Hi Vivek
Good try for a second dio.
Nice layout, the mud is good too.

Did you lost patience when you did the tree? It is not finished and I would advise you to put some more volume on the trunk to hide the wire and also enhance the branches. This is minimalistic work and is pulling your whole work down.

Remember one thing, my very first building was also a stable with a hatched roof, so you might have a diorama career in sight

Greets

Claude

Hi Vivek,

Good job for your beginning career in dio building!!

That mud really looks like it's sucking every single boot from those guys' feet!

The composition is OK too!! Well done that!!!

However, I must agree with Claude regarding the tree and even the thatching on the roof!! A little more patience and time invested would have worked miracles!!

Now that you've finished the scene, go and take a look at "biriosas" on the net and also search for photos of thatched buildings. I'm sure you will instantly see what we mean!

Also, pay close attention to the measurements of things! Always do the calculation....whatever you have here is 35 times bigger in reality...and then ask yourself if the measurements are OK!

Don't worry, we all went through these problems (and sometimes still do)!

This is why we try to help whenever the old "well known" flaws show up!

Do go on, you certainly are on the right track!! And please keep us posted!!

Cheers

Romain

Hi Vivek,

"Beriosa" is russian for birch, so your tree is a beriosa! !

Good choice BTW, the birch tree is extremely popular in Russia, with traditional songs composed for it!!

It is even more prominent in the north of Russia, where whole forests are birch!

The person who stated that a proper scaling down/up EXACTLY 35 times is a wise guy (seriously!) and perfectly right!

What IS important though, is the impression created with the viewer. Basically it MUST look right, that's all!

In real nature we tend to "accept" things as they are, because it's real...in a dio, anything "unusual" basically calls for a justification.
You avoid oddities....you don't have to justify anything. You do include them....better be prepared to show your sources of information.

Vladi from Bravo6 is a master at that game! Everytime someone voices doubts about parts of his figures, he immediately provides the photo he used as a reference...et voilà!!!

The only thing you have to learn is to watch everything very closely outside or/and spend a lot of time on the web. Fortunately there are photos of about everything in the Internet. You just have to find them!

Diorama-building is a constant and lifelong learning process! That's what makes it so fascinating IMHO!! You can be in that "business" your whole life, you'll never stop learning new things!!

So welcome to the wonderful universe of dioramas!!

Have fun!! and loads of it too!!!

And whenever you need something, don't hesitate to ask! There are lots of experts here on the forum that can help!

Cheers

Romain