Well..i have been working on my dio and after listening to all of your suggestions and comments, have made a few modifications from previous..Have a look and let me know what you think..All comments or suggestions welcome.
Mary

Hi Mary,

Really a great job on the groundwork! It really looks cool and convincing...like the forrest is really "alive".

You have a dio name already?

Can't wait to see it finished...you're a great dio builder!

Martin

Mary that is excellent work. As has been said the forest looks alive now.

Improvement is fast and impressive dear lady . U have been a good student i see in all fields. The forest litter is nice , the mix looks realistic in colour and variation. Some bigger pieces maybe need to be broken down in smaller considering the size of the branches and the leaves that would be on them .
The barrels need to be painted !! Just kidding

The scene is looking so good and with the additions u expect to do there i bet we ll have a real nice scene MaRY Keep up the good job

Costas

You are off to a good start. Composition is good. I do have a couple of constructive remarks if you are interested.

autumn leaves...i can feel the blowing wind there
very nice Sister. we should find a way to convert the Luftwaffe guys to some others suitable for this dio.

best regards

Hi Mary, nice job...
Don´t forget the marks of tracks, tires and footprints on the ground.
I can´t see the vehicles and the figure more clearly,
but I think is it good...
Go ahead..

Cheers

It's very beautiful. I like the addition of the vehicles and the fallen leaves.

A few more suggestions.

1. Maybe you could put a little of the fallen leaves on the road.

2. You could also add a few more figures, especially on the open space in front of the Kubelwagen and the supply depot.

Aside from that, there's nothing more I can say. it's really superb.

Angela

Great dio!
Were did you make the leaves from?

Paul

Looking better Mary, go ahead and finish it!

Very impressive work there Mary. I like the groundwork that you did.

Mary that looks better with the Kubelwagon, the leaves on the ground look nice i assume you crushed up real leaves, thats what i am using on a junkyard Dio i am working on.I will comment again when you put some figures in the dio.

Thanks for all the comments guys. I really would like to put a couple of figures into the dio..however, it seems that figures are a bit slim to choose from in 1/48th scale. Most that i have found are Luftwaffe...
I would love some suggestions...
Mary (++)

Hi Mary,
The improvements are making this dio look better and better can't wait to see it finished.

Mary i just checked Squadron they have several sets of German soldiers in 1/48 scale some were even rolling barrels sounds like what you are looking for, do a search scale 1/48 figures it will come up

Try Northstar figures they hav 1:48 german WW2 soldiers (but you must like the sculping...)
And there is kit Preiser 67001 with Geman luftwaffe figures, but with some modifications could become soldiers. The kit has some extra's like a table, bags, chair...
And CMK has a kit 48104 with "present" mechanics , but can be used very good as WW2 mechanics also...


Also look on Modelrailroading sites, scale figures 1:45 are called ther often scale "0" figures and figures 1:48 are scale "0n3" figures. But those are most industrial and civilian people...

Hope you find some good people for your forrest diorama!

Very good Mary
still amazing loving that ground litter...tell us all how you did it
Cheers

Wow!
It looks very beautiful!! Very cute trees and leaves. Maybe try to place a little bit more leves on the branches and road. Really good work!!

Mary that is excellent work.

I have to agree with some of the others this dio is making the forest feel alive. I cant wait to see how "alive" it looks when you add the figures you have chosen. :-) I still think a couple leaves look a little big but we will see when its finished. Excellent work so far honey...Cheers Kevin

Well i bet after Mary's choice in figures will be added there, the forest will be even more alive ...almost running !!!! :-) :-) :-)

COSTAS.......SSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

ok ok

Very nice groundwork Mary Any chance of you doing an article on it?

Looks good Mary i see you added several of those tiny boxes from your other post and started to paint some barrels, i would consider painting some of the barrels different colors, maybe one in a nice dirty red, for contrast, just an idea. I am waiting to see some figures that will fill things out nicely. Now you have me thinking of my own Dio in 1/48 scale with maybe a Hetzer.