Hi all,
I re did the snow due to it going Brown because the dirt was still to wet
I have completed one more figure sincethe photos were taken.

Looks excellent so far. The groundwork is awesome. Keep the figs pumpin and in no time, youll have an excellent dio on your hands. Great Work.

It loks marvelous so far! very, very good work! I just love the grond work! Keep it up!
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato

Excellent groundwork, how did you make the mud? I can't wait to see it finished

Good to see how you weathered the nice white snow coat you have on that diorama! I like it, great job!

Now go finish that Tiger II :-) Will it be in ambush scheme?

Cheers,
Martin

Looking good. Nice composition. I like the damaged trees, and the snow looks good.

Andrew,

Love the snow, did great job on the tank but I thnk you may have too meny track links in the treads. It looks a little too saggy from the ones I have seen in real life.

Thank you all for the comments,
Joe The mud is real dirt! I went out in to the garden and sieved the dirt into a chinese takeaway container than zapped it in the microwave for 30 or seconds to kill all the bacteria. Then once the groundwork is still a little wet sieve the dirt on and press your vehicle into to make the racks and give it a spray of hairspray to hold the shape and go from there. I am going to make it a little darker by spraying a darkish brown on once I get my AB back.

Martin I probaly won't do a ambush scheme but just a three tone camo. just want to be a little different.
Where have you been lately ?I haven't chatted to you in ages.

Panzercmdr This only my second German AFV and I wasn't to sure on the sag so I went with more rather than less lol Thanks for pointing it out I will remember that for the next one.

andy, nice lookin dio so far, the track on the 3rd pic is a little messed, can you still fix that somway? looks like its not on right.

besides that, the groundwork looks realy good!

Frank

Hi Francois,
Thanks for the comments. Yeah I don't know what happened with that track link, I can't fix it now its dried hard with glue. I might just cover it with mud so no one can see.

Looks pretty good, one small bug, is it jsut me or is the guy with the panzerfaust holding it oddly? Just my 2 cents

Andy ,
looks Great mate! are you going to be German's AFV builder now ?:)
did u make the trees as well? how did u make it ?

Thanks Max and Ricky,
Max, I agree with you he is holding it odd. But it was the only way I could get him to hold it.

Ricky, The trees were made using Kevins method for his trees. Dowel, drilled randomly over and then Bragdon branches put in to the holes. you can find a better description here Here

Good work Andy, keep it going!!!

Looking good mate, i really like the groundwork.
Cheers

Thanks for the support Mirko and David

Hi Andy,

The diorama is coming along nicely. I particularly like the interaction of the dirt and snow along the Tiger's path. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more pictures as your work progresses.

Keith

Thanks Keith, This is the first time I have tried to do that with a snow dio.

Dear Andy ur first time proves to be ur good time. So far so good as i see. Minor touches and repairs on the groundwork might need to be done after final positioning of all elements of the day . As snow is some tricky with handling it and some points could be ruined easily .
Be sure to exaggerate a bit on footsteps on the snow floor so u give the impression for good, as in scale it could be easily dissapeared.

Keep up ur effort and the result will be rewarding for sure

Thanks Costas, I will be definatly exaggerating the foot steps.