Hello Charles!

I think it would be cool to post some stills of your dio here, for people who don't like youtube (or browse at work, huh, huh), but I took a look on youtube and as usual with your work, I'm impressed. I like how you fulfilled the goal of squeezing all the trucks on a small surface, and all those small details one sees 1:1 almost every day but not so often in a model or dio. Weathering and chipped paint, and your "concrete" are also very good, too!

Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

Pawel

Hello Charles!

I think it would be cool to post some stills of your dio here, for people who don't like youtube (or browse at work, huh, huh), but I took a look on youtube and as usual with your work, I'm impressed. I like how you fulfilled the goal of squeezing all the trucks on a small surface, and all those small details one sees 1:1 almost every day but not so often in a model or dio. Weathering and chipped paint, and your "concrete" are also very good, too!

Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

 

Hi Pawel. Appreciate your response. I will add photos, as soon as I can take them. Thanks.

JoeSMG

Great job, the vehicle detail, weathering and builds are perfect. I particularly liked the concrete and Graffiti, your Dio’s are so life like I half expected to see an empty bag of Doritos and a can of Coke on the floor of the truck :)

 

 

Thank you Joe. I do appreciate your kind words.

Thanks for the tour around the dio Tiking!!! 

As much as I love your vehicles and figures I really love your concrete. Somehow the way you model the cracks and wear make it look just like the real thing!!! 

Gamera

Thanks for the tour around the dio Tiking!!! 

As much as I love your vehicles and figures I really love your concrete. Somehow the way you model the cracks and wear make it look just like the real thing!!! 

 

Thank you kindly.

My methods:

1. I mixed the tile grout very heavily with water.

2. Spread it on the area of the diorama. I used grout (thick consistency). I did this outside, when the sun was out and let the heat dry the surface of the grout. As this dried quickly, it slowly produced the minuscule cracks you see.

3. Even it out with spreader.

4. Took a sponge and dabbed certain areas with it. I continued to sponge certain areas to give the grainy patches you see in a few of the photos

5. I used a small spreader to draw over the grout to produce some of the half broken concrete patches; sub-levels, and other small u level, rocky crevices you see..

6. Then I used a black wash and let that dried for a day. Then went over it again with the same black wash. Then let it dried for an hour, then went over it with a brown wash. I will go over it again, to knock back the brown again. Will post the complete diorama when done. Hope this helps those who are probably wondering how I achieved this results.

Thanks Tiking! I'm going to have to write your instructions down somewhere- and hopefully not lose it! 

Gamera

Thanks Tiking! I'm going to have to write your instructions down somewhere- and hopefully not lose it! 

 

Otherwise, you can just ask me again. :)