SprueOne

To be totally honest, I looked at this thread many times thinking that the Toned BW taped to the wall was a real shot you used to compose the dio.

I didn't want to admit it, but since SprueOne broke the ice........ 

All the time you put into this definitely paid off.

SprueOne

garzonh

Hi to alll!!

Yes, I know, I being changing the name of my diorama but it really has changed from my initial vision.

So finally finished it! after 7 months!!!...wow!, this was complex.

I like it very much how it turned out....taking in consideration it is my first one !!!

The only thing I do no like are the figure faces...I must had painted one of them at least 10 times and still could not achieve the result I wanted. I need some face to face classes....

Anyway, I know I am not at the level of other hobbyists..but I tried I really tried...

OK, so here it is. Sorry for so many pics but...is my first baby, and I think it has so many details its worth it.

See you around.

Wow, I thought these pictures were the real 1/1 thing  

Great composition and details through out your build

Thank you very much, I do really appreciate your comments.

It took me a lot of time to complete but with words like yours it was worth doing it. A great learning experience also for using oils.

SprueOne

Wow, I thought these pictures were the real 1/1 thing  

To be totally honest, I looked at this thread many times thinking that the Toned BW taped to the wall was a real shot you used to compose the dio.

I didn't want to admit it, but since SprueOne broke the ice........ 

All the time you put into this definitely paid off.

garzonh

Hi to alll!!

Yes, I know, I being changing the name of my diorama but it really has changed from my initial vision.

So finally finished it! after 7 months!!!...wow!, this was complex.

I like it very much how it turned out....taking in consideration it is my first one !!!

The only thing I do no like are the figure faces...I must had painted one of them at least 10 times and still could not achieve the result I wanted. I need some face to face classes....

Anyway, I know I am not at the level of other hobbyists..but I tried I really tried...

OK, so here it is. Sorry for so many pics but...is my first baby, and I think it has so many details its worth it.

See you around.

Wow, I thought these pictures were the real 1/1 thing  

Great composition and details through out your build

Sacre-Bleu !

 You have broken my hair shop .You Brutes ! Very good , keep the pictures coming !  T.B.

The reason I knew that is because I've built one. When I built mine, I only painted the tires, stearing wheel, tools, and the head lamps. Overall, the build was really easy.

Conky

P.S. During the project I cut my hand, so I named the half track Hans

Thank you very much Conky!, you are correct, it is a Tamita half track. That kit cost me $18 USD. so i was experimenting with it with oil colors. All the painting (except the gray primer), was done with oils.

I liked how it turned out, so I put in the diorama to be displayed.

Great job! From the looks of it you put a tamia german half track (with amazing wheathering) in, nice.

Conky

I could tell a lot was going on, really looks good.

Greg, thanks for your compliments.

I do have to improve  a lot in the figures, I think that is my weakest point. I do need a face to face, hands on training on doing them.

Definitely someone should make a DVD or youtube video on how to paint figures, I have seen a couple but they are vague.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by.

Not only a very nice job, but it is a heck of a lot of fun to look at too!!

Excellent work. Hard to believe it is your first dio!

Thank you very much jibber!

I really appreciate the people who take time to write down a comment.

The base was painted with several washes of oils of burnt umber, light brown very thinned. It also has some AK oil stain and finally a lot of backyard dirt, AK pigments, crushed red brick.

Cheers.

Very nice work on those buildings, I have a couple Mini Art buildings and had to brace the interior with stock styrene, theres no way to glue this ends together that don't match. Great job on the 251, really cool in B & W. Question, how did you paint and weather the base? Terry

That's the things with dio's, they can be time consuming, especially when you start adding buildings and lots of figures. But you can do dio's with simple bases that don't take to long, the Pz III I finished recently took about 5 weeks, so don't worry, its not always a long task.

Thank you very much Bish and  Squatch88, Im really happy to read your comments.

This was my firts dio and it was too much tiume consuming, I have a stock of armo to be built.

As much as it breaks my heart to see a 251 like this, that's one really nice dio. Sweet indee.

GREAT JOB! Very impressive...makes me want to do a full blown diorama. My first one will be a plane and some ground equipment and crew, nothing fancy just a dip in the water so to speak. Also, I dont think anyone here will ever complain about too many pictures!

My friend Gamera thank you very much.

Yeah, I need to learn how to use Photoshop to improve this kind of photo settings.

See you around.

Wow, very cool!!! Turned out great!

I love the black and white photos!

Hi to alll!!

Yes, I know, I being changing the name of my diorama but it really has changed from my initial vision.

So finally finished it! after 7 months!!!...wow!, this was complex.

I like it very much how it turned out....taking in consideration it is my first one !!!

The only thing I do no like are the figure faces...I must had painted one of them at least 10 times and still could not achieve the result I wanted. I need some face to face classes....

Anyway, I know I am not at the level of other hobbyists..but I tried I really tried...

OK, so here it is. Sorry for so many pics but...is my first baby, and I think it has so many details its worth it.

See you around.

Thank you very much for your comment.

I do really appreciate them.

I've beeing hold up with a lot of work and not able to start the figures.

Saludos!!

Love the makeshift shoring up of the wall. Hope it holds up

Hi to all,

Thanks for stopping by... 

Well, finally had some free time...spouse away with the kids to visit family.. , so I was able to do a lot of work. Added more ground, rocks and dust. Also added some wood debris and a sign.

I added some big wooden beams to prevent house from collapsing...

Added some dry brushes, but also added some green and a flower, I think a litle bit of color adds some warm to the chaos. Also, nature tends to find life and blosoom even in the worst environments.

I will not work on the figures, I have been delayed since im missing some colors, also found out that the house seems too big for the figures. I will have to work with perspective.  ; again, MiniArt dissapoints me..

Still, I have not finished, Im missing the street lamps and other accesories.

So, here its, hope you like it... 

No problem, no need to apology, glad to help you; and yes, they are part of the kit.

Bish

Now that's really nice, defiantly better than my previous attempts at buildings.

Thank you very much sir...I hope too make it look real nice, once I filled in with debris and such.

Again, thanks for commenting. 

jlbell

Im working on my first DIO and i can feel youor pain with the MINIART building . The kits are not very well setup as far as instructions material or user friendly patterns.

Tell me about it, this is the last kit I buy from MiniArt for this big size....probably I will only buy them for small dioramas like walls, paths and such.

My apologies if this has already been explained,but did you scratch the shutters or are they part of the kit

Now that's really nice, defiantly better than my previous attempts at buildings.

Im working on my first DIO and i can feel youor pain with the MINIART building . The kits are not very well setup as far as instructions material or user friendly patterns.