Feedback wanted on new line of kits.

I would like to see some eastern european storefronts/urban areas (I know that this region includes many archetectural styles, but some generic stuff would be nice)

Is their upper floors for these buildings?

A spot for a sniper or recon guy?

I personaly would like to see some smaller buildings offered by companys like a small lean too,stable,or sheds.

One thing I particularly like is the height. It's nice to see something out there that will dwarf figures and models to give a grander sense of scale.

As for what I might like to see, what about something that was already ruins before it was ruined? Something like an old Abbey, or a castle section. they were used quite a bit for cover, as the walls and stone were much thicker, and made for better protection.

666Irish wrote:

One thing I particularly like is the height. It's nice to see something out there that will dwarf figures and models to give a grander sense of scale.

Gotta be careful with that... When a structure overpowers the scene, the point of the diorama is lost on the viewer... In most cases, unless the action/story calls for it, the suggestion of a tall building is better then the actual tall building... Going over two, two & half stories in height is pushin' your luck...  A great diorama can be ruined by background stuff detracting from the main point...

One guy that pulled it off on a regular basis was Bob Letterman.  His massive urban dioramas were a thing to behold... But they also had dozens of figures and vehicles... They still followed the "rule" that the dio should be wider than it is tall (his stuff was as big a pool table, but nothing was much over 2 1/2, 3 feet high).  Shep Paine did a tall building dio (On the Green Line) that worked as well, and was taller than wide, but he elevated the action up to almost the top of the first floor of the 4-story building, and the building was a focal point of the diorama's storyline (It takes place in Beruit, features an Israeli Merkava and a dismounted fire-team that had just had their radioman killed by a sniper in the apartment building), not just background...

My own work, I keep it to around two stories in height for MOUT, but suggest a taller building by portions of the third floor and a fair amount of rubble for the missing floors. 

I took this technique from a Shep Paine dio that takes place in Arnhem during Operation Market-Garden, here:

Again, there's no "law" against using tall structures, but the "rule" applies in most cases, especially in competition with other dioramas... If the tall building isn't essential to the story, it's best to go smaller and make sure that your veiwers not only see the focal point of the diorama, but that they see it immediately... The eye is drawn naturally to the tallest objects on the diorama, so if they don't see the main story right away, it needs to go higher, or the tall stuff needs to get lowered...  'Course, in the end, everyone will do what they want to...

If I were to use these buildings, I'd have to use several of them and make quite a large diorama, I think... Not that that having to purchase several of your kits would break your heart would it, Randy? 

They would also be great for a kit-bash, come to think of it..  

Excellent points. I have just had one in my head for a while that requires more height than width... but not so much building that it overpowers the focal point or the story.

I've pretty much just been too lazy to scratch build something for it. LOL

LOL, know the feelin'...  I had about 20 10"x6" plaster "sheets" curing in various locations around the apartment just yesterday for my building work...  Don't have any particular buildings going up soon, but when I do, it'll likely hit me at 2:00 A.M. and I gotta keep it quiet lest I incurr the wrath of Household 6... So I have the prefab walls ready to go, more or less... 

I'd really like to do something on the scale of Letterman's work, but so far, there isn't much chance I can knock out a wall and build into the next-door apartment...