Joliezac's Displays/Dioramas: Finale! *Nov. 24th*

I plan to do something similar, except for smaller ecoregions instead of general continents and areas.
Also, there is a Bobcat and an American Badger on your European shelf, and a Bornean (not Sumatran, mind you) Ground-Cuckoo on the South America shelf. I think you should somehow try to fit the Nile Crocodile into the African Watering Hole shelf, and replace it with the large Wild Safari Black Caiman or alternatively a Wenno or Kaiyodo Spectacled Caiman for South America.

Took down more of my shelves due to moving, I was sad to take them apart but I'm excited to set up some new dioramas in my new place where I'll have more space

This shelf was supposed to be my Congo shelf just because I wanted somewhere to put one of my favorite species, okapis   I hope to make a much better looking version in my new place.

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This was my Antarctica shelf because I wanted to display my penguins so they are all shoved onto ice floes Definitely can't wait to upgrade this shelf with more space and more visual interest.

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My Galapagos shelf. The Galapagos is one of my favorite places with diverse species, I've always wanted to go there. I may repaint some gannets and Sally lightfoot crabs for a future version of this shelf  

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Then I decided to make a shelf for just my wolves because well who doesn't love wolves? My friend made me a white-tailed deer corpse so I thought he'd fit in with my wolf pack..

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This shelf I was sad to take down, its one of my favorites. I just love the polar animals so this was kind of my tundra/ icecap shelf. I really love the puffin colony and the beautiful Steller's eagle pair.

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I also really loved this shelf because of how colorful and diverse it was. My coral reef shelf I really want to get a fish tank shipwreck decoration and make a shelf with a shipwreck surrounded by sharks

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Then my only dinosaur shelf that I have as a diorama. The rest of my prehistoric figures I have on plain shelves above my bed.

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I only have a few shelves left that I still have to take down, then I won't update again until I get into the new place and start setting up again!

These are really STUPENDOUS displays! I love looking through each one, so intricate and just when you think you have spotted them all... you realize you notice something new! Can't wait to see the shelf renovations in your new home.

Beautiful and imaginative, really love your Mesozoic shelf.

Everything looks really wonderfully displayed. Another wolf fan!

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Beautiful and imaginative, really love your Mesozoic shelf.

me too!

Fantastic displays, you have an amazing way of showing your collection, I love it

Just one thing, I would put the walrus on the Arctic display with the Polar bears and the Leopard seal on the Antartic display with the Penguins.

Thank you everyone I can't wait to set these up again

Here are the last of my shelves that got taken down. Unfortunately a good sized portion of my collection wasn't able to be display due to lack of space but I'm hoping to get everything or at least almost all of my figures displayed in my new place, so I can't wait to do some more habitats

Here was my Everglades shelf although I added in all my otters to get them displayed, I really love the large Safari gator, it looks a bit more believable next to the birds  

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Desert:

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The Andes, I made this shelf purely for my Schleich Andean condor  

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My farm life shelf: I went through a bit of a rabbit obsession when I was younger so my farm life really just consists of mostly rabbits with the addition of a few other animals.

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Then lastly this shelf although small is one of my favorites. I've been to the Monterey Bay Aquarium a few times over the years and I absolutely love it there. So this shelf was a tribute to there   I tried to make it look like a kelp forest with the sea otters and sea lions. This shelf is also one of my favorites because it has some of my most loved figures on it, the brown pelicans, sea otters, goliath groupers, and Pacific-white sided dolphin. I built a little pier out of dowels and popsicle sticks so I could display the pelicans and I thought the Safari marine biologist fit perfectly holding the baby sea otter and bucket of fish. Definitely will be recreating this shelf in my new place, hopefully at a larger scale   I originally wanted to make a display showing my complete MBA collection but the whales are quite large and not all the species live in the same region.. So I'll have to come up with something different

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A wonderful journey amongst yours shelves to begin the day!

These shelves are wonderful! I think I counted 20(!) rabbits!

Really wonderful shelves. definitely some of the best I have ever seen, I loved this journey through all the different dioramas of so much flora and fauna! But I especially loved spotting the dogs in your domestic scene, wonderful choices! I was particularly happy to see a golden retriever and a rough collie, two favourite breeds of mine! That Schleich retriever is really nice, it represents the sweet and sunny nature of this breed so well and looks like a female golden too! The labrador peaking around the corner is gorgeous too, I love the lighter areas around some areas of the face on this model, as though he is a slightly older dog- gives him a bit of character! And that puppy set was lovely, it was interesting that they made a maltipoo ( I think that's what it said on the box about the small fluffy one!), it's not often that you find crossbreeds in figure form!

