Hi everyone

You remember? There was an original photo, showing a Panther and an abandoned horse, somewhere in the eastern front.



Well, now there is some progress in the muddy story:





There is yet one important thing to do: Placing a tank comander, who will contact visually with the horse. I´m going to put a Verlinden head on a Tamiya-figure, hoping to get the right mood into the face ...

Finally the whole scenery will be called "road to nowhere" (Thanks, "major plasticbattle").

I´ll keep You informed about the finished project

damn the thing looks good

I like the muddy road with the big puddle of water
it looks very realistic.
please be so kind for me and give yourself a tap on the shoulder while I`m unable to do it myself

have a cold one Ralf

Very good,you should be proud

When you display the diorama make sure you include a framed copy of the picture. Very effective in showing how you captured the scene.
Great Work!

hi

nice work and a good idee !!

i hope the head is not out of scale with your tamiya-figure !! ( i had that probleme)

anyway where did you get the horse from ?? really like that

Greetings and succes
DMD

Ralf

DUDE!...EXCELLENT!...be proud of it!...I would love to have the talent to do something like that! (but I am getting there :-) )
The water road just tops it up!

Keep it up!...bring out some more pics of future dios!

Cris

Ten points Ralf! the idea was brilliant to begin with, but you also executed it beautifully!

Salute!

Toni

PS. The mud & puddle recipe, please?

Excellent work!

Be careful that the Verlinden head isn't too big for the Tamiya figure. You might try Hornet or Ultracast for a head likely to be in scale!

Nice job on the horse, ground and Panther!


Andy

Excellent! Excellent! 11 points out of 10, man!

Very very very good Dio!!! And god you build fast!

Hi everyone,

well, Toni, the answer is coming a bit late, but there is a good reason: I´m absolutely busy with the contest.
The mud was made using plaster, mixed with flower earth. On some areas I give an extra-portion of earth, on others I smooth the surface while working with the plaster. So You get different textures, as seen on the photo. After brushing all with dirty grey-brownish colours, and after washing and (very little) drybrushing I apply a coat of gloss varnish, coloured with grey-brown acrylic-paint, to the areas where I want a good puddle of mud. And that´s it. "Ihhhh, awful...", says my family.

Outstanding work... I guess I'll have to get off the forums and actually go work on a model now...