Hi. Was just over to the Constructive Comments section of Missing Lynx and saw an incredible diorama of a very small part of the the initital D-Day landing. Most incredible use of water and 'blood' I've ever seen. Not only is the model-building top-notch, but I do beleive the builder has pretty well captured the gory reality of this particular battle and what was seen by the men coming ashore.

Takes a while to download, but it's worth the wait.

Take care, sgirty

darn, I cannot watch it here: my employer has blocked the site!

Here is a hot link. Thanks Sgirty!

Shaun

http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/message?forumid=272176&messageid=1070610354

PS. Took a while to download on the DSL here at work so dial up folks are gonna be in gray bar land for a while... worth the wait, though.

Ola People

I went immediately to missing Links to check this out and I have to say it`s really stunning what this guy made.
Check for yourself under this link:
Visitors to hell - omaha beach, dog green sector, early morning 6th June 1944

This guy has doone a faboulous work at the wtare the blood the figures , everything , is so well done !!!!!!!

thats really great.I felt watching Saving Private Ryan.thanks for the link

Wow -- someone's been watching Saving Private Ryan!

I just wish he had included an overall shot of the entire diorama. I've always dreamt of doing something like this, but just don't have the guts, time or space. The Ranger assualt on Point du Hoc has always fascinated me. Maybe someday ...

Well, that overwhelmed the resources here at work. From what I could see, it looks imoressive.

Great piece of work, like Hollowpoint, I would have liked to have seen an overall photo, but it's well worth the time to take a peek.
Makes me feel bad for doing one figure vignettes....

This indeed is a great diorama. I really like the execution. All the figures seem to have a purpose and are in all the right places. Often in a diorama of this magnitude you will see a figure or two that don't really fit the overall feel. Not in this one. The only two things I can see that I wish the builder had done are:

1) Cleaned up all the seams. There are a couple of figures with clearly visible seams running down the sides of their legs and/or arms.

2) Added bullets hitting the water (little splashes). I think that would've added that extra bit of urgency to the scene.

wooowwwww
really nice work, the water and stuff amazing !
all those figures! i've have seen it with 5 fig's than i wanna build tank

bennie

As I pick up my jaw off the Floor Wow....That's Stunning work It really captures the Mood of D-Day

that is mind boggling.
the water looks great he even has the blood in the water.
that must have taken him a long time.
thats the best dio i have seen on the subject of d-day

WOW! how i would love to make something like that. :-)

J****, what a beautiful diorama and the color of the Blood/water is damn fine. i thought I saw Private Jackson with his Springfield Sniper running out of the water ( from Saving private ryan).

well [auto-censored] me to hell holler down!!!!!!!!! that is one fine diorama, this guy knows what he wants and how to make it happen, this is a very big inspiration however like some other poeple siad it would be good if pictures could have been taken of the whole diorma, but all in all i give this a 110 % !!!!!!!!

matt

My reply is up yesterday
Great job really puts the death thing at your door.
Sad to see but true

I did download all the photos tho for future looking great size fills the screen better then seeing little 32x78 photos detail is lost.

I am working on a similar piece at present, and this guy gave me a LOT of ideas... for example the plastic bags covering the rifles during the water trek... Overall I think his composition, layout, and water are TOP NOTCH, and his eye for detail (scratch built chin straps are nice!) but his figures aren't as quite as impressive... seams and painting appears to vary greatly from figure to figure... some are perfect, and others look a bit "hasty". Overall, for the size of what is done, and the eye for detail, I say BRAVO... would love to see this in person to examine all the angles of perspective.

I have to agree on this...... I thought of some them as being quite awful to see.... that's quite a difference with the rest of the dio, that I think is excellent.

Both Danny and KFMagee sum up what I feel about this dio. As 90% of i tis the figures, and I see them as:

1) Badly posed, the dead figures remind me of Verlinden's latest offerings, no basic correct anatomical positioning....

2) Badly built. Too many seam lines for my taste...

3) As someone mentioned the quality of the painting is too variable, some are well-painted, others leave a lot to be desired.

In a sense, this Dio highlights just how difficult it is to do convincing dead or wounded figures. Sorry for seeming negative, but the dio does nothing for me.....Jim