Building a Diorama.

[Guest]

its called TAMBOR... search mold making....

[Guest]

Its been nearly a week since my last update..Ive been painting figures.and accessories..so here we go



i mixed 200 ml of casting resin ..and poured this into the riverbed..moving the base around to get it into the corners...once it had settled i placed the Tiger into it..and put it aside to let it set...



next i painted some disturbed mud effect onto the first layer with some thinned earth coloured enamel..



so another 200ml of resin was mixed..and poured onto the first layer..some scale oak leaves were scattered into this. and pushed around with a dental probe, so they were not all stuck together..



finally after this layer had set.. i added the rest of the leaves. and mixed another 100 ml of resin for the final pour..

sorry about the quality of the pics..here you can just about make out the leaves spaced throughout the resin..it dosent show up too well in the pics but the resin is a subtle green. with the painted mud showing through the layers nicely giving a good sense of depth..

in this next pic you can see some of the accessories ill use..the stove is from a figure kit..as is the radio..the table is scratchbuilt..



and here they are in place on the dio..



here is another pic with some more accessories in place the ammo boxes are from a resin kit..the bottles and the stool are historex spares..the maps and newspaper came with the same figure kit that the stove came with..



finally here are the figures im using..im in the middle of painting the flak crew..should be finished in a couple of days..the single figure is a pegaso kit. of an luftwaffe officer..

[Guest]

Nice job on the figures. I also like the way you layer some detail into the water, such as the leaves and the mud paint to give it the sense of depth.

Very simple yet very effective. Superb job.

[Guest]

Superb Job Marty!!! I love the way it all came together and am really impresed with the growth on the concrete (one tiny suggestion though) how about a few mugs and plates as that would give it a real occupied look

[Guest]

Hahahaha you wont believe this but...mugs and plates were being painted as i posted my last update...great minds and all that....ive just got to mount the figs and itll be finished apart from dressing up the baseboard.. ill post the penultimate pics later tonight.....

[Guest]

right then..the figures are finished and in place..so..without further ado an all that..Enjoy.. its been fun...



























well thats it....a little touching up here and there...some final weathering [pastels] and make the baseboard presentable ..and you have one busy little diorama..now that wasnt too hard was it.. if i can do it anyone can..

im going to call this one "come and get it"......I quite like it even if i do say so myself........Marty........

[Guest]

This was jawdropping stuff!!! I'm amazed!

My oh My you got skills!!

[Guest]

cool Marty !!!!!!!!

[wonwinglo]

Marty,you have seen us proud here,the results are excellent,this is some diorama.

[Guest]

Superb job Marty. A quiet, natural moment in time captured as effectively as a snapshot but with the added dimension of being able to see it from all sides.

I really like the arrangement and I very much like the unusual base shape to give the view a completely differrent look.

[Guest]

thank you all for your kind comments,,,im glad you like it..in my enthusiasm to get it finished..i guess it could be a little smoother around the edges so to speak..and my photography skills leave a lot to be desired..but that aside i reckon its not too bad a job for a guy thats all busted up down his primary side....whimper... sniffle.....once ive made the baseboard presentable, and done the final snagging. ill pressgang my m8 into taking a few pics..[ his palsy aint as bad as mine]..and you might get to see it in focus..

Question for admin.......... can we please have a dedicated diorama thread?? this could encompass the whole gamut of dioramadom from railway layouts.to space marines.. hey just planting seeds. if not i can always find out where you live.and get all Monty python with your maiden aunts..or sob uncontrollably into the crook of my elbow........twitch twitch.....

[Guest]

its is an amazing diorama. you always see these brilliant dioramas and think "how the heck did they do that?" now we know!!!

where did you get the oak leaves from marty?

[wonwinglo]

You have created a literal stage,portraying important history,a step back in time in miniature.

[Guest]

Awwwwww.... shucks...[blush]..whai suh. aye doo buleeve yoo flattah me suh

yall caint be talkin bout liddle ol me.....[titter....giggle]..

i get the oak leaves from netmerchants..they are made by plus model..who do a fantastic range of accessories for dioramas..at fair prices.. i love their stuff.. and i hate to spend money on stuff i could probably produce myself..

im working on a scale "cookie cutter" to punch out my own leaves.. but in the meanwhile these are the ones i use they also do linden and maple leaves..[were there any maple trees in europe in ww2?]are they not a species peculiar to canada?

[Guest]

Marty

whilst your attempts at a diorama are to ne applauded i think that the quality of presentation and execution skills fall far short of the standard that we hope to see on here so please re look at your model

ONLY JOKING MATE ITS AWSOME WELLDONE YPU PUT US ALL TO SHAME