Hello everyone. I've allready posted some pictures from this diorama in the figures section, but I'm posting some progress pics of it right here.
The idea is that a German soldier is shot in the leg by a sniper, and after quickly realizing he needs more medical attention than he can provide (and he needs to get it from behind cover!), he's trying to get back to his comrades. It's almost like the Saving Private Ryan scene, except the wounded man is trying to get back behind cover.
I've allready asked several forum members if I've done the blood with taste, because that was a big concern of mine. I've never done a model or dio with blood before, but I decided it was time to show the consequences of declaring war in my first model/dio since a two year vacation from the hobby.
So without further explaining, here it is:
Here's the view from the top. It's a simple cobblestone street with a side walk and a blown out house. Rubble will be coming soon.
Here's the wounded soldier trying to get back to his comrades. I didn't want to be liberal with the blood usage, but I also wanted to convey the message without making it sugar coated.
Here's the counter-sniper in the dio. He's going to have a sniper rifle and he's going to be carefully looking around the corner, looking for the sniper that hit his buddy. He doesn't have a wash and he isn't highlighted yet, but the basics are done (mostly).
Here's his grenades and rifle before painting. I didn't have a scoped kar98k, so I decided to make one from a DML stock kar98k, some styrene strips, and a tube-like part of a tamiya panzerfaust.
Thanks for looking! I'm still kind of concerned about the blood, because I know it is sensitive and this is my first time using it, so any remarks on it and the rest of the dio is welcomed.
JULY 26, 2006 UPDATE
Here's some updated pics. I gave the counter sniper a wash, highlighted him, and gave him a five o'clock shadow with the wash. I used paper towel strips to make the canvas strips tied around his rifle.
JULY 30, 2006 UPDATE
I'm now making the medic in the scene. I've also done some work with the diorama.
Here's the DML medic from the "Fallen Comrade" set.
I felt like making the sleeves look more real. I cut of the medic's hands, drilled out the sleeves, then glued his hands back in. A little trick from Shep... And I probably should have done it on the other figures in the scene...
As you can see in the next two pics, the trench coat pieces came in four different parts, and they created two monster gaps! I knew they weren't supposed to be there, so I had to bust out the super glue and sanding sticks...
Well a little super glue, a sanding file, my sanity, and a half hour later he's painted up in JA Green.
Here's the crude rubble the way it was a little while ago. It was made with thick plaster and has glued on bits of crushed plaster on top. First time making rubble, so I wasn't exactly sure what I was doing... I temporarily took out the wounded soldier to get some airbrushing done.
Now here's the rubble with the wounded soldier back in and the rubble has been airbrushed, washed, and highlighted.
Here's the counter sniper peeping around the wall looking for the enemy.
Here's the new edition to the dio, the medic. You saw him being assembled above, now here he is all done (the bag isn't painted yet, but it's on the way).
This is how I intended it to be. The medic's head is only visible to the wounded soldier, as if he's peeping over and giving him directions or something.
This is the overall dio.
And a second shot in a different light.
The dio still isn't finished. I'm not happy with the inside of the house, it looks to plain and you can see flat carboard on the floor and walls. You may have noticed that the wounded soldier's rifle is gone, so I need to put it back, and paint the doc's bag. I was going to put one or two more figures in there, but I don't know if I have the room. To be honest I didn't really plan it out that well, and I should have had the figures assembled and imprinted their feet in the wet plaster to get a better stance in the ground. It's been a while since I've done anything, let alone a dio, but I'm learning.
All comments of any nature are welcomed, thanks for looking!
Happy Modeling!