Aliens Movie Book Nook Diorama
Introduction: Aliens Movie Book Nook Diorama
I've been meaning to do a diorama from the movie "Aliens" since i bought STL files of the aliens xenomorph and i wanted to make a diorama out of it.. but i didnt want to make a big diorama piece because i dont have anymore room on my display shelves.. as always, while surfing youtube i found one of my favorite youtuber maker made a book nook.. and that's where the idea for the book nook diorama came in.. its compact and easy to make and it can fit right in my bookshelves..
i took reference images from the movie and try to recreate the scene as best I can.. I split the book nook into 2 parts..
1. upper floor hallway
2. underground sewers
<PERSON> and <PERSON> will be on the upper floor hallway trying to runaway while being chased by aliens from below the underground sewers.
I added lights on the hallway's railings and overhead ceiling for the upper floor while a dim flickering lights from the underground sewers.. Lights from the railing cast shadow on the floor grills and slightly lit up the sewers..
This is my first instructables that include outside 3d models that i brought to fill in the diorama.. links to buy the models can be found below..
and so for this instructable, most of the build i will be using tinkercad screenshots..
You can find more of my 3d printing stuff at https://www.instagram.com/fay3dlab/ or https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Fay3DLabs
Difficulty level:
1. 3D printing - Easy (almost all parts printed without support)
2. Assembly - Easy
3. Wiring - Easy
4. Painting - Easy
so let's us begin..
Supplies
1. Plywood 3mm thick - 40cm x 40cm
2. MDF 3mm thick - 10cm x 25cm
3. LED light strips 5v - white or warm (your preference)
4. LED diode lights
5. LED flickering lights
6. 47ohm resistor
7. Electrical Connector Block
8. TP4056, DC-DC buck converter - USB to lithium battery with protection
9. Lithium battery 18650 3.7v
10. 492
Lithium battery 18650 1 cell holder
11. Wires - AWG24
12. Rocker switch 2pins - 15x10mm
13. Super glue & glue gun
14. Soldering iron (to connect the LED & PCB to the wires)
15. Epoxy resin - around 300g
16. Resin coloring - blue and green
And of course a 3d printer to print all the parts.. all part will be able to fit into a 200x200mm printer.. and a resin printer to print all the miniature characters..
If you do not own a 3d printer.. I'm also selling the 3d printed parts as well as the electronics on my ETSY page..
Step 1: 3D Modelling Book Nook With Tinkercad
Upper floor Hallway
The model of the upper floor is quite straight forward.. i added a channel gap on the railing to add led strips and on the ceiling as well to run wires for the ceiling LED.
Underground Sewer
The sewer is the best part for me since i always wanted to play with epoxy resin and make the sewer look like its filled with sewer water. I also added a corner wall to hide the LED in the background of the sewer so the light will fill in the background with Aliens on the foreground
I also added a gap at the bottom of the sewer to add all the electronics and closed it with a grill from the front
Step 2: Book Nook Assembly
The assembly divided into 3 parts:
1. the plywood case
2. the 3d printed environment
3. the wiring
The case for the whole book nook im using a thin 3mm plywood board.. i brought them in 45x45cm size here in my country.. and i just need to cut them to size.. you can use any board you like that is durable enough to hold the whole book nook upright..
The side panels will be 25x20cm and the top & bottom is 10x20cm.. The back panel im using 3mm MDF board measuring at 24.4x10cm
Paint the panels before assembly..
Step 3: 3D Printed Diorama
The diorama splits into 2 part.. the upper hallway and the underground sewer
All 3d model stl can be found here:
1. <PERSON>
2. Myminifactory
3. Alien Xenomorph - from gambody. 996