Im a beginner and i look at the galley here and those dios are amazing. I was just wondering what supplies i would need and where to get them. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

It depends on what you are trying to build but the basic supplies are pretty much available in arts and crafts stores. I have Pat Catan's, MIchael's and Utrect around me. I get things like scale bass wood, and plywood, foam, all kinds of adhesives, brushes etc...

Hi Matthew well really it depends on what dio your thinking of doing generally alot of modellers start of small usaually a vehicle some figures and a small building for example a street corner with some figures hiding in the ruins with a knocked out tank in fornt of the building now more advanced modellers would gather references of the type of building they're after depending on the period they're setting there dio in and they would scratch build the building wheras you said you're a beginner so you'd be best off getting a ceramic/resin building from either Verlinden or Plus Model (these should be available through your local hobby shop) or if you feel that's a little difficult for your skill level then there are plastic buildings available from Italeri or Miniart hope this helps you out

Matthew you would need to refine your question as in time period, location, and theatre, you will also need to explain is it vehicles, figures, or both.

Im in to ww2. Germany and America. Europue theater

Supplies are dependant on the specific scene you want to set. Urban scenes will need some type of wall material (plaster, drywall, foam board....) rural scenes will need ground material (celluclay [paper mache], grass, weeds etc...)

I would say for a new builder for any diroama the basic material I use are
House hold spackle from DIY store (tons of uses in urban and rural scenes)
Bakable clay sculpy from Michaels or AC Moore (tons of uses)
White glue necesity
balsa wood stock mostly long stock of different sizes
foam board from Michaels/ac moore (use for basic walls and to build up a base)
celluclay again - Michaels/acmoore
wire/solder
hobby acrylics (apple barrel type). I use this for diorama bases - cheaper and with all the layering and weathering a base gets you'll never notice a quality difference and the colors are not specific to a vehicle or something like that.

For a first diorama you probably want to start by picking up the bible of military diorama modelling - Shep Paine's "How to Build Diorama's". This is readily available from any hobby store on on-line model retailer. There are a lot of other books on more advanced techniques but this one gives you all the basics. One note: Shep is a big fan on a diorama groundwork material called "Celluclay" which a lot of people, myself included, really hate. I prefer Sculptamold.

For a first diorama I would suggest perhaps starting with one of the diorama-in-a-box kits available from companies like Miniart or Tamiya. These include a base, figures, vehicles or artillery pieces and often a ruined building or some other structure. This way you have everything you need except paint and glue.

Miniarts 36004 "Poland 1944" would be a great one. I think Squadron Mail Order is selling these for around $26

http://www.miniart-models.com/36004.htm

Or Tamiya's 89739 German Mortar Crew

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=89739

Or, if you want to do your own base from scratch you can buy any one of the large number of kits that include figures. Right now I'm working on a small diorama using Tamiya's ancient German PAK 36 3.7cm anti-tank gun and an old racing trophy as the base. A great weekend project that requires little in the way of materials or time and a great way to practice basic skills.