hi guys,
this is my new dio i'm working on for my brother for christmas (so the italy one is on hold for the time being). i've had this idea in my head for a while now and seen as the tiger 1 is my brothers favourite tank, then i thought it would be a fitting christmas present!
the whole building was made with 1mm card and then had cork bricks/stones that then had filler spread on them to fill the gaps put on the bottom half and then on the top and other part has had clay put around it to beef it up basically and then later i will score some bricks into them. the wall thats there was made with clay, plastic card and some filler around it all.
i'll be using the academy tiger 1 with interior and tristars self-propelled gun crew vol.2 and some figures from dragon that i'm waiting on.
and at the bottom is the basic plan for the dio.













stan

done some more work in the past few days!











stan

heres some more progress. it the first time i've ever painted a face with oils so can i have some feedback please. my airbrush is broke at the moment so i have to wait a couple of weeks for a replacement









thanks stan

Stan, good start! Can't wait to see it progress! The face is really well painted.

thanks brandi, I appreciate it, I'll have more work done tomorrow

Nice work so far, I am Curious to see the finished dio! How’s the tiger coming along?

the tiger is as it looks in the last pictures at the moment, not really been able to do much to to it really cause i need a new airbrush to paint cause my old one has broken at the moment, i've done some more work to the building, adding bricks and such, i'll try and get the pics up tommorw.

Looking forward to it!

heres my update for today, i made the bricks from das clay, still have to do the other wall, then it will be ready for painting









cheers stan

Stan, the bricks are awesome! I have to admit, I never thought of using DAS for that, but I think I will!!!
Great progress! It's coming along!

Very creative Stan - I look forward to this getting done

thanks for the comments guys

here's my update for today, i made the flooring for the 1st floor using bits of wood that were left over from when i built some bridge ages ago, this is all the work i've been able to do lately on the tiger, but i ordered my airbrush today it'll take a few days to get here, but when it does i'll be on that tiger.









thanks stan