the street and the people of a neighbourhood somewhere in Europe
Dioramas
Do you love dioramas & vignettes? We sure do.
Do you love dioramas & vignettes? We sure do.
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smalcastle
Attica, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 02:18 AM UTC
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 02:41 AM UTC
Dimitris!
It looks great, nice building and nice weathering of the vehicles. Two questions popped up in my mind right away:
1. Why would there be two soldiers in parade uniform in a (I suppose) recently liberated town?
2. Why are the Jeep and M8 facing eachother on a narrow road? Wouldn't they be trevelling in the same direction?
Otherwise great work!
Cheerio!
It looks great, nice building and nice weathering of the vehicles. Two questions popped up in my mind right away:
1. Why would there be two soldiers in parade uniform in a (I suppose) recently liberated town?
2. Why are the Jeep and M8 facing eachother on a narrow road? Wouldn't they be trevelling in the same direction?
Otherwise great work!
Cheerio!
Ankmutant_George
Värmland, Sweden
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Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 02:52 AM UTC
I like it! The atmosphere is great... I don´t agree with Stefan regarding the uniforms and the vehicles... It looks natural to me... Thanks for posting
smalcastle
Attica, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 02:53 AM UTC
Stefan
Why are the Jeep and M8 facing eachother on a narrow road? Wouldn't they be trevelling in the same direction
imagine the scene without thiw confusion.i think now is more complex and more beautifull
in a (I suppose) recently liberated town why recently?
Why are the Jeep and M8 facing eachother on a narrow road? Wouldn't they be trevelling in the same direction
imagine the scene without thiw confusion.i think now is more complex and more beautifull
in a (I suppose) recently liberated town why recently?
roudeleiw
Luxembourg
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Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 02:58 AM UTC
Dimitris, the athmosphere is great! I love it. Well filled scene with a lot to look at.
Say something about the building please.
The layout looks good to me. Splendid work!
Claude
Say something about the building please.
The layout looks good to me. Splendid work!
Claude
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 03:08 AM UTC
Very good work with an excellent composure, I especially like what you have done with the foreground which is something you don't see very often. who makes the female civilians you have used?
smalcastle
Attica, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 03:18 AM UTC
Claude, the building is a plastic kit of Mini art and the walls are homemade
Darren the girls and their boyfriends are from Masterbox(4figs)
thanks a lot
Darren the girls and their boyfriends are from Masterbox(4figs)
thanks a lot
jba
Rhone, France
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Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 03:22 AM UTC
As usual with your work there are things I like -you are an "author" in that I could tell it's you that did the diorama - and things I don't like -why on earth did you do some wall in front of your diorama? you have to take your pictures from ABOVE for us to be able to see most of the scene?!
But the things I like with your work matters to me more than those things I don't like
JB
But the things I like with your work matters to me more than those things I don't like
JB
smalcastle
Attica, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 03:44 AM UTC
Jean thanks
i thought to make a "novel"diorama
i thought to make a "novel"diorama
petros
Thessaloniki, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 03:47 AM UTC
I have to agree that the whole scene and the atmosphere is great!
And a lot of details to look at.
Great job on that Mini Art building - you have managed to turn the plastic into real stucco
You did your best ,too - working with plastic figures
And a lot of details to look at.
Great job on that Mini Art building - you have managed to turn the plastic into real stucco
You did your best ,too - working with plastic figures
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 03:49 AM UTC
OK, sorry, I suppose I supposed to much... Always listen before you start interpreting is valid here as well. It looked to me like the town was just liberated. Like I said before, the vehicles and building look great! I also like the trash laying around.
Cheerio!
Cheerio!
exer
Dublin, Ireland
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Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 05:24 AM UTC
Terrific work on the miniart building and all the details- trash, flowerpots etc. The vehicles and crew look good too.
The only thing I don't like is the wall in the foreground.
The only thing I don't like is the wall in the foreground.
Shakermaker
Slovakia
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Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 07:13 AM UTC
Amazing! I wish my dio looked like this as well.
dioman13
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 01:56 AM UTC
Dimittris, I like it a whole lot. The way the whole dio blends together color wise. The wall up front is a nice touch, more like a photo would look. I do agree with the uniforms though, kind of out of place to me. The back yard up front is an eye catcher with the debri and weeds, looks almost forlorn or abandoned. Good,very good. Only one nit-pic, the ladder has mold seams I think. If it does. is it to late to pop off and re-do? One question, did you use pastells for blending it all tpgether? Other than that, I really like this one.
smalcastle
Attica, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 11:55 AM UTC
the ladder and the front wall
yes i"llrectify them
no i did not use pastels or pigments
the....dustiness waw made with an airbrush with clearcote with a sand colour 50/50
yes i"llrectify them
no i did not use pastels or pigments
the....dustiness waw made with an airbrush with clearcote with a sand colour 50/50
retiredbee2
Florida, United States
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Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 01:02 PM UTC
Demitris...I was kind of floored by seeing your diorama as I am also doing one of the same building a jeep and a scout car similar to the greyhound. Strange cooincidence. The one I am doing is going to have a loft on the inside with a wounded German sniper that the US medics are trying to figure out how to get him down. I did a crap job of cutting out the miniart parts from the molding and the parts did not fit together right. So what I did was make rubber molds with liquid latex and poured in the lightweight hydrocal. They came out great and I have since cast two more of this building with some modifications. Mine is far from finished though, and you can see a picture of it in my gallery. The one that you did is very nice and I can hope that mine will come out as well when I am finished.........Al
smalcastle
Attica, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 09:04 PM UTC
Alfred to fit the parts of the building was very difficult
so i used only the front part
the other part will be usefull for other construction
so i used only the front part
the other part will be usefull for other construction
retiredbee2
Florida, United States
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Posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 01:21 AM UTC
I read an instruction kind of after the fact, on how to cut out miniart buildings. I used scissors and a razor knife with disaster as a result. What you are supposed to do is score the edges with a sharp awl and break off the excess plastic. The nice part about molding mine with hydrocal is that it soaks up the paint and makes it look more natural than plastic and you don't have to work at makeing it look like plaster since it already is.