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FSancho
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Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 10:50 PM UTC
Hello Everybody,

I present my second attempt dio, it´s for my IT-28. I want to do a river wint resin, fist layer fine, add plant motifs acuatics, more add resin and the end add Gel to modular water (no flat resin)...

All coments... Always It will receive very well, Regards,
Fernando Sancho.

PD: I´m sorry for my English...















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Posted: Friday, March 28, 2008 - 12:11 AM UTC
WOW, the sceen looks so real - specaly the rocks and the trees.

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Posted: Friday, March 28, 2008 - 12:42 AM UTC
Hi there

The scene looks nice. You've done a fine job on the rocks and the riverbed. The model also looks great - the weathering is good looking.

It looks like a dio that presents a vehicle, and not so much a story. Perhaps there should be something going on on the other side of the river? Just a suggestion.

No experience with working on watereffect, so I cannot help you there.

Anyways, good luck with it and thanks for sharing it.

Simon
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Posted: Friday, March 28, 2008 - 01:05 AM UTC
Hola Fernando,
Your technic for the water is a good one, take care to do real waterproof sides, protect your lunbgs from the fumes (work outside) and don't touch the resin before it's being completely set (1 week).
I rather like your trees
Good luck my friend
JB
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Posted: Friday, March 28, 2008 - 10:44 PM UTC
Hello again,

Thank you very much for yours coments. I am thankful.

Kaspar: I am Happy if you like... I put more photos with add.

Simon: I thought he gave two stories for the first fishing could be a soldier and the second a deer in the woods and the soldiers see it ... We will see which is, but I swear by the fisherman ...

Jean: Thank you for your advice to my safety, I shall take all the assurances. I have never used resin, so I will go slowly (keep in touch)

Here I show you two trials for resin ... (they are unpainted)




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Posted: Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 07:42 AM UTC
Fernando, you have done a superb job on the IT 28, very realistic looking. Love the river bed.
To add to the story as Simon suggested, you could have a guy on the other side looking under the bridge to check placement of the bridge. The 2 guys don't look like part of the scene, (not sure if this is your final placement) maybe have to guy pointing down stream, better location for bridge? or maybe back at the tank giving orders to the operator.
Don't forget to add depressions in the snow for that heavy beast, and a little snow on the trees, tank and bridge. Looking forward to seeing more progress on this one.
Keep the pictures coming.
-Bruce
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Posted: Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 07:52 AM UTC
Yup, looks great, Fernando! In particular the river bed and trees look stunning, can't wait to see this finished!

Cheers,
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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2008 - 01:03 AM UTC
Hello Again,

Bruce: Exactly ... I thought about various options to put figures, as described.

Jejejejeje, there will not snow (which I also thought), what you see is the white paper mache that used to the ground. (Optical effect ...). The ground i´sn´t to work and unpainted.

Mark: I am Happy that You like it. I am slowly... you have to wait as me...

thank you for yours comentens...Regards,
Fernando Sancho.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 09:32 AM UTC
Hello Everybody...

I put file pdf (in rapidshare) of my tutorial off trees, How do I make my trees.
I hope that You like it...

http://rapidshare.com/files/106202477/TUTORIAL_ARBOL_PINO__English_version_.pdf.html

Regards,
Fernando sancho.
FSancho
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 11:15 AM UTC
Hello everybody again,

I put new photos of my dio for It28, I have one small problem with vegetation... I want that my dio will be realist...and I'm afraid (jejejejjeje) but I will try...All coments... Always It will receive very well.

Regards,
Fernando Sancho.

Trees:







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roudeleiw
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 06:08 PM UTC
well, this looks wonderful so far. Do you have a better picture of the river bed?

I will take a look at your pdf file for making trees this evening, but it looks like some sort of tuya plant for me.
Cheers
Claude



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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 11:49 PM UTC
Looks great so far. Especially the trees are fantastic and look very realistic.
Do not forget marks from the tracks in the ground.

Looking forward to see more
FSancho
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Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008 - 11:50 AM UTC
Hello All,

You put some pictures of Dio-Base for my IT-28, missing a lot of detail work, but is slowly It will have shapes and colors ...

Comment will be wellcome received ....

Regards,
Fernando Sancho.
















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Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008 - 02:12 PM UTC
What can i say? awesome , your river is excellent as is the foliage.I like the whole layout and am looking forward to it's finish Thanks for posting Bob
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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 03:25 AM UTC
I don't know what the rest thinks, but I certainly don't call this a beginners diorama. There are many experts that don't make such nice rivers.

