Working on a ruined building for the dio:








That is the ground floor.





upper floor:




I am not sure about the latticework on the balcony. What do you guys think?

Some pictures where you can see the structure better:







Next I will apply the Vallejo white stucco tu the upper floor and work on the ground floor windows.

I have decided to go with iron for the balcony banister. Something like this:

Hello Marcos, nice project you got going here. I like the clay and plaster look that the cork material provides. I might have to consider utilizing this material in the near future to help in achieving these faster and easier results. Looking forward to the progress. Thanks for sharing.

JGphins

Wow Marcos, this is really coming along great! Looking frwd to the finish.
The techniques used for the bldgs are smart and simple, and have yielded excellent results.

Cheers
Saludos amigo
Dave

Thank you Joaquin and Dave.

Looking very promising, I really like the different textures, hope you can preserve them. Definitely very fine wire or brass for the balconies - lots of fun bending/damaging them

Thank you Tim.

Here is the new banister:

Fits in nicely. Looks the part !
J

Very nice. How did you do the rings?

Thank you Jerry, Ryan, and Marteen. And Ryan, It is very easy to do the rings. All you need is copper wire; the thickness depends on how thick you need your rings to be. And a piece of sprue:



With the copper wire make a coil around the sprue



Remove the coil from the sprue



Cut the coil



take one loop



With pliers flaten the loop and reshape it into a ring



Make as many as you need. And that's it Ryan. Hope it helped.

Great demo, thanks.

Playing a little with possible layout of dio:

Good progress to building Marcos & nice touch in creating the rings, it adds character. Keep up the good work.

Very nice dio!

However, it strikes me that almost every dio with buidlings I have ever seen has that building on the side, and not in the center.

A dio with a complete building (run) occupied by ... including maybe even some AFV might be a nice change... Not that I have any relevant experience as I never build any dio worth that name

Thank you Joaquin and drabslab. Buildings or structures in dioramas are usually scenography to create a "stage" (a "scene") where you want to tell a little story. Your models, both vehicles and figures tell the story.

How the broken structures were made:





Starting with the paint:

Brilliant solution to the concrete and rebar floor. But wouldn't those parts be hanging down because of the huge weight ? I recall seeing alot of destroyed buildings looking like that ?
Great job so far though,
J

You are right Jerry, they will be hanging. But I left them "up" while I work inside the interior. It is just a lot simpler if they are not in the way. But thanks for the observation.

some advance:

It's always fascinating to me how there's a good handful of fellows on here that can take cork, blue insulation foam, or plaster and carefully carve out beautiful brick walls and stoneworks.
Looks great Marcos, cheers

Dave

Thank you Dave! Cheers!

Great work Marcos it looks dead right/in scale so it should all fall into place (excuse pun) when the rubble’s piled up under the sagging chunks

Nice work Marcos , this is turning out very , very cool !!!