Hey guys,
well here it is finally completed. The next in hopefully a long line of dio's to be posted for review, friendly comments, helpful suggestions, or just general talk. this one is being used as a display hopefully showcasing some of the Smith Military Modeling line along with some Dragon armor and figures.
I hope everyone likes it, but i would love to hear all comments, or questions good or bad.

thanks for looking,
Gary Smith,

Wow, nice, simple and a bunch of great details.
Great diorama, for some reason I really like the way you set it up.
Personal suggestions, with the amount of debris in the building just a little too much glass in what looks like a walk area. Maybe just a little little bit of loose stuff, leaves or such, on the make shift shelter on the floor part, someone had to have been in there.
The tank looks placed not driven, tight corner so it had to spin a little, maybe a little bit of pushed up loose debris by the tracks.
Those were only suggestions. You did just an excellent job,
Congrats,
Bob

Hi Gary

As a showcase for your items and capabilities I think it is very good but...

and no offence taken I hope, it's my opinion, you need to lose about a third off the length of this scene.

To much space, too long.

Just like the lens on a camera, bring it in tighter, more focused.

Move the tank and the figures over closer to the building and get rid of the second ruin, the one with little left standing.

I've read about your sets, and how you've gone about creating them so they can join together and I think its a great idea.

The only trouble is I can see a repeat pattern on the road. I think it would not be so noticeable if you'd painted and weathered it differently.

Unfortunately you seem to have actually emphasised this pattern to make , certainly to me, more aware of it in a way, by repeatedly highlighting these sections of bricks.

I think also if the road had been used and was quite a busy one you would see tell tale signs of wear in what I would call the trackways, the place where vehicles, carts etc. wheels run, as opposed to the centre and edges of the road. Only subtle, not great troughs but the bricks/sets worn slightly down more.

I hope you don't mind, you did say any comments good or bad

It took me a few seconds to suss out what the circle with two white lines was...d'oh a close up of the detail on your broken timber framework. Nice touch, just a bit difficult for my old brain to fathom at first.

Good luck with the diorama stuff, I think its some of the nicest I've seen.

regards

Alan

trust me no offense is taken, i welcome all comments and take them as helpful advice. i appreciate your ideas and agree mostly on the roads, and i think the length is up for debate i have seen some smaller more square dio's that i liked and wanted to try a bit different on this one, the shop i built it to put into needed a longer more narrow display.

thank you for the comments i'll work on the road a bit in the future builds,
gary

Gday Gary
I'm most impressed mate!
Some great details on the AFV (Stug? Can you tell I build OD things?) and I reckon your flesh tones are spot-on...
I'd like to see plenty more rubble around the structure, and definitely shorten the bases in future, (unless there is a reason for it such as interaction between one end and the other.)
The brick road is super as is the rubble you have. One thing though; what are the shadows on the front edge of the base? Are these just squared off edges where they would protrude further?
Brad

Great work Garry,

The stug looks great and your weathering and groundwork skills are great, as are your figure painting skills. However, I would agree with the comments made by both Alan and Brad and would also question the camoflage pattern applied to your figures. Did you follow a pattern or use a bit of artistic license with these?
Otherwise a great dio, if a bit on the sparse side - Get a couple more AFV's in there! How about a wrecked T-34?

James

Overall I love the color and tones used in this. I think everything 'fits' well.
For me there is too much open space, maybe some type of 'blockade' on the right side to show they have set up a strong point. Maybe a few timbers in the street on the left side to match the inside timbers. Both items wont take up much space and they can show your road too. If you angle them a bit they will draw the viewer to the middle too.

Gary, nicely done !!!
The Stug looks great as does the figs. [ camo aside ].
Although I do agree with certain comments on the build, I think you could deal with the length and open area, by simpley building up the background with more structures and /or trees and making it a three sided visual. This way you wouldn't have to cut anything up, personally once it's gotten to this stage basically it stays that way.
Cheyenne

Hey guys,
thanks for the comments. i'm happy that overall it's pleasing a few minor dislikes aside.
as for the questions, Brad, you are correct the edges are cut off as if you sliced through the groundwork i didn't want everything to fade down to the edge.
James, the camo pattern was actually from a book of the SS it was from the reversable smocks they wore but it was dirty, my first time with this type of camo but when i look at the real pictures i think it's pretty close.
I like the idea of a three sided view, i may try that in the future, this on is already gone.
thanks again for the comments,
Gary

Gary -

Looks great, enjoyed looking at this scene you've come up with. Done a nice job with the figures and Stug, thanks for sharing your work.

Cheers! Tim

AMAZING! I love the weathering and wear on the armor. Great detail all around.