Took Mikes advice on the picture (and the sympathy on the accident...)
It's made up of dollar store picture storage frames. Each frame is about a buck and a quarter. Take two, clamp and glue them together at the sides. Repeat then clamp and glue them into clusters of 6, 8 or more. The backgrounds are 5 by 7 pictures printed out from Joe Amaro's site at the walmart photolab.
With the boxes and the glue they come in at just over $10 a piece to make. For a figures behind glass solution, you can't get much cheaper. You can get about 4 rah or 3 newsculpt/25th/roc figures in each box.
They aren't finished. I have to sand them and paint them the wall color so that they blend in. That will have to wait for warmer weather.
They are subtle, and I like how small the footprint is. They don't take up any more space than a picture in a thick frame. You can put them in small places where you couldn't even hang a picture. The area is narrow enough that the figures can't fall down easily.
I have others, one for every army builder from 82-89 and the other years of joes. When I get them completed, I'll post the rest.
