More advances Viretnam Dio "Low level hell"
La Rioja, Spain / España
Joined: May 09, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 12:50 AM UTC
England - North West, United Kingdom
Joined: July 18, 2010
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 12:54 AM UTC
this is such an amazing dio! really great figures, love the painting on them!
can't wait to see this finished!
Rostov, Russia
Joined: February 21, 2005
KitMaker: 230 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 01:31 AM UTC
Hola,Santiago!
I`m glad to see you again and next stage of your titanic job!!!!
Well done,just amazing!
Vladi
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Arkansas, United States
Joined: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 01:49 AM UTC
Looking good. The hut is really convincing and the figures are spectacular. I lack the talent to build larger dios like this one. I'm dreading the groundwork on my British reinforcements dio. I'm surprised you don't have the guy with the rpg setting up to fire back at the helo.
Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.
Texas, United States
Joined: June 07, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 02:03 AM UTC
Santiago,
Excellent job with the figure conversions and the groundwork. The poses really express the urgency of the situation.
I was wondering how this was coming along. Can't wait to see the finished product.
Keep up the great work.
Cheers,
James
#284
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Joined: October 04, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 03:28 AM UTC
Epic Dio Santiago- the action is fantastic and the detail down to the water ripples is brilliant. Each figure is very well painted and I think they are all 'interacting' with the scene nicely. Some great photography to show it off too!
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Ethiopian BMP-1 (Trumpeter 1/35)
AMX-13/75 (Takom 1/35)
Pennsylvania, United States
Joined: April 10, 2011
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 03:30 AM UTC
This is the first time I have seen this and I really like it. Very nice work on the figs. Great action and animation.
J
California, United States
Joined: June 30, 2008
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 03:45 AM UTC
I was hearing the Valkyrie music in my head the whole time looking at this. Fantastic work!
Ontario, Canada
Joined: March 01, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 12:02 PM UTC
Very ,very nice.
I remember from the start.It has been a while,but well worth the time.The finish I'm sure will be amazing.
Tom
California, United States
Joined: December 12, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 02:12 PM UTC
Santiago,
Been wondering when you were going to post further progress on your diorama. The work is great well worth the wait. Looking foward to your next updates.
Tom
Tom Turschmann
SFC, USA Retired
La Rioja, Spain / España
Joined: May 09, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 08:31 PM UTC
Hello Vladimir ¡¡¡
Thank you for your kind words. I promise you this dio will be finished in a couple of months (I´m getting near of the five years mark of the seals and lssc diorama).
When we could see a diorama with your seals ???.
My best regard for you and your family.
Santiago
La Rioja, Spain / España
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 08:43 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Looking good. The hut is really convincing and the figures are spectacular. I lack the talent to build larger dios like this one. I'm dreading the groundwork on my British reinforcements dio. I'm surprised you don't have the guy with the rpg setting up to fire back at the helo.
Hello Matt
Thank you for your comments, and about the man with the RPG-2, I was thinking about changing the weapon. But I put myself into the socks of the nva soldier, running trought the rice paddie, tired, trying to avoid the minigun runs from the helicopter; so, in this circunstances, I supose the man was running for cover and no stop and trying to shoot down such a little helicopter flying at top speed with just one rocket.
Another thing is fire a burst with the ak-47 on the run, more easy to do while you run for your live, so there is a nva changing the magazine after do that.
Thank you very much.
Santiago
La Rioja, Spain / España
Joined: May 09, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 08:50 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Santiago,
Excellent job with the figure conversions and the groundwork. The poses really express the urgency of the situation.
I was wondering how this was coming along. Can't wait to see the finished product.
Keep up the great work.
Cheers,
James
Thak you James ¡¡
I´m very happy with your comments,because I love your vietnam dioramas, especially the one of the nva shoot down with a browing 0.45 ( "Too close to comfort" was the title ????). Those dios were a great inspiration for me ...
