Here are some in progress pictures of my Battle of the Bulge diorama that I am hoping to have built for the local club's December group build. Hopefully the diorama will depict the fighting in the town of Krinkelt early in the Bulge.








Comments are always welcome.

Keith

I'm really curious as to the layout of this. WIth the mix of figures and pnzr it could be a big diorama.

The skin tones are nice. The pnzr seems a bit shiney, could be the photo? As it progresses it will come to life with weathering.

From which company are the figures?

I like all the figures. Who makes them?

Keep the good work!

Thanks for the comments and questions. Scott, the tank is shiny as it has ben gloss coated and then washed with oils. It is now waiting for decent weather and the time to apply the flat coat. The figures are an assortment: German tank commander is a Verlinden figure from set 1711. The kneeling German soldier is a Warriors figure; the standing German infantryman is from Nemrod; the US GI carrying the bazooka is a 1/32 figure from Michael Roberts, and the other GI is Warriors number 35059 I believe. The final figure (not shown) is a GI with a BAR, also from Warriors. I am still working on the layout as the fighting in Krinkelt was at very close quarters with the GIs using bazookas very effectively against the 12th SS tanks due to darkness and foggy conditions.

Cool, looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Cheers

Ray

Great work so far, I like the "action" in the poses.
It looks to me like thay all ame around a corner and surprised each other.
Looking forward to the final results


Cheers
Slug

I LOVE THE FACIAL FEATURES you did very good on the face painting. I am having a lot of trouble on what paints to buy for faces and how to actually paint the face can I maybe get a PM or a E-mail with some good directions and good paint advice (where i could buy it) and just properly know how to execute a face painting thank you very much! Keep us posted!

The stuff looks great. People ask that you reduce the shininess later on, and I kinda agree, but I really love how in some places it give the tank a glossed-over (duh) oily effect. And yeah, thanks for telling us the figures, they are really great. I only have 1 question: what are you doing to support them? supporting them like that (unless it is an unsturdy mount for temporary display) looks like a very efficient way to pant. I usually had to paint one part and wait for it to dry so that I could hold it to paint another.

very nice figure choices and flesh tones look great. please keep us posted .it seems this will be an award winning project.

Harrison: I just sent you a PM regarding flesh painting.
Spectre: I use toothpicks to hold the figures while they are being painted. I drill a small hole using my pin vise into the bottom of the foot or leg and super glue the toothpick in. This works well as i can hold the toothpick rather than the figure while painting, can insert the toothpick into styrofoam for overnight storage and finally, when it is time to attach the figures to the base, I clip off most of the toothpick and use the rest as an anchor to hold the figure.

Keith

Great figs. I'm sure tank will look great after weathering. I cant wait to see your next step

Well u have started nicely the work for the dio . The Panzer looks nicely builded and the figures have a great start with flesh tones. I am expecting to see some more of this !!!!!!

Good work

Hi Keith, its looking very good so far. You have an interesting group of figures going here. I feel this will add a lot to the finished dio. The flesh tones are good and I think the pz4 is looking very good too. Can you fill us in on what type set up you are going to be making the base as? I am kinda curious is it going to be an urban scene inside krinkel? or will it be in the forests around the location? I cant wait to see as you progress, take lots of pics and keep us posted. Cheers Kevin

Hi Kevin,

I am still working on the layout but I do know it will be an "urban" setting. I will be using Verlinden's Ardennes Farm Ruin and possibly Kancali's stone walls. The idea is that the tank commander is urging the two hesitant SS infantrymen to move out and check ahead for ambushes and the three GIs coming around a corner and surprised to find a PIV that close.

Keith

looks great so far, the tank looks shiny but i'm sure you've taken that into account and once weathered it will look fine!

continue!
-shain

This looks fantastic! I can't wait to see the finished setup. I had a question though. I am new to this and might be asking a question everyone else already knows the answer to. How do you model the chin straps on the helmets? And what do you use to get the weapon slings? This looks great and I will be following this one intently!

Gordon

Any updates?

Hi Gordon and Mike:

This one was finished long ago. Here is a link to an article I did about this build:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/619

Keith