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Limburg, Belgium
Joined: March 19, 2003
KitMaker: 566 posts
Armorama: 148 posts
Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 09:36 AM UTC
Ola people,
Today I finished my dio for the RMG campaign. I would like to thank our campaignleaders for a job well done. I also would like to thank all you guys for the comments and suggestions.
Dio is called "Past Joe's Bridge - Achel september 1944".
Again, any comments are appreciated.
Greetz,











Longshanks
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England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: February 19, 2004
KitMaker: 191 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 10:32 AM UTC
Wonderful. Looks great, nice fig and vehicle, attention to detail is outstanding and with an interesting set up.....

The only thing I would say is that it looks too clinical, (Too clean) especially the base, could do with 'dirting up' using dark washes and different colours. Also you want to show the effects for the season, September the tank would be dusty/mucky as well as the cobblestone street and so on, especially if its been on the road for a while or passing by fields or ruined buildings as both have large amounts of dust...

But all the same, on a job well done.........
slodder
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: February 22, 2002
KitMaker: 11,718 posts
Armorama: 7,138 posts
Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 12:13 PM UTC
Nice job, The TD is well built and I like the detail. The gear on the back is great chain, boxes, jerry cans etc. I like it a lot.

Couple of points I think you can still squeeze in on this one.
The suspension is dirtied up with some brownish pastels, I would add that to the wheels and treads.
And also go ahead and dirty up the cobbles as L.S. suggested.
From the top the rubble is very monotone - one color. I would add some burnt umber washes and or black washes. If you don't have oil paints, some tamiya red brown and black would do nicely
DRAGONSLAIN
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Distrito Federal, Mexico
Joined: February 22, 2004
KitMaker: 779 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 12:57 PM UTC
I love ythe hanging chain, it looks like its heavy, and not just floating in there.
also, the surface where rock or concrete breaks is usually a little whiter than the rest of the wall, jus a liitle coment
ShermiesRule
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Michigan, United States
Joined: December 11, 2003
KitMaker: 5,409 posts
Armorama: 3,777 posts
Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 03:05 PM UTC
What was the original picture used for inspiration?
meissen
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Illinois, United States
Joined: September 16, 2003
KitMaker: 257 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 04:53 PM UTC
thats a great dio. the barrel is dead on. that looks terrific. you did a good job on detail work. the dio would look better i think if you added more rubble. right now, all the pieces look too spread out. also, all the pieces are quite large. they look good, but add some smaller pieces too. dump a bit of cat litter between the chunks. that would make it look more natural. the detail on that tank looks superb. overall, a very good job. congrats!
Major_Goose
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Kikladhes, Greece / Ελλάδα
Joined: September 30, 2003
KitMaker: 6,871 posts
Armorama: 2,071 posts
Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 05:54 PM UTC
very nice clean build on this scene.The tank is very well build and the scene setup is also good. But the rumble laying on the ground seems from above too uniform, so whats suggested already could improve. Break the colour monotony and the rumble symmetry adding some different sizes smaller roumble till even dust size and blend in some colours to depict the natural of the scene that is missing.
Keep up the nice woork
Florre
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West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
Joined: February 11, 2003
KitMaker: 980 posts
Armorama: 158 posts
Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 10:09 PM UTC
Looks really very good. I like the tank, very realistic, good detail. Only thing might be that the dio looks a bit too clean - as stated above.
I notice you used the church walls from Italeri. These are hollow in the backside. How did you fill them up? I once had the same problem, and I just put them to a side of my dio, and left the back-sides open. How did you solve this problem?

Greetings, and keep up the good work!
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