Hey, I got the idea stuck in my head to make a sniper diorama. Its something thats really interested me for a while since I first started modelling. I have a few ideas for layouts.
1. Make a forced perspective scene. I was thinking about using a large scale figure like a 1/16 and then make the scenery smaller scale near the back to appear farther. I got tons of model RR trees and junk that I can use. I also noticed a big thing with distance is the colours seem to become subdued so I make sure to include that. For the back figure though Im not sure what scale to use to make it appear accurately far away (400m??) and how far the two should be apart.
2. Another forced perspective scene. I got the idea using maybe a lense or scope to view it with but that may be hard with the zoom and price too. But I think if I used a piece of plexiglass or something and had crosshair decals I could make a diorama in a box. People can look through the window and the crosshairs will be aimed at a small figure in the distance. This one is easier to create the illusion of the target being far away. Also you would have to look straight through to line the figure up with the cross hairs which would make it a little more entertaining to look at. The outside would be just a plain black box with either a clear top to give light or solid with lighting inside.
3. I though of just making a sniper hidden in a scene. I really wanna put the sniper almost out in the open like in Enemy at the Gates (don't flame, I already know) when Vasily is I think laying with a bunch of fallen soldiers in a yard or something? All I remember was he was almost completely in the open and his cloak camouflaged him almost completely until his glare from the lens gave him away.
4. While they arent really even close to a sniper and spotter team since I was thinking about camouflage the scene from Lord of the Rings came into my head. When Frodo and Sam come to the gates of Mordor and Frodo falls down the hill. Sam comes and pulls his cloak over them both. I thought this would be cool if you had them hidden behind the cloak from one side but on the other you can see them because the cloak hasnt been completely pulled over them yet. So when you look at the first side you just see all rocks but from the other you can see one of the rocks is actually a cloak. Anyways I have not LOTR figures just an idea though.
Anyways those are my ideas, which are just that right now. I still trying to choose an era and location for it to be based so any suggestions would help there too. Also help with a good 1/16 scale sniper figure preferably German or any WW2? Whatever is a good one will basically start the setting for the dio. Im really thinking of going for both the second idea and the third. Any and all input and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
My real name is Cam.
Interest: anything 1/72, right now mostly sci-fi and modern
In progress:
1/72 Sci-fi diorama (link in my web)
1/72 Leopard 2A5
1/72 APC Conversion to a MEGA DESTROYER