hi to all modellers.

its my first time to build a diorama and i wanted to create a dessert scene. what are the materials used to create one? or techniques to used? thanks for the help.

first of, welkom to ArmoramA.
I personaly don't know a lot about diorama's but you can look in the diorama section.
And there are a lot of other people who can help you with this.

good luck

Jan-Willem

I asked the same question in this thread to the creater of the dio and he recently replied to it. May help you too.

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/62007&page=1

G'day Char
welcome to the big A. I recently done a Western Desert dio (WWII) and used the following tech for the ground work. Mixed some fine sand with white glue and water to a dry slop! Not too wet it will be hard to handle. After this was dry, some desert colour spraying. I then applied a fine dry layer of Spakfilla and with a water misting bottle sprayed this enough to get penetration through the dry mix. Let it dry then sprayed this in desert colours also. I layered with spakfilla because I wasn't happy with the scale appearence of the sand. Anyway it works for me and I beleive it provides a more than satisfactory result.

Cheers
Lee

It depends what sort of desert you want. Although most people think of desert as being mainly sand, it is in fact a very rocky lanscape.

On the model below I mixed celluclay with dark yellow paint and plastered it onto the base. Then I took some pebbles, grit and sand and pressed them into the base before painting again, then washing then dry brushing.

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G'day Char
welcome to the big A. I recently done a Western Desert dio (WWII) and used the following tech for the ground work. Mixed some fine sand with white glue and water to a dry slop! Not too wet it will be hard to handle. After this was dry, some desert colour spraying. I then applied a fine dry layer of Spakfilla and with a water misting bottle sprayed this enough to get penetration through the dry mix. Let it dry then sprayed this in desert colours also. I layered with spakfilla because I wasn't happy with the scale appearence of the sand. Anyway it works for me and I beleive it provides a more than satisfactory result.

Cheers
Lee



i do the same dio base as Lee has done and i get Humbrol colors mix it with some turps and spray it over the area.there is a few pics in my galley of the base.

Hello Char,

Here is a desert scene that came straight from the edge of my driveway. All I did was use white glue to secure it and added some lichen for plants.



Happy building

Brian

thanks guys for the inputs. zieg zeon!

Well Char i had this problem also when i decided to make a desert dio!
The solution is simple!
As the others mentioned you take sand and mix it with pva glue!apply it on the base and add anything else you have in mind!(rocks,small stones,gravel etc) and then start the painting,desert yellow color some wash with other tones of brown and earth colours and dry brushing!!
I wish you good luck!!
Cheers!

I agree with Pilgram. A lot of desert is rocky and hilly with spuratic weeds and lots and lots of loose rock from large to small.