Who out there can tell me who they think the top 10 diorama artists are world wide? Give me a list. I'm taking a survey.

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links to photo's of the artists work would be helpful.

Thanks!

Dan

marijn van gils

Top 10 huh - that'll take some thought.

In there has to be
Verlinden
Marijn van gils (good call Koen)
Bob Letterman
jba is on my list
the list goes on too..... more to come later.

Doug Lee and Mig need to be in there as well

PAINE!!

but "living and in activity" i'd vote Van Gils too

Rick Lawler

Good luck with putting together an objective top list in an area as subjective as modeling.

Anyway, I won’t mention well established “big” names again. Instead I will push forward (in no particular order) some of my the most favorite masters (and local residents) in the diorama field:

- Jean-Bernard André (aka jba)
- Sven-Åke Grufstedt (aka mgdsign)

CHUCK DOAN

Certainly got to be in the top ten.

Never heard of him? Take a look.

Chuck Doan Diorama imagese

I 've gone there many a time to admire and cheer myself up.

Alan

This one is my favourite

Chuck Doan Fordson's Farm
Enjoy

Alan

In addition to the others mentioned, I would have to add Lewis Pruneau, he's done some really great large dioramas over the years.

Greg Cihlar surely deserves a mention, as does Bill Horan.

- Steve

Yet another of my favorites: Martin Schuster

per olav lund
staf snyers
robert doepp

i also like john rosengrant

spencer pollard
per olav lund

No one thinks Ian Hill is a great diorama builder?

My current top doiramaist (if the word exists!!!) would be Doug Lee. Nick

Top ten?Here's my top ten plus one!
My personal favorite is certainly Marijn Van Gils..a gifted, unique and inspirational artist in his own right.

Per Olav Lund
Shep Paine
Francois Verlinden
Doug Lee
Marijn Van Gils
Maza Takahashi
Steve Zaloga
Vladimir Demchenko
Rhodes Williams
J.B.A (shameless plug! )
Maza Takahashi

Cheers,
Shay

What about Adam Wilder and Dan Capuano?

I'd put Bob Tavis in.

Look here

I have to second this one, his weathering is just outstanding.

Someone mentioned Greg Cihlar I have his Verlinden book, but have never seen anything of his (like online) outside of that book. Does he have any web display of his work?

I don't see Adam Wilder as a diorama-builder... he mainly does AFV's

Hard question, you really have to knowém all before you can compare and rank them.

From our own duckpond I would like to mention 3 members who has been a great inspiration - but there are many others who are equally gifted - so please forgive me for not mentioning them.

The 3 are - in no particular order:

Carlos Elias, CALLSIGN: Blockhaus
Newer throw anything away - beautiful structures, buildings and shapes is created with stuff most people would just throw away - He dosn´t really do the complete diorama, but any diorama who contains something from Carlos´hand is sure to be stunning.

Claude Joachim, CALLSIGN: roudeleiw
Big dioramas usually don´t work that well, and most builders lose the battle, but not Claude - its huge, it works, it tells a story and the craftmanship is superb.

Jean-Bernard André CALLSIGN: jba
His craftmanship is great, but the dreamlike feeling and storylines of his dios is very unique places him in his own league - he is one of the few modellers who is in my opinion a true artist - creating his own universe seperates his work and makes it truly unique.

My 2 cents, and sorry if I have stepped on somebodys toes...

Sorry Alan. His work is too realistic

I'd have to mention Csago - his vietnam dios are incredible...
and also Jack Carrico of Brown Water Enterprises...
and Vladimir Demchenko...