Figures are nicely done!  And the kit looks great.  Overall awesome 1st diorama.

Lots of good work there.

Very nice first dio. I would urge you to consider to sticking to 35th. They don't need to be as big as that and there is a lot more variety in kits and accessories.

That's really cool! Nice work! 

1/72nd is good for a bigger dio but the figures are going to be so small. I really like how in 1/35th it's easier to see your guys! 

That came out well. Next dio you build, start by building a scale model of it quick and dirty with scrap. That reaslly helps to get the composition right.

Since you are taking it to a show, some comments seem reasonable. The tank seems out of place. In it's position, it would have had to back up into it, which seems odd. And it would cave in the wall of the trench.

Try integrating the figures into the landscape more. It all looks like wet mud, which is good, so splash it on your guys. Dig them into the surface when it's still wet.

And make sure the guy with his Lewis gun doesn't kill his officer.

Bill

Thank you all for the advice and support.

I submitted this diorama into a local IPMS competition and did not win anything.

I learned much in the process though and the judges gave me some very good advice which yall also suggested. I plan on applying this to my next work.

• The soldiers are not dirty
• The tank is not dirty
• The tank floats on the mud, has to have weighty feel
• The trenches behind the tank should be damaged
• It does not look wet enough
• It is missing detail in trenches such as signs buckets, tools, etc.

For your first diorama, it came out decent. You learned an invaluable lesson in that IPMS. But now you know what to expect. I immediately noticed the "too" clean sandbags, although your groundwork is muddy enough. Don't be discouraged; you did pretty good.