Hi

After a 4 month hiatus I’ve finally got round to doing some more work on my first diorama.

I originally planned the figures to facing direction that the front of the Univ Carrier is facing but due to problems with one of the figures I’ve changed the focus of the dio to ‘something’ thru the church window.

Since starting I purchased a Churchill croc and decided to use these figures also but I’m not sure if its looking a bit crowded and also if Ive used too many shades of green for the uniforms. (I’d just got some oils so was messing about a bit in the early stages).

There’s still a bit of work to do however in the meantime I’d like some comments if possible on overall ‘composition’, does it work, whats missing, etc, etc.

Thanks in anticipation.

Other pics can be found in my gallery under “Univ Dio Part 2”, that is assuming Ive uploaded the picture on the forum!!

mmmm! so how do i make the photo bigger?!?!

You need to change the link so that it points to a larger photo (if there is one that is )

Here you are mate When you copy the URL of the picture make sure you get the URL of the Enlargement and not the Thumbnail. Then it should work

I'll give it another try.

Maybe we could do with a 'test' forum for doing this kind of thing?

Where is the dio set, somewhere in Italy? Otherwise, the figure in the tropical kit looks rather out of place.

Edit.
I just noticed the carrier has a 3rd Infantry Div sign. I'm not sure that div served in Italy, though my references on that campaign are pretty meagre.

Gentlemen,
Ukgeoff makes a very good point. The guys are all in long sleeves milling about and there is the guy in shorts. I sure wish that manufacturers would make figure sets with two sets of arms (one is sleeves and the other with sleeves rolled up.) Sure would help with making dioramas more accurate/realistic.
Ciao for now
Rob

For your first diorama this is a very fair effort. One thing that would improve it immediately is to give the figures a coat of matte varnish as the uniform should definitely not be glossy. If you painted them with oils make sure that the paint is completely dry first!
The carrier is coming along very nicely.

It looks good,

Nice set, except for the "summer" guy (which is not wrong if its italy...)

for DaveCox : yes he used some oilpaints for sure, there is a tube of oil paint in second pic

Well thats settled, I'll ditch the guy in the shorts and change the focus of the diorama to its original position.

As far as the shorts bloke is concerned I built and painted the vehicle first. Only after building the figs did I realise that he doesnt fit inside! Just about got the driver in but it would have been nice to have the tip off from Tamiya in advance.

Yes, the figures are oil painted and yet to get the matt treatment but will do so when fully dry as suggested.