Finished this yesterday.Hope you like and as always,all comments welcome!

Great dio! Love the trees! Did you make them yourself? What did you use for the snow?

Love the Birch trees. The whole set up is nice Maybe some more pictures? Thanks Bob

Thanks guys,glad you like it. The trees are by Lemax(Christmas scenery-I love post holiday sales! ).The thing is,the trees are pretty crude out of the package(they are very simple to make wire armature type) so I first gave them a light gray wash to tone down the stark white they come in. I then took some dried floral strands that were kinda springy and still somewhat soft,I don't remember their name ,nuked them in the ol' microwave till rigid dry, and then sprayed them with a light gray.Seperate these and attach with CA glue. The snow is Woodland Scenics and I mixed it with Future to make a paste before I applied it. A brush of straight Future to smooth it in as undisturbed drift or scrubbed in with a beater brush to make the snow look stepped on and kicked around. I used Future because I know normal white glue can turn yellow as it gets kinda old. The base earth is taper's mud,sand, small pea gravel,and a large shot of acrylic burnt umber. The forest floor humus is nuked dried flowers and assorted common spice flakes that I shoved in a surplus coffee grinder for a second or two. Still didn't look winter dead enough so I died it with a strong burnt umber wash in a tupperware bowl and then nuked it dry. Waahhhh-laaaahhhh.
Will try to get some more pics up tomorrow.
Cheers!

Looks like the crew just scored a hit. They seem to be a happy bunch.

You scored a hit with this dio, its a cracker

Des

This is a great diorama, and you see so much the excitement of the crew ! You must have converted these figures I guess ? Very well done !
Johan

Rick, great diorama! I like the way you've planned whole thing - layout is perfect - wood is massed and in the same time all details are visible.
Great stuff!

Andrzej

Thanks guys,very kind comments. Yes,all of the figures are composite/conversions. All but one have resin heads,Warriors,Michael Roberts. Bodies from DML,Italeri,and ESCI(for the boot type). Parka hoods are made from PTFE pipe thread tape and may be a little on the small side. The figs may not be anatomically correct in their positioning of the extremities but I've learned from it. What I wanted to achieve with this was a sort of shadow box with no walls. The good views are limited but they are the ones that see the story.
Cheers!

Good trees, nice setting!


When i look at myself in the mirror I don't feel much like I am anatomically corect, I wouldn't worry too much about those things
We can't all be like Dragon figs want us to be: all 1m75, 70 kg, no beer belly etc

Hi Rick
I also love those birch trees, and the whole set up is working perfect. Well done!!!
Best regards
Jacob

Hi Rick ,

Many congratulations, you've done a beauiful job on that scene , you really get a sence of a great cheer of relief from the crew a a t-34 explodes in the distance .


great job

Jerry

Jean-Bernard,the last thing I want to do is look in the mirror to model a figure! I do try to improve over my last efforts for sure,while still attempting something new as far as technique or such.Still have fun though or it's not worth it at all.
Jacob,Jerry, thanks for the kind words.I'm glad you like it.
Rick