The Mandalorian Tatooine Diorama with Speeder Bike and Stormtrooper Heads

This Mandalorian diorama is over 3' long and I wanted to incorporate the speeder bike design from Gambody as well as a few iconic Tatooine features, such as the canopy and those stormtrooper helmets on spikes and buried in the dust.
Speeder bike file from Gambody (www.gambody.co...)
Stormtrooper heads from Prusa (www.prusaprint...)
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[@BoulderCreekRailroad]

WOW this is amazing! 😃 Seeing you standing next to the diorama really shows how impressive this model is. It's huge! The diorama really highlights how well you painted the Mandalorian, the metal, his clothing everything is spot on. Keep up the awesome work, if this is the quality of videos you make for 2021 I suspect this will be a very good year for you 😉

[@Markovian_]

Yay it’s always fun to catch you tubers before they blow up.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks Luke! I do love big dioramas but keeping them in the house is a challenge. Happy New Year.

[@rexrocker1268]

👍🏻 Cool to see another awesome diorama person make a comment on another. I probably watched almost all of your videos and I don’t even build model railroads. My father did a few times. I still have one of his that was half done, no real scenery just the early parts like the basic land, track laid out and runs, maybe 4x6 feet. It was HO scale for a railroad roundhouse. I still have a bunch of his trains and cars and models still in the packaging, all vintage but really nice. He called it Polecat Creek. A polecat is a skunk or weasel LOL. My brother and I hope to one day try and complete it, we’ll probably use videos like yours and hers to get a clue how to make it look awesome.

[@GiantBoarMonster]

That's a masterpiece. "It belongs in a museum!" Incredible attention to detail.

[@Rick_Cleland]

_"So do you!!"_

[@RedWolf777SG]

As an artist myself, you've done a fantastic job with this one, dear. This would make any Star Wars fan happy to own.🥰🥰

[@georgepeel]

Absolutely incredible! Still can't get over how good Mando looks, those speeder bike prints were so clean too

[@unknowneclipse332]

The 62 people who dislike this are clearly jealous this isn’t a part of heir collection

[@TheClutchCraft]

Yea fr, how can you dislike this video? 💀

[@ollien3359]

"The stormtroopers go into bobble-head mode... it's very funny" she says smiling, as the severed heads of her enemies sway side to side...

[@troseberry91585]

KZbin just suggested your channel to me this morning and I literally just watched your first Mandalorian video maybe 30 minutes ago and have been watching your other videos. Amazing work! Thanks for the great content!

[@centauri9458]

Cool. Well done. The bobble to the Troopers helmets makes it look like you could feel a hot dry breeze blowing them.

[@tydra74]

outstanding job. To hide the main bike pole, I would connect the bike to the vertical wall with an horizontal, sturdy pin, reducing the distance between the bike and the wall at the minimum . very great job. I love it

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks! The bike was heavy enough to bend the vertical rod so I suspect something from the side would need to be very strong.

[@Vader2501]

My dad used to make models, nice to watch someone else do it. Brings back memories from childhood. On the speeder bike stand, maybe a thin mirror? The old magicians trick, place it in front angled down so it reflect the floor. Might work as the floor and the wall are roughly the same colour. Just a thought.

[@KathyMillatt]

Interesting idea. Thank you.

[@ItsMe_Pop]

This video literally made me feel like a child again! AMAZING WORK! Great attention to detail.

[@thepwee]

Holy crap.... I’ve been build models for 40 years now... I believe I’m pretty good at it...the tile grout thing is brilliant.. I would have never thought of that...amazing job.. thanks for teaching an old dog a new trick..!!!

[@KathyMillatt]

I use it all the time and even when I try other products, I still end up coming back to it as it’s so easy and cheap.

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

Beautifully done, you should be in movies

[@pepleatherlab3872]

To hide posts I usually use thin metals rods mounted at the very bottom of the base. The thinner surface area makes them easier to camouflage. Some shrubbery or rocks works well too.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks. I only had springy rods and was worried they’d bend over time. Next time I’ll go shopping before I need to mount something.

[@pepleatherlab3872]

@@KathyMillatt It is tricky because the thin metal rods require a bit of an inverted 'T' to give them stability when mounted into wood or foam. Dioramas can be tricky buggers. Thanks for the post.

[@KathyMillatt]

@@pepleatherlab3872 Thanks for the help!

