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Dioramas
Do you love dioramas & vignettes? We sure do.
First Dio - 'Lost In Berlin'
Teacher
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England - North West, United Kingdom
Joined: April 05, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 05:22 AM UTC
At last! Took me some time to get there....well....got there last weekend but I've had a lot to do! 'Lost In Berlin' sounds appropriate!







Any constructive criticism welcome!

Vinnie
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Sao Paulo, Brazil
Joined: August 09, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 05:35 AM UTC
GREAT DIO FRIEND - CONGRATS

ROBERTO
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Nebraska, United States
Joined: August 12, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 06:00 AM UTC
Wow that is amazing work. And for the first time out you did a wonderful job on everything. I can't weait to see your next one :-) Cheers Kevin
Bus
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Sao Paulo, Brazil
Joined: December 11, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 06:28 AM UTC
Looks great to me!The building was cractchbuilt??
KFMagee
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Joined: January 08, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 04:49 PM UTC
Wonderful - especially as a first diorama attempt! Your bricks are "spot on!", and the rubble in the sidewalk area is ample (maybe a little more in the streets?). Uniforms, poses, jeep, and story composition are all excellent... and I really mean that!

One very MINOR suggestion... on the left wall where the brick walls join at a right angle, you have a seam. This could be easily rectified now with a "drain pipe" to not only cover the seam, but to hide the fact the bricks don't dovetail into each other as you would expect in real life. This is a very common thing in premanufactured kits (I don't recognize this one... who manufactures - or is the work your own original?)
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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 05:26 PM UTC
Thanks Roberto. Already finished a smaller one in the thread 'Wainting For Godot' in this forum. The building itself is by a firm called Great North Roads based over here in the UK and run by a guy called Simon Farrugia. I see what you mean about the 'seam', and I'll watch out for it next time!
Thanks

Vinnie
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Distrito Federal, Mexico
Joined: February 22, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 05:28 PM UTC
I can appreciate original stuff, like the rubble thats been cleaned out of the street. my only coment is that even though the road has been cleaned it still looks too clean and perfect, I think there would still be a lot of fine dirt in between the tiles. just a little comment, nice dio, and I have no comments on the vehicle and figures, they look flawless to me.
ave
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Klang, Malaysia
Joined: March 24, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 05:44 PM UTC
Wow really great work, i especially like the weathering that was done on the buildings.
Graywolf
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Izmir, Turkey / Türkçe
Joined: December 01, 2001
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 05:48 PM UTC
hi Vinnie,
Very nice diorama. I remember the building on the updates before. I see the jeep and figures also good painted. congrats for the good work.just a littler addition; the road looks so clean to me
Major_Goose
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Kikladhes, Greece / Ελλάδα
Joined: September 30, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 07:42 PM UTC
Great job i have to say . i like it much. One lil thingie i have to second on Graywolf. After all this disaster and rumble produced from the building ruins the street looks at least sweeped!! so maybe some dust and small particles should rollover it . More dust my friend and maybe some more on the jeep and the soldiers !!! keep up the good work !!
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Victoria, Australia
Joined: November 08, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 11:07 PM UTC
Great little, dio, i like that fact its a simple idea, but it still looks stunning! cheers
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 11:14 PM UTC
Thanks David!

Vinnie
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Joined: February 20, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 11:20 PM UTC
All those patience and hardwork does pay off. Good work!!!
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