I dont know if any of you every saw the Audie Murphy movie but if you did its a great movie and im making a dio of when the MG in pillbox suspires Audie and his squad. If you every saw the movie i could use some advise. THANKS

What kind of advice are you looking for? I've also seen the movie as I'm sure a bunch has. There are a lot of aspects to a diorama and both armies let alone vegetation, do you need info on everything or just specific Items?
Bob

i looking for like what kind of vegetation and how to approach all of the terrain

Go to the home page and click on “MORE” where it says “More Features” in the Features section.
That takes you to the Homepage Features section. Click on Dioramas and on that page click on an item under “By Article Type” Look around this area for ideas and how to’s on just about everything.
If you need special guidance on anything there then just ask away. Almost every question you may have will be there, concerning what you might want to construct.

Good luck on your diorama,
Bob

This is what i did in one day. All the terrain is almost done and tell me if you think i rushed or suggestings

Its just about done all i have to do paint the men. Please tell if im missing anything

Nice dio i do think its your best diorama yet.

ok listen this a great diorama but i feel like its a small battle try and put more guys in your next scene its still great though.

Loved that movie as a kid, he inspired me to join the Army as soon as I could sign my name. The Germans wore M1916 Helmets in that instead of the more usual M35/M40/M42's and Theatrical breast adlers with large Swastikas.

Good job, Got me thinking about that AFV club M10 I've got kicking around. Doesnt someone make an Audie Figurine?

Matt-- marvelous fellow to commemorate in a dio. The landscape looks great. He made a fantastic movie on his time in the Army. If you watch several of the close combat engagements you can see him count before he throws a grenade. In the one from Sicily, he fires on the retreating Germans with his M-1 and while maitain his sight on the horizon places his hand over the bolt of the M-1 to see if it blew back signifying he fired his last round. Hollywood guys can never do that....the guy was incredible.
DJ

Im going to post some better and newer pics up pretty soon

These are some new pics they're better and the figures are almost done. THANKS

You're using two accounts aren't you. Better stop or you might get in trouble.

As for the diorama; for grassed areas such as this you need to show a lot more growth. At the moments it looks like a mowed golf course.

The log pile does not look realistic, think about how it got there... the Germans would not have let such cover exist in their field of fire. When adding heavy elements to a diorama, make sure you build up the earth around them so it doesn't look like they were just dropped there. Also, there is a lot of 'dead' space on this diorama where there is no storyline. Try and condense the scenes and draw the viewer to the storyline without distractions.

Nice try though, I hope you will take my comments in good spirit. Check out the dioramas Feature section on the site for tips. Also, have a look at Historicus Forma for figure painting guides.

Chas

Hi
If I remember the part of the film correctly, you want a lot more Grass,
Otherwise your doing a nice job.

Yeah, How come Ethan you're suddenly posting pics of Matthew's dio as if it's yours?

Are surfboard66 and Defiler55 the same person

I do hope not

Karl

no but hes my friend real life and i helped him make that other dio and were not the same people

ok guys to be honest im not doing anything, for some reason its posting all thease pictures from my account i do not take credit for making this audie murphy dio.

i think this is the finished product. Tell me if i'm missing anything.Also tell me if you like the log or the log pile better

Since you are asking for critique, I would cut the base by 1/3 easily. Also, as Chas commented, none of your heavy elements show weight and the overall groundwork looks like a golf course. I suggest you go back and take a look at the movie. I not being mean, I'm just trying to offer some advice to help you improve on your next project.

Im sorry but i not using two accounts. A couple days ago my friend was over and he just finished a dio and we wanted to post pics and he need an account so we made defiler55.So then we made an account from the same computer. Then we posted pics of his dio. Then i finished part of my dio ( audie murphy dio) and i wanted to pics of it but i never noticed i was the still logged on as defiler55. I hope this helps. SORRY

Matthew,
I would like to take you at your word. But unfortunately for you we track IP addresses on each post and while there are 2 different ones for each of yours and Ethan's posts, you both have used the same IP repeatedly (not just when he 'first signed up'). In fact when he first posted it was a different IP address than your previous one.

Long story short, if you are the same person stop doing it and you'll get a second chance. If you are two different people stop posting from the same IP or you will both be banned.

Thanks,
Jim

Have you tried this site to help?

http://www.audiemurphy.com/mov_1769/1769-64W.JPG