[@ARIN4UK]

Holy wow…. Truly an amazing artist.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Those washes are excellent.

[@BiffTummyTum]

It's not just the artistry, it's the level of communication which makes this so watchable. Honest about the setbacks, modest about the results, perfect explanation of every stage. Not since Bob Ross have I seen a 'how to' produced with such love.

[@johnkelley9877]

This is simply outstanding work! It is so realistic that it looks like a screen shot. Thanks for sharing this helpful and inspiring diorama.

[@TheOniDaddy]

this Diorama really completes it!

[@simonreynolds1518]

Wonderful model and diorama Kathy, Thank you so much for building it, I use to use either a metal rod to support my model builds and find a way of hiding it as much as possible from the main sight line or clear acrylic rod, used that on the Airfix (I think) kit of the Imperial Speeder Bike from Return of the Jedi, looking forward to your next video, take care, stay safe and Happy New Year to you and the family.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks! Metal rod would be thinner so less obtrusive.

[@simonreynolds1518]

@@KathyMillatt Hi Kathy, I forgot to say I always found I had to make sure there was as much support as possible within the model for either the metal or acrylic rod, sometimes it was easy with most kits being in two halves, it's been 25 years or so since I last sat down and built a kit, no amazing 3D printers back then, it would have been considered pretty sci fi to be able to print your own model kit at home, I assume it would be possible to print a strong internal support base for a rod to fit into the model if it was not a solid piece like The Mandalorian speeder, I'm sure your creative mind will have fun figuring it out, once again thank you for all your builds, I miss my train sets and making models so I do look forward to your videos and your dioramas, they are just so wonderful.

[@luisd.pacheco1074]

THIS DIORAMA " AWESOME" this is a thing I watch almost all STAR WARS movies, some movies I even try NO to watch because I know are BAD, BUT THE MANDALORIAN series IS MY FAVORITE STAR WARS CHARACTER and is the only I want to collect. If I have the half of your talent. I make my own statue collection. BEAUTIFUL AMAZING JOB. CONGRATULATION FROM 🇵🇷

[@BXDRAGONX1]

WOW. Amazing....I love this show too.

[@kenmercadante4565]

Absolutely gorgeous work.

[@philsmith7398]

Brilliant! The difference between a technician and an artist! Your weathering is the best I've seen. I think you should work for ILM!

[@Jasonyerface]

Amazing work. How are people thumbs-downing this?

[@reimannsum9077]

This was simply an enthralling process to watch as it unfolded, and your voice-over was incredibly clear and precise. Thank you for sharing your work with us.

[@marcosousa1821]

Being a long time action figure collector who has just recently started sharing videos of my collection online, I have to say: you, my friend, are an artist! Dioramas such as this sure embellish anyone's collection. Thanks for sharing! Great job👍💫Cheers Kathy!

[@kostasviper]

That's awesome! Quick pro-tip if I may give you one: For under vehicle dust, try grinding some brown chalk (like the ones in school) if you can find it, and apply that... It doesn't even need any adhesive medium, it just stays on by itself, and it is great for that dusty look.

[@KathyMillatt]

Great tip.

[@cryofpaine]

These are so cool! For the speeder support, you could do a few things. The easiest would be a support that doesn't go straight down, but goes out to the background before going down, and then comes back. That way you can hide it behind a box (maybe even print a box as part of the support), or as a pipe that fits into the background (say a drain pipe that comes down to just above the ground, and the support becomes the bottom), or something like that. That way it doesn't look like you're trying to hide something. And when it comes back to the base, carve a channel for it to hide in and then cover that part of the support with sand (you would want a square mount for that so it lays flat). The other option would be using magnets to make it levitate, but that would be tricky to get the positioning just right. And I'm not sure how those levitating objects do it, but I think you might need a magnet above and below to get it to work. So you might put an awning or something like that to hide the top magnet.

[@KathyMillatt]

The speeder bike is so heavy it bent the resin pole it is on so it would have to be substantial supports to hold it from the side. Having recently done magnets in a video, they are not as easy as everyone makes out. I’m not sure I’d want to try them on such a heavy bike.

[@0to100Art]

Really pretty and so satisfying to watch. Very peaceful. Thank you

[@KathyMillatt]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@monkeyzeetube]

wow..nice..a lot of work and materials..and patience..

