Hello gentlemen!

Thanks all for your feedback and your great understanding of my confuse froggy english.
Thanks Sean, AgentG,
Scott, Still few works for the remains of letters. dirt print etc...
Thanks Libor, Aenea and Martyn.
Rudi my friend, you could already pre-order the upcoming part 2 and 3 for free,

A small update today, cause last days don't seems to have the normal and regulatories 24 hours.


Painting of the lettering :





Thanks for reading.

This is some serious nice work. And love the idea. I have wanted to do a Prypyat/Chernobyl dio for ages. But did not know how to go forward. Now i see that it is not the fit as much stuff as you can in to the dio, more the how you do it with less area. And it has come out well. You kinda get the same feeling of watching this and some photos from the real thing. It gives you an idea how it turns out when humans leave an area an nature takes over.

I went bananas on the google earth program. And found allot of interesting things. Such as the vehicle graveyard with all the vehicles used abandoned cuz of radiation, witch has been pillaged by people over time. And the abandoned trains all over. Found a train that had been overgrown with vegetation. I even found a parked maz tank trasport truck. And some kv tanks re purposed for other than battles, with cranes and stuff. It gave me some inspiration:) But again, really nice work mate. Keep up the good work.

@ Rudi - stop swearing! Where the f%#k you think you are?? - sorry, just kidding; I have no idea what you've just written .

@ Alexandre - What exact paints you've used for these letters? They look perfect!

Andrzej

HI Alexandre, relly nice job! Come on what are you doing about figures?

This is very very nice. Thank you for sharing.

I was eight and on a cruise ship on the Volga river with my parents when the real accident happened in '86. It was one of the first steps of the USSR's collapse and ironically now the area is the one place with the most remnants of that country.

Will there be figs, people? What sign was on the building i.e. do the letter have a meaning? The only word that fit in my guess is "sanatorii" which mean "sanatorium."

Best regards,
Dmitry

Nice attention to detail, you have nailed it pretty good.

Alexandre loving the water!. It's coming on rather nice! I'm liking the lettering you've pritty much nailed the lettering too. Keep it coming.

Jaymes.

Thanks Jarle for your comment. I think you've caught the main thing. Better sum up in a small vignette than doing an enormous dio with loads of vehicules and figures. If you want to see other things to give you some ideas, please watch this space, soon I'll begin the sequel part 2 and part 3.

Hello Andrzej! The letters are primed with Mr. Sufarcer 1000, then painted with a mix of semi-gloss Gunze acrylics. Weathering is done using enamel filters, oil paint and pigments. Thanks for following!
Oh, and Rudi says something I could translate like this : Your english is better than my s***t french my friend.

Hi Martyn, thanks, ahaha, figures will come in time, or not, or maybe.. you'll see in other parts.


Hello Dmitry! Pretty nice to have you onboard. Indeed, soviet era is still there, in everything. That's architecture that particulary speaks to me, but AFV's and vehicules aficionados can find their way there too.
Thanks for talking about the letters, I was secretely hoping that a russian speaking modeller find my topic.
That's the word, congrats, you've found it! Sanatorium. I wasn't sure about the spelling as I don't write cyrillic alphabet.

Thanks Warren and Jaymes, update to come soon.

Thanks for reading!
Alexandre.

This is really brillant. The way you set all your elements is absolutely great and it is terrifically atmospheric. Rendition of the overall decay is also excellent, with all the rain puddle and such.

And thanks a lot for the heads up on the Zeeschuim. I might try to grow some in my backyard next summer Cause your birch tree looks awesome!

Tu as un énorme talent Alexandre, c'est fou!

Looking really good so far my friend.

The one thing that struck me the most about Pripyat was how nature is slowly reclaiming the city. You would see trees growing inside buildings through the floors and different sorts of fauna on buildings.

But thus far, I must say that it's looking very good, I'm eager to see what 2/3 will be.

Keep up the good work!

Two things I'd like to suggest, the first is perhaps put a piece of clear plastic and turn it into a broken window in that open space, be sure to make it dusty though =P

The second thing refers to the walls. On my trip I noticed that about 80% of all building interiors were painted (of course) however, most of the paint from years of weather exposure have begun to peel and crack. As seen here: http://www.tynevalley-ccl.org/images/Picture%20Taken%20In%20Pripyat,%20Ukraine,%20An%20Abandoned%20Town%20Adjacent%20To%20Chernobyl.jpg

Hello gents.

