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Coverup: Home is where you dig it.
Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 02:29 PM UTC
Hey everyone, well Im almost done with my coverup, just paint a few more figures. I just wanted to post some pics so yall comment and help me on futer projects and maybe change a few things before completion just dont be to harsh. In the first pic do my cigeret pacs and carton on the barrel look ok.
Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 02:37 PM UTC
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MATTTOMLIN
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 04:26 PM UTC
hey pfc, it looks oike ita going ot be a good dio however i do find some thins odd, such as the vc guys, they dont look dead, like thier feet and legs aret touching the ground and you can tell that the figs were mena for standing up . the flag, you should put some ripples in it, or if its not windy have it droope all the way down
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Major_Goose
Kikladhes, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 05:40 PM UTC
you va made many sanbags there patient guy . The setup need a lil improvement as for the figures posing as already told to be more truthfull. I like the flag , you painted or print it? .Did you use metal foil ?
Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 12:33 PM UTC
Well I know what you mean about the vc I modified them some the one in the third pic looks alright but the other Im not to happy about though may be they would pass for just being shot and not quite completly down to give a little more action to the scene and yes thats quite a few sandbags probably a couple of hours spent on that part .
slodder
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Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 02:06 PM UTC
Very ambitious on the diorama. The sandbags are very well done. The droop and sag of the bags is very nice.
The flag is ool, nice and faded - looks good.
The wire looks a bit thick, if you tone it down with some ash or pastels could make it seem thinner. The loops seem t be a bit small n diameter too.
I'm not a Viet Nam expert by any means so take this with a grain of salt. Would the bulk of the bunker extend toward the vc line away from the trench? Seems like a vc could attach the side of the bunker nearest the wire and not even try to cross the wire? Just my thoughts.
The flag is ool, nice and faded - looks good.
The wire looks a bit thick, if you tone it down with some ash or pastels could make it seem thinner. The loops seem t be a bit small n diameter too.
I'm not a Viet Nam expert by any means so take this with a grain of salt. Would the bulk of the bunker extend toward the vc line away from the trench? Seems like a vc could attach the side of the bunker nearest the wire and not even try to cross the wire? Just my thoughts.
lestweforget
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Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 03:21 PM UTC
Lookin good, cant wait to see it all painted up, one thing i noticed is, correct me if im wrong, but are those two things attatched to the cords out front of the bunker claymores? if so thats pretty damn close to the bunker to have claymores set up, then again im just guessing they are claymores, looks great so far, im sure we all have seen the famous khe sanh pic that im sure this is ment to be of the bunker with the same sign "home is where you dig it" about a thousand times, good to see someone finally making a dio out of it, keep it up, cheers
Posted: Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 05:27 AM UTC
You are right about the clay mores I think I will move them a little further away I suppose my base should have been bigger I had to cramp a few things together but as we all know with input from each other here we will inprove are skills. Thanks for all of youre input.