Has anybody seen a diorama with figures crossing a field of wheat(or similar)?
I´m thinking about making a vignette with max three figures crossing a field. I´m just thrilled by the idea of a golden yellow field and the guys making "paths" as they go...
I would just like to see if this theme has been around somewhere!



Toni

Hi,

The only similar one I saw it's with a Tiger and a Panther (I'm not 100% sure about the tanks).

HTH

You have the link?


Toni

Hi Toni,

I'vent yet find the one that I've refered but, I find another one

Modelling Tamiya's Panzer III L at IPMS Stockolm

I'm trying to find the other one and I'll post it as soon as I find it.

HTH

PS I found it
ESPERANDO LA INVASIÓN at PanzerNet (site in Spanish)

Here is a dio showing a KingTiger-Crew in a wheat field. (Hope the link works well):


I did it the way Tuga mentioned in his post.

Sorry guys, too many time spent in modeling ...
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/rgellings/vwp?.dir=/KingTiger&.dnm=TIGERII.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t&.hires=t

Jim Note: Click the slideshow link

Hi Ralf

YAHOO servers, as some others, do not allow direct links for the images, so it's not your fault the link hasn't work.

PS: Put lhe link for the page where you have the diferent albums and it works - http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/rgellings - .

PPS: Very nice figures you have there.

Thanks for the links!
I thought I saw those dios somewhere before...
There is a problem with the long, yellow model grass: it has nothing in the ends. That´s okay as long as you try to make it look like a field of hay. But with wheat, there should be the thicker part with the seeds at the end of it...I don´t like the idea of scratchbuilding those one by one #:-) Or maybe a mixture of model hay and real stuff from mother nature would work...
My goal is to make a very even field to make those paths pop up from there.

Thanks again!
Toni

Here in the south of Portugal there are a small wild plant with the upper part wider and that looks like wheat plants, perhaps you can find some similar out there.

Hi Toni ....that's a great idea for a dio.
The fields sure were plentiful in the ETO, like
in Caen, the Russian Crimea, etc.
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- ralph

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Thanks for the info!

Toni

Here´s a sketch for "Fields Of Gold". Maybe I´ll just play some Sting while doing this...



I had a Dragon German figure set in mind for this...
It could make a nice little project!


Toni

Hi Toni - Man .........that's an excellent sketch !
I wish I could draw like you ! You got some real artistic talent !
That's the best way to go when planning a dio..........to
do exactly as you did.
I do this to, but although I know I can model, my sketches
aren't no where's as good as your's.
....This is even more the better to bring sketches as part
as your diorama's "brag sheet "/presentation when enetering competition's.
Judges notice things like that. - Especially when they're good as your's
To be a modeler and an artist ....Man, you are truly Blessed !
- ralph

Thanks screamingeagle,
it´s just my way of working really. I can´t "see" the thing ready before I draw it out. Drawing is my research. But once drawn, it usually contains all the details I will ever need to finish a dio. With every dio I´ve made so far, the sketch has been the best reference...which means, most of the inaccuracies are already in the sketch!
Do I give a damn about these inaccuracies? Maybe not. It´s just a piece of work for me and it´s more important to me that I can build it close to the picture in my head.
Of course, things can change. Some day I may be the first in line to speak for absolute historical accuracy and make boring dioramas! (And I don´t suggest historically accurate dios are boring in general!)
#:-)

Toni

Hi Tony,

Another very fine sketch.

You must open an album with the dio sketches that you have around on your several posts.

Hi Toni
- Hey .......whatever turns you on ....that's what count's !

- ralph

Great Idea, can't wait to see the end result. Keep us informed.

Welcome Josenhans to the best modeling site in the world!


Thanks,
Toni

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