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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 02:10 PM UTC
Glad you like them Alan and Istvan, and glad they did turn out to match close enough to the resin model

Here it is with some AB paint

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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 02:44 PM UTC
I really love what you did with the base here Greg, it really needed the expansion. Gives the two combatants a little breathing room.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 10:31 PM UTC
This really is shaping up to be something special Greg!
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Posted: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 03:40 AM UTC
How about a forced perspective? A smaller scale T34 with the display tapering slightly.

I had seen a 1/144, a 1/72 airplane mounted like they were flying past a 1/35 AA gun. When you stood behind the gun it looked like you were watching the actual engagement.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 03:48 PM UTC
Thank you Jeremy and Karl, I'm happy how it's going now and can see it finishing in not too long. I hope I can get good at painting the figures especially the T34 commander.

Jim - I would like to try that on a future build, especially with some aircraft. Here's another dio just waiting to come to life with a German plane flying away in the distance

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Posted: Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 06:54 PM UTC



I hate pe!!! But, it's together so far. I fixed the bottom of the number 2 on the turret since this pic. Will paint these screens then attach. I wonder what color they were or should be? Kinda thinking chain link grey with rust.
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Posted: Sunday, April 01, 2012 - 09:36 AM UTC







I did grey and dark brown/black on the screens but the dark seems to have dominated. Next, is painting touch ups and pigments
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 12:52 PM UTC
Snuck in an hour here and there this week so started pigments on the street and base colors on the figures





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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 01:59 PM UTC
Greg,

Really nice idea for a dio.....everything looks great.

One possible idea if I may, how about putting a small mirror on the right side next to the sewer, gives a forced perspective that the sewer continues to the right.

Nice figure painting too!

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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 03:08 PM UTC
Greg: coming along nicely. The figs look really good.

Happy Modeling, -zon
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 06:14 PM UTC
Very convincing! I like it a lot!
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 09:08 PM UTC
Hi Craig,

Nice work, coming along really well, Excellent.


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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 10:09 PM UTC
Great work. Street stones are well done and a fine idea. Your work is of high quality.
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Posted: Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 04:20 AM UTC
Thanks very much for the comments.

I'm motivated for more work on it!
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Posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 03:24 PM UTC
I have a wood base drying and nearing the finish line, but a couple details still left to figure out:




Here's my idea to make a mold using a plastic bag handle for mud puddle splash





Done with the underground folks






Still trying to figure out if the destroyed kubelwagen is a good idea and maybe a light post for a vertical element?





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Posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 11:25 PM UTC
Greg,I have not checked in lately,but that is really looking good
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Posted: Monday, April 23, 2012 - 09:29 AM UTC
great idea. Coming along nicely

For that added touch of reality, may I suggest you add some SMELL to the sewer ?
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Posted: Monday, April 23, 2012 - 10:08 AM UTC
Terrific job to be sure. What do you think of this idea.............How about lay the panzerfaust down in front of the manhole and have the German going for HIS pistol too but not quite aimed at the Russian yet. It would make for a tense second in time as one could imagine the poor German getting hit or perhaps the Russian might miss and the German might have a chance. All in the imagination to be sure.
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Posted: Monday, April 23, 2012 - 10:15 AM UTC
I would maybe go for something like a motorcycle & an unfortunate driver in the street, the kubelwagen might give it a clustered feeling.
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Posted: Monday, April 23, 2012 - 12:35 PM UTC
Thanks everyone. I like that motorcycle idea - I'll look for something that may work
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Posted: Monday, April 23, 2012 - 10:06 PM UTC
I'm glad I checked in on this, it is really shaping up to be something special. Keep up the great work Greg!
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Posted: Friday, May 11, 2012 - 03:13 PM UTC
I'm done!























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Posted: Friday, May 11, 2012 - 07:30 PM UTC
Hi Greg,

Great work, you have a very imatinative dio there, turned out really well. Enjoyed watching the build, excellent stuff.

Cheers

Al
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Posted: Friday, May 11, 2012 - 08:07 PM UTC
Hi Greg,

Loving watching this scene come together. At first I was like everyone else in regards to the distance from the Panzerfaust to the T36. I wrongly assumed through my own experience that someone with a anti-tank weapon wouldn't get so close to their target. BBDA and all the other gompf. That was until I just read a book called "Tank Men : The human story of tanks at war". In it there was reference by some vets, US, Brit and Russian, who retold stories of German soldiers, Volksturm and Hitler Youth using Panzerfausts' to destroy vehicles at close range regardless of the consequences to themselves ie blowing themselves up. It highlighted to me the desperation the Germans must have felt if they were prepared to die as long as they took a tank with them. So now your scene is highly likely to me. Congratulations on a fine piece of work.

Cheers, John
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Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 02:18 AM UTC
Thank you Alan and John. Alan you were there from the first! John, that book sounds good. I'll be looking for that one. Thanks to everyone on this site for giving input into this project - I consider it a community project as the many different ideas came together.