[@-MrFozzy-]

Your awesome Kathy…very good explanations. Thanks so much

[@TheClutchCraft]

I haven’t seen any dioramas to do with the 422nd siege troopers, if your planning to do another diorama, possibly a 422nd one (but don’t worry if you don’t, I’m sure you got some brilliant ideas already planned out! I’ll be watching a lot more of this channel, and I fear my hours of the day will be.. well, stuck to this channel 😂

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks! I think a few clone force 99 dioramas are next when the KS ends.

[@hemble]

Excellent work and for tarps I use dried baby wipes, the ones with no patterns on them and the result is excellent

[@KathyMillatt]

Brilliant! I was struggling to find something.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

Great job with the Stormtrooper helmets. I will need to get myself a 3d printer to make accessories for my 1/6 figures.

[@rodagoose]

Very nice! And also inspirational. Thank you for sharing!

[@tp6498]

Hiya Kathy. I was surfing on youtube this morning (USA, est), and I came upon your Mandalorian diorama. Truly amazing work. I was blown away by the amount of time, effort and attention to detail you put into making sand and dust look like, well...sand and dust lol. I couldn't hit that like button fast enough and you now have a new subscriber from "across the pond" lol. Stay healthy and God bless.

[@Bluenkight]

Beautiful work Kathy... I love the child in the pouch,,,,

[@alexcharles8541]

This turned out pretty sick. 10/10

[@thx1138y]

Hi Kathy,i enjoyed watch this , i dont realize until you finished and the time pass really fast..many questions,many dubts..but is part of the magic.Tks..(sorry my English)

[@BatmanDrkKnght]

Unbelievable work

[@BoomerKeith1]

I like the use of the jetpack to hide the stand. I think acrylic would have looked out of place. Well done!

[@perrygonzalez1098]

STUNNING

[@Yalah_]

Love how this is framed as almost a tutorial in case anyone wanted to do this themselves. I learned a lot from this video! thanks! and this diorama is amazing!!!

[@Kilgore1004]

I actually said "holy shit" out loud when you first showed the 3d printed speeder, I totally underestimated the size. The rest of this video did not disappoint. Absolutely incredible work. I need this for the mantle!

[@vikingvikingviking2806]

Thanks for sharing this with us! The video quality is excellent as well!

[@pat7937]

Absolutely Amazing

[@emilflognoid1532]

Working on my first Star Wars diorama, it’s Rey and her speeder on Jakku... for the sand I made a foam base and just covered it with polymer modified white tile thin-set... seems to have worked really good straight out of the bag!

[@KathyMillatt]

Brilliant! That’s a great scene and sounds like you’ve cracked it.

[@christopherwieber783]

Ms Kathy Millatt you are quite simply a masterful craftsman and brilliant artist. I was completely captivated by your skill, perfection, and if I'm honest your exquisite feminine hands and gorgeous red hair :) Cheers!

[@jeeprubicon6650]

A true work of art!!!!!!

[@TranceTrousers]

Wow, absolutely stunning! I can't believe the amount of work that goes into something like this, but it's all worth it for the end result. Bravo! I haven't watched The Mandalorian yet but I've heard great things about it. I really should as I'm a big fan of Star Wars, well all Sci-Fi actually ❤ xxx

[@eifionjones559]

interesting and informative . I too make dioramas, but with me it involves industrial plants and model steam engines that actually work. as realistic as possible. Not to everybody's taste but something I enjoy

[@rexrocker1268]

Awesome, that could be at the Disney World Park in a museum area.

[@marshalldoyle1129]

For attaching the speeder bike, you could lean the jet pack next to it but then run some wire from a clothes hanger through the jet pack and into the speeder bike. That will make it stand without any sign of a support.

[@KathyMillatt]

I like that!

[@S0bek]

Great work! You're a wizard Kathy!

[@raymondjayjohnson693]

Gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.

[@RustbeltCollector]

INCREDIBLE! This was very helpful to see your exact layering process on this!

[@krltslnd4186]

😍beautiful ... I'm doing a razor crest right now😊

[@Juan_Doooh]

Great job, and such attention to detail.

[@seanlewthwaite3735]

Love it all... for me to cover the pole that supports the speeder, I would have used some cloth, in the way you did the canopy, draped it over the bike as if it were some sort of bike cover that had blown off slightly... enough to cover the pole. But absolutely LOVE everything you have done!!

