A dio in 1/72 scale-Finished pics-Now with a tree!

wing_nut wrote:

Just one more suggestion--se that long, curving "branch" coming up from the bottom in this picture? Snip that off and lay a part of it down like it fell--and do the same thing to the corresponding on the other side; snip it off. This will give the tree a more-straight trunk and give it less of a look like a swamp tree.

Last thing--some Joefix leaves from Military Miniatures warehouse would look awesome (the kind I used on my "Lair of the Rust Bunnies" dio) sprinkled around the ground.!

http://www.milminwh.com/joefix_studio_p1.htm

Really impressive dio, I like a lot not only the vehicle and the accessories, but also the figures...:)

Preiser is one of my favourites and you excellent painted them, I enjoyed all the details you added to these figures, including appropriate the buttons on the shirt and the Wehrmacht camo patterns...:) 

I am very happy seeing you saying that 1/72 is more difficult than 1/35..:)

Mic wrote:

That pointing stick is brilliant!

Marc, that's some outstanding work buddy.

That pointing stick is brilliant!

I know this looks like I did this really quick but I had been thinking about how to modify these branches to look more tree like.  A few of the branches are cut from other and glued on the basic shape.  As long as I was playing with sticks, I gave one of the guys looking at the map a pointer.

Thanks once again to all the comments.

Doog, it is good to have your critical eye back where it belongs... in the US of A!  As I was doing the ground cover I was thinking, "Hmmm... where did all these leaves come from?"  Then when I put the log down, "OK so the leaves are explained, but what about this log?"

Hey Marc,

I can't believe this is 1\72nd scale.  Gosh Dog that's impressive Sir!  The vehicle, and the figures are just top notch! 

wing_nut wrote:

Chris if you make some just rememebr to clean it out befor emaking the Margaritas.

haha good advice   -and I'm with doog on the tree

Lookin really good!  It really isn't that easy to paint figures in 1/72, I'm not sure about 1/35 though, but I trust everyone else is telling the truth. Prieser sure makes some nice looking figures for 1/72.

Marc, very nice work! I love to make little 1/72 dios--they fit nicely in a bookcase display case, and are getting easier to find interesting accessories for all the time--when I started modeling all you had were those weird ESCI log-forts, if you remember...?

Anyway, I disgress....if I can add a suggestion? An important element that you've missed has to do with "vertical interest"--that is, add a tree or something to give some vertical element to the dio to balance the breadth of it. It could even be a telephone poll--but a tree or high bush is easier, of course.After all--think of it--you've got this long branch that the guys are using for a seat--where did it come from? And wouldn't there be more around? More trees, or saplings from that tree that has become a bench?

You'll notice right off how it seems to balance the scene even better that you thought.

Good start! I wouldn't mind seeing a little more green on the base too, like some more grass powder for contrast on the brown ground?

Thnaks Chris, John

Chris if you make some just rememebr to clean it out befor emaking the Margaritas.

HEy John... how ya been?  It will be there.

Great job Marc,hope to see it in a few weeks at the meeting.

John

Thanks Manny. 

The ground cover is a recipe from a book model railroad book I picked up at the LHS.  Basically just different color dry leaves from the yard.  I added some of this thin bark that a tree in my front yard sheds every year and some of the fine twigs from the same craft broom that I made the fascine bundle form.   It goes in the blender with water and gets pulverized.  Let it dry and put it through a kitchen strainer.

The tarp is tissue coated with latex caulk thinned with water.

WOW guys, I didn't expect such a responce.  Thanks very much for all comments. 

As far as telling whether these figs are better than anything else out there... Honestly, I don't know.  I have really only seen these and some of the 1/35 stuff from Dragon.  The detail on these little guys is pretty good and moldings are very crisp.  And they are broken down into heads, torsos, legs and arms so there can be some swapping to get what you are looking for

 1/72nd you say, Nay say I, for she is all to much detailed for the scale. Trully Marc I thought that it was 1/35th. Fantastic figures!  Your new name should now be "Hawkeye" due to your microscopic talent in brailscale.

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Hi, Marc, the little dio looks great, those little preiser figures are the business, so many fig's in that scale are in action poses, or they were when I as a kid and now they are all buried in the back garden.

Again brilliant work.

Regards,

Terry.

Proof that your training is complete. You have completed your transfer to the dark side. You are now a jeddi (model) master on the dark side!!

all this in 1/72......I am in shock.....banging into the wall from small scale blindness...

VERY VERY VERY NICE!!!

Rounds Complete!!

  This is just great man; the bonus is that it's SO small..... too bad they didn't give you a better axe to grind.

 Time and time again you manage to scale the weathering accurately to the size. With all the detail you can pack into 1/72, I know 1/35 will repeatedly be a treat.

 I always look forward to your submissions here.

 Don't kick yourself about the figures. I think they look just fine, I mean after all (good grief) they're 1/72 . And yes, 1/35 is easier.

What a wonderful contribution to the forum.