Hi Guys,
Well, this isn't exactly "armor", nor technically a "diorama" (?) so I thought I'd post it here--this is, of course, the Tamiya Field Kitchen, with some modified figures, and an Italeri BMW motorcycle.
I have to give a shout of "THANKS!" out to "redleg12" for graciously sending me the motorcycle! (I hope ya don't mind thatI buried it in a scale foot of snow, Mike! ![Whistling [:-^]](/emoticons/icon_smile_whistling.gif)
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It was built pretty much OOB, with only the extra figure comng from one of the old Tamiya "German Soldiers at Rest" box; the boys got new AM resin heads, and the poses were modified to look like they're crouching against the wind. The blankets/capes are lead foil, covered liberally with a few coats of white glue to build up bulk--they were a PAIN to do!
I'm planning on doing a tutorial on doing a snow scene like this with planting polyeurathane foam--I'm pretty happy how this came out, in terms of looking like the cart and horses are moving through the snow.
Here's the "walk-around" pics...
The snow is by Woodland Scenics...
The sticks sticking out of the snow are slanted to give the impression of a blowing wind....BRRRR!
I love painting horses! They were done mostly with oils-over-acrylics...
"Hans And Franz" ![Laugh [(-D]](/emoticons/icon_smile_newlaugh.gif)
Getting "franz" to "grip" his blanket required a lot of layers of gap-filling super glue to simulate the actual "blanket" in his grasp...
The abandoned/broken down bike....
And the "tracks" in the snow--I was both pretty surprised and pleased with the effect here...
I was thinking of calling this "No Gas but Grass"? What do ya all think? Then again, I thought also a more generic title like "Retreat from Moscow" might put you more "in the scene"? Any suggestions?
Be watching for the tutorial--I'll probably post it over in the "Diorama's" forums, but I'll post a note here when its up!
All questions, comments and suggestions welcomed ! ! ! ! the doog