here are pics of my finished first diorama, its a follow up to my earlier post. i call it "Retter", german for savior.i am pleased with how it turned out. ur guys' pointers were awesome and it wouldnt be half what it is without them. thanks a lot for the advice, its really appreciated.

Without a doubt you used all the advice in your earlier post..Very nice job on a first dio. Any chance you can lighten up the photos for a clearer view?

Yeap need some lighting in there buddy , it seems quite night !!!!! :-)

it looks great now..the street is not clean anymore

your first dio looks nice.
maybe you can edit the pictures a little bit in Photoshop to make lighter.
or use a little mor light when you make the photos.
I think i saw an article about making photos , on armorama or Track-link

for your first dio...nice...
well done the plan of the dio...
I think you can improve the quality of the pics...
you can aslo improve the tank adding a weathering work and mud
cheers

Lighter pic...

Shaun

The other 2...

Great job, BTW.

Shaun

Ola Meissen

After seeing Keenans try to make a lighter picture I wanted to do one too. thios is not a competition thingy but I simply wanted to give it a try. I removed almost 80 percent of the yellow and red colors that overruled most of the picture. This is the result of 20 minutes working.


It did not gain much quality but the colors are a bit better visible

sorry about the pics guys. thanks a lot for taking the time to light them up. i think ill be taking pics outdoors now, so that should improve the quality of the lighting in the future.

Meissen, taking pictures outside on a sunny day does help, a lot. I don't know about IL but here in Indiana I will probably not have another sunny day until May...

Shaun

Very cool stuff! I love that King Tiger!

Great job!

~Chip :-)

i like the scene and the dio now is very nice . Bravo

Very nice Dio, the kneeling figure is he a conversion. :-)

Nice composition of the figures and the brick painting looks good as well. Were these pieces scratchbuilt?

Easy_Co,the kneeling figure isnt a conversion, but i wish i could make a conversion look that natural and clean! The fallen soldier is a conversion though. KFMagee, yep, everything except the figures/tank were scratch built. i used plaster for pretty much everything. i think i may start using foam board, cuz that plaster was a huge mess sanding and cutting. dust everywhere and plaster clogged tools.

Great for your first.

Nick - this is an ANCIENT thread (4 1/2 years old - check the dates!) and the dude hasn't been back here since November 2007.

- Steve

I don't believe we every got to see any better pictures of this diorama, shame. Perhaps the sun hasn't shone in Illinois since 2003

Chas

Oups!Yes!

looks awesome! did you build the burnt out building yourself or buy it as a kit and modify it yourself?