It's a terrific diorama Chris.

I've got three WW2 scenario's planned for early next year and already have most of the basic kits & figures ready to be worked on.

One of them will be something similar to your diorama using a Tamiya Cromwell, Easy-Eight and the Masterbox 101st Tank Riders. If mine turns out even half as good as yours, then I'll be a very happy camper indeed.

Great work on the M4 and I love the figures. Kudos!

Thank you Gentlemen, 

I'm glad you like it.  It's my best work so far.  I know I have plenty of room to improve, but it was fun to take on some new challenges.  I'm looking forward to my next project, which will be a picture from the battle of the Somme.  

Thank you for looking,

Chris 

Thats a really nice dio. Great work on the vehicle and the scene.

Thanks Bish, 

I had fun with it.  It took me some experimenting and practice with pastel chalks to get the mud and dust looking right.  I think the figures turned out well.  Maybe I should post better pictures of the faces. 

-Chris

You have done a nice job with the pastels. How did you do the chalk writing on the side.

That was just a white colored pencil from the art store.  I had trouble keeping it sharp.  The tip would break off if I tried to sharpen the pencil to a very fine tip.  I wrote the graphitti free hand.  I just wiped it off with a damp Q-tip when I made a mistake.   

-Chris

Thats impressive, it does look like chalk. I was sure it could not have been painted. Thats brilliant.

Thank you sir

-Chris

Great inspiration Chris. The chalk graffiti on the tank really does take this diorama over the top. You did a fine job here.

What a clever idea, and you truly pulled it off well.

Wow!  What a great dio!  And you drew that with an art pencil?  Absolutely awesome!  Great work!

Eagle90

Thank you gentlemen,  

It was fun.  The art pencil turned out to be rather forgiving.  I'd follow my reference picture to draw out some graffiti.  If I didn't like a portion of it, I'd simply wipe it away.   It didn't take very long, but I did erase portions of it a few times.  

Wow, from warped plywood to this, I wish I had your learning curve.Really,really nice.

In all honesty, that warped plywood was a long time ago.  Thank you for your kind words.  I'm having fun in this hobby by trying new things.