Santiago
La Rioja, Spain / España
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 08:56 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Epic Dio Santiago- the action is fantastic and the detail down to the water ripples is brilliant. Each figure is very well painted and I think they are all 'interacting' with the scene nicely. Some great photography to show it off too!
Thank you Karl.
But you must notice that there isn´t water in the rice paddie, just reflections of the varnish. The water will be the last thing to do, with clear poliester resin, with all the figures and element fixed to the base.
Santiago
#284
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Joined: October 04, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, August 04, 2011 - 09:05 AM UTC
Ah yes, now I see it- looks like some shallow water in one particular photo. I can't wait to see this all finished.
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Ethiopian BMP-1 (Trumpeter 1/35)
AMX-13/75 (Takom 1/35)
Arkansas, United States
Joined: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Thursday, August 04, 2011 - 01:44 PM UTC
I can understand running for your life, but the figure has to be running from one position to another. I would suggest cutting the grenade off of the rpg, as if it had already been spent. The NVA were a well disciplined army. The way I'm seeing it is, the regular spotted the incoming chopper, fired his grenade, and then began to run to a safer position. This is your dio. Do it how you want. I am only making an observation or suggestion as you will. It looks really great. Much better than I can do.
Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.
Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: January 16, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, August 04, 2011 - 07:53 PM UTC
Hi there,
A very dramatic piece of work you've done. I know how difficult it is to show action (combat) in dioramas, but you've done it! Great work.
Congrats.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Joined: May 12, 2009
KitMaker: 21 posts
Armorama: 18 posts
Posted: Saturday, August 06, 2011 - 09:23 PM UTC
Nice dio, it's really like exactly my country in war.
Waiting it's done soon.
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: August 12, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, August 07, 2011 - 08:28 AM UTC
Hi Santiago,
Really excelllent work so far. This has a great sense of the event, nice structure and excellent figure work. The disposition of the figures looks good.
The only thing that looks a little out of place is the cart driver, he doesn't have a sense of panic and urgency that the others have.
Excellent work, I'll keep an eye out for developments.
Al
'Action this Day'
Winston Spencer Churchill
Washington, United States
Joined: January 31, 2009
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Posted: Monday, August 08, 2011 - 04:49 PM UTC
Santiago, this looks really great and the attention to detail is right on! I'm a big Nam dio lover too and given your past work, this baby is gonna be HOT! Love the layout and composition, flows very well and the "Little Bird" crew will top it off. Watchin for the next installment.
Cheers, Ski.
England - North West, United Kingdom
Joined: April 17, 2005
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Posted: Monday, August 08, 2011 - 11:19 PM UTC
Great sense of movement. Action dio's rarely work but you've got it just right!
West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
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Posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 - 11:15 PM UTC
Yo santiago,
Nice layout and setting...the story is superb and full of action, always a hard subject to put into a diorama. But you did it well.
Keep up!
Greetz Nico
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Donegal, Ireland
Joined: May 14, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 - 11:46 PM UTC
Hi Santiago. Great to see the next steps in your dio. I remember well when you showed the hut first and have been waiting for updates ... you´ve been missed. So many great Vietnam figures have been released in the mean-time ... all with your name on them
IPMS Stockholm
"The problem with common sense, is that it is not that common"
La Rioja, Spain / España
Joined: May 09, 2004
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Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 09:14 AM UTC
Thank you Allan, and yes, you are right about the "no panic" look of the buffalo cart rider. In the alfa version of the dio there isn´t a cart, but just a panic buffalo, with the owner looking at the buffalo and trying to stop the animal pulling it back with a rope conected to the nose of the animal (the asian way to control a buffalo ¡¡¡).
But in the beta version I put the cart with the wonderful water buffalo of Dorgh´s original, and so the owner of the buffalois niw the cart driver with a very relaxed look in his new role.
Really, I don´t want to make another figure, so I´ll try to relocate the figure to give it a more urgent look (perhaps trying to hide himself into the cart, o so).
Thank you very much for the comments.
Santiago.
PS I´m on my holidays, so I´working hard to finish the dio....
