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Stalingrad Diorama WIP *UPDATE* 2/27/11

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Posted by Tankluver on Saturday, October 30, 2010 12:37 PM

zokissmo i think i saw a sdkfz 251 in a previous picture for his dio

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Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:09 AM

This one will definitely be interesting to watch.

Plans for any vehicles, or only the building plus figures?

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Posted by total american patriot on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:49 PM

 

I'd say a bit brownish colour almost tan.

 

 

 

i need to do more research, i dont know if it varies by period

 

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Posted by 101stAirborne on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:03 PM

Thanks for all your input guys!Yes I know it will help make my diorama better.Big Smile

Does anyone know a good color for the Russian uniforms? I used Tamiya khaki (XF-49) and it seems to dark. Is there a better color from Tamiya? From another brand?Hmm

 

Models on the bench:

Too many to count!

  

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Posted by total american patriot on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 4:27 PM

Nice so far! YesBut make sure to tone down the white and highlight the stitches on the russian figs

 

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Posted by Jim Barton on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:40 PM

bondoman

The stair set won't do...it's way too modern and throws the thing off. It looks more like an element from around the 1960's. But you could make something up out of wood, no doubt.

 

Or modify it so it looks like it's from an earlier era.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:17 PM

Some nice WIP!!! Keep in mind that the two German figure sets are different; one is Heer and one is Waffen SS...

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Posted by 101stAirborne on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:12 PM

The stair set is for outside the building, there will be wooden stairs on the inside.

Models on the bench:

Too many to count!

  

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Posted by bondoman on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:38 AM

The stair set won't do...it's way too modern and throws the thing off. It looks more like an element from around the 1960's. But you could make something up out of wood, no doubt.

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Posted by smeagol the vile on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 1:13 AM

This is looking interesting.

I LOVE that tamiya russian set.  there are so many figures in there, so many good poses.  get a few just to have extra parts laying around.

 

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Posted by 101stAirborne on Monday, October 25, 2010 6:26 PM

Total american patriot - It takes me a while to make figures too, but I am not using all of the figures in each kit just some of them. This ones going to take a while though.

bbrowniii - here are some wip pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I painted this russian guy's uniform wiht Tamiya Khaki (XF-49) and it seems to dark for russian uniforms. Does anyone know a better color to use for their uniforms?

Models on the bench:

Too many to count!

  

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Posted by total american patriot on Monday, October 25, 2010 4:10 PM

gosh how are you going to complete all of those figgies!Indifferent I finish one at a pace of a week and you have 22 figures!

But on topic, the project looks cool. Looking forward for some urban rubble. Tanks too?Stick out tongue

 

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Posted by oddmanrush on Monday, October 25, 2010 3:00 PM

Wow, a good amount of figures! This seems like a very interesting and ambitious project that I'm anxious to see.

I've put those Russians together as well as those Germans from Kharkov (top photo). Both nice kits and good looking figures. The only thing I noticed was that they scale out differently. The Germans are Dragon figs and the Russians are Tamiya. Compared side by side the Russians look about a foot shorter and a lot more malnourished, so to speak.

Since you're doing an urban scene where the Russians are inside and the Germans are outside, the difference in size may not be that noticeable. I like those stairs too, like I said, I'm anxious to see how this pans out.

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Posted by bbrowniii on Monday, October 25, 2010 2:49 PM

Ryan

Judging by your previous work, this should be a nice one!  I'll be excited to see how it goes.

So, got any WIP pics yet???.....  how 'bout now?.....   now?? Wink

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Stalingrad Diorama WIP *UPDATE* 2/27/11
Posted by 101stAirborne on Monday, October 25, 2010 2:44 PM

I am startinga new diorama that takes place somewhere on the eastern front. I haven't decided where exactly yet. There is going to be a German halftrack stopped outside the building, Russians in the building and the Germans are going to be trying to take over the building. Since there was a lot of floor-to-floor and building-to-building combat, I wanted to make a diorama that showed that. Here are the kits I am going to use:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully I can start construction soon!

Models on the bench:

Too many to count!

  

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