I am starting with the idea of a spanish Lince diorama, probably in afghanistan.


I want it to be a figure intensive dio. I am waiting for this set:



And a couple of MAIM figures that I had ordered from FOG models but never received so I had to go to a local source to order them at a bit higher price. But who's complaining?!!!
I will do 3 spanish soldiers for which I am using 2 Djiti's productions and one Royal model. the figures are Italian modern soldiers that will be slightly modified, since I couldn't find any decent spanish figures out there.





I also will use Djiti´s middle eastern children set that I already have and some older verlinden figures that I have in my stash.
I am thinking of a market scene.

I have started with the heads of the soldiers and the little boy:

With out eyes:

with eyes:

Eyes are the hardest part for me!
I must say that for the idea of the diorama I was influenced by a diorama by Santiago Treviño (Spanish UNIFIL Iveco "Lince" in Lebanon) but I want the setting to be more of a market place with many things happening at the same time. I know it is a challenge, but here we go!

I'm following this.
Those faces are outstanding.

Lookin good so far Marcos. I'll be following this.
Populated market scene sounds very interesting.
Cheers
Dave

I have adjusted my set and tuned in for this one. Settled in my chair and standing by.
J

Thank you guys for following. I am away from home so next update will be next week.

Just ordered this guys to add to the dio:

The spanish army in afghanistan used their basic desert uniform plus a mix and match mixture of equipment with different cammo patterns. Here I am working on their "chocolate chip" camo vests:


for the back pack I went with woodland cammo. here working on it:

Also got some Riich farm animals. I am thinking of using the sheep. Tha ram is not very well molded and the horns are molded to the body, so I had to do some surgery:





All primed and ready for paint:

Almost done with the 3 soldiers:

What great work! Another figure master sharing! And what a great idea about the sticks. What are you using for the base where you place the sticks? I use florist foam myself but your idea allows you to rotate the figures!

Great stuff!

I'm watching very carefully Nice idea, great execution so far

Thank you guys. And Patrick about the figure master I am not so sure. But I learn something every day, and practice, practice, practice. For the base of the sprue sticks I use wax in a small container. Specifically wax that comes in the wrapping of cheese belive it or not:


Very useful to hold small parts also.

All done with the 3 soldiers:



And everything comes together:






Next I will finnish the little boy.

Mail call!
Just got some more figures for the dio:

I appreciate your advice on how to paint faces. I have a few in my stash that I'm going to practice on. If I can get a quarter as nice as these I'll be ecstatic.
I think I'm also going to order the family kit as well.

Thanks again.

you are very welcome, Mark.

Done with a couple more figures:

Mail call again! I just got some of the MAIM figures I ordered. The two old arabic men and middle eastern boys. I am still missing the middle eastern girls. I am starting a batch of afghani civilians.

Marcos, could You show some 'in-box' photos/close-ups of these MAIM figures?

Sorry Kuba, I had already started painting when I saw your message. These are the 5 figures from MAIM: Two old men and three children. As you can see I have already started with the old men and one of the kids. The detail is not amazing, but they are good figures:

No problem. With the paint on them the details are even more visible

This old man at the right has a little hole in his nose. There are some holes in his hands too.

yep. they have some bubbles. but fixable.

A couple more finnished figures:

Just outstanding. The purse is a nice addition.