Dont know which diorama to use?i like them both but the last one has not got much room for another vehical.


Please give me some comments on what one to use.
cheers

Karl
I like them both. Depends on what you're trying to portray. But I do like the building best. Gives you more to work with and do with.
Jerry

Hey Karl!
I also like the first dio the most and the building will look interesting, adding another object to look at in yhe scene. Besides i dont like the rails cut on the edge of second dio, they look odd. -H

Happy modeling
Pedro

Karl
Would you mind telling me who makes the first dio set. It looks interesting for a modern dio I have in mind.
Jerry

The first one has a 'backdrop' which forces the eye to the subject. That's why this one is getting more votes. The interest factor of a building helps too.
I do like the first one, I just hope the 8:15 isn't running early

Hi Jerry the first dio is from verlinden.its called the rail road crossing.
Thanks for all your views guys .you have made up my mind to do the first dio at least i can add a opel blitz truck in the space thats left.cheers

i find hte first one better. should look good with the buildings and tracks.

Frank

Yep:

As Scott Lodder sez, the first base has that strong vertical right behind the "action" — or perhaps scene is a better word. In the second setting you could also introduce "something" with a little bit of height to draw the eye into the composition. But in the first, that strong vertical — in this case the facade of a building — draws the eye right down into the vehicle(s?) and figs. Have fun,

Oooooops, Sorry Scott, I misspelled your last name!

Well, here I go again. This is definitely an opinion many may not agree with; and that is OK. I'm looking again at how you have placed the tank in the first image. IMO a tank gun barrel is a strong visual. It is like a line pointing in a certain direction, IMO!! You have the gun pointing out of the composition rather than toward the center of it. To me, if you switch the tank to face in toward the center of the composition, it would be a plus. Then the barrel would lead the eye into what is happening rather than out and off the base. Also I would consider canting the tank so that it doesn't rest along the same line/direction as the rails. I'd put it slightly askue(sp) again w/ the gun barrel pointing back toward the center of the base. I hope this isn't considered not an appropiate thing to say. It is all a question of taste, . . . in most cases.

Gotta agree with Rick (BTW, it's askew )

The way the StuG is pointed, it draws the eye right off the dio. Also, you have a huge "dead area" (empty) in the upper right of both bases. Either would work with a bit of dynamic composition.

Composition is a tough thing to learn unless you've had some artistic training or experience. Both Rick and I have newspaper and other publication experience, so we notice stuff like this. If you get a copy of Shep Paine's "How to Build Dioramas," he gives a pretty good run-down on composition.