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Small late spring diorama nearing completion
jhoenig
Joined: December 29, 2011
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2014 - 11:08 AM UTC
Trying to finish it for Armorcon just for display. Jagdpanther being built for it which I don't have a prayer of getting done by then, I have a different Jagdpanther I'm adapting for it (temporary) Idea is was a little muddy but dry now and tank will be riding above mud area just flattening it down, Jagdpanther to be camouflaged with matching brush.
tybugg
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2014 - 11:19 AM UTC
Whatever model you put on the base, that is some great looking foliage. Very realistic. What company line of foliage is that?
erichvon
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2014 - 11:20 AM UTC
That is outstanding work. Probably some of the finest groundwork I've ever seen! Love the mix of different types of bushes, vegetation etc. It looks completely natural.You ought to do a tutorial on this.
ahandykindaguy
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2014 - 11:39 AM UTC
Outstanding ground cover John!!! Absolutely beautiful work. Good luck at Armorcon.
jhoenig
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2014 - 11:42 AM UTC
Mike and Karl thanks for the good words.
Mike its my own line and the shrubs are new
Karl, I didn't have the time , this was a "quick" diorama I wanted to get the shrubs in and bring it as well as the Ardennes diorama to Armorcon for display (they will be at the MicroWorld Games table as well as some select product.)
Somewhere on here is an Ardennes diorama that does have a complete tutorial on it.
http://www.thescenicfactory.com/
http://scenicfactorydio.com/
The scenicdio site will be getting updated over the next week or so.
- John
Mike its my own line and the shrubs are new
Karl, I didn't have the time , this was a "quick" diorama I wanted to get the shrubs in and bring it as well as the Ardennes diorama to Armorcon for display (they will be at the MicroWorld Games table as well as some select product.)
Somewhere on here is an Ardennes diorama that does have a complete tutorial on it.
http://www.thescenicfactory.com/
http://scenicfactorydio.com/
The scenicdio site will be getting updated over the next week or so.
- John
Stickframe
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2014 - 11:43 AM UTC
Wow! that looks great! just wish you'd have posted some progress pics to see how you did it! Nice!
cheers
Nick
cheers
Nick
jhoenig
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2014 - 11:49 AM UTC
Dave, thanks though I'm not entering it just displaying it.
Stickframe, usually I do but this started as a quick behind the scenes diorama, though I do have a couple earlier pics on my facebook page (The Scenic Factory) and I usually throw little tidbits on there from time to time.
Stickframe, usually I do but this started as a quick behind the scenes diorama, though I do have a couple earlier pics on my facebook page (The Scenic Factory) and I usually throw little tidbits on there from time to time.
jrutman
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2014 - 12:50 PM UTC
Wow John,that looks superb. You really have the knack for this. Maybe you should start your own scenics company? Oh wait...
I see I need to be making an order pretty soon. What foliage are you using for the mid sized and bigger trees?
The dead ones and the fungus on them is really brilliant.
J
I see I need to be making an order pretty soon. What foliage are you using for the mid sized and bigger trees?
The dead ones and the fungus on them is really brilliant.
J
justsendit
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2014 - 02:06 PM UTC
This looks awesome John! I love the fungus and that gnarly tree.
—mike
PS: Guys, click on one of John's images and check out his uprooted tree — really cool!
—mike
PS: Guys, click on one of John's images and check out his uprooted tree — really cool!
jhoenig
Joined: December 29, 2011
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2014 - 10:01 PM UTC
Thanks Jerry and Mike,
Jerry the dead ones are plain sagebrush and the others are saplings with sea foam added (non preserved) painted gray then sprayed with ink/alcohol wash, all the leaf foliage is Silflor, leaf size a little small but works great for sapling size trees.
- John
Jerry the dead ones are plain sagebrush and the others are saplings with sea foam added (non preserved) painted gray then sprayed with ink/alcohol wash, all the leaf foliage is Silflor, leaf size a little small but works great for sapling size trees.
- John
jrutman
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Posted: Monday, September 08, 2014 - 05:47 AM UTC
Thanks John,
Order in bound.
J
Order in bound.
J
ReconTL3-1
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Posted: Monday, September 08, 2014 - 07:14 AM UTC
Excellent work on the vegetation. It looks so natural.
Keep up the great work.
Cheers,
James
Keep up the great work.
Cheers,
James
jhoenig
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Posted: Monday, September 08, 2014 - 09:44 PM UTC
Thanks Jerry and James,
Hoping I can finish it for Armorcon.
Jerry order on its way (with a little added goody in the box!)
- John
Hoping I can finish it for Armorcon.
Jerry order on its way (with a little added goody in the box!)