Such an inventive and interesting way to display them, it really does make a change from standing on plain shelves. I look forward to seeing the recreation and improvements you make in your new place!

Thank you!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] I couldn't even fit all my rabbits on that shelf, I have a few left over in storage

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] I'm glad you enjoyed the dogs! I'm not a dog person so I only have a few models but I will admit that collies are very beautiful dogs, I've had that Safari one for quite some time

Your displays are really amazing, I hope you will build and show us more of them in your new home. 

Splendid displays! Diverse and unique and full of great things to admire! Great work.

Glorious displays!!!!!

Love them, and a tribute to my homeland!

May I offer a suggestion? We don't have beaver in the Everglades; maybe replace them with a cougar? Safari even markets one as a Florida panther. Or a black bear, more common than the panthers.

Taos wrote:

Glorious displays!!!!!

Absolutly agree

My foxes are really excited, finally we have found a decent rabbistaurant!
Really impressive displays, it surely explains all your collecting enthusiasm!

what amazing dioramas ! well done on your talented creativity, there is such diversity and imagination throughout them all.
I love the blue footed boobys, and the dinosaur diorama, and the dragonfly perched in mid air hovering !

Finally got moved into our new place after a long couple of months I purchased 6 "Billy" bookcases from Ikea because I liked their style and they were a great price. I was able to fit my entire collection on them which I loved because in my old room most were not on display.

I also have a bunch of empty cubbies that my bearded dragon's cage sits on top of, so I also have plenty of room there. I basically covered all my walls in bookcases  

Right now all my figures are all crammed as close as possible to fit but I will soon start to make dioramas/displays like my old shelves. My goal is to make them more realistic and accurate and I would love to get some sticky hooks to hang some birds within the display

I have one more week of college finals then I'll have all of January off, so my goal is to start my displays soon! Stay tuned if interetsed

Sorry for the glare, but I think you can get the idea.

This display currently holds all my terrestrial animals with my whales being on the top.

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Lots of prehistoric figures crammed on top and then sea life and miscellaneous large Safari

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This bookcase just has prehistoric figures on the top for now, but it is behind my bed so the lowest shelves can't really be seen so they are filled with books. But I'll still have about 4 shelves visible.

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Now your figures live in palatial shelves!!! I hope you have a successful week on your college to use your full power to your new dreamful place!

Winter break just started for me So I decided to set up my first display in my new place, the Himalayan mountain range!

I chose a smaller shelf because I don't have too many species from this region but it is one of my favorites because its home to the elusive snow leopard

I thought I would show a progression of my work that leads up to the final product, I hope you enjoy


First I like to line up the possible figures that may fit on the shelf just to get an idea of what I have

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Next I measure the shelf and find a suitable background photo online. When I find one I like, I use Photoshop to cut it into multiple pieces, then I tape the pieces to the back of the display. Then I add slate to the display. I use paper towels in the back to act as a base for some of the rocks so that it saves slate and is less heavy on the brackets. After that I spend time figuring out the best spot for each animal.

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After I'm satisfied with the placement, I remove the animals and use an old paintbrush to dry paint the slate white, giving a frozen effect. After it dries I then add the details.

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First I sprinkle some dirt and salt around the rocks and the front of the shelf where rocks are absent. I use stuffing to mimic fluffy patches of snow and I shove it between the gaps in the rocks to keep them sturdy and add more details. Then I took some dead grass and placed it on the flat part at the front and in sparse patches around the rest of the outcroppings. I used small rocks to add more detail and prop up small branches to mimic dead bushes. Finally I went over the entire layer with some salt to look like snow.

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Then the last and most enjoyable step, adding the animals   I changed some of the placement and added some other species I thought would work nicely. Overall I am very pleased and since I had more room in the front, I added some bones. I would love to add a takin to this display and my friend is making me a custom bharal female & kid, so I'm excited to eventually add those also.

Animals used:
-Snow leopards (CollectA, Papo, & BeautyofBeasts)
-Yaks (Schleich & Papo)
-Markhor (CollectA)
-Chiru (CollectA)
-Lammergeier (Bullyland)
-Golden eagle (Schleich & Colorata)
-Bharal (Signatus Studios)
-Himalayan Tahr (CollectA)

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