Another mechanical failure and the situation is critical,the crew abandons
and the fuse is lit,battlefield is overun and the Prize is captured!

WOW
I can't find words to describe this dio

I wish my skills were at such level

Great Tiger Russ, I know what fun you had building this one! :-) (don't worry, I'll be in the same boat when I restart construction on mine)
Poor thing looks like it's been through hell and back, well done.

SAS:

you are a machine. Pumping out all these dios

great weathering job. Are the figs dragon? Great story behind it

Russ - another stonker my friend. I agree that in this case the 'dust' is a little light in colour, but the way that the model is lit may have something to do with that - otherwise a great dio.

That looks great how did u do al that rust

Hey

I assume the crew left in a hurry. Why did they take the trouble to close all the hatches?

With hatches open the tank would have more of an "abandonned tank - look"

Also the camouflage net....wouldn't it give problems when the barrel recoils?

The dio looks very nice, how do you build so many?

Martin

Another piece of great work from you SAS. I like it.

Hi guys and thanks,the figures are from Tamiya,the tank obstickles were painted a hull red,while still wet a
light dusting of dirt was sprinkled in certain points and this soaked up the hull red colour as well.When dry,drybrush everything and then apply orange pastel at your discretion.
I don`t think it`s the drybrushing that everyones seeing,
it`s probably the pastels that are coming more to life under the lights as pics are taken.
Never thought of that one Martin,since the thing is going to blow who cares if the hatchs are closed unless they didn`t make it out at all. All of these dios weren`t built in a week just haven`t posted here for a while,this dio for instance was built last summer and your seeing it now for the first time.

Hey there, nice diorama, but i have to ask....why are there shells and loose equipment on the tiger. In battle wouldnt it have those things stowed inside...

Yep your more than likely right Ian they would have it all stowed away but when I do a diorama I have to use stuff,I have to make it interesting to look at and when a kit comes with a couple of metal brass shells I simply must use them,LOL!!

This is the third one of your dios i have seen so far and they all look great, the weathering on the tank traps looks amazing, great work on all of them.

You're the king of drybrushing!
Now I am starting to wonder how many other dios you have to show...

Ropi, there are probably HUNDREDS of dios that Russ has done.... :-)
Hmm, Russ, you should get all of your pics together and make a picure book of all of the stuff you've done over the years! "Dios By SAS"

That is a really great dio,

Again great weathering and very dramatic.

Very cool. What did you use for the rust on the defenses? That is a really nice dio!

~Chip

Russ, Nice diorama. You have given the viewer so much to look at..and in such a tight space. I like it. Can't wait to see your next installment of your dios..

Mary (++)

Thanks all,I`m glad your enjoying them as much as I enjoy putting them together. That would be neat to see Kelly,everything together in a book,cool idea,never thought of that one.Anyways,dreaming,LOL!
Thanks again everyone for all of your comments.

The skill is phenomenal! hope to make it to that level one day. By the way what is the mechanical breakage?

Russ, you could take all of your pics and put them on a couple of cd's (There's alot here folks, I'm not kidding) and maybe sell them?

I like your weathering style and Another perfect dio on the theatre

All I can say is 'Smashing'

John