Hi all, just finished this one. Took about a year to make, though a lot of that time was waiting for DML to release their peleliu set. Amtank is Italeri and all the figs are Dragon.

I'm sure there will be questions, so ask away!

Some quick clarifications:

First time doing Water or Palms.
Turret on LVT is from TigerModels, it's impossible to fit two figs in it, hence the guy leaping off the side to "consult" with the infantry leader.
All figs are from Dragon's peleliu or Tarawa sets.

Very well done!

Nice colours overall. Good structure and colouring of the sand also.

I like it!

Claude

No questions.Nice piece of work.I like it a lot.

Tom

Hey Chris, well done. Nice layout, colors and your water is great too! Between yours and Pawels, I have my work cut out to try and get 1/2 as good as you guys. Amtrack looks nice and fits in good.

Yo Chris,

Looks like the pacific dioramas are a hot item here...

Yours look very well to...nice layout and color setting.

The water that hit the beach is ver realistic, well done.

Keep up!

Greetz Nico.

Hi
That's a very well laid out diorama. Interesting mix of figure's , very well painted.
Like very much.

What was your techniques for the foliage? Is it commercial products or scratch-built? Is the water resin with clear acrylic waves?

The palms are 100% scratch.
Step 1 - cut a dowel into approx 1" lengths
Step 2 - drill a hole through the dowel pieces, lengthwise
Step 3 - thread a piece of wire through all the dowel sections, this is the trunk
Step 4 - wrap a piece of twine around the dowels, glue in place, this will be the "growth rings"
Step 5 - make fronds from fake cloth leaves, or other medium (there are plenty of posts with pictures on this site)
Step 6 - attach fronds to trunk top
Step 7 - add dead growth just under base of fronds, I used sections of medium weight brown paper and shredded one edge to give the effect of dead frond roots
Step 8 - wrap a piece of tissue around trunk with white glue/water mixture, this is the bark
Step 9 - Paint!

I made the smaller tree using a wire armature for the trunk/branches and glued on some tufts of stuff I found in the fake flower dept of the local hobby store. Same thing for the smaller bushes, just made smaller armatures.

The water is a clear two-part resin with some food coloring for effect. It was poured in two 1/4" installments. You can't see from the pictures, but the water has an awful lot of micro bubbles in it, I didn't do a good job of helping it outgas. The waves are clear silicon caulk (for sealing your bathroom) thinned and smoothed with paint thinner. you can get water based stuff, but this is what I had on hand.

Sometimes I really wish I owned an airbrush. Everything is base painted with a rattle can, and then it's all brush work. Weathering is a combination of drybrushing with acrylics, washes with oils, and dusting with pigments.

I'm glad you all are enjoying it! I had a blast making it. Thanks for the comments, feedback like this site offers is what keeps a lot of us going I think.

If this was your first attempt with these techniques, then you have really done excellently!

love the water color. Looks so fresh !