Hi! Here's a dio I completed a while back but have just got it re-touched. I think the building is not very good but it will have to do. Pls feel free to comments and pint point anything that is out of place. Thanx for looking!

Overlall its an excellent dio. Well layed out, and a good story. Nothing pops out as being wrong or really out of place.
The figure painting is top notch ... great job on the splinter pattern. (The wounded comrade is one of Dragons best figure kits, IMO). Another highlight for me is the flag. The building, as well as setting the scene also doubles as a nice back drop.
The only real nit-picks I would have is all the corrugated metal, looking so new new and shiny and the obvious piece of Tamiya or Italeri brick wall, where the connecting bricks are perfect!

I personally think its damn good! Was this dio based on a reference photo or purely out of imagination?

For some reason, your dio reminded me of the documentary i watched the other day about how Eisenhower allow the russians to invade Berlin towards the end of WWII.

Gotta echo most of what Frank's already said and add just one thing about the corrugated sheets. I assume you'ver used corrugated card board from a carton. Why've you left the backing board on, though? This is noticeable mostly on the sheet that's hanging down, particularly in the interior pic. Corrugated tin looks the same from above and below.

Thanx guyz! This dio is not based on any photos. Just my own imagination. This dio is set in Leningrad (coz there's a sign post somewhere in the dio) and is not the russian push into Berlin. I'm planning to build another dio with russians in Berlin next. I wanted to add more fallen bricks but don't know how to make them or where to buy them (here). Any ideas?

Cork works pretty well. Try it out with some old place mats. They can be cut into bricks or broken into lumps for rubble. Broken bits of real brick works really well as rubble too.

I think you need to give yourself more credit. In general I like this quite a bit, nice story, nice detail, nice unique contstruction. Very well done. I really like the area where the Germans are - that's a diorama all by itself.

One thing that I would comment on is the size of the rubble in the road. Its really big, and with the trees on the outside of the road, where did the rubble come from?

Hey Psyfool
I like many of the effects you have obtained here. Maybe you could run some washes over the corrugated iron sheets, which could include sections of heavy rust... This would happen over even a couple of years from new if water has pooled on the sheets for any period of time... I think this would tie the sheets in nicely with the rest of the dio
Bradley

I think that’s great!

I really like the boards on the windows. They look really good.

I’m another fan of the Fallen Comrade kit. What did you use as the dressing that is held over the wound? That with the blood looks nice and blood is strangely something I find hard to do!

What’s the Russian sign say, it looks like gordasra...

That's a lot going on in a compact scene. I like the wounded guy. I think you have captured the overall misery of the destruction

Damn, I wish I could do stuff this good! Most of my ruins tend to be 'brick' coloured :-) Very well done! Love how the guys are hiding in the building all quiet waiting for the Russians to pass by, I like the contrast between the building and the trees. As for the big rubble, it could have come from anywhere, my reasoning would be that they were pushed there earlier by some vehicle to prevent any German advance....
Really great dio!!

Thanx Kelly for expaining how the 'Huge' rubbles got there. I never tot of that but I think your explanation is quite believable. Also thanx for the other comments guyz. The dressing is made of regular tissue and as for the sign, not sure what it says and can't remember where i got it. I'll get some rust/ wethering done on the roof too.

Great for your first! I like the blood of the injured german.

As good as this diorama is, this post is almost 3 years old and there is really no need to bring it up again. The guy that started the post hasn't visited the forums for over a year and will probably not reply to your comment Nick.

Just take a look at the date before commenting please.

Chas

Weather it's new or old (just joined up earlier) it's a good peice. I like the flooring, tile over a wood sub-floor. That is something a lot of modelers miss.

WOW a Very Nice Dio. Well layed out and I like your painting . milvehfan

Wow , I didn't know you could go that far back with old posts, the post has been around longer than me

An oldie but a goodie, looks good for being done a while back.

Cheers!