Finally after over a month of on again-off again work on this diorama I finally got to finish it. Check it out in my gallery guys & of course comments are most welcomed. Here are some pics:

Wow! Ganda ng pagkakagawa. Anyways, here are my comments:

-the windshield was very dusty and somewhat the glass on the sides looks quite clean. Parang di balanse yung pagkakadust.
-I've noticed a seam on the spare wheel (or that was intentional?)
-the vehicle should atleast make some tracks if it were moving along and/or the vehicle should be atleast weighed down on the sand.
-a close shot on the faces on the fig should be nice.

Good work! I just love desert dioramas! Will wait for your next dio

Sorry kung medyo picky ako about criticisms.

Galeng, Cardinal!! the