Marcos
Really nice job painting all the different bits: people, animals, bldgs etc. You have a nice touch w/ that, bravo!

Saludos
Dave

Thanks a lot Dave.

Getting close to the finish line. Some pictures of what I have so far:
Always watchful:


The focal point of this dio:


The old man and his grandaughter at the live stock stall:




The carpet vendor negotiating a sale:


Like father, like son. The fruit vendor and his son have the same pose; arms crossed:

Go away you theif!:







Side views:





Bird´s-eye view:

I am working on the interior of the building. The "tall" room I made it into a storage room. Rat and all! I still have to add some dust in there and a couple more nik naks, and maybe some stains on the floor.







the billboard needs some kind of structure in the back.

All done with the little storage:

Wow this is excellent Marcos, thanks for posting the close-up shots. Tremendous effort in bringing out all the lil' details. Everything looks great

Dave

Thank you dave.
All done with the structure for the billboard:

Really great idea for the storage room. That sign looks great as well.
J

Thank you Jerry.

I added a couple of details to the interior, and I think I am done.







I am thinking of calling this dio "Hearts and minds". When I hava a chance I will take some final pictures with natural light and a White background. Thank you guys for following.

Marcos – I can’t imagine how many hundreds of hours went into this, but it looks like every minute was worth it - phenomenal, brilliant, and on a surprisingly compact base too. If you’re taking it outdoors it really deserves a real sky and/or out-of-focus buildings as a background

a very nice diorama, really !

why not add some insurgents preparing to ambush the spanish team from the rooms in the back ? it would add some drama to your excellent dio !

Thank you Tim and Franck. I don't think I will go with the idea of the insurgents. Most of the dioramas I have made convey a dramatic violent military scene. With this one I wanted, yes, a military scene, but on a peceful setting. And I think it worked. But you are the final judges.

Marcos,

A lot of what we did was engaging with the people, passing out candy, soccer balls, etc. My favorite pictures are of the guys from my platoon playing soccer with the locals, and them trying to learn American football (it was pretty funny to watch, turned into a weird kind of soccer/rugby combination). Leave the bad guys out of this one, give 'em a day off. This one is great as is!

Thank you John. I think I will give them the day off. In this piece I wanted to show a little of everyday life that is still maintained during a conflict. With women and children going about their lives. Breaking away from the greens, browns and tans making a colorful scene.

Great diorama, a lot of detail-loaded little scenes telling a story of - as You said - peaceful moments in a wartime. Very well done!

But I'd add some details to the rooms at the back side of this dio. Only the 'workshop' looks finished for me. All the rest - too clean, too few small bits and pieces of... everything;) But if You decide to leave it as it is - it's still a great work.

Tanks Kuba. I haven´t found much references as to the interior of an afghan "urban" home. But let me think of what I can come up with, because I agree that the "rooms" look a bit empty.

Since I had to set up the white backdrop to take some pictures of my latest diorama I took the oportunity to take the pictures I never took of my Lince diorama: