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Newbie At Dioramas - Questions
19Delta
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Michigan, United States
Joined: June 18, 2003
KitMaker: 101 posts
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 03:42 AM UTC
Is there a tutorial on how to build a diorama??? Right now im just blank on how to do them.
Eagle
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Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Joined: May 22, 2002
KitMaker: 4,082 posts
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 04:16 AM UTC
Delta,

building dio's is such a big area to cover.... I wouldn't know where to start in answering your question. If you could be more specific, I'll be most happy to try and help you out.

There are also plenty of tips on this site...just walk through the forums and you'll find out or Maybe a book by Shep Paine is something for you.... I've seen some articles from his books and they are awesome....hey.... I would love to have one of his books myself...... well maybe sometime when I can buy one cheap

So please be a bit more specific and I would be most happy to try and help you.
Roadkill
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Antwerpen, Belgium
Joined: June 09, 2002
KitMaker: 2,029 posts
Armorama: 822 posts
Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 04:21 AM UTC
This site is a inspiration for me, maybe it can help you also:

A simple Diorama

Another simple diorama

Building a Diorama from Scratch

A cheap and easy way to make a base and groundwork for your diorama’s

these are only a few, but I hope they can get you started
slodder
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: February 22, 2002
KitMaker: 11,718 posts
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 05:14 AM UTC
These guys ahead of me are right on.
You may also want to check out
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/142

Check out these articles on this page.
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=listarticles&secid=9

Then the best advice after this - just ask questions here - you'll get fast good answers.
Roadkill
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Antwerpen, Belgium
Joined: June 09, 2002
KitMaker: 2,029 posts
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 08:02 AM UTC
I new I had seen a simple dio made of Florist Foam, sorry that it took a while to track down, but here it is:

http://www.pcmodeler.com//features/18&page=1
Bren
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Cape Province, South Africa
Joined: July 07, 2002
KitMaker: 381 posts
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 08:02 PM UTC
I would have to agree with Roadkill first choice, docdois. It helped me alot, it is a brilliant site!
ZoomieE7
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Texas, United States
Joined: October 17, 2002
KitMaker: 145 posts
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Posted: Monday, July 07, 2003 - 03:23 PM UTC
One-Niner Delta, (Is that an MOS?) First, and foremost, there is a BIG difference between putting a model on a base, and creating a diorama. In fact, dioramas existed (in museums)long before the first plastic kit ever came out. A diorama is a three-dimensional painting, and can "freeze" a human moment in time ( "A Whiff Of Grape") or be totally "people-less" (Shep Paine's diorama for the old Monogram 1/32 Mk. IV kit, showing a knocked-out PzKpfw. IV with a sign pointing to Bastogne, is "silently evocative"). The point is, that a diorama is like a story : it has a theme., not just a title. For example, pfc's "Fallen Enemy" dio (except for the signs) has a pretty good visible theme: the Victor marching blithely past the body of the Vanquished. I, personally, would have had the vehicle moving across a much shorter stone bridge, to focus the viewer's attention even more on the floating body, and make the story "tighter". If you want info on dioramas, you CANNOT do better than Shep Paine's book on dioramas, available from Kalmbach Publishing ( for cheaper than you'd pay for most kits.
panzerseba
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Vrancea, Romania
Joined: May 27, 2003
KitMaker: 92 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 12:07 AM UTC
making dio is the best of the best in modeling.
is not easy but is not hard.
all you need is some experience, some about composition and tme and patience.
if you need tutorials you can try the links that Roadkill gived you
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