Where is the beachhead ? Anzio Feb 44 - I./Pz
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 09:09 AM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 09:21 AM UTC
Wow! Looks great! Nice work Yvan!
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 09:26 AM UTC
i love it! the panther looks stunning, and the figures look amazing, the painting looks spot on and the weathering is very subtle and realistic, my only query though is the figure with the MP-40... the barrel looks funny, could just be the picture, it just looks like an unsual barrel. could just be me... but other than that spot on mate well done. Ant
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 09:33 AM UTC
Stunning dio Yvan excellant work as per usual well done
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 10:11 AM UTC
Hi there
I hope the owner of that building is going to sue the Germans for all those cracks. Taking vehicles this size down roads meant to take farm carts is bound to cause damage to the farm!
Only crit I would make is with so many cracks they look a little too uniform in there design, depth, line thickness and weathering. I lttle more locallised, wider spalling of varied depth and colour between the webs might break this up.
I love the roman tiles. What did you use?
All the best
Nige
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 10:17 AM UTC
Stunning work mate, it is a nice diorama . The uniforms are really well done and the panther looks superbly done!
Martyn
Val-drOise, France
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 10:23 AM UTC
Thanks all for the comments
Quoted Text
Only crit I would make is with so many cracks they look a little too uniform in there design, depth, line thickness and weathering. I lttle more locallised, wider spalling of varied depth and colour between the webs might break this up.
I love the roman tiles. What did you use?
I must say I was not 100% satifisfied with the cracks on the farm walls, but indeed having spent already month on this dio, I wasn't brave enough to redo it
The roman tiles are made of half styrene tube cut to proper lenght and then narrow on one end with a pliers to have the cone-shaped form
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 10:28 AM UTC
AWESOME Dio ! I like your work..

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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 10:44 AM UTC
1 word ... incredible, i dont think i can do that great of a job in my lifetime cheers calvin ng
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 02:00 PM UTC
Hey Yvan,
You've done an amazing job on your diorama !!!
Cheers
jjumbo
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 07:58 PM UTC
Hi Yvan,
That's one great piece of work.
I don't know if I'm nitpicking or not,but the officer should he not have a black uniform (for panzer troops) rather than field grey (SP guns).
Anyway what do I know is a damn site better than I could hope to achive
Chris
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Val-drOise, France
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 08:03 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Hi Yvan,
That's one great piece of work.
I don't know if I'm nitpicking or not,but the officer should he not have a black uniform (for panzer troops) rather than field grey (SP guns).
Anyway what do I know is a damn site better than I could hope to achive
Chris
Hi Chris,
You're right, the officier should have a black uniform ... if he would be a crew of the panzer
but it's an officier from an Aufklarung abt., not a panzercrew menber
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Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 08:05 PM UTC
That diroama looks superb you've pulled everything together.
Your figures look superb especially the way you've done the camo on them.
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Posted: Monday, February 23, 2009 - 12:06 AM UTC
Hi Yvan,
Excellent work, I like it a lot, well done and thanks for sharing.
Al
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Posted: Monday, February 23, 2009 - 02:24 AM UTC
Fantastic work Yvan, looks great! Perfect scene, nice weathering and your figures are excellent.
Thanks for sharing! Cheers -
Tim
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Posted: Monday, February 23, 2009 - 06:23 AM UTC
Wow everything looks amazing. Usually people are really good at one of the three elements, but you seem to have mastered all three. The figures are astonishing!
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Latvia
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Posted: Monday, February 23, 2009 - 08:12 PM UTC
very nice diorama!i like to know:with wich paint you painted your figures?and this panther is from wich firm?
thank you.
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Posted: Monday, February 23, 2009 - 09:43 PM UTC
Well done Yvan,
You succeded well on the "Sand-look" of the road. It really looks like they were at 50 meters from the beach and didn't know it.
Some more color variation on the grass would be a good thing, IMO.
Cheers
Claude
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Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:02 AM UTC
Tks to all
Smitsan,
Figures are painted with Prince August acrylics ( name of Vallejo brand in France ) and finished with an airbrushed coat of Pebeo mat varnish
The Panther is the old Dragon ausf A early
building and painting can be seen here
built painting finished Claude,
The grass is actualy having a bit more color varations than the pictures show ( probably due to the light )
but anyhow, you're right, I'll try to improe it for the next dio
I'm far anyhow to build dio masterpieces as you do

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Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:24 AM UTC
Great job, Yvan! A fantastic diorama which packs a nice story.
Thanks for sharing
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 10:52 PM UTC

thank you!very nice diorama!