Nice looking job! Looking forward to see the diorama completed! What color did you use for the Blackdog infantry soldier and more specifically for the uniform? Keep up the good work!

Those ball n chain things hanging off the turret look tedious to make. Much respect that you applied them!

Adamskii

suggestion about composition.. can the turret turn on the tank? can it be made to be coming around the corner with the turret traversed a little so the barrel is pointing down the street in line with the building, while the rest of the tank catches up ? and maybe instead of spreading the troops out, consider bunching them all up behind the corner of the building so there is this moment of tension where the tank is looking for trouble down the street before the troops stick their necks out ? maybe some sort of arrangement like that ? the only problem with your current composition is everything is looking away from the audience into the building? either way coming along nicely.. maybe consider a street light. for your building google a verlinden diorama called "knight takes kings bishop" (I think !!) by BoB Letterman.

half way down this page..

http://www.bobletterman.com/wordpress/?p=3697

great work so far

Adam

I like the idea of poking the gun around the corner. It makes more sense tactically as in a built up area the prudent thing to do is clear the buildings on both sides with infantry before the tanks go through. Tanks are leery about fighting in the city as anyone with any kind of anti tank weapon can get easy shots at them from below,above and 360 degrees of arc as well.
If there is no infantry,like the recent videos from Syria show,the tanks will blow down a street at the highest speed and fire at anything remotely threatening trying to make the best of a bad tank situation.

Not trying to muddy your waters ,just trying to inject real world tactics in your dio plans.
J

I like the idea of poking the gun around the corner. It makes more sense tactically as in a built up area the prudent thing to do is clear the buildings on both sides with infantry before the tanks go through. Tanks are leery about fighting in the city as anyone with any kind of anti tank weapon can get easy shots at them from below,above and 360 degrees of arc as well.
If there is no infantry,like the recent videos from Syria show,the tanks will blow down a street at the highest speed and fire at anything remotely threatening trying to make the best of a bad tank situation.

Not trying to muddy your waters ,just trying to inject real world tactics in your dio plans.
J

Very nice, but I would add broken door and window frames. Maybe even some broken glass, to add to the realism. Otherwise very well done.