@dirtylittlefokker, Thanks for the encouragement man! I'll do my best to get this craziness documented at least it should be a plethora of " Don't be like me and learn from my mistakes" kind of journey! This scale is a little daunting so I'll try and make the dio as elaborate as possible but it'll definitely have to be kept to a certain size comparable the actual model, ie; nothing like the Yoda dio or I would seriously have to make like 6 ft trees!

@tecko, Peter, I was thinking about your earlier post especially about the tree making part and was wondering myself how I'm going to make these huge honking trees when looking at the bookshelf the answer was staring back at me I have a copy of AK Interactive's FAQ Diorama book! Boom problem solved although I'll be documenting the build, I thought you might benefit from this book as well. I received it as a Christmas present but when researching where to purchase and prices for you, it is a little pricey but in my opinion well worth the knowledge it contains! Of course, Amazon has it but if you dive a little deeper some of the smaller hobby shops carry it as well and might have a sale on it. How this helps and it would be a great addition to the "tool boxk".

@dirtylittlefokker, Sir your 2 cents is worth a million here! This is exactly what I'm going for something simple but eye-catching like the Predator model #1 in your post. My drawback is my kit is not a movie Predator it's a made-up Predator (hope that doesn't disqualify me) and that's why I'm putting him in the jungle so it's at least somewhat true to the movie.