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stalingrad dio
durruti16
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 10:11 AM UTC
Here some pics on my Stalingrad dio.
Any comment is welcome.








Spiderfrommars
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 10:25 AM UTC
Impressive job Luca!

I like it a lot indeed!
210cav
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 11:57 AM UTC
Luca-- Oustanding! Marvelous workmanship
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 01:54 PM UTC
Luca that is one hell of a diorama you have there, very inspiring

Cheers
Rampenfest
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 04:50 PM UTC
Love it. I really like all the action going on. Very impressive job on the painting. Did you use oils?
callmehobbes
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 08:48 PM UTC
I'd love to see a few more shots of the factory. Great dio.
rodrigo_sartori
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 10:59 PM UTC
Great work Luca!
The ruins are perfect. Congratulations!!!
Karl187
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 11:56 PM UTC
The action and movement conveyed in this scene is masterful- it all works together so well to tell the story- awesome stuff Luca.
pratil
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 12:09 AM UTC

thanks a lot for your feedback.

I will try to take some more pics of the ruins.

the figures are painted with Acrylic Vallejo.

Regards,
roudeleiw
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 12:29 AM UTC
Superb dio!
The rubble is great, incl. painting

You really mastered the rendering of an action dio.
The guy with the injured arm hanging down is a great addition.

Some of the figures (including the one with the injured arm) could use even more dramatic figure expressions.

Well done

Claude

exer
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 02:35 AM UTC
Great Job and great dynamism
jrutman
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 02:42 AM UTC
Captures the action brilliantly! Nice job all around,specially the rubble. There is never enough rubble in most dios but you nailed it!
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Lebanon
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 05:26 AM UTC
Those figures are so well done, I can’t stop looking at them. Great scene … very action filled!

Regards,
zontar
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 02:25 PM UTC
Awesome dio!! The action is well captured. Very inspirational.

Happy Modeling, -zon
PolishBrigade12
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 02:36 PM UTC
Beautiful work Luca,

Lots and lots of detail with a superb composition portraying CQB at it's finest. The figure painting is top shelf, very well done and a great story told. Bravo Luca, fine work indeed. I love it!


Cheers, Ski.
durruti16
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 09:40 PM UTC
Thanks a lot for your compliments. Many of you are great modellers, I love your works too, so your compliments are even more appreciated !

Luca
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 10:12 PM UTC
Awesome Man.
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 10:26 PM UTC
Hi Luca. Fantastic diorama. The figures are first class. Great action and especially the composition of the scene.
Im a little bit torn between one issue ... on one hand, I really think it works and another its maybe "too much".
The base ... brick work, steel and rubble is all very red and similar in colours ... this makes the contrasting green/grey tank and figures stand out and become the focus of the scene, but I wonder if more colour was introduced like bare metals, painted corrugated tin, etc ... how would it look. Did you do this purposely for effect or just a happy accident? Hopefully you understand my question.
durruti16
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 10:57 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Hi Luca. Fantastic diorama. The figures are first class. Great action and especially the composition of the scene.
Im a little bit torn between one issue ... on one hand, I really think it works and another its maybe "too much".
The base ... brick work, steel and rubble is all very red and similar in colours ... this makes the contrasting green/grey tank and figures stand out and become the focus of the scene, but I wonder if more colour was introduced like bare metals, painted corrugated tin, etc ... how would it look. Did you do this purposely for effect or just a happy accident? Hopefully you understand my question.


You are absolutely right, and I already added some more materials for not having too much red. But the basic idea is having the debris made mostly by bricks and rusty metal, since the building is a bare bricks industrial one. At the end I am quite happy, however I will try to insert some other materials (bare metal is a good idea) to move it a little bit more...

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Posted: Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 05:59 AM UTC
Beautiful Dio!
ahandykindaguy
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Posted: Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 12:06 PM UTC
Luca this is a very good diorama. Well thought out & constructed. great job in creating a story through your build. it reminds me of the types of builds we used to see from guys like Shep Paine, vivid color variations and emphasis on the story while the elements remain constant and almost understated, a very elegant way of building, clean and neat. I like this style alot. Great job.

Dave
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Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 06:57 PM UTC
Yo Luca,

This is a masterpeice! Good life like colors brought in very attractive way...

Top painted figies. Nice story and really realistic rubble.

Very good job!

Greetz Nico
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