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It has been a while since I wrote anything about my 300 diorama (The Scene is the Battle of Thermopylae). So here is an update.

 The Diorama is coming along great and is almost finished. I have done 95% of the landscaping, have painted the first series of Spartan Warrior Miniatures and have poured the water. I even built a paper long boat for the water. 

Coming up next is the wiring for sound and lighting. I have also been toying with the idea of using a parallel board coupled with a computer so I could make a show out of it. But I will give this some thought.

Also, I have no clue as to what I am going to do with this thing when I am done so I am thinking about putting it on display somewhere. Let me know if you have any ideas about where I might be able to display it. Can’t stay in my house! It’s two feet by three feet and well, I need the room for more projects.

I am thinking about doing a hobbit home or maybe even a complete shire.

 If you want to learn more about the diorama or are considering making your own fantasy diorama I have a complete tutorial that shows the steps I used to make this diorama here: How to Make a big Diorama

I have also created a tutorial on Painting Miniatures where I show you the steps I took with Painting the Spartan Warriors A Guide to Painting Miniatures

Ditto, My cat, seems to have taken a liking to the diorama. If you have an idea for a place where I can display this diorama sorry but Ditto doesn’t go with it

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I put in a serious blitz this week with the Fantasy Guide website and it is now complete and uploaded to the server. Well, complete is a term I use loosely because no website is ever complete. They always need to be updated on a regular basis and added to with fresh new content. Anyhoo, the new template is completed and the new information design etc. and it is now live.

So, if you are a big fan of fantasy books, epic fantasy, series of books like the wheel of time, chronicles of thomas covenant, Shannara and the like you might want to check it out. The basic goal of the site is to be a guide to fantasy books. There are essays, articles and guides for reading and finding books. The Fantasy Guide

Youre going to have to poke around a bit on the site to dig up all the things. i have a fantasy newsletter you can sign up for, top ten lists, bestsellers and lots of great resources including articles I have written for people  who want to write fantasy. There are also live feeds direct from amazon with their hourly updated lists of fantasy books in a lot of different areas. Have fun!

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If you are a regular visitor my apologies for the blog being down almost two weeks now! eek.  There was a bit of an issue and my hosting provider helped me work it out. Nothing has been lost and the database is perfect. Anyhoo, I been busy with a lot of things. The 300 Diorama is almost complete and it has come out quite nice. I just need to do the water, the electrical lights and sound effects, and paint the miniatures.

I also have a lot of other things going on including work on a full color paperbound book on how to make fantasy dioramas. It will be available on amazon.com. I will also make it available in pdf.

I am currently working on a ground up redesign of my fantasy guide website and it is coming out great. It will include a newsletter sign up form. A lot of people like that site and have asked about the newsletter. So watch for that site overhaul to be ready within the next couple of days. It’s located here: The Fantasy Guide

I have a bunch of other things I have been diligently working on and will be rolling things out over time. But that’s enough for now. it just feels great to get back on the Heroic Dreams Blog!!!

 Oh, and the 300 DIorama is a complete tutorial with videos, pictures and step by step tutorial. The tutorial on my site is here: The making of the 300 Diorama

And the 5 video series is on my youtube channel here Epic Fantasy Youtube videos

Here are some pics  of the diorama:

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