Jimmy it looks really good, what are base demensions? I love how you painted/weathered the wall, I would like to get a step by step to help own endevors.

Bob

i shall do a step by step for ya. With pictures!!!!
i have 2 more walls to make and weather so i will take pics as i go along somtime tonight
base dimensions are around a4 paper size ,

This is some story mate! What was your great uncles name? That would make for a fitting diorama or vignette...
Sorry Jimmy, a little off topic....
Your diorama is coming along nicely, but often the 'feasibility' of a situation/scenario can cause a scene to become a bit cluttered... This can be overcome by displaying only part of a story, and allowing the viewer to interpret the rest. But as you are just finding your feet with dioramas, you will learn different techniques over time mate. (Please don't take this as sounding condescending; I am trying to be constructive here )
Cheers
Brad

no worries, at the moment, its looking v. sparse!!!
hoping for a balance tho!

Nice work on the dio so far. Can't wait to see it finished. Also hi from yet another teenage modeller (i'm 16).
Keep up the good work James

thanks Anirudh!
And Hi Back!:)

Hi Brad,

My great uncle's name was Tom Starcevich. He was with the 2/43rd AIF in North Africa, New Guinea and Borneo, where he won his VC. I am already doing a diorama, which is posted about here on Armorama and HF.

Progress Here
And Here
And Here Too

Looking forward to some more progress Jimmy,

Chas

looking good on the dio Chas!
all done yet?!!

a practice face
the tree i am making, havwe found some foliage for it !! buying on thurs

they would if they were full of water . from a short burst anyway before the water pours out . and if the barrels are metal.

im going to see how the model fits, if it is too big i may have to extend the wall
any other suggestions,
i suppose the mg42 gunner cound have not fired yet...

Jimmy you could move the car to the other side of the wall opening and put the wooden kegs and the cart in its place,you could then fill these with bullet holes to save your car kit being destroyed.
Just a thought for you.
Nice work on the oak tree.

Steve

I think they used old barrels as sandbags. I know my uncle did in vietnam. They burry them a little then fill them with dirt. Don't know if you want it in this dio considering it seems to be a hastilly put together position.Its looking great so far though!

-Mike

i would have to make the grass underneath the car yellow or browny?
as i wish it to be slightly disused, not in disrepair, just not been used for a couple of months,

So, if you don't mind my asking, what software package did you use for the virtual images?

, my truck was sitting all summer (thanks opec) there was no grass , just dirt directly under my truck and the grass was brown around the edges.

i have said that before it is a game map editor,

abnd looks like i will have to keep the car in the same place and just try to work around the problem

Well More Progress.
tree was made myself i used woodland scenics "foliage" for the Foliage!
you can see the small thready bits, they will be cut off.
some fo the tall greass is way t tallm, and will be cut down when the glue is dry, will add more tall grass when new wall is made and car is down

Good progress James,

When you are making the tall grass, try spreading it out into small clusters. Grass is just like a tank in the sense of 'how did it get there' (for tanks, you must show some sort of tracks in the mud, for grass, you need to show the spread of seedlings i.e when a gust of wind blows the seeds they will land and germinate in a cluster, and eventually dominate over smaller species).

After saying that, I really like that grass growing out from the bush next to the wall (third picture). That is a good example of 'the seed that got away' and managed to germinate in a low sunlight condition. Good attention to detail.

I'm looking forward to more progress,

Chas

snot finished yet, more grass is on the way, just not too much more

im starting to detail the base now,
most of the tall grass is finished, (well all of it i think)
hoping parcel carrying men and chopping block will arrive today!

Nice weapons. Can we have some overall pictures, I really want to check out the long grass.

I really suggest that you paint the static grass. Only railroaders leave it the out-of-bag colour. When the manufacturer makes static grass, he basically combines about 6 different colours of grass which are fluro green, dull green, brown, yellow, white and sometimes black. This makes the grass really stark in contrast, instead of a natural progression of shades which you see in nature. I suggest giving the grass a coat (or airbrush) of medium green, followed by a light brown in selected areas where the grass is not surviving very well. Then, give a light misting (if you have an airbrush) of light green to highlight the grass, if you use brushes, highlight the tips of the grass with light green.


Chas

i have painted the grass i can reach.
overall shots i took some but forgot to put them on (do'h)
here is a sneaky b/w preview of what it could look like,
well i need to build a new wall first!!

Looking nice. Only the head of the machinegunner is to high. If they fight that close together, he would be hit immediatley.

Lars

maybe he is crazy, and like i said , not finished yet..