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East front diorama in progress
csago
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La Rioja, Spain / Espaņa
Joined: May 09, 2004
KitMaker: 219 posts
Armorama: 205 posts
Posted: Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 11:28 AM UTC
resting from Vietnam dios, this is my dio of ss cavalry riders chasing a soviet political advisor, who is an "ex-prisioner" of the german officer (you can see Ivan has the luger of german officer, and the german soldier has the Ivanīs tokarev gun). Ivan will be under a litlle brigde, trying to fool the germans with a false trail of blood the kneeling german is pointing to...A lot still to do (a wood house corner in upper right side of dio, a corn field in both sides of the road, a Tamiya maxim mg and russian derelicted equipment , and a creek of course...
All comments welcome














Blade26
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Kozani, Greece / Ελλάδα
Joined: October 06, 2005
KitMaker: 364 posts
Armorama: 95 posts
Posted: Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 11:52 AM UTC
These look really nice even though at the beginning!
The detail at the units and horses is promising!Hope it comes out real nice!!Good luck!
jazza
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: August 03, 2005
KitMaker: 2,709 posts
Armorama: 1,818 posts
Posted: Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 12:46 PM UTC
Looks like its coming along fantastically!

One slight comment though, those tank tracks look very clear throughout its entire path. With the contours of the ground as uneven as they are, there would be parts along the path that wont be as clear due to weight distribution. Just a minor technicality but definitely a promising dio this one.
PvtParts
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: June 18, 2003
KitMaker: 1,876 posts
Armorama: 1,120 posts
Posted: Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 02:28 PM UTC
Ditto on what Jazza said..besides that looks very promising.
blockhaus
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Spain / Espaņa
Joined: July 04, 2003
KitMaker: 693 posts
Armorama: 682 posts
Posted: Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 08:07 PM UTC
Wellcome to eastern front dioramas!!!

Very original idea !! I hope see soon more photos.

Carlos
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: February 22, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 11:20 PM UTC
Very original idea. Great work on the conversions, they really make a diorama stand out from the rest.
One small nit pick, if you havne't already glued the kneeling guys head on, I would adjust it a bit. The twist and angle of his neck doesn't look very natural. It looks a bit awkward.
ekke
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Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Joined: June 08, 2004
KitMaker: 285 posts
Armorama: 229 posts
Posted: Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 03:52 AM UTC

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One small nit pick, if you havne't already glued the kneeling guys head on, I would adjust it a bit. The twist and angle of his neck doesn't look very natural. It looks a bit awkward.



Yeah thatīs also what I thought when I saw it, looks as if his neck is somehow injured.
Well but thats the only thing so far, I love the Idea and canīt wait for the paintjob to be finished.

ekke
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Nebraska, United States
Joined: August 12, 2003
KitMaker: 2,394 posts
Armorama: 1,695 posts
Posted: Sunday, October 09, 2005 - 08:47 AM UTC
Wow very cool dio idea and you are doing great on the conversions and ground work so far. Im looking forward to seeing this progress. What do yo uuse for your ground work? Cheers Kevin
csago
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La Rioja, Spain / Espaņa
Joined: May 09, 2004
KitMaker: 219 posts
Armorama: 205 posts
Posted: Monday, October 10, 2005 - 09:17 AM UTC
Thank you all for your comments ĄĄĄ
Iīll try to corrrect the head angle of the kneeling soldier, but itīs hard to find the right one...
About the tracks, no problem because will be much more grass and corn plants, so only a little part will be visible...
About the ground work, itīs just natural cork base and das pronto terracotta, with some peebles from a home decoration bottle.
Iīm making a prototipe of corn plant with raffia; Iīll send pictures of the results.
Much more work to do...
Best regards
Santiago
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Florida, United States
Joined: March 17, 2004
KitMaker: 1,305 posts
Armorama: 591 posts
Posted: Monday, October 10, 2005 - 09:32 AM UTC
Ciao csago,
Love the setup so far!! Slodder has exactly. The guys head should be leveled up a little. Other than that, please keep up posted.
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