[@KathyMillatt]

That’s a neat idea!

[@markknowles6374]

I'm just into Season 2 of The Mandalorian and your diorama absolutely captures the drama and feel of the on screen version. Absolutely brilliant.

[@shutinyanks]

worth waiting for. Also you could print a mount for the speeder bike in clear resin for example and just sand and polish it clear so it will be super difficult to even see.

[@KathyMillatt]

They do supply mounts to print in clear and I did wonder whether it would be a better idea but this was one mount and that would have been two. I probably should have tried it.

[@udorechner6846]

What a brilliant build. The diorama looks wonderful.

[@serch76]

EXCELLENT DIORAMA

[@MichaelBogaMusic]

Very impressive piece!

[@thomasmccaskill5197]

Absolutely love it awesome job I am a big fan of your channel and bug fan of the Mandalorian

[@michalcross9013]

Love it! For the support, you could have had the support come out of the back wall instead of the floor, perhaps.

[@KathyMillatt]

The bike is quite heavy and I was worried that the foam wall would not be strong enough and it may sag.

[@michalcross9013]

@@KathyMillatt Good point... Maybe a few really tough thin rods. I use some for pikes in wargames, but I have no idea what they're made of... Then again, I think you're idea worked best. :)

[@thomasschlich4417]

nice professional model building!

[@Wi-Fi-El]

This is epic! I really wish I had a 3D printer, but for the time being I have to work with clay and kitbashed stuff

[@KathyMillatt]

I’ve seen some amazing work in clay!

[@Articulario]

WOW!!! FANTASTIC!!!

[@jmoore623]

Wow I am wicked impressed!! Great job

[@KathyMillatt]

Thank you!

[@adamswitlak1242]

Well done, Kathy. Impressive and very inspiring job. Regards from Poland

[@michaellindsey1543]

Absolutely brilliant!!!!

[@asketch2bszx677]

a very lovely diorama

[@jasonwells5737]

I just want to say you do some amazing work. Very inspiring

[@KathyMillatt]

Thank you so much!

[@stephan4ever64]

So wonderfully well done.

[@sprucehouse9]

Absolutely BRILLIANT! A real show piece. I guess I am definitely going to have to break down and get a 3D printer. There's so much cool Star Wars stuff to be had that way.

[@dutch_blades]

I love these larger scale dioramas. Fantastic end result!

[@ivantheemanriquez7336]

This was equal parts therapeutic, fulfilling, and interesting. Nearing the end is when I realized the video was 20+ minutes long! This was an awesome video.

[@alli_went_bonkers]

Priceless!

[@simonmoss101]

Another awesome job Kathy. I like the new style of videos your making with a complete build from start to finish.

[@KathyMillatt]

Thanks. It’s great to show the process from start to finish.

[@dijon7777]

Brilliant piece! Enjoyed this video

[@charleswhitley4347]

Maybe a mirror piece angled in front of the spike toward the sand would give the illusion of floating. Your diorama looks amazing!

[@KathyMillatt]

Interesting idea!

[@gkspain1]

Fantastic diorama, all the best, Garry

[@veneozzy]

Great work of art ! Greetings from Brazil

[@chrisw5760]

What an awesome diorama. Keep up the great work you do and thanks for sharing your videos.

[@vinnyvidivici]

The attention to detail is incredible.

[@3tacoman]

Amazing job

[@abigailirvine3414]

Masterful

[@pedroantoniodacruzferreira1487]

Stunning! This could be a real set for a movie scene!!!

[@KathyMillatt]

Thank you so much!

[@domis1190]

Fabulous Scene with the Mandalorian... I mean, so realistic...You should maybe do some diorama for 1/6 hot toys/sideshow figures that could go in a detolf ikea display and sell it. I will be here like probably many others. THX for that video.

[@cerisekappes580]

Absolutely awesome!!!!

[@rwh09384abc]

Wonderful job!

[@humphrey_bear_MDC]

Cool diorama.

[@properteaproperty]

Incredible talent. Respect 😎👍

[@carlosgallardopalma]

Congrats! The work it's very realistic , badass your work!

[@nobbynose4254]

really appreciate all the details and explanation of techniques we never stop learning fantastic job

[@bmx08]

Love. Perfect job. Congrats

[@thomassutton3448]

Brilliant work!!

[@darthentity3833]

outstanding you should be proud of yaself totally epic kathy