Dioramas...To build or not to build...That is the question.

[aaron]

Great posts...i wish i could just build a stand alone model but no...its gotta have figures and a base, its like an ocd.I love looking at dioramas and hopefully this thread will lead to more eye candy. Theres no such thing as a bad diorama...wip yes but bad, nah not in my opinion.Good thread Ron.Im sure everyone has access to dirt pva and twigs

[Guest]

Very well said Ron!

I think the diorama is the best place to learn about our hobby. I always try to do new things and tricks on the dioramas, I know is just my second diorama and is on the way... but the things I learn on it, after I practice on the tanks, cars or any kind of model can do.

And all the members here are friendly, and always help you or comments new ideas for your build!

No more to say...just do some dios!! lol

Regards

[Guest]

The rock faces (Woodlands Scenics Rock Face Learner on your blog) are really impressive.

A friend of mine who has a big railway layout with scenery, and is a geologist, said this when I told him about Woodland scenics Rock Face Learner:

"Excellent for granite, possibly also for Carboniferous Limestone (as in the Peak District). Selection of the correct type of rock is as important as anything else for determining location, so beware! In the south and south east sedimentary rocks would be more likely, but ensure the layering ("bedding") is consistent.The picture of a rock face in Rick's layout shows the importance of using vegetation to hide the contacts between the rock exposures. Photographs of the real thing are invaluable. Natural bark can be used to good effect too."

[Guest]

i have done a couple and i love designing them in my head and translating into 3d. i love figuring out different ways to build something. if i can do it then anyone can ....really give it a go you'd be surprised just how creative we really are.

Scott

[eddiesolo]

Well said Ron, have a go. I am rather good at Dio's...my issues are with figures, can I chuff paint them with any realism. Strange, but there you go. Warhammer dio, use junk and PC fans, bits of old cables etc and they turn out great, do a sunken wreck dio and 9 out of 10 times it works a treat...give a figure to paint and I'm stuffed.

Si

[Guest]

From my point of view Ron I am not worried about producing a Diorama at all. Really attracts me.

There are two things which prevent me from dashing into making one. The first is it takes a lot of time to make a model in my case aircraft. Before I have finished a model I am thinking about the next one & planning how to go about it. That is the juncture at which to make a diaorama. And so it does not fit with my schedule. IE I will be losing model making time.

Next is space. Nil space. If I made one I will need to make another which will entail throwing the first away to make space for the next. My character will not allow that.

But stupidly after saying all the above & contradict all of the above I am going to make a diorama but only because I want to amagamate two military vehicles with a helicopter plus a platoon. So that should be exciting. But the diorama is not central only as a convenient background I wedded to the models not the diorama.

Space well in the corner at the head of the bed. Removable in case we have a guest. Life gets complicated.

Also after moving I have had to reconstruct my shelves for showing finished aircraft. Although not a full diorama I am putting together a few bits & pieces to show the aircaft in their natural setting. I just hate to see them sitting there on a white conti board shelf.

Laurie

[Andy2035]

I know my biggest problem is a HUGE lack of confidence, it is something that has been with me since I was a kid and I've never been able to get over it...

I do try doing little things, I'm still trying to finish the two little trucks I was doing last time you called Ron, plus, my concentration has gone for a holiday at the moment so I find it hard to do anything, I sit down at the table, look at the models, try something and that is it...

One day I know I will give it a go, I did build a base and popped some paint of it, I just need to try and get round to finishing it, maybe if/when you pop over for a brew next you could give me some pointers please Sir...lease:

[eddiesolo]

You know Andy, I am in the same boat about confidence, my problem is not that I cannot do Dio's, but I cannot and do struggle on detail, especially on a neat model-hence crashed and sunken works. My disability means I struggle so a wreck, for me, is an easier option. But I am frightened of wasting time and money on something I know I would struggle with.

Si

[mossiepilot]

I've done a few "vignettes" for may tankie builds using bits of cardboard, expanded poly and bits from the garden.

Building them was the easy bit, the confidence buster is painting them to look like stone, brick or earth (read mud).

I've watched youtube vids and looked on here, and the advice is mostly the same, chuck the paint on, smear it about a bit and it'll be fine but after painstakingly making up a cockpit and doing fine detail work I get scared chucking paint about.

I think I worry too much about about what it'll look like in the end insted of just doing it and seeing what emerges.

Tony.