Holy folliage Batman!  That's some terrific work, you really captured the feel of the jungle.  Could we see an expanded view of the entire dio? Love it and welcome to the forums!

It's really small, I think the tree's are taller than the base is wide.

Thanks, this one was a blast to build, the whole thing fell together in a about a week.

Welcome to the forum Slivo and thanks for posting!

Fantastic dio, the figures are great and yeah the foliage is perfect!

Nicely done... The foliage was a knock-out (until you said it was "store-bought, that is)...

How much did THAT stuff set you back?

Jon

That is an impressive piece of work!  Nice job and thanks for sharing!

Hans-Kamizukuri is a laser cut paper product that you have to make and paint yourself...so if you mean store bought, yeah it is, and it is expensive.  I never said "Store bought" by the by.

I was just teasin' ya...  It really is good looking stuff.. 

Personally, I'm a cheap-skate and my foliage consists of lichen, roots, dowels, wire armatures, putty, dried flowers and asparagus fern, and about half my wife's herbs & spice rack.. Oregeno, thyme, parsley, that kinda stuff...

Thanks Hans.

With all the new products out there it's really hard to go wrong. And yeah I do a lot of "backyard hunting", like for instance the litter on the ground is from a Birch tree in my neighbors yard. The trees are cedar branches with sea moss limbs. But if you really want a realistic effect you may have to cough up some dough...depending on what you want it to look like.

Cheers, and thanks for all the Kudos everyone

That is OUTSTANDING! Your figures look great and the foliage is just superb. everything ties in together perfectly. I wish you could have joined my Guadalcanal GB that ended here last month with this.

Damn it, sorry to have missed that one. I certainly hope to join the next one. I'll keep an eye out.

Thanks a lot, as I say it was a blast to build.

Jon,

I saw this in person at the Vacouver show and it was and is fantastic!  Well done Sir and welcome to the forums!

Excellent work Jon .  Thanks for sharing.

Regards,  Rick

Saw this one at Seattle IPMS and was very impressed! I wondered how the plants were done. Paper you say? Wow- if that is the case I am really amazed at how realistic it looks and what you were able to do with the painting. The whole scene works very well, the postures and positions of the soldiers and the layout of the terrain. Nice work!

NIce Diorama! and welcome to the forums

Mein Got und himmel! that is great, what did you use to make the foiliage and where did you get it?

Exceptional work!!!     

That foliage is unbeleiveably realistic. You should do some black and white photos. They would look really authentic.

The weapon the middle patrol member is holding, is it a Japanese weapon? If it is, that was a great idea. A little detail like that makes for a unique diorama.

Justin...

It is a Reising SMG, a weapon used only by the USMC in WWII because there were not enough Thompsons.

http://www.ww2gyrene.org/weapons_reising.htm

Thanks Stik. I have never seen or heard of that weapon before. Thanks for the link, lot's of other good stuff on there too. Learn something new everyday....

Justin...

I have actually handled one of those things. I work for a Sheriffs Department in California, and somehow, someway, our Department obtained a good size batch of them, after the war I presume. It is a solid heavy beast of an SMG. Unfortunately I have not yet had the chance to fire one. Glad to be of service to you Justin. 

Very nice indeed!  Especially with 'The Pacific' airing on HBO.  My Uncle, Col. Edmond J. Buckley was there in '42.  If fact he took over Marine Intelligence after Col. Goettge was killed on just such a patrol.

Hey, I especilly love the period correct Reising gun in the second Marines hands.  Well done!

-garrod kemp