2025 the war against Skynet , British campaign !

[Guest]

The 2 parallel lines on the worktop?

[Alan 45]

Nope

[Alan 45]

The 2 parallel lines on the worktop?

I've been thinking about this and I think your on the right tack mate but can you elaborate

[Guest]

1st rule in dio building nothing parallel to the edges of the base, by doing this it make the dio look like it was built to fit the base only. By offsetting your lines even by a few degrees it give the impression that the diorama extends outside the confines of the base.

Scott

[Alan 45]

1st rule in dio building nothing parallel to the edges of the base, by doing this it make the dio look like it was built to fit the base only. By offsetting your lines even by a few degrees it give the impression that the diorama extends outside the confines of the base.Scott

Your right mate but when the rubble is added you won't tell , the makings are only a rough guide so I new the best place to put the warrior , there will only be about 20% of the Tarmac showing.

The mistake isn't the lines it's to do with reality

[Guest]

You have spelt pavement wrong on the right hand edge

[Guest]

Well if it's about reality, forget it! Tried it once & that was the scariest 2 minutes of my life! o_O

[Alan 45]

Grahame your correct I have but it not right , it's as plain as the sky

I think it's so obvious that you won't notice it

Here's a clue , forget the dio think more reality , all I will say is we see this everyday without even noticing them

[Alan 45]

Ok nobody got it so I'll tell you

It's the junction , I've put a 90 degree angle for the pavement lol we have a rounded bend not a square one like the US

Anyway back to it this is my first 1/48 troop now it gives you the European DPM camo in the instructions but I'm not too sure about that Ockre colour I think it should be light olive so I will paint up another in what I think it should look like and another in a made up one but this is my first so I thought I'd put it up [ATTACH]81213.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[eddiesolo]

I think you should do the figures in various camo Alan, this is war against the machines, troops, conscripts, traffic wardens would be put into anything and issued with various uniforms. Forget the standard unified look-combine olive paints for packs etc.

Nice figure work.

Si

[Alan 45]

Cheers Si I agree mate I might even put a mix of different camo on a couple of troops as you say you would get what your given

[Alan 45]

Here's the other two camo I've been playing with

This is the European DPM how I think it should look [ATTACH]81215.IPB[/ATTACH]

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And now an urban camo , I will how ever use a lighter grey for the wash as I used a black for this one and it looks more grubby than shadow [ATTACH]81217.IPB[/ATTACH]

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on a few troops I will mix the uniforms so it gives a bit of continuity to the scene in a make do with what you've got type of thing

[eddiesolo]

They look good, a nice mixture of camo groups.

Si

[Alan 45]

Cheers mate I'm thinking of painting the equipment different colours as to break it up a bit, the scale seems to make them look all one colour

[Guest]

I don't know if it has been mentioned earlier in this thread, I couldn't see it anywhere but if it has my apologies, but this model was reviewed in Airfix Model World in May 2014. If you haven't seen it I am sure you will find it interesting.