hello, i ahve decided to use what i have done so far in a little dio, the kts are skp humber and a skp man, diorama accesories so far provided by nature
im looking to put some elevation in the dio, i know with such a small base it eould eb tricky, but im open to all suggestions, below is the woded area(incomplete. i thinki may add another tree )
and the muddy bit wich i would be more than happy to change at the moment, a few test posittionings alslo., please let me know what you think is best and what ideas you have foer this autumny piece

Hello Jim I think you did a great job in capturing the autumn feeling but it seems to me that the leaves are a bit out of scale.
If you take a walk in a forest you will notice that most leaves are little bigger than the palm of your hand and the ones in your vigneete are bigger than the figure's feet.
Cheers.

yes but it is very tricky to find items that re good enough in that size, or if you but plusmodels(?) its pretty expensive,

Nice job so far. What are the plans for the tire? How long has it been road side?

Jimmy what about some scale leaves over the top to disguise the oversized ones and reduce the cost of covering the entire base, that said I really like what you have done so far and you found a good twig this time I see.

Scott the tire was a focusing aid! but is from the humber:) but i so like the ida of something old att the side of the dirt as a P.O.I

Darren i know they are a tad big, i i think i will leave the leaves(pun intended,) its supposed to be a suggestion of a denser area of woodland anyway, so maybe sone not included trees have the bigger leaves?!
i wasa thinking of placing a grassy sort of area but it wouldnt suit, im going to ty to add some ferns maybe!

like the autum theme. havn't seen many myself. i like the height of the tree to man and liking the mud

Hey Jimmy,
I like this autumnsetting, looks the part. Your figures aren't as bas as you told me!
As far as the leaves go, enough said. As far as the ferns go, these usually are not so fresh and quite brown in autumn, so quite difficult to show, I think.

Willow and Ron, thanks for your comments
Ron thanks for the comment on the figure:) he is still a wip

i have been working on a chair that i may add, it has been discarded as it was broken.

i have also added an old barrel that has been sitting in the spot since close to the start of the war,

Jimmy.

You could always use real leaves crushed into small pieces for the ground cover. That's what I've used for my Tiger 1 dio.

John

John:)
is the tiger dio the one with the verlinden engine and the whitewash?
if so im guilty of having that as my desktop background!! its really cool, i dont wanna touch the leave on this one anymore, but, i think the crushed leaves looks good on yours, although i fear they may be too jaggedY?

Jimmy,

Yes, that's the one

Nice work by the way.

John

Not sure how much is stuck on permanently at this point but personally I would have place the tree on the high ground which would take up 2/3 of the back right hand corner of the 1st pic. Have it slope gently down towards the front with the lowest point at the front left corner. The tree would be on the mound which has a bit of erosion on the side. Have the figure next to the tree looking down on the Humber which would be on a small, country dirt road. At the lowest point I would place part of a small pond.

However if all is more or less stuck down then my money would be on Pic # 8 layout where your little bit of high ground does not block the view of your humber when your dio is viewed from the front.

Perhaps it may help on deciding where your main focus will be in the dio planning then figure out the groundwork. If the focus is on the figure for example than the placement of your groundwork be it terrain or trees, stones, etc should be done in such a way that it draws the viewer to focus on the figure more. Sort of channelling the viewer's focus. It usually works for me.

Best of luck and I hope I've not made things more confusing.

Hey Jimmy~ nice work on that chair mate! A really expressive way of showing it, with the springs exposed and seat missing. If you see one on a future diorama of mine, it was my idea, and mine alone, ok?
Good stuff
Brad

Nice update so far. I would try to incorporate a sign somewhere in on the road. If you add urban 'stuff' (the chair) you need to set a location that isn't too far away from a town. It would give the scene credibility that the chair would normally be there.

hello everyone,

Beachbum the mud and leaves are stuck down, and the focus is on figure and vehicle, each will acompant the other

Bradley feel free
the chair is still a WIP at the moment tho

Scott i was planning on hinting towads this being at the edge of a town, hence the chair and a crushed cardboad box i am unsure about, im not sure about a signpost. effectively i want to keep this simple enough for me not to loose intrest and tricky enough to develop my skills as a modeller

Jimmy this is amazing! i love it!

Impressive

Yo Jimmy,

Nice feeling you put into it...i feel the cold wind blow

How did you do the groundwork...the mudd i mean? Its a great color...very dark, like it should be.

I be following this.

Greetz Nico

hello all ,all of my current projects are on hold at the moment,! but thanks for looking in!!
Nico the mud is mud, with pva glue, no paint atall!
this may give me a lil boost to put down the college work for a fewe hours eh:D