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csago
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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2008 - 12:42 PM UTC
More advances in my dio. The figures of nva soldiers are almost finished ... you can see the new hut and the farmer cow, and a general view of the dio. Now it´s time for the vietnamese farmers and the us army oh-6 helicopter ...

Coments welcome.

Best regards.



















More pictures here

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v629/csago/



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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2008 - 12:54 PM UTC
WaY Cool! Where did you get the leaves on their backs?
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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2008 - 01:10 PM UTC
Nice work , I like it,
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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2008 - 02:06 PM UTC
This is the basis for a great diorama. The house is great. The spacing is good, there is a lot of space, in this project I think it works fine. Rice patties have a ton of open space, so fill it with rice weeds and water and it will be really cool.

How do you plan on inclusing the helo?
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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2008 - 03:26 PM UTC
Your figure painting is super.
I also like the house. Very detailed. Do you have WIP photos of it?




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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2008 - 09:51 PM UTC
Outstanding! the camouflage leaves are carrot (zanahoria) green if I´m not mistaken,but whatever it is how did you treat it to prevent fading & wrinkling (descoloración & arrugamiento)? I think I will have to paint mine all over again because the faded look of your figures are a sharp contrast to the ones I did with too much colour. I can´t wait to see how it is all finished & it would be nice if I didn´t have to buy a model magazine here just to see it because to be honest it is better than most of the work that I´ve seen in such magazines.
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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2008 - 11:07 PM UTC
Terrific work, great dynamism in the figures and as Scott says great spacing. The camouflage leaves work really well.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 12:22 AM UTC
Great Work! I too am very interested in hearing how you made the leaves. They look incredible. I can't wait to see how the whole thing turns out.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 12:44 AM UTC
Santiago,

Another great Vietnam diorama in the making there Santiago. I was going through you photobucket pictures and every diorama you've done looks superb! You are definitely one of the big players when it comes to jungle scenery.

Chas
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 01:40 AM UTC
Stunning work so far. Looking really great.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 01:54 AM UTC
Wow! Great job - this looks like it is going to be a stunning diorama.

Looking forward to see more
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 02:50 AM UTC
Did you steal some pictures from a Rambo movie

That AA crew is fantastic. The house is absolutely stuning. I am speechless..... Hope to see more soon and I mean really soon

Grtz
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 03:35 AM UTC
Just one hell of a fantastic diorama in progress here. G.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 04:09 AM UTC
Awesome work, I've followed this thread for a long time, and finally an update!
Where did you get the OH-6 in 1/35? What company makes it?
Thanks,

Marek
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 04:51 AM UTC
Looking great!

Lars
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 05:04 AM UTC
Man, this is going to be something really special .....
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 10:09 AM UTC
Exellent.
Were did you find the figures?
Please post updates.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 10:22 AM UTC
Very very good.
Is the OH-6 an Italeri kit? I know they make a few 1/35 choppers.
I wish my figures were even in the same league
Your two kneeling AA gunners. There seems to be something wrapped around their wrists (both wrists of the gunner).
Are they supposed to have watches or are they kit bashed from figures with watches?
Looking forward to more pics
Tom
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Posted: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 11:19 AM UTC
Im definitely going to be following this one. It look awesome already and its not even finished.

Des
csago
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Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 10:19 AM UTC

Quoted Text

This is the basis for a great diorama. The house is great. The spacing is good, there is a lot of space, in this project I think it works fine. Rice patties have a ton of open space, so fill it with rice weeds and water and it will be really cool.

How do you plan on inclusing the helo?


Hello Scott. Yes the rice paddy will be full of rice weeds and water, and scared ducks too

The helo will be "hanging" over one of the 6-7 coconut palm trees I´m making right now ...

Best regards.
csago
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Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 10:28 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Outstanding! the camouflage leaves are carrot (zanahoria) green if I´m not mistaken,but whatever it is how did you treat it to prevent fading & wrinkling (descoloración & arrugamiento)? I think I will have to paint mine all over again because the faded look of your figures are a sharp contrast to the ones I did with too much colour. I can´t wait to see how it is all finished & it would be nice if I didn´t have to buy a model magazine here just to see it because to be honest it is better than most of the work that I´ve seen in such magazines.


Hello, the cammo leaves are natural plants I took from a public garden near my working center ... they looks like parrot green, but parrot leaves are much more biggers ...

I just leave the plants drying about 24 hours inside a book or notebook, and paint them with acrilic paint, when dry I give them satin acrilic varnish ... and it works ... My advice is just testing with diferent types of plants.

About th faded look of my figures, the trick is a wash of burn humber acrilic paint (95% water 5% paint) all over the uniform...so the uniform takes a very realistic look.

Thank you
csago
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Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 10:32 AM UTC

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Awesome work, I've followed this thread for a long time, and finally an update!
Where did you get the OH-6 in 1/35? What company makes it?
Thanks,

Marek


Thank you Marek. The OH-6 is from Dragon DML, and Italeri packed some years ago the same kit fronm Dragon with the italian label. I think both kits are out of production right now, sorry.
csago
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Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 10:37 AM UTC

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Exellent.
Were did you find the figures?
Please post updates.


Thank you, and about the figures are all of them from the Dragon DML "North Vietnam Army Sappers", with bush hats and rpg grenades runsack from "Vietcong" kit from the same company. Some arms and equipment are from the scrap box...
csago
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Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 10:43 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Very very good.
Is the OH-6 an Italeri kit? I know they make a few 1/35 choppers.
I wish my figures were even in the same league
Your two kneeling AA gunners. There seems to be something wrapped around their wrists (both wrists of the gunner).
Are they supposed to have watches or are they kit bashed from figures with watches?
Looking forward to more pics
Tom


Thank you Tom. The Dragon kit "North Vietnam Sappers" have no watches, so the one of the gunner is made of plasticard, and the one of the loader belongs to the arm of a Tamiya M-1 Abrams tank figure I had in my scrap box. Really I must admit that making watches and so is a good trick for hiding joints arm-hand
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Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 05:15 PM UTC
Its really amazing how you have used these figures in youre scene. Do they all have modifications done to them. Were did you get the material for the sides of the hooch looks great. Cant wait to see it all come together. Oh were did you get the water buffalo that to is a nice touch. What happened to the dio you were working on with the soldiers scaleing a cliff sneaking up on some VC did you finish it or is it still in progress just wondering it looked really cool.

Keenan (PFC)
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