How To Guide Custom Dio Tutorial (pic heavy)

ok i have come up with a really non-expensive way for a cheap easy dio!!!!!!
i hope you guys can use this have fun!!!
heres the links to the ones i have done
http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...org-ninja.html

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...ghway-dio.html

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...ena-blood.html

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...rium-shop.html

and one of my favs. the NE shop

ok guys this is going to be Pic heavy and its only round one

First up is the general supplies
1.cardboard any is fine
2.gutter guard $4.99 a roll at your local hardware store
3.2 butter dishes/bowls (disposable)
4.Scissors
5.hot glue and sticks
6.two things of School Glue
7.two cups of sand and two cups of Kitty Litter (the clay stuff no fragrence stuff)
and Imagination

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Next we need to cut your CardBoard to give us a Good Base to build off of

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Use both even sides of the Box we are going to Glue them together using The Hot Glue

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Now we are going to make the Wall cut down one of the remaining short sides of your Box

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the folds in the Box give you corner pieces

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Hot Glue the "Wall" in place making sure its pretty even and Square

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Next is the Gutter Guard or "Fence" Trim off a PIECE that fits the gap evenly leaving an extra bit so you can glue it to the Wall

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Trim the Fence up to look torn or wore out

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Glue it in to place on the back side with the HOT GLUE "be careful and DONT BURN YOURSELF"

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Now we are going to make some elevated Areas in the Dio then Glue into Place

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Next is the Messy part make sure you have some plastic down or a trash bag works

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Mix the glue with water Fill the water to a little less than half and mix one and 1/2 Glue containers
next add the sand and Kitty Litter mixing it well so it becomes like a paste

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next is the other messy part time to add the GOOP make sure you get an even coverage on the front and back

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using a fodder piece i added tank treads by pressing in the wet goop sand till it gives an impression

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now you can add anything else you want to the dio for effect a tire Uneploded bomb and a 55gal container

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ok so the second part to the first Dio "Lets add paint!!!!"

first i said i needed to beef up the wall and add detail well i just cut some odd shaped pieces of cardboard from a thinner piece of cardboard then Hotglued them in place

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next is the the base coat paint i used black putting the paint in a disposable container and adding a little water to thin it up
Walmart sells this acrylic paint for .94 and its great for these kind of projects

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ok so i was lookng at the wall on the dio and was no happy with the idea i see Cardboard so i took this one step further
i picked up some wall Compound from Wally World for like 2.49 and went to town adding the spackle to the wall smoothing it out and i also cut two holes in it before i started

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after i got an even coverage and smoothed it out i wanted the Wall to have texture so i took a paintbrush and just stippled it lightly to pull a little of the spackle out do this over the entire wal piece front and back

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ok so when a hole gets blown into concrete what do you see??? Rebar right its the metal that makes wall durable
so taking some wire i have (welding wire) or you can use a paper clip i trim some small pieces off and placed them into the coragated part of the cardboard when the spackle dries it will hold these in place

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