Diorama "The Long Winter"

Looks pretty good to me.  I'll leave the hstorical nit-picking to those who are better informed than I, however, I did notice the snow.  It looks great, but I'm not too sure about the placement.  Unless the figurs just got done rolling in snow, I doubt there would be that much caked onto their backs and helmets.  Likewise, I've never seen trees entirely plastered with snow like that except for around man made snow guns that stick to everything, at ski resorts.  Just some thoughts. Overall, I like it, especially the panther.

EDIT: also noticed that the wooden cmoponents (tool handles, jack block..etc) are just painted straight brown.  Simple drybrushing and washes make a huge different for wood textures.

EasyMike wrote:

The snow doesn't work.

It ain't snow...they just ran over the Pillsbury Dough Boy.

An overall good diorama.

Except for the snow on the Panther, it looks more like a frozen liquid then convincible snow.

IanIsBored2000 wrote:

Looks pretty good to me.  I'll leave the hstorical nit-picking to those who are better informed than I, however, I did notice the snow.  It looks great, but I'm not too sure about the placement.  Unless the figurs just got done rolling in snow, I doubt there would be that much caked onto their backs and helmets.  Likewise, I've never seen trees entirely plastered with snow like that except for around man made snow guns that stick to everything, at ski resorts.  Just some thoughts. Overall, I like it, especially the panther. EDIT: also noticed that the wooden cmoponents (tool handles, jack block..etc) are just painted straight brown.  Simple drybrushing and washes make a huge different for wood textures.

I dunno... I'm with Ian on this one. The trees look like they were dipped on white chocolate instead of having been exposed to the elements. Despite residency in Southeast Asia, Googling winter trees and scenes is pretty easy. Basic in fact. I don't live within a thousand miles of a thick jungle, but my internet access can take me there for decent reference.

Even though the construction of the Panther appears to be very good, the slopped-on snow effect detracts immensely, for me. I think Art Instructor could do much better. Sad thing is: after having looked at his work over the past couple of years, it seems to me that AI has lost any love for modeling.

The ground work snow effects look pretty good, if not a little too "clean".

Plus, I believe Ian lives in an incredilby snowy part of the states, so I will trust his judgement. 

Steve

Snow is difficult to model and have it look any good.  Some folks manage to get the effect better than others.  My point is the attempt at snow detracts from this model.  The vehicle and the figures do not look like they've been snowed on or have been out in the snow.

mpkev31b wrote:

IanIsBored2000 wrote: Looks pretty good to me.  I'll leave the hstorical nit-picking to those who are better informed than I, however, I did notice the snow.  It looks great, but I'm not too sure about the placement.  Unless the figurs just got done rolling in snow, I doubt there would be that much caked onto their backs and helmets.  Likewise, I've never seen trees entirely plastered with snow like that except for around man made snow guns that stick to everything, at ski resorts.  Just some thoughts. Overall, I like it, especially the panther. EDIT: also noticed that the wooden cmoponents (tool handles, jack block..etc) are just painted straight brown.  Simple drybrushing and washes make a huge different for wood textures. i guess you never lived in an area that has alot of snow? im from upstate NY when it snows , especially after a heavy snow, it sticks to trees pretty well and stays there as long as its cold enough. i think he got that pretty good. as far as the snow on the tank, a better technic would be to get a white glue base lightly dry brush it and sprinkly snow particles your useing over the wet base and it will be nice and textured to the way you want it to look.

Thanks for your kind comments and suggestions, mpkev31b! I talked to A.I. about the snow that and the comments given here. He confirmed that he tried to make it look like what he saw in documentary/films and that the problem is that you don't see the same thing as he did. Anyway, I thank to all comments/suggestions given here. ;-)