hello i guess i want to see and hear about you most prized/favourite dio,
as i havent completed a proper dio yet (silly me! )
this isnt an ask for help, but a ask for diorama eye candy!

I've only built two dios, so the most recent one is the one I necessarily like better. I did more research than I usually do, and tried more new techniques, both of which combined made it a lot of fun. It was a Father's Day gift for my Dad.







More pics HERE.

Given the quality of your figures as seen in your tutorial, I look forward to seeing any dio you finish. I have a lot of trouble with figures, so I respect those who do it well.

I'll be following this thread with interest. I never tire of seeing other people's work.

Samuel

As for a true full diorama I'd have to go with "Gotcha Covered'.
Scratch Built Building and base, poured water, super detailed the M16, figuares young and old, details everywhere.



There are others but I'd put this one on top today

Here's my recently built dio, not my most prized,just can't find the file where i stored the pics of the diorama that ive built for the past 2 years,whew............
here's one titled "FEEDING THE CAT"

A few of mine....................









My favorite is always 'the next one'
Cheers,
C.

there is i must say some nice work here
Sam your figures arent bad! and thanks fo rthe comment about my figs, against a lot of peoples my figs arent great, but i am pleased with my result!
Scott, i definatley like the cobblestones (wavy paving) on the road and the water!!
i guess projects are harder to pull of than it is made to seem!
Giovanni, fantastic, the stained glass windows reall add to the scene, and the "cat" is painted up real nice
Charles , greedy having so many good dios, haha
i especially like the 2nd one witht he (Steyr??)

My favourite dio of my own is this one

thats a smart one Pat, the damage ont eh building is very nice,

when i start little building projects, i always get that primary school feel, including pva glue, lots of mess, and a build that dosent look like its supposed to!!ha

Not really crowning achievements but they are the latest pieces of the slowest builder in the world and they all made a prize or two. And I'm quite proud on them.









And my last finished piece with it's bronze medal. This piece will go to another 2 events.

This is my favorite dio. I did so much enjoy this build!!

Charles, I like your dioramas sooo much

Pat you surprise me, I never saw that one, it's pretty good!

My 2 "crowning achievements" are technically completely bettered these days but I still love them,
Here is Tsushima

Here is Archangel

i like them all!

TBA: that ice on your diorama, looks like real! How did you do that?

Lars

Some excellent work in this thread...

This is mine so far albeit as it's only my second AFV dio, it's bound to be my best





John

I would have to put the following as some of my best pieces of work









cheers

Keith Forsyth

there are some real amazing pieces of work here, thank you to everyone who has posted:D

Not a diorama in the stricktest sense of the word,

WOW!! that building is ace, great work Henk. some of the fittings look like miniart, but what about the building it's self, is it home cast? that could be added into a huge street dio, would look amazing.

neil

I've seen most of these before yet they're as stunning now as they were at first sight.

Lovely work guys!

The thing that amazes me about this site over other forums relating to my interests outside model building is that the true masters of this art are such decent people. Here, anybody asking for help or information will get it on a peer to peer level. So many other hobbies seem to inflate the ego exponentially with skill. And that lot don't mind displaying it! I don't know what makes modelling so different. The dioramas shown in this thread are all absolutely outstanding! But, besides enjoying the results of their creator's skill, that so many are happy to help others deserves appreciation as well.

excellent. without this, i would have never seen all those great dios
hopefully more will submit pics for us noobs to drool over and learn from

Thanks Neil,
the building is from MiniArt, I added the floors, wall paper etc., and the rubble from scratch. I did a review of this kit, as well as a few more MiniArt kits:
French Town House

tinted transparent polyester resin poured in a homemade latex form

Did I notice that most here (including me for my early dios) is using artificial lightning or the sun to help our diorama to get some relief? hmmm, there is something just quite not right there
Wehn we guys expose our stuff we can't predict the direction of the light in the show room (or home, or in the garden shed), therefore we have to have some specific way of painting our dioramas that could get the thing to get its own light..

Hi Guys,

Some awesome work here. Charles, you two abondoned vehicles are brillient.

Keith the train station is such a strong reminder of what the war was all about, Very, very powerful.

jba, said it before - amazing work.

All those not mentioned, guys if anything I do is half as good as the dio's you've produced here I'd be pleased.

Outstanding work all.

Thanks for sharing, although I've seen most before it's a great reminder of the talent on site, inspirational stuff.

Al

This is my latest,

but my favorite is always the one I'm working on at the time!