Hello gentleman,

This is my latest project. I tried to show a relaxed environment involving some soldiers on their way to Russia in 1941. The base is a coffee jar lid and the groundwork was done using wall spackle. The walls were made with plaster and the small well was done using cork. All the wooden bits were made using balsa wood. The soldiers are from revell german artillery set and where painted with humbrol colors just like my last German General vignette posted some threads before this.It is almost done, I still need to touch up some parts including the fence, the lamp outside, the rood, and the interior. After this I'll put some powder from pastel chalks to blend it all. My major issue here is that I feel like there is something missing inside the ruined house. I've added a broken chair already but I need your advise on what should I had more. Maybe a picture frame on the wall? I also added a bucket made of aluminium foil near the well.

Please leave a comment because I can still do some changes on it to improve the overall look. I think I need to had some more details...

Here are some pics:

Impressive little vignette. At first when I saw the horse and gloss coated shirtless man, I visions of Brokeback Mountain! Not a pretty picture in the mind.

Very nice vignette. A picture frame on the wall would be nice. Helps breakup the monotony.




LOL!! :-)

Very nice, excellent composition and the way you can
modify those little 1:72nd figs is amazing. . . that's the
best horse painted in 1:72nd I've seen. Re the broken
chair or picture frame around the back in what's left of a
house in ruin. I don't really think you need those since
that is the opposite side of what is going on —
opposite of the story line. However, if you do add those
things it won't do any harm. My opinion, you understand.

I would like for you to consider making the wall in ruin
darker, just a little too white for my taste. What with the
weather attacking both front and inside wall, I would
think you'd need to show effects of weather on those
walls. Also, in my view, the darker walls would help to
keep the viewer's eye focused on the story line.
Still very exciting work from a real craftsman. Love
the outside "lamp" attached to the wall w/ the rust stain.

Sabot. LOL - I was thinking the same thing.

Francisco: Nice job on the horse. Looks great. I like the rust on the lamp where it attaches to the building.

Great job.

Great job on this vignette. i like it very much.
Very good painting on the figs.
Would it be possible to add some variations to the soldiers hair colour because they look all the same?

As for the house i think you may ad a few slates on the roof for interest.

In my opinion your technique for the roof support is wrong . The two rafters need to be fixed on top of the wall plate (the bigger beam lying on the wall)
As an alternative i would propose to simply lay the above mentionned slates on the lower part of the roof and hide the building error. (At least i think it is a construction error).

Cheers

Claude

Thank you all for your comments and criticisms, I took each and every one in account and now the diorama is finished. About the roof, I followed the construction from another model so maybe both are incorrect now, hehe. Next time I'll research some more before I do this!
I just added a chair to the inside of the house, a small bucket near the well, the box of apples made from an academy box and Magic Sculpt little balls, a light-bulb made of a grain of silica that comes in little bags inside of shoe boxes and weathered the walls a bit more. In the end I blended it all up with some pastels and its now ready to go to the glass cabin

Thanks again for all your help and here are some photos ( as you can see I'm not a very good photographer...)

Francisco, you sure can paint wonderfully in such a small scale I am very impressed with this scene. Congrats on the excellent work. Cheers Kevin

Thank you very much Kevin, I actually got inspiration from your Big Russian dio. Your work is simply stunning and I've learned a lot form you!

Gday Francisco
This sure looks impressive!
The additions are great but maybe the lid not needed on the apple crate? Makes it look too much like an ammo box... The globe is a good idea
One thing irks me though. The water seems at this scale to have 'concaved' itself. I assume you used resin or Realistic water or similar? Maybe for such a small body of water 'traditional' gloss coats would have worked better? Hard when it clings to the sides and wants to climb...
OR alternatively you could have some wet trails to the bucket the soldier has abluted from along the ground and edge of the trough, as it feasibly can look as though the water is still disturbed from him dunking the bucket in...
And in looking at that close up pic (the 6th last) I'd have to say that yuor groundwork in 1/72 is as good if not better than what I could do in 1/35!
Splendid stuff
Cheers
Brad

Thank you for your comment Bradley! The "water" was done with layers of humbrol gloss cote and that's why it got "concave", it's not self leveling. I've got a new product to do this and I'll try to use it in my next project, it's called 3D Lack from EFCO and its similar to MIG products water.

Wow, looks amazing! If I didn't own the same exact revell set (currently unpainted ) I would've never guessed that this diorama is 1/72 scale. Also, I love how you used the figures in a completely different situation/different actions than they were intended.

- John

Hello Francisco

For what its worth, this is an outstanding effort in a small scale, the scene has atmosphere and the circular base makes you want to turn it around continously...one of the advantages of a circular presentation.

I think your figure work in a small scale is brilliant! Considerable compliments!

Regards
Garth

Thank you very much guys, I appreciate it. I have a lot of fun modelling in small scale and it make me even more happy when I get compliments from you 35th builders!

Nice work I especialy like the color on the horse. I might have to copy that if you don't mind

Wow! Looks great. Amazing detail you've brought out in 1/72d scale! You must have an incredibly steady hand.

Amazing!

Wish I could paint like that in 1/72!
Good work with the photos too.

James