Thanks a lot Philippe! and thanks Steve for your comments a nice ideas. I've thought of the glasses, maybe I will do something. For the paint peeling, remember there are 2 more parts to follow, so I can't play all my cards on this one...

Today's update. I've painted the exterior walls. Let me try to explain better how I'm doing moisture and moss, rain smudges and wet effects.
I work with very diluted oil paint. I use rectified turpentine as a thinner, that give a pleasant semi-glossy finnish.
I mix vivid green, dark and warm gray, burnt sienna and prepare 10 filters in differents shade.
Then, with a round and damp brush I work in plenty of layers, until I'm satisfied.I erase excess with pure thinner, and, the main thing is to work when paints are still wet. The more the color mix, the better it is. Don't let the oil dry until you've got the result you want.

Hope this is clear,here are the pics :





Thanks for reading.
Alexandre.

You are putting the rest of us to shame with your skill! Well done Alexandre, I want more!

Alexandre my friend, first this :

I must have been on another planet missing this UNBELIEVABLE TOPIC !

Shame on me !

I am completely amazed by your today's skills !
What a great detail, it all fits together, the colors match perfect and the techniques are from the hand of a master !

You impress me...a whole lot !

Alexandre, positivley fantastic and beautiful. The wet colors seem to blend it all together. Feels like I should wipe off my boots after looking at this.Deffinatly gives you that soggy alone look, like the show After People. Haunting yet curiously inviting. Looking forward to the rest of this one.

WOW !!!! EXCELLENT WORK so far, my friend !!! Well done ! Cheers !
Kenneth .

Gasp! This work is quite amazing. So simple but very well executed. I can't wait to see the other two installments. Would you be interested in doing a collaboration? However I don't know how I would be able to ship a kit to you .

Alexandre, great progress this is really coming to life!

Thanks for the compliments also, I'm glad your enjoying my blogs too! Let me know if you ever have any questions on Soviet topics, always happy to help!

Certainly is looking creepy! Actually the topic of Pripyat and Chernobyl in general is rather close to home, as my wife is from Belarus (and born roughly the same time as the disaster) a lot of the fallout around 60% landed in the Belarussian SSR.

It´s good , really good. the idea,the composition, the execution , painting, and atmosphere

congratulations Alexandre

Hey Alexandre

Great dio you're building. Looks just like a scene from Call Of Duty 4 Modern Warfare.... What figure will you include?

Keep it up

Cheers Roel

Yo Alexandre,

Great update's! The layers/filters on the wall are very nice..nice building it up.

The water aspect is great...yes vallejo still water is great...after drying you can peel it easly of the ground....if you must have a error ore bad spot...but in you're case its not nesessary

Great work!

Greetz Nico

Hello Gents,

Thanks a lot for reading, following and posting your thoughts and feelings, I must admit that without your support I just couldn't keep working as regularly.
Martyn mate, no shame, just enjoy and try some of the tricks, nothing hard in it. Groundworks and effects are often easier than model building.
Guy my friend you're absolutely forgiven! There's so many build logs here, I know we couldn't see all and sometimes just miss them. No matter, I'm really glad you've found your way here.
Thanks Bob and Kenneth! Sean, I'll think about your words.
Jon, thanks a lot, I won't hesitate if I'm in need, thanks again.
Hello Carlos! Cool you're still onboard, I'm flattered.
Thanks Roel, I could not talk about figures yet, cause I'm in for 3 parts, that will propably interact each other.
Thanks Nico, keep it under your hat, but I've redone water twice, the first one I wasn't satisfied.

Today's update : some finishing paintwork on the ground, I've added some more ferns and others..
A bit of blue paint on the window, this part one comes to an end soon. Tomorrow will be the last update for few days, cause I'm now working on other parts 2 and 3.

See you tomorrow for the finishing of Part One, thanks, thanks, thanks a lot everyone of you for reading a giving that positive feedback during this few weeks.
Have a great day,
Alexandre.

The angular aspect of the walls, the paint work, the moss and ground work, the sign and it's missing pieces.................everything, just excellent!
This conveys the eeriness and loneliness of Pripyat very well.
Kudos to you....awaiting the grand finale

Cheers,
Charles

Another truely insperational update!

Alex
Putain ca dechire comme on dit chez nous exact.
This is extraordinary. The feeling the atmosphere, I can feel the rain and smell the wet grass.
Outstanding result
Cheers
Seb

He's correct, as eerie as it sounds, you've done an excellent job.

I can't wait to see your part 2 and part 3.

I feel as if I'm standing in Pripyat again from looking at this.