Hi everyone, I dint have a big update on the large dio I am doing just a small look at some of the "critters" that will be inhabiting the diorama's grove fields and rooftops. let me know what you think. Here they are.





Thanks for having a look. Cheers Kevin

Eeehmmm right......

well all I can say is they look brilliant. Did you scratchbuilt them yourself? or are this AM pieces that I do not know of. It are really nice additions to your diorama. And they are very well painted lookign at the size of them. Great job.. truely.

Very nicely painted bluebird, goldfinch and bluejay. If you're dio will be in Europe, none of these birds are found there. The crow/ravens would fit, however. I'd suggest finding a field guide to European birds and using them as models from which to paint.

I think I heard Kevin's "DOH" from here.

But they are very nicely done critters.

Cheers,
Jim

if you think those are cool, wait til you see my 1:35 scale Ants and spiders!!

seriously though, those are excellent looking little models and are sure to add some excellent detail to a model, keeping the eyes busy. Well done!

Guys thanks for the comments. Robert the squirrels and small birds come from a place called daffodils, the crows are for O scale railroad stuff. Hmmmm Al thanks for the heads up I totally forgot to think about european birds I guess I can repaint them to resemble something from over there lol I'll keep you posted with what I come up with. Cheers Kevin

even though you showed me these over msn a week or so ago, id like to say i love how u did the squirells and the blue jay. The use of those light dashes on the tail and the lines on the blue jay look great. Keep it up
Ian

Wonderful stuff Kevin !!

I would love to see the colorful birds in a diorama...they really spice up the scene with their colors.

Perhaps, when there's water in your diorama, you could do some icebirds or otherwise some cock robins.

You did a smashing job on those critters !!

Kevin,

These are great!

More, more

With the risk of being totally wrong as I don´t know that much about birds, but at least the first and second bird looks enough like birds I have in my garden sometimes. And I live in Sweden!
Andreas

Mate where are the Kookaburras, Mudlarks, magpies, parrots ? oops those are aussie birds- Love the work in the painting of them it is nice to se things like birds for dioramas
Ian

Great work Kevin, As I have told you before you always seem to find the little things that add so much to a dio. Looking forward to seeing more work

I like em Kevin. But those eyes on the squirl - is he being jack-lited?

nice critters. What about those lovely figures you painted? Can hardly see them!

I can see the attention to detail you did on the squirrel. Did you paint it as per normal or did you have to use a magnifying glass?

that squirel looks "furry"

good looking critters kevin.

Frank

HAHAHAHA!! You really made my day!

Great work, Kevin. these will really add details to your dio. I wish I have YOUR fingers so that I could scratchbuild them.

Angela

These are some great animals. They even look much cuter in person. The best part about them..no work involved..they arrive just as you see them here. Im just trying to figure out how to steal them away from him..lol..
Mary

Oh No! It looks like these little guys are going into another of your super detailed dios aren't they. Kevin your'e killing my eyes not to mention turning me more green than olive green with envy with these fantastic dios of yours.

great painting Kevin... you made a wonderful job on painting these birds.
bets regards and missed you brother

Kevin



Wicked!!

Do they have a website? Where can you find stuff like that? Is it expensive? ....... Might want to check out where to get them in Europe... or even better in Holland

Hi everyone. I guess somewhere the wrong idea came out. I "did not" paint these birds and squirrels. They all come prepainted. I will however do some work on the crows and possibly repaint the song birds a little to make them fit the euro surroundings better. I am really happy everyone is liking these "critters" so much, that means I am heading in the right direction Cheers Kevin