or "Trip down memory lane", anyway, because i took out my old dios to show them and the mall expo next month, i figured i would show them here also.

I think two are unpublished :-)

I changed nothing for this pics but i will replace some dried plants for the expo.

I think i made one model without base and was then immediately focused to dioramas. They are dated around the year 2002-2004 if i remember well and are ordered somewhat from old to new

Enjoy (i hope)











Hey, i also retrieved this one from my Photobucket album. It is supposed to show me during my army years. I made my driving licence on a Dodge in 1981!


Cheers
Claude

being still young its great to see how your works evolved Claude you've given me even more motivation and the idea to stick with this hobby after all thats what it is, I can see how you've expanded on techniques and what you produce to date for me is mind blowing I will continue to gain a lot from your modelling and you will provide me with a lot of lift and motivation to build and build diorama's too

Take care

Jaymes

Thanks for sharing your works. All interesting!

Claude,

it's great to see where you started out, definitely an improvement visible there!

Cheers!
Stefan

Wow, this thread should be an inspiration to anyone starting out/returning to the hobby. Amazing to see your progression!

Glad you like it guys

Let me the add a few explanations who may help.

As far as i remember the figures on the british desert scene have been my first figure transformations. (at that time i also bought cheap or interesting looking kits before planning anything)
Not much to say about the second one a part it looks like i made my first tries with Milliput (for the tarp) and heavy weathering (LOL) for the motocycle.
The german desert scene shows some tries in "wet in wet" stone painting.
Obviosly the height difference between the arab abd the soldiers is not enough for the scene i wanted to make.

In the nature scene you find my first complete sculpt and very first water experiences.
Make no error here, the big stones are correct! These can e find in a very touristic area in Luxembourg called Müllertal.

Then think it gets really better, figure painting makes real progress, the scene is not bad also. Problem zones: The hatch roof is wrong and the planks on the garage to big compared to the figures. I should have modelled only half the hut.

I still like the Marder winter scene, i would not do any better now.

The Dodge, LOL, that's a classic beginner dio. I ripped it apart to salvage Dodge parts and the figure (me) is even continuing his rest in Clervaux Castle now :-)

Cheers

Claude

The hut is big enough to house the tank. The way all huts should be. I like the one with the camel. Your dios really reflect your improvement over the years. Ah, to be young again. Instead, I'm racing to middle age.

Yo Claude,

Nice to see...also nice to see how your technics are very improved true the years.

Seem you like desert dioramas in the start of your "carreer"

Nice work!

Greetz Nico

Hi Claude. The learning curve is very apparent in these models ... right up to the Marder ... even the figure painting improves with each base. Its interesting to see the subject choice ... not always the norm for beginners, and also the choice of bases you used.
Nice to look back ... unfortnately everything I did in the first year or maybe even two, has long since been thrown out after scavaging anything worth keeping!!

Nice trip down memory lane. I can see the progression and growth in technique.
Thanks for sharing -- I wish my older diorama's were this dust free.

Thanks guys!

My first diorams are mostly influenced by the bargain prices i got on different subjects. I never really cared about armour (still not today) and bought according to look and price first and only later decided to do a dio with it.
It is obviosly not really the right way to do it, but everything needs to be learned, even buying habits

Cheers
Claude