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Berlin Panther D Turret
slodder
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Posted: Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 05:27 PM UTC
Ian Hill shows us how he portrays a Pantherturm
See how here


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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
Prato
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Posted: Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 07:37 PM UTC
Incredible display! Very good layout and paint work! I lke the work with the figures too! Congratulations!
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 07:56 PM UTC
Nice one Ian. The scene has really been dressed up, with all the excellent debris and war spoils.
IMO, the scene appears to draw attention to the figures more, and tell their story. The pantherturm becomes part of the background/base! Using items like the old field kitchen and small items from the scrap box has added a lot to the despair effect.
Whatever way, I really like the overall scene.
dsc
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Posted: Saturday, July 08, 2006 - 08:27 PM UTC
Ola

Very, very cool dio:) A lot of detail has been added, so wherever you look there's something interesting and realistic. Like Frank said there's a sence of despair and no hope for the defenders of Berlin on this dio, with the sitting figure with the broken leg being my favourite:) Great job mate!!

Cheers,
dsc.
Ironmike
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Posted: Monday, July 10, 2006 - 12:14 AM UTC
Very nice diorama. No wasted space and the two figures look terrific. The battered turret and the debris are well placed and weathered. I really liked the smashed up field kitchen - nice work. One minor point and don't get me wrong. If this is Berlin 1945, the newspaper should be in the German, not English. Minor issue.
Over all, one of the best dios I have seen in a long time. Great work, amigo.
Mike
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Posted: Monday, July 10, 2006 - 12:30 AM UTC
Mike - not to quibble, but the paper was put in English on purpose. Ian use a bit of artistic license so that viewers had a better idea of what was happening.
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Posted: Monday, July 10, 2006 - 11:01 AM UTC
Great Diorama,

All those details, superbly wheatered, very inspiring.

Cheers
Claude

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Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 07:54 AM UTC
Thanks everybody for the mail. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks Scott for the posting work. See you on the next one.
AlanL
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Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 08:30 AM UTC
Hi Ian,

Really good mate, portrays the hopelessness of the situation very well. Great work on the rubble and general setting. Thanks for sharing, lots of interestying stuff to look at.

Cheers

Al
95bravo
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Posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 11:59 PM UTC
Wow Ian!

I have to say, your efforts were well rewarded to say the least! I spent a great deal of time looking at all the small details that you added to the scene and most of all, I have to say you captured the devestation of the surrounding area and despair of the two soldiers exceptionally well. The only thing missing is the acrid smell of smoke and chilled wind.

Very nice!
Brokeneagle
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Posted: Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 02:08 PM UTC
ALANL & 95BRAVO,
thank you for your comments, it's always nice to get such positive feedback.It also lets me know if I hit the mark with the dio; it's seems that I conveyed the correct atmosphere.....just what I wanted to hear.
Thanks again.
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