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Dioramas
Do you love dioramas & vignettes? We sure do.
Yet more update photos of the DW Diorama.
DGeraths
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Posted: Monday, May 06, 2002 - 02:31 PM UTC
Here is the latest photos of the DW dio that I have been steadly working on.

I have poured the sidewalk and building supports and carved the sidewalk sections into the surface. I have also begun the long process of weathering the cement before the dry brushing... then comes the fun part.... the enormous amount of debris!

I have been saving every piece of broken plaster and will crush it up with a hammer for use as debris. These photos give you an idea of the layout so far. The building are Verlinden. Street lights are by Tamiya.

Thanks for being interested and keeping up with the project. Hopefully I will see it completed before the end of the month.




sgtreef
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Posted: Monday, May 06, 2002 - 05:09 PM UTC
Looking good where did you get the Plaster buildings from make them or buy? This is one big Dio you have going. well keep up the good work.
Cheers
210cav
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Posted: Monday, May 06, 2002 - 11:08 PM UTC
DG--just a great job! Inspirational work. The end product is going to be more than worthy of any awards you receive. Keep up the great work.
DJ
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Posted: Monday, May 06, 2002 - 11:16 PM UTC
Looks PDG to me!
YodaMan
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Posted: Monday, May 06, 2002 - 11:44 PM UTC

Quoted Text

The end product is going to be more than worthy of any awards you receive. Keep up the great work.


That's an understatement! That concrete looks pretty good!!!
DG, please tell me you're writing an article for the Armorama contest. I don't know what your secret is, but I sure wanna know!
Thanks for sharing with us!

YodaMan
Phantom
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Posted: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 - 01:08 AM UTC
Oh that's very nice. Just look at that concrete!

Amazing DGerath, simply amazing.

-Paul
Posted: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 02:33 AM UTC
We like this very much! I'll be curious to see the finished result!
Good Luck Squire!
Impressive and Immersive!
CaptainJack
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Posted: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 05:31 AM UTC
Now here's a first!! Jack is stumped for words!! Words just can't describe how good some things are!

KUTGW,
Jack
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Posted: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 09:32 AM UTC
Very nice!
tazz3
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Posted: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 10:44 AM UTC
all i can say is wow, that is comeing a long nice when u are done wit the dio plz post them thanks
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Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 07:13 PM UTC
With your obvious talent, why do you buy verlinden buildings, or buildings from anybody else for that matter! Your sidewalks are brilliant, why not make your own buildings as well. Then at least theyd all be original and can only improve on what you have here. Maybe a bit time consuming, but must be worth it in result and personal satisfaction.
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Posted: Saturday, May 18, 2002 - 09:24 AM UTC
The whole thing looks amazing. I can't wait to you finish. Even the sidewalk blows me away! I hope I can do a diorama half as good as you. You should consider writing a how-to about it. Thanks for the inspiritation. :-)

Mark
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Posted: Saturday, May 18, 2002 - 10:39 AM UTC

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With your obvious talent, why do you buy verlinden buildings, or buildings from anybody else for that matter! .



It is mostly a matter of time. The scale buildings that are available on the market are wonderful and not to expensive. I have a lot of fun taking a white piece of plaster cast building and turning it into a burned out wreck.
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Posted: Saturday, May 18, 2002 - 10:55 AM UTC
Looks great DG!! As has been said, I hope you're planning on writing a 'how-to' article for Armorama's 'Content Contest'.

Tread.

BTW, did you get my PM?
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