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"What Now ?" diorama PzJagd I
momcha
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Posted: Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 09:20 PM UTC
Short story, crew lost themselfs in sightseeing of an old city and "fall" down on the end of stone platform. Tank broke track in the middle of cactus field and now is a question " who will be the brave one, to fix it "

An old PzJadg I Zvezda 1/35, figures are from various producers. Painted with Tamiya colors, weathering is made with AK Interactive and DOA pigments.









jashby
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Posted: Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 12:11 AM UTC
Looks good Momcha. Nice little setting.

Been in this situation a few times myself having lost a track in an unpleasant place. But thankfully that's what drivers are for .

My only suggestions would be that the grass is a little too 'bright' and I don't know how you would replicate it but the metal tracks would have left some sort of scuffing on the sandstone.

But other than that the figures are really nice and well finished. I almost feel sorry for the poor driver who copped a bang to the noggin. Almost. Actually no I don't. He should have been paying more attention to where he was going. The whole scene has that real 'Oh poop, what do we do now' feeling about it. Your Panzer is finished beautifully as well. It has that 'working car' look without the over the top abused look.

Cheers, John
GregCloseCombat
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Posted: Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 06:06 AM UTC
I really like the finish and idea too. One thing that I see is that most of the cactus are uniform in size and 1 or 2 tall ones in the mix could be nice. Really great work you've done here!
roudeleiw
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Posted: Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 07:08 PM UTC
How about a little grenade to clear the terrain`?
Nice idea overall!
One critic from me is that the crew does not look really concerned but pleased about the forced break and somehow waiting for outside help.

Cheers
Claude

momcha
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Posted: Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 09:19 PM UTC
Thank you for comments

Cactus are from Diopark. I tried that cactus height is not the same. Perhaps it will be better to see from a different angle

Thank you for noticing

Momcha
retiredyank
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Posted: Monday, December 19, 2011 - 01:48 AM UTC
I think it turned out very well. It is possible that all the cacti would be of similar height. Could be at the edge of the plot. Very nice weathering on the tank and ruins. The tank commander looks the least concerned of the crew, as well he should. "I outrank you. Fix it."
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Posted: Monday, December 19, 2011 - 02:31 AM UTC
Saw this over on the AK forum. Nicely done. Story is told by the broken track. Nice Pz and figs by the way
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