Hi everyone, I just wanted to do a little update on my dio, it has been a few weeks so here goes

as you can see some insect life has made a home out of the diorama

Please if anyone has any ideas to rid myself of these pests feel free to share :-)

LOL Seriously the dio is at about 98% finished and I am getting ready to write up an SBS article on it and send all the pics to Slodder for submittion. Again all thoughts and comments welcome. Cheers Kevin

well i think that this specific insect cannot eat your dio materials so , its ok to have it there.!!!


Seriously Bro i think its a nice touch in that wonderfull dio and waitingthe rest 2% to be finished so we have some nice on display feature on this !!!!!
Get to work and finish off !!!

Costas :-) :-)

Sweet, that kind of details lifts a dio from 95% to a clean 100% - I love discovering small details like that - superb!

Looking good Kevin..... Nice butterflies.....
how did you make them????

Those flowers and the butterfly add dimension to your diorama. Looks very nice and alive.

It's small details like these that make dioramas stunning. The little butterfly adds a very beautiful touch to a very beautiful diorama.

If I were there, I would have sung "The Hills are alive with the sound of music......"

Angela

hi brother,
awesome detail and excellent addition to your dio.
what is next step; will you add a row of ants on the road carrying crumbs to their house?
:-)

Hi everyone, thanks for the comments guys they are really appreciated. Dave as for what the butterfly is made of its made of paper, I used pastels to color it. they were a hard thing to make for my tired eyes. After making mine a simpler solution came to mind, Paul (nato308) will be making sheets of perfectly printed butterflies available through St George Productions. Hope this helps Cheers Kevin

well thats getting tooo serious !!!
i ll have to call immidiately the Association of Wild life preserverance and protection and say that an armorama member is abusing butterflies , forcing them to be slaves to his ugly dios, with a lot of petrol fumes from all that armor there !!!!!


LOL

Ok ok brother costas can we please leave them out of it if maybe i send you some butterflies to brighten up your dios too :-)

well then is ok
5 butterflies and 20 daisies will do the work for me Bro . phone is stalled till i get them . U know the adress
:-) :-)

Hello Kevin,

as i told you on MSN i like this idea very much and im gonna test it ASAP :-) a very nice addition to an already excellent dio!



Mirko

I am ready to forget what i read in this post as I have my 3 butterflies and 10 daisies. :-)

Looking good Kevin. I can't wait for the photos - Braves Souls came with 350+ photos - how about this gem????? :-) :-) :-)

Love that butterfly

Flowers are amazing

VERY nice details, Kevin...I can't wait to see the whole thing, sir...How long til 100%?...ya know, sometimes it's the little things that really make a Dio stand out from the rest of the crowd...I really like this groundwork....

Gunny

Kevin,

This dio just keeps getting better which is hard to believe since it seemed incredible already. Wonderful addition of details the more you look the more you see, very well done.

Jay

kevin! Iam counting on you to have your new aticle as well detailed as brave soul was, that dio drove me nuts! i show it to all my friends lol

looking forward to seeing the finish product! i amdire your work.

Frank

thats sooo pretty!!
i gasped when the window opened and i saw your pictures!!! what did you use for the grass?? i cant wait for your sbs!!!

Thanks everyone for the kind comments and questions. The feedback really means a lot to me. i really appreciate it. To answer a few questions, Scott- I'm not sure how many pics there will be. i havent taken the final pics but so far its around 160mb of in progress shots. If you would pm me your snail mail addy I will get you off a cd. Gunny- all that is left is to finish the roof,windows and some furnishings for the second house so if I get time it will be done by this weekend. Frank-I am hoping the article and pics will be as good or better than the brave soulds dio. I am also glad you found interest in that one . GI Babycakes- The grass for the most part is heki wildgrass. It is amazing to work with and so easy to use as well. Cheers Kevin

Kevin, man your'e killing me with these fantastic details and the anticipation to see the whole dio too is murderous. First it was the figures,then the water then the daisies. A man can only take so much details.

Hellow
it looks wonderful. Is it 1/9 or 1/35 scale
regards
Pavka

Beachbum and pavka thanksfor the replies. I am working out a few more details and should be ready to submit it for article next week! Pavka as for the size it is 1/35th. cheers Kevin