Hi All, This is a small dio in 1/35th scale.

Will show a scene on a ridge line with a tank and a single fig.....

First up is the tank, AFV Club Stuart









The rocky part of the ridge is a plaster casting from a rubber mold of a real rock.





Colored with acrylics and washed with inks. The rest of the base is foam with a layer of modelling clay.
Some small trees added, for some reason trees always look better in odd numbered groups.











Am using real decomposed granite for the ground work in the rocky part..









The ground work base in the forest part is real dirt..



















The figure is from a Dragon set with a Hornet head..
























Thanks for looking and let me know what you think of it,

Randy

Very nice build on the tank. I'd like to see more all around shots of that. The groundwork is excellent as well. Looks like a place I went on vacation. Where did you get the flowers?

Great landscape!
I also tried to use real stone (Basalt) for a landscape.
This was a volcanic-based one.
The tree, ground and the small plant looks very nice!
It looks better without the tank.

But I see the great work, but in the end it´s hidden by the tank.

greetings...
Soeren

edit: Yes, the tank and its stowed material looks very good!

Stunning groundwork, mate! I really like!

Thanks for sharing.

Pablo

Randy,
Great dio there and the ground work looks excellent its almost a shame to cover it up with superb looking Stuart. Nice job all around.

Nice job Randy all around. Like the idea of using a real rock for the mold of the ridge. Very nice, Wingman out.

the groundwork is excellent. Where did you get the trees from?

Paul.

I really really like it.
Love the groundwork, the composition, the Stuart and the Fig, all fantastic!
Cheers

Gorgeous build Randy! I personally love what you've done with the ground work! BTW: did you ever finish the AA Staghound diorama?

Great Stuff!

zaltar

Looks great! The gound work looks awesome along with the armor. What dit you use for those trees? the really look the part.

Hi Randy, very good work!

Do you want to keep the secret about your tree work? Tell us somegthing about that pease.

great choice of rock, but apart the weight, why didn't you simply use the real one?

I concur with Soeren, the landscape looks really great and a nice little scene without tank would have been great to.

Cheers
Claude

Thanks to all those who took the time to comment

Russ, Thank you and I posted the tank in the armor forum last night.

Soeren, Juan, Pablo, Sal, Wingman and Dave, Glad you all liked it!

Paul, Rick and Claude, Thank you and the trees are made with a trunk carved from balsa wood and branches from the dried plant called 'caspia' Will post some photos of the process today.

Claude, The mold I had, the rock is long gone You could use the real thing for something like this but I am used to working with plaster....









This is part of my train layout that fills up about 1100 square feet of my modelling room. I used several different molds to make all the mountains.

Randy

Hello Juankar, I only have the space because my children are all moved out of my house

As promised here is a small SBS on my evergreen trees...


I start with balsa wood trunk. You could use anything but balsa is soft and easy to carve and drill...











I prime the trunks black, then using your choice of bark color, paint the trunk. I use a wide flat brush with fairly thick paint and try to not fill in the texture. I brush against the grain like drybrushing. If nessary , a black wash of ink can be used to help the grain stand out...





The branches are 'caspia' found at craft stores in the dried flower department Great stuff with many uses!

Russ, I use the tips of the plant for the flowers.

The parts with no foilage on them make great dead branches for the lower part of the tree...











I spray the branches with cheap rattle can paint, as dark a green as I can find....





Holes are drilled in the trunk. I do angle the lower branches down and then change the angle as I go up the trunk.
This could depend on the type of tree you are building...














I then hand paint the branches the color of the trunk, I do not try to get them all, just the lower ones that can be seen.

My final step is to add some highlights using a light colored fine ground foam. I feel this gives a more scale look for 'needles'.





Certainly not oridginal or the only way but it works for me


Randy

Randy, I'm definitely a fan of your work! Your groundwork and builds are just fantastic! I always learn something from your posts. Thanks for the great explanations and photos!

By the way, that model train setup isn't too shabby either!!!

Michael

Randy--Wow! Damn fine workmanship
DJ

Randy,

That's one awesome dio. Hopefully I'll get around to building something nice like that one day.

Thanks for the tree demo as well. Probably waste a few balsa planks before I get it right!

Yo Randy,

Damn good work! Beautyfull scenery, the rock is so good...how did you fix such large object to a mould, what did you use?
Nice vegetation to, spot on.

Really nice work, very inspiring.

Greetz Nico

wow!!! super details and very nice groundwork.

Nice pics. I like the dio, tells a good story. Keep up with the pics.
Have a good one
Warren

Although I think it odd for a tank to be driven to a cliff edge and practacly teetering, this scenery and tank are absolutely terrific. A lot of us can only look forward to doing as well. Super job..... .....Al

Fantastic job on both the Dio and the model railroad that setup looks killer.

I wish I could set mine back up.

Boy that train layout is really great and a fine job on the mountain.

Any more pics of that layout?

Dang I just read that 1100 square feet wow that is big.

Thanks

Hi Michael, Glad you like it and your welcome

DJ, Thank you

Thanks Justin

Hello Nico, Thank you, I paint liquid latex rubber onto the rock to make a mould of it. I hope that was what you were asking

Hello Prasert s. , Glad you like it.

Hi Warren, Thank you.

Al, Dramatic licsence

Hi Jeff, Thank you, the large layout is nice to have but I find I spend too much time keeping it clean

Thanks to all who took the time to post a comment!!

Randy

WOW!!!! You should submit an article to the site on this for future reference. Great work all around.