Who Dat? Skeeter "The Swamp Man" Reid with Custom Swamp Diorama

This is the Lone Ranger's (a.k.a. John Reid) uncle

Skeeter "The Swamp Man" Reid. 

He lives down in da Louisiana Bayou.

Yeah, i just made that shit up.

Sounds legit though right?

He started out as a Lone Ranger figure.

I sculpted his hair and beard out of sculpey.

Dyed the shirt with Rit and added leather suspenders.

Corn cobb pipe is made from sculpey.

Hat and lantern are from a "Mysterious Prospector" set.

Pole is a bamboo skewer.

The fish is made from a fishing lure.

Raft and alligator are from the "Red River Rapids" set.

Snake is from the "Hidden Rattler" set.

Swamp is an MDF base with tile grout and polyurethane for the water.

Cypress knees are made from sculpey.

 I made the little frog in the back at a ceramics class 

my Mom took me to when i was 3 years old in 1974.

Custom Floating Shelves For Toys!!!

I made these floating shelves out of pallet wood 

to display my Lone Ranger dioramas on.

The Badlands.

The Saloon.

Butch in the "Carson City Bank Robbery" disguise

is a new addition to this diorama.

Mysterious Prospector meets the Slippery Fur Trader.

The fire pit is a new addition.

The whole Chimichanga!!!

Mysterious Prospector Mine Shaft Diorama

Custom Mine Shaft diorama for the

Mysterious Prospector adventure set.

Made from MDF, rocks, sanded tile grout

and some faux barn wood.

The ore cart is from the "Lost Silver Mine" adventure set.

Shovel is from the "Missing Mountain Climber" adventure set.

Here it is with the "Mysterious Prospector" figures.

Custom Saloon Diorama For Lone Ranger Figures

This is a Saloon Diorama that i created for the 

Gabriel Lone Ranger 10" figures.

It measures 16" tall and 25" wide.

Here it is in full "Gunslinger" mode.

Custom "Badlands" Diorama for The Lone Ranger and Tonto

Welcome to the Badlands!!

This is a Diorama that i made for the

10" Lone Ranger and Tonto figures.

Constructed from 1/4" MDF and Sanded Tile Grout.

Painted with four colors of spray paint.

I then added real rocks, weeds and moss.

The artificial Agave Cactus came from Walmart.

The Rattle Snake is made by a German company called Schleich.

Here are our Heroes The Lone Ranger and Tonto

riding their trusty Steeds through the Badlands.