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Burn Baby Burn- Mission Accomplished
ShermiesRule
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Michigan, United States
Joined: December 11, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 01:54 AM UTC
Many of you have been following my Burn Baby Burn dio. Here is my final entry. It's been a lot of fun. It became a lot more complicated that I originally planned. It was to be a simple bunker being blasted by a flamethrower but as it progressed it just got bigger and needed more figures and detail. Hope you enjoy viewing as much as I enjoyed building it.

P.S. I have started a new tradition of adding a reference/piece/picture of a Sherman tank somewhere in the scene. See if you can find it. This is the first one of the tradition. It's an easy one this time for the first one









phoenix-1
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Wisconsin, United States
Joined: December 25, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 02:07 AM UTC
Looks absolutely fantastic Alan! Everything is very well thought out and placed. The figures are painted very well. Just an overall great job.
Kyle
PS and the Sherman reference is genius. I can't wait to see how that evolves in later projects of yours.
GI_Babycakes
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Alaska, United States
Joined: May 13, 2004
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 04:30 AM UTC
i agree! there is depth to the landscape in these final pictures that i couldnt see before- maybe it was the lighting. the debris and rocks and grass really help. figures look good and the bunker is brilliant! i just noticed moss growing on the sides of the walls! thismust have been fun for you to do, with all the small details and new techniques used!
ShermiesRule
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Michigan, United States
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 12:47 PM UTC
Thanks. It was very fun to build
jackhammer81
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Nebraska, United States
Joined: August 12, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 12:58 PM UTC
Hi Alan, you have done a great job with this one. Congrats on the fine build. The flames have came out great. I alos love the sherman reference Cheers Kevin
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Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: June 07, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 01:12 PM UTC
Ola Alan

Well ks like you have a really cool dio here mate. I love the action in your dio. Figures are well posed too.
Also the addition of the Sherman reference is big fun too. Great job on that.

Lovely dio

Mark
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Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Joined: February 07, 2003
KitMaker: 554 posts
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 06:47 PM UTC
Hi Alan,
I've been following your diorama-progress and I have to say: it came out really nice! I love the overall color(s) of the whole scene. Great job on the figures too!

Nice action scene!

Mark

ps reminds me to get to work on my own BBB vignette (time is catching up with me)
umustb
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: April 27, 2005
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 06:54 PM UTC
Hi Alan... your diorama looks great. The groundwork looks great together with the flames. The overall diorama portrays a sense of urgency and lots of action! Thanks for sharing it with us
mondo
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Mindanao, Philippines
Joined: July 04, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 03:18 AM UTC
Bravo! Good job on those old figures. Barbed wired and everything else. Pretty well thought of . Pretty cool.

Simon
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: January 16, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 05:27 AM UTC
Hi!
An overall good job, and happy to see that the old Tamiya figs still are useful for dio's of (our) modern age.
Good job, and congrats. I like it

Simon
TreeCat
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Tennessee, United States
Joined: March 17, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 05:51 AM UTC
verry cool in the finished picture ! needs some Jerries
saying bitte but other then that looks toasty excelent work. showed to a vet yesterday he says "wow"
generalzod
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United States
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 05:54 AM UTC
Great dio Alan You did a fantastic job on it
Mech-Maniac
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Virginia, United States
Joined: April 16, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 06:17 AM UTC
Very nice,the way the bunker has the camo net over top and the moss growing on the side, very nice touches, shows what time does to those things...and a few arty rounds haha but I do think that the barbed wire should be weathered a bit more, too much of a copper shine to it right now .

-Shain
MrMox
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Aarhus, Denmark
Joined: July 18, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 06:30 AM UTC
Now thats a hot entry ! :-)

Looks really great grondwork, bunker painting an all.

airwarrior
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: November 21, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 06:36 AM UTC
Looks good alan!! I like the flames, they look good. you also did a good job with the old figures.


P.S. I found the reference to the sherman in the dio ( I think ) is it the fact the bunker is coded M-4?
TankCarl
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Rhode Island, United States
Joined: May 10, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 01:16 PM UTC
Lord Alan,I knee knee,the outdoor lighting really makes this dio pop.
The flame looks alot better in natural light!
Good job.
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Oklahoma, United States
Joined: October 13, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 02:37 PM UTC
Nice one Alan, creating flames is a real task and hard to make look right but you have done a great job of portraying them.
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