hello folks. im ronny im 31 and from norway, been watching this forum, and now its time to show some work ive been doing.
this is the latest diorama i have finnished. i have used tamiya's willys and mini art willys figures. a big thanks to my friend per olav lund, for all constuctive support and guidelines.

hope you like it, and comments is great.








ronny

Nice idea and very good groundwork. The tree is excellent.

nice!

but what about a rank for the fellow standing in the jeep? perhaps an officer with his rank in white on his helmet?

Glad to have you here.
The ground work is really good. The elevated base is super. The tree is good too.
I love the alternate use of the civilian. he usuall is handing someone a bottle of wine.

On your next project work on keeping something of in all the areas, he back corner is a little empty.

thanks. any suggestions or pics on rank on helmets? dont know what they look like.

ronny

very good idea, good contrast between the green tree/jeep etc and the red fence, a base that's just right at the good size, a very well balanced height between base, scene and tree, all in all, I can see only fig painting improvement (and picture taking too!!) as a next step because what I see is pretty good

Good story line and painting overall. Check your references on the sergeant's coat...not sure that's typical.

Here's a real case for Hornet character heads. Both guys in the jeep have absolutely neutral looks on their faces. Getting a couple heads sculted to show anger or displ;easure would make this a much stronger story. This set has some great expressions:


Think how much more story you could be telling putting the second head on the right on the officer and the second from the left on the sergeant!

Even without the heads, though, you should try to reposition th officer so he's looking at the civilian more.

Nice work Ronny . I go with what AJ said about the facial expressions because you appear to have achieved a decent standard of painting heads there,try something from Hornet & you will surprise yourself because I found for myself that very finely detailed heads are even easier to paint. Just drill the hole in the torso (using small to larger sizes) before painting then afterwards just slot the head in.(don´t forget to trim the neck length before painting like I did once,that was funny ,it,s a pity I didn´t take a photo). I really can´t comment on your photography because mine is probably worse.

thanks guys for all comments Im glad you liked it, cause this is only my 6'th dio. it must be a goal to improve and do it better on the next scene every time, so i will of course do that got som hornet heads, and they are really nice, i see the problem you guys mention with these figs i used, i got twins

sorry about the pictures, im not the best photographer, but im going to a friend in a near future, and he is gonna show me how to take great model photos.

ronny

Hej Ronny. Definatly can see the influence of Per Olav in this scene ... the weathered fence in particular. Hes a master at such details.
Have to agree with the guys above. Great composition and idea. AJ tips are something that would definatly lift it another level, as well.