type creature. It is supposed to take place many years before the arrival of the Denham expedition. Perhaps the Godzillasaurus was exiled and years later turned up on Odo Island? If so, well, you know the rest of the story. The Kong is by Fantamation,...

Outstanding! You really brought out the personality of this character. Just that wicked look on his face would be enough to be intimidating.

Fabulous! A marvelous collaboration not unlike the geniuses behind the original King Kong. If this project had been around in 2005 I believe a dirigible would have turned up in Peter Jackson's Kong.

It is incredibly lifelike, which is not easy to do given the inherently artificial nature of the subject. Outstanding!

Excellent interpretation of GMK. The subtle purple hue contrasts the beauty of the design, with the scariness of the character, not to mention his royalty.

Thank you sir. FYI that little Gorgo is an original sculpt.

That's really excellent. A perfect composition!

Wow! Wonderful painting to really bring out the characters. The green gargantua is very scary!

Thanks Jon! By the way, the Gorgo is a much smaller figure than the one used in the "Chimes" diorama. Its about 3 1/2 inches high.

Here is an earlier rendition of the London scene from Gorgo.

Thank you very much! And thank you for identifying the ankylosaur and ornithomimus resin kits source as Makino. By the way, there are (styrene) raptors in there too. So, there is a representative smattering of model manufacturing types present. Traveling with dioramas does have its hazards. I took t...

Here is a diorama I completed about 20 years ago. The ankylosaur and ornithomimus are resin kits (Japan?). The T-rex is a vinyl Kaiyodo kit. https://i.postimg.cc/JssRSKGt/358558508-OQVc-GU-ph.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/0K5sn0Tk/358558421-Sx-KXvh-ph.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/mtcqsnyx/392553432vd-JZph-ph...

Thank you very much! What should I post next? Dinosaurs? Kong? Godzilla? Hmmm...

As a lifelong Godzilla fan, what I found most amazing was how fresh the film was but still honoring most of G's traditions. Yes, I think it is the best Godzilla film since the original. A success on every level including the soundtrack.

Who says Godzilla has to be a dull color. This intense coloration redefines how to model Godzilla. Groundbreaking achievement Jon!

Thank you very much! I do like adding figures to the dioramas I make. Be they monsters or people, they can set an emotional tone and add a kinetic feel to the scene. Just about all of my future projects will have their own "cast of characters". There are no small parts, only small actors. ...