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New Vietnam Seals & VC diorama (pictures)
csago
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 08:14 AM UTC
Pictures of my second diorama, again us navy seal and VC, with a quiet water buffalo as guest star¡¡¡
The title of the dio is "A second for goodbye"; anybody could tell why this title

More pictures at my gallery and

http://groups.msn.com/digitaldioramas/vietnamusnavysealsdiorama.msnw









csago
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 08:17 AM UTC
Sorry, here is the link
http://groups.msn.com/digitaldioramas/vietnamusnavysealsdiorama.msnw
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 08:24 AM UTC
wow, VERY good, i can see you put a lot of time into this and attention to detail!
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 08:44 AM UTC
Wow! I like the mixture of clothing and weapons. The grass is exceptional
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 08:46 AM UTC
WOW, this really turned out good. What all did you use for the grass?
csago
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 08:55 AM UTC

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WOW, this really turned out good. What all did you use for the grass?



Thanks.

The grass is just unmade hemp rope, cut to size, and painted with aerograph with a greenish color (olive green may be). It´s good, easy, and cheap of course, try it ¡¡¡¡¡

Under the high grass there is a base of "wild grass" of "Heiki", a great item for dioramas.

P.S. The high grass is the same of my lssc and seals diorama, but in a different colour.


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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 09:53 AM UTC
Another fantastic Seal dio from you... your modified water buffalo looks great as does the water -- and of course the clothing.

What's next?
csago
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 10:12 AM UTC

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Another fantastic Seal dio from you... your modified water buffalo looks great as does the water -- and of course the clothing.

What's next?



Thank you very much¡¡¡¡

Next may be a diorama of a OH-6-A vietnam scout helicopter on fly, shooting to an escaping group of North Vietnam Army running soldiers, and been fired (the helicopter) by a VC antiaircraft heavy machine gun post. Just like the story of Captain Hugh Mills told in the Squadron Signal "Gunslingers" about gunships and scout helicopters in Vietnam.

A very big proyect.......
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 10:15 AM UTC
this diorama is simply awesome!

the painting, layout and everything else is superbly done!

if you edit this and make it into black/white pics, people will think its real
csago
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 10:35 AM UTC

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this diorama is simply awesome!

the painting, layout and everything else is superbly done!

if you edit this and make it into black/white pics, people will think its real



May be something like that??????





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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 12:17 PM UTC
Great work!!! I love every aspect of it. Cant wait to see future works by you. Can you explain more about the kei grass and hemp twine you used and how it was used? Cheers Kevin
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 06:49 PM UTC
really fantastic work . Ilike the detail and coloration so much. The synthesis work perfectly. BRAVO
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 07:26 PM UTC
Well Csago, youve really done it with this one, i dont think there is one thing wrong with it, the figures are superb, the water is outstanding, but once again, i think the best thing about this diorama is the foliage, the way you do your grass is second to none, great stuff mate, a truly brialliant job!
cheers mate bloody well done!
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 09:13 PM UTC
G'day Csago,
Your vigette looks ok.

Nah just kidding. Very very good.

Quite a few good dios comming out from your-self mate. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to your next one.

Cheers Jason
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Posted: Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 09:16 PM UTC
At a first glance, doesn't look like a diorama. It's life-like!!
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 12:57 AM UTC
CONGRATULATIONS!
This is (indeed) an awesome diorama, I'd say this is beyond life-like!
Simply stunning.

regards
Mark (can hardly wait to see your next one)
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 01:54 AM UTC
great job on that dio!

btw, I belive you called it "one second for goodbye" because the VC prisoner is leading the seal team to that booby trap mounted on a stick.

brilliant detail!



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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 02:11 AM UTC
Very impressive!

I can't get over how nice those tiger-stripe uniforms look!
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 05:30 AM UTC
Love it! I especially like the SEAL and prisoner duo. That particular scene is very dramatic. The water buffalo is a nice touch as well.
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 05:39 AM UTC
WOW, that looks amazing!

I had to stare really hard at the stick to see the Claymore attached to it. Nice camouflage of the SEALs and the booby trap.
csago
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 07:58 AM UTC

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Great work!!! I love every aspect of it. Cant wait to see future works by you. Can you explain more about the kei grass and hemp twine you used and how it was used? Cheers Kevin



Thank you very much¡¡¡

The "Heiki" wild grass is an item for trains modelling, and very good for knee high grass. I used as "background" for the high grass.

And the high grass is just hemp rope... You unmade some inches of rope, put it into hot water to loose the torn looking of the fibers, let it dry, put together in groups with the size you like (tied with wire), and paint them with aerograf with some green colour (my high grass is american uniform green colour from Vallejo acrilics).

So you can "plant" the groups in your dio with white glue or contact glue (better into a hole), and give them the "look" you want pressing them just with fingers....and the final touch is a drybrush with some light green first and brown in selects spot (for the dry part of the grass).

Easy, good, and cheap ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Try it, and good luck...
csago
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 08:08 AM UTC

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god damn, i am jealous that is the most remarkable peice of work i have seen in a long time! Having seen that i am now gonna start sending youall my kits i know when i am out classed !

where did you ge the water Buffalo from, i hvae never seen one of those available anywhere...can you PM wiht a reply on that as well as who makes those figures.

many thanks,

James



Thank you very much man ¡¡¡¡

First, the figures of my dio are from Dragon, VC from "NVA sappers" with spare arms, and the seals from "Seal 2", with a "pirate" head from "Macv-Sog" the upper body of the "pirate" from "Marine Recon", and the beret head from an old "Land rover ambulance" Tamiya kit.

Second, sorry, no manufacter for my buffalo, it´s a little transformation from a donkey of the Dragon "German paras with donkeys" or "German mountain troops with mule" ; mainly a thicker body with a 5 mm plasticard between the two halves of the donkey, cut to shape neck and head, more "muscule" and horns with milliput, and "textured" with almost dry putty.

May be a "feature" with the buffalo "Making of" someday...
csago
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 08:12 AM UTC

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Well Csago, youve really done it with this one, i dont think there is one thing wrong with it, the figures are superb, the water is outstanding, but once again, i think the best thing about this diorama is the foliage, the way you do your grass is second to none, great stuff mate, a truly brialliant job!
cheers mate bloody well done!



Thanks, but you can do it just like me, take a hemp rope an take a try boy, you will see how better your grass look ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

P.S. Next proyect for you ????????
csago
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Posted: Monday, September 06, 2004 - 08:15 AM UTC

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great job on that dio!

btw, I belive you called it "one second for goodbye" because the VC prisoner is leading the seal team to that booby trap mounted on a stick.

brilliant detail!






Allright, you did it, thats the reason why

Thank you very much
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