Nick with fellow miniatures artist and friend Penny Meyer, who painted the backdrop.

Nick’s day job as a focus puller/first assistant camera on Hollywood film and television sets gives him access to research the original equipment used in many of the films he models, and the attention to detail in his scratchbuilding is astounding.

A philosophical question for this site: Is a clear plexiglass box diorama still a box diorama? Well, it’s got four walls—and in the case of this amazing piece, and Nick’s Creature from the Black Lagoon, we say yes!