- John
1stjaeger
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Posted: Monday, September 08, 2014 - 10:50 PM UTC
Hi John,
fantastic composition Sir!! That is some fine terrain!
I would just not enter this area with such a huge tank! Big cats are tricky to steer!
Cheers
Romain
easyco69
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Posted: Monday, September 08, 2014 - 11:07 PM UTC
love it!
jrutman
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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 01:16 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Hi John,
fantastic composition Sir!! That is some fine terrain!
I would just not enter this area with such a huge tank! Big cats are tricky to steer!
Cheers
Romain
Great minds think alike!! But I was thinking if a JgRanther entered this soupy mud then the BergePanther better be right behind it ready to pull it out again,
Kind of reminds me of Karylia? Swarms or mosquitoes?
There is a modeling challenge for ya.
J
jhoenig
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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 01:55 AM UTC
Romain - right on, since I got carried away with bushyville, I have struggled with the tight quarters for a large tank, so you have helped me decide to knock it down to StuG size or comparable. Jerry not concerned about mud because it is dry though hard to tell in these photos, thus the reason for absence of track ruts, the scene is for the armor to travel a previous used path that was mud but now dried out, I plan on adding more new growth "weeds" over top after the placement of armor, which isn't going to be all muddied up, which now may be a little delayed. Honestly if I was good enough with figures and had the time I would prefer to have a group of 8 or so infantry walking the route instead of armor
- John
- John
JPTRR
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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 02:50 AM UTC
John,
Superb!
If this doesn't generate orders for you, I don't know what will.
The real moss/lichen on the branches - awesome. I have some branches like that but they are not suitable for trees, only as fallen decaying trunks.
Superb!
If this doesn't generate orders for you, I don't know what will.
The real moss/lichen on the branches - awesome. I have some branches like that but they are not suitable for trees, only as fallen decaying trunks.
1stjaeger
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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 04:42 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Romain - right on, since I got carried away with bushyville, I have struggled with the tight quarters for a large tank, so you have helped me decide to knock it down to StuG size or comparable. Jerry not concerned about mud because it is dry though hard to tell in these photos, thus the reason for absence of track ruts, the scene is for the armor to travel a previous used path that was mud but now dried out, I plan on adding more new growth "weeds" over top after the placement of armor, which isn't going to be all muddied up, which now may be a little delayed. Honestly if I was good enough with figures and had the time I would prefer to have a group of 8 or so infantry walking the route instead of armor
- John
Hi John,
didn't want to put you into trouble, but I know from experience how difficult it is to manoeuvre a big tank in such terrain (apart from the inherent vulnerability due to veeeery poor sight).
If you want/need figures (capital choice here BTW)....and are reluctant to give it a go yourself, why not team up with a gifted figure afficionado!! You did so with Jerry if I recollect correctly, so why not do it again!
Cheers
Romain
P.S.: hope I haven't put YOU into troubles Jerry!!
jhoenig
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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 07:19 AM UTC
Romain,
I'd love to but it does get expensive (though worth every friggin' penny) I still look at "Kinney" in amazement. and the fact that that was an afterthought.
David and JPTRR thanks much.
Here are the only beginning pics I have, see it started out wider!
I'd love to but it does get expensive (though worth every friggin' penny) I still look at "Kinney" in amazement. and the fact that that was an afterthought.
David and JPTRR thanks much.
Here are the only beginning pics I have, see it started out wider!
1stjaeger
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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 11:52 AM UTC
Yeah, that started out soooo harmless..!!
panzerconor
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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 01:19 PM UTC
I love how this looks in absolutely every aspect. Your work inspires, sir. Is that just a static grass start to it? Will you be adding any tanks or figures to it?
-Conor
-Conor
PolishBrigade12
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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 08:41 PM UTC
That scene is "NUTS" John, incredibly well done. I really like the moss on the trunks, awesome work!
Cheers, Ski.
Cheers, Ski.
jhoenig
Joined: December 29, 2011
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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 - 10:11 PM UTC
Conor and stevan - Thanks
Conor. yes but by original plan of a brush-camoed up Jagdpanther isn't going to make the cut because its too big for the scene so I'm going to switch to a Jagdpanzer or Wirbelwind. Stay tuned because now I have 2 Jagdpanthers to build a diorama around.
- John
Conor. yes but by original plan of a brush-camoed up Jagdpanther isn't going to make the cut because its too big for the scene so I'm going to switch to a Jagdpanzer or Wirbelwind. Stay tuned because now I have 2 Jagdpanthers to build a diorama around.
- John
jhoenig
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Posted: Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 12:21 PM UTC
Ok way behind on this one but finally getting to the end stages of the Ostwind, I jumped ahead and started camouflage, though I still have other weathering to do.
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