Lars
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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 07:23 AM UTC
Hi Friends,

Thank you very much for your comments ...

Bob: To make the river I have made many tests to get something real. The secret of the vegetation is to use materials from nature, All material is natural.
Whenever you walk through the bush'm going stares at the floor until I crash with a tree, jajajajajaja.

Lars: Beginners is because it is my second attempt to make a Dio, or rather a good "Base" my tank IT28 (the first left no good), took a long time with it because I have no hurry to make ...

I am very glad you enjoy it. (please, I am sorry by my english)

Regards,
Fernando Sancho.
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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 07:59 PM UTC

Quoted Text

I don't know what the rest thinks, but I certainly don't call this a beginners diorama. There are many experts that don't make such nice rivers.

Lars


I totally agree with Lars, your river looks very convincing and to some extents its ground cover is too, if you add a good balance between elements and a eyecatching scene, I certainly don't consider yours as being a beginners' diorama!
Good luck with the completion Fernando!
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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 08:40 PM UTC
Hi Fernando,
very good job!

You have some plants in there who will turn brown. I had this "beginner " experience in one of my earlier dios.
To be on the safe side i would colour every plant. That's what i am doing now.

Please give us more infos on your trees and a bettre picture of it

Cheers
Claude
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Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 09:30 PM UTC
Hello again,

JBA: Thank you for your comments, they are more coming at you .... your comments and your work has been my reference and it will be ... I had any problems with water color, because I put a lot off White inside water (jejejejeje)... but little-little.

Claude: I am still missing details to be done, and paint several things more. In previous post I link to a tutorial on how to do the trees again and you put here, I hope you will help ...

http://rapidshare.com/files/106202477/TUTORIAL_ARBOL_PINO__English_version_.pdf.html

Regards
FSancho
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Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 - 10:41 AM UTC
Hello everybody...

This weekend I've been with many friends and we discussed my last job, exactly in the contest of Modelistica Agoncillo 2008 (Rioja, Spain)

I have received many comments and also wanted yours ....

1.- Is there a lot of contrast between the car and the grass?

2.- Should take away the grass field and getting more mud and earth?

3.- Should fill the gaps with more figures or something?

4.- Are the things that?

Thank you very much in advance, any comment will be well received.
regards,
Fernando Sancho.











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Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 - 10:56 AM UTC
Simply outstanding!
Kelly
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Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 06:05 AM UTC
Hola Fernando, I am pretty much in a hurry but yet..

1.- Is there a lot of contrast between the car and the grass?
yes there is, but that's not necessaril a bad thing

2.- Should take away the grass field and getting more mud and earth?
maybe, perhaps deeper tracks traces behind the tank

3.- Should fill the gaps with more figures or something?
no

4.- Are the things that?
"credible" you mean? well, there's something very sweet, Switzerland like about your dio, that must be the very nice little flowers, like I told you once, we are abit in a Communist ideal dream there
Otherwise, think about putting a bit of matt coat on the figs maybe..

All in all, I think this a is very good diorama as far as beginners go. There is no major mistake or anything like that. Inded there is colours and a very nice balance between the elements, really I think you should be quite proud indeed.
What you have to learn now is getting a bit more realistic about the colours and atmosphere, learn to undo the ground cover so that it looks like real nature, maybe blend tanks in their surroundings better etc etc, but you've got time for that!
JB
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Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 07:35 AM UTC
Very nice work Fernando i really like the layout of the scene and the water is very well done with the added vegetation.
The scene gives me the impression of a meadow with the lush green grass so maybe you could throw in some meadow flowers of different colours to go with the white ones.if done sparingly with reds,yellows etc it could add to the overall scene.

Overall very nice work .

Steve
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Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 09:31 AM UTC
Very impressive Fernando,
Beautiful diorama, your foliage looks great.
Cheers

jjumbo
FSancho
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Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 01:32 AM UTC
Hello everybody,

I begin by saying that I am very happy with the work accomplished, and I think I've learned a lot in the good and bad. This is my real prize.

Kelly: I'm glad you like it, in general.

JBA: No hare if any modification, and if I do something will be small. I turn the page and begin another job with a lot of illusion. Get the balance is not as easy as it seems ...

Steve: Just remove any white flower and get other kinds of vegetation, including flowers of other colors.

John: It's what we tried to represent something natural and real, and has been a great challenge

Thank you very much for your comments,
Regards,
Fernando Sancho.
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