This is what Jackhammer81(Kevin) and I have completed for our second entry as a joint accomplishment. This one is a lot less "busy" than the first showing only a single scene vs. a compilation of several.

As always...all comments are welcome and appreciated...

Thanks in advance...Mary and Kevin

Nice work there guys , as i told before the groundwork is really fantastic. I have some thinking over the blood amount in the sitted guy, but i like the whole setup and the feneral picture a lot

more blood...moe blood.it looks great sister.especially the groundwork is awesome.
congrats

Oh, goodie!

i like this one a lot Mary, maybe a bit too much blood for me, but i ussualy do "quiet" scenes, so when i do some combat ones, maybe I will use that much of it too.

Otherwise, wery nice scenery, that tree is a piece of masterwork! figures in great poses and finaly you have a cute little scene!

cheers and congrats
Mirko

Ooh! That must hurt!

I think it's a very great dio. Nice triangular composition with the figures with te most wounded guy in the centre. The tree tells the story what happened. Groundwork is great, the tree is superb.

Just two things IMHO:
- the blood (on the most wouded guy) looks a bit too glossy and too thick for me. I also think that blood has different tones of colour; it's a bit lighter at the edges and darker in the middle.
A bit of Googling arround took me to these pictures of (simulated) wouds on Diggerhistory for example.
I think blood is one of the most difficult things to model. Note: watch your stomage on the real wounds page!

- Perhaps a (bumped) helmet laying in the grass or a riffle on the ground beside the sitting soldier will be a nice addition.

Paul

That looks really good. I know some people are a little hesitant to put blood in scenes, but this goes good!
~CHIp

Looks great guys
Figs are a really nice, the tree is very good also, i know we have nature to thank for that, but the positioning is just right.
The marshy groundwork is very well done also.
As for the blood, not too overdone, it's realistic, people have alot of blood in them, and with different wounds, a hell of alot can bleed out, there could even be more than shown and it would still be fine, and who knows what kind of wound this fella has, so no worries on that part.
Could be too bright, could be too dark, it looks like blood, it is blood, good enough for my eyes.
Cheers mates, good job

p.s. For Mary and Kevins sake, let's post what we think of the blood, too little too much etc... but not on the morality of putting blood and gore in dioramas, as i can just see it happening, it always does :-)

I would just like to say thank you all so much for your kind words and critiques of our dios so far. In doing this dio..i knew the most debated part would be the coloring of the blood. I believe of all the "effects" that a person can recreate..that one is the hardest to do and do well...

Fact of the matter is..the coloring of blood varies greatly from person to person by genetics...and also, a great contributing factor is the state of a person in or around the time of the actual wound. The Bright red blood simple indicates a higher level of oxygen in the blood, as if the person is over oxygenated...while a darker color would show a person with more Carbon Dioxide in the blood..
As far as the blood on the clothes go...depending on how long the person has been bleeding..weather the blood has started to dry in the clothes etc.and just how much the person is bleeding..will contribute to the look and appearence there.

Sometimes being a nurse does come in handy..

I'm not going to wade into the blood debate . The groundwork is outstanding , the shattered tree ,the equally shattered soldier . The brilliant composition of the scene , the mud effects . Wars don't take place in the most ideal environment .Well done .

This is very realistic guys. The groundwork is awesome.