Hi guys I finished my first dio of 2006 today, although I started it 4 months ago :roll: It's called" DAK on the march". The main tank is a Dragon MKIV F1 and the kettengrad is the very old tamiya one. The figures in the MKIV are from Cromwell and the wounded guy is a Tristar figure. Haven't a clue who made the other fellow. Hes an ols white metel figure that I've had for years.














Let me know what you think

Great work ! How did you do the groundwork ?


Thanks Rigger

Thanks Mitch, the groundwork is made up from celuclay, sand and kittylitter.

Hi

It really looks good. Always nice to see something from North Africa once in a while. It really looks dusty, and I like the work on the to figures near the Kettenkraftrad.

I like it.

Simon

Thanks for the kind words Simon.

Great looking dio! I like little touches like that poster in the window and the whole house looks excellent! The contrast between color of pz IV and the kettenkrad breaks up sandy monotony greatly As for the kitty litter (unused ofcourse ), I too like to use it for the groundwork.

Cheers
Pedro

I like this dio too! The best thing that struck me about this dio most is the "natural" displacement of your figures. One thing people tend to do is "over populate" their diorama. To me, yours feel just right.

The building is also very apporiate. The choice of your color for the building gives that warm tropical feeling.


Great job!

WC

Looks really good. Very well put to gether as a story,m couple points of interest. Nice.
The only thing that I can see that would improve this would be to have drilled out the helmet the guy is holding in the third picture.

Don, this is another fine work to add to your collection, i love the true to life desert dusty feel I get while looking at it. Congrats on the fine work again Cheers Kevin

Hi there,

Looks really good, nice one. Good point about the helmet.

Al

Looks very nice!

Personally North Africa appeals to me the most, yet I have never done a dio..

How did you create the ground work? What colour(s) and techniques did you use for the sand?

I have a plain base started, just I am stumped as to how to paint the 'dirt' I have used to simulate sand.


Thanks

Martyn

Thanks Martyn. The sand is a mixture of celluclay , fine sand and kittylitter. After the mixture is in place and still wet I sprinkle fine sand on the top. After the mixture has cured for 3 or 4 days, I paint it with some inexpensive acrylic hobby paints from hobby lobby or Walmart. After that dries, I dust it with pastels.