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csago

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June 2004

Seal team and lssc at the Mekong Delta - Vietnam diorama

Posted by csago on Friday, June 25, 2004 5:43 PM

Some pics of my first serius diorama, comments welcome. Thans in advance.
More pics at

http://groups.msn.com/digitaldioramas/deltawolfes.msnw

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yw18mc

Member since
April 2004
From: sunny imperial beach

Posted by yw18mc on Friday, June 25, 2004 6:11 PM

very nice piece of work csago, especially the effect you have gotten with the water. that is no easy task. welcome to the forum, great to have you and your work. semper fi, mike

mike

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renarts

Member since
April 2003
From: Sunny Florida

Posted by renarts on Friday, June 25, 2004 6:27 PM

WOW! Very nicely done. Welcome to the forums..... Now, are you going to share with the class how you got those great results? hmmmmmmmmmm?

Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 25, 2004 6:39 PM

Holy S%$T. That is a peice of work. Its great.
If I may ask what did you use for the water? and welcome to the forum.

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csago

Member since
June 2004

Posted by csago on Friday, June 25, 2004 7:00 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by thundergod

Holy S%$T. That is a peice of work. Its great.
If I may ask what did you use for the water? and welcome to the forum.

Thank you very much.
The water is made with clear poliester resin (in Spain we use the one named "cronolita", something like the envirotex), several layers (3-5mm per layer), with some drops of paint (acrilics or oils), more paint the first layers, less paint the last ones, and clear the last of all. When this one it´s almost poured, you can make the little waves with a wood stick, metal rod or something like that (make a test first out of your dio¡¡¡¡).
The foam is only acrilic artist gel from Golden Artist Inc, the heavy gloss one, several layers, picking with a wood stick for the "jumping" drops.
Thanks again.
Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 25, 2004 7:04 PM

Awesome piece of work, Csago. Your figures are very well done as well as the scenery. Great job!!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 26, 2004 6:32 PM

AWESOME!!!! That is fantastic work. The detail is great. The water is amazing. A tribute to the soldiers who lived the situation. Thanks for sharing. john swann

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Saturday, June 26, 2004 7:31 PM

That is an amazing piece of work there. Thanks for posting that.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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shermanfreak

Member since
January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:17 PM

Great workmanship csago !!!!!!

And welcome to FSM.

Thanks for sharing with us and I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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Keyworth

Member since
January 2003
From: NE Georgia

Posted by Keyworth on Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:59 PM

great piece of work. Thanks for sharing it with us. Most impressive figure detail. Keep them coming!

"There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 27, 2004 7:20 AM

The detail is incredible, may I ask what scale that is in and where did you purchase the figures, I have been looking into doing something on vietnam as well. great job man

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 27, 2004 7:47 AM

Incredible. Very nicely done.

Stephen

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 27, 2004 8:29 AM

csage,

First off, welcome to the forum. You jumped in with both feet with that diorama as it is great. Thanks for sharing.

Richard

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, June 28, 2004 12:01 AM

Looks really great. The water effect is awesome.

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csago

Member since
June 2004

Posted by csago on Monday, June 28, 2004 8:16 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by cheech27

The detail is incredible, may I ask what scale that is in and where did you purchase the figures, I have been looking into doing something on vietnam as well. great job man

Thank you very much, and about figures they are all from DML Dragon, the charlies from "Vietcongs" box (straight from the box, just they exchanged a leg from one to other, and arms from retails box) the pilot is the original from the LSSC kit (with a new head from "Vietnam helicopter crew"), the seal patrol is from "Seals 2" (with some legs from "Marine Recon" box and some arms from "1st cav div") and the M-60 gunner with usaf gloves is a mix of "Seal2" legs and head, "Marines Khe Sahn" body, and "Vietnam helicopter crew". Of course, scale is 1/35.

I must say that I´m "in love" with Dragon figures. They (most of then, no the oldest ones) are outstanding, very good and cheaper that the resin ones.
Smile [:)]

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gringe88

Member since
July 2004
From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...

Posted by gringe88 on Friday, July 9, 2004 10:07 AM

fantastic dio!! wish mine would turn out like that. what did u use for the foliage and how did u attach it. I'm doing something with a grassy field and the going is slow. I'm having trouble attaching the tall grass. thanks for the pics!!!

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-Matt

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csago

Member since
June 2004

Posted by csago on Friday, July 9, 2004 4:42 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by gringe88

fantastic dio!! wish mine would turn out like that. what did u use for the foliage and how did u attach it. I'm doing something with a grassy field and the going is slow. I'm having trouble attaching the tall grass. thanks for the pics!!!

Thanks, and the foliage is a base of dry moss, "cañamo" (sorry, I can remember the english word for it) rope painted with airbrush, some dry plants from florist shops, and some plants made of aluminium (from dentifric or wine bottles...). Most of plants are glued with white glue (the one the carpenters use), in holes made in the moss base through the poliespam base, and the plants at the river bank ar glued with contact glue.

For more explains you can check, if you like, the Missing-lynxs forum (constructive ....) and search "santiago tre".

Good luck with your dio boy ¡¡¡¡