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Dioramas: Buildings & Ruins
Ruined buildings and city scenes.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 05:26 AM UTC
Just thought I should share a few pictures of a project I finished earlier this year.
The base is a fantastic resin piece made by Custom dioramics. I just added a bit more rubble to make it a bit more realistic.
The figures are from Alpine Miniatures. Just fantastic figures.

The vignette in the making...


Nearly finished. No figures yet




View of the back side.


A few detail shots




Well.... sorry for the not so good pictures.

Henrik
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Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 05:54 AM UTC
I like what you've done here. Very Nicely done. I wish my buildings and rubble turned out as well. Great Job on this. milvehfan
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Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 07:28 AM UTC
Henrik, very good result. That is a nice piece of architecture by Custom Dioramics. How did you achieve the washed out look to the brick work?
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Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 06:07 PM UTC
Realistic weathering - thanks for Showing
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Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 11:16 PM UTC
I like the way the portion of the second floor is cut to match the base. Its small touches like that that make this stand out.
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Posted: Friday, August 28, 2009 - 02:28 AM UTC
Thank you guys, for your kind remarks.


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How did you achieve the washed out look to the brick work?



The bricks are painted in 6-7 different shades of "brick color". Then I applied a few dark washes. I finished it up with pigments from MIG.

Henrik
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Posted: Friday, August 28, 2009 - 03:07 AM UTC
Lovely work, Particularly like the groundwork you have added, very nicely done.

One thing - should the circular feature over the door be glass and not metal?

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Posted: Friday, August 28, 2009 - 04:05 AM UTC

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Lovely work, Particularly like the groundwork you have added, very nicely done.

One thing - should the circular feature over the door be glass and not metal?

James



Yes, that is glass. But it is stained by dirt, dust and soot

Henrik
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Posted: Friday, August 28, 2009 - 05:48 AM UTC
Stunning worjk, Henrik! This is truly one of the most realistic paint jobs that I have ever scene on a scale structure! I'll be studying this one and trying to emulate your work for some time to come!!

Keep up the great work!

Regards and Aloha,

Johnny B.
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Posted: Friday, August 28, 2009 - 08:11 AM UTC
What a great job you've done on this Henrik. One of the best bases out there and you have done it justice. Beautiful figures fit the scene.
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers!
Rick
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Posted: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 06:08 AM UTC
Thank you for your kind comments.
Nice to hear that you guys liked it.

Henrik
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Posted: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 06:52 AM UTC
Your color palette is just stunning !
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Posted: Monday, September 07, 2009 - 10:28 AM UTC
The dio is really great but you should add a shield to the panzerschreck. If it is used without a shield the soldier has to use a gasmask to protect his face.
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Posted: Monday, September 07, 2009 - 10:47 PM UTC
Very nice job Henrik.
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Posted: Monday, September 07, 2009 - 11:11 PM UTC
I love both the work of figures like the ambience achieved are very
That is difficult in so small a bullet to achieve a result as good


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Posted: Monday, September 07, 2009 - 11:19 PM UTC
Hi Henrik,

Very nice scenette !
The shades and tones are excellent.
Some questions : on the ground the diffferent tones come from pigment only ?
On the groundwork, did you paint each element separately (bricks, dust, stones, wood) and then applied pigment ?
Finally, the loaders seems to have a jump suit with camo with blurred camo. Am I right ? If yes, could you please post close up pictures and explain us how you did that ?
Thanks and congrats
Julien
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Posted: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 03:48 AM UTC
Great work! love the ground work. hope to see more of your work.
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Posted: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 05:52 AM UTC
Nice one Henrik. The ruins do look excellent ... and your painting does it justice, but I´ll just mention the lovely camo job you did on the fallscharmjagers. Great little vignette!
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Posted: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 01:57 AM UTC
Thank you all for your comments and feedback.
When it comes to using a shield on the weapon, you are probably right. I just used the figures as they came in the box.


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questions : on the ground the diffferent tones come from pigment only ?
On the groundwork, did you paint each element separately (bricks, dust, stones, wood) and then applied pigment ?
Finally, the loaders seems to have a jump suit with camo with blurred camo. Am I right ? If yes, could you please post close up pictures and explain us how you did that ?



The tones on the ground were achieved by painting in different tones, using different washes and different pigments. No exact science, I was just messing around untill I was happy with the result.
First I painted everything black, then I used the airbrush to paint the "main" colors. Then I used Vallejo paint to paint each element separately. The pigments was used as the final step.

When it comes to the figures, I'm kind of on thin ice. I'm no big figurepainter, and this was my first attempt on camo. I bought a book that described how those two fallshirmjägers should be painted, and tried to do my best. I will try to take some more closeups in a few days.

Henrik
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Posted: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 08:36 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Just thought I should share a few pictures of a project I finished earlier this year.
The base is a fantastic resin piece made by Custom dioramics. I just added a bit more rubble to make it a bit more realistic.
The figures are from Alpine Miniatures. Just fantastic figures.

The vignette in the making...


Nearly finished. No figures yet




View of the back side.


A few detail shots




Well.... sorry for the not so good pictures.

Henrik


Very nice groundwork and painting. I might mention parenthetically that somebody is about to lose his eyebrows, as the Panzerschreck is not fitted with a shield, and the rocketeer is not wearing a gas mask to shield his face (recommended when the shield was absent).
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Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 01:16 AM UTC
Thanks Henrik for your reply.
I agree there is no exact science, just tips and artistic skills.
What are the references of the book you used ?
Thanks a lot

Julien
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Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 01:25 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Thanks Henrik for your reply.
I agree there is no exact science, just tips and artistic skills.
What are the references of the book you used ?
Thanks a lot

Julien



This is the book I used as a manual when I painted the figures:
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/Modelling-Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger-Figures_9781841768960

Henrik

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