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Dioramas
Do you love dioramas & vignettes? We sure do.
Suggest links for first-ever diorama (snow)?
monsterzero_jr
Joined: September 08, 2007
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Armorama: 8 posts
Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007 - 03:44 PM UTC
Actually it's going to be very simple. My 1/35 KV-1 tank from Trumpeter (top photo) will receive a whitewash. Also, I have one of the new Tamiya snow pens for a bit of application of snow here and there on the suspension.

The tank will be displayed in a clear case. All I want is take the black base of the case and texture it with earth covered with snow. I want track prints in the snow, perhaps footprints of the crew that will be standing around the tank. I have set of 5 Soviet winter tankers from MiniArt. They stand upright in relaxed poses and are meant to stand on the ground around the tank.

If you have a link to a simple tutorial article describing tools, supplies and techniques please post.

P.S. If you're curious about the model all it's sporting now is flat black preshading followed by overspray of Russian armor green to fill in the panels. No washes or drybrushing yet so it looks kind of plain.



slodder
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Joined: February 22, 2002
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Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007 - 11:28 PM UTC
The KV-1 is wonderfully painted. Test all the ideas for snow on another subject so this beauty doesn't get harmed.

I use Woodland scenics 'snow' product. Build up the ground work and apply thin coating of white glue and water, sprinkle on. Add more if necessary. It has a coarse texture in the end.


Here are some snow links
https://hfmodeling.kitmaker.net//features/1255
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/82253&page=1
http://www.jbadiorama.com/archangel_-article.php?page=5
ColPickle
Joined: August 13, 2007
KitMaker: 11 posts
Armorama: 9 posts
Posted: Monday, September 10, 2007 - 11:53 AM UTC
hey mark, its lookin good. Just wondering what you used for that map you show in ur second pic.
slodder
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Posted: Monday, September 10, 2007 - 12:16 PM UTC
The map in the sniper photo under the cross is a map found from Google, printed off on an inkjet printer and cut and folded
I searched for military maps of the area I was depicting and used one of those.
beachbum
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Joined: March 05, 2004
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Posted: Monday, September 10, 2007 - 04:35 PM UTC
Very nice preshading work on the tank. Here's another link to add to the pile:
https://hfmodeling.kitmaker.net//features/1255
jafo
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Joined: September 19, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 08:34 AM UTC
great looking tank
sparky
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Joined: December 26, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 08:50 AM UTC
.Very nice build on the kv1
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