Hey guys this is my first diorama. It was really fun for me to do, i had a lot of fun planning it out and everything. I always like to see the stories that dioramas portray. In my dio the Brits have just won a victory in North Africa, a Matilda tank crew mingles with some infantry while their respective commanders study a map planning their next move. The dudes hanging out by the tank are trading victory cigars, while another trio are discussing their home lives or something. Two curious infantry men inspect a African hut (ok, a rather large african hut) that was bombed out in the heat of battle, revealing an 88 gun instalation (that would now be considered captured by the Brits). Inside they found an German soldier caught in the explosion, dead. in the corner, a large bomb crater is used as an empty gas can dump.
About the diorama itself. Its in 1/72 scale, which is very small for doing figures, i hope they look ok, but i dont know because i always see a bigger scale for dios. The figures are the Revell Scottish infantry figures, which come on a sprue w/ about 50 figures, but in repetive poses. I altered or kitbashed many of the figures into different poses, my first time doing that, some came out better than others. Below you will also find some pics of the finished figure next to the original pose, for comparison.
The tank is an airfix kit i found while brousing through my local hobby shop. Not fancy or anything, i got it cuz it was cheap and simple and then i decided to make a dio centered around it. The kit came w/ the hatch closed so i opened it and added a little detail. Well, the dio ended up being centered around the 88 as well, which i happened to have made. It was not done very well, so i repainted and refurbished the gun (before making it look blown up). The sand is decorative sand i found in a craft shop that worked out great, and no painting neccesary. The rubble is just pieces of concrete broken up, painted a desert color, and weathered. I found that a hot glue gun was useful in putting the dio pieces and debris together, though it was a little messy and difficult, but provided a strong, instant seal.
All questions and comments wanted and appreciated. Constructive critism welcome. Thanks for looking, I hope you enjoy.
P.S. Sorry for any blurry photos
P.P.S. I realize that in some photos you can see globs of glue where the figures are glued, i gotta fix that.
P.P.P.S. Click on the pic for a bigger pic.
If you want check out some pics on my photobucket thing http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a60/Sawdeanz/
Here are some of the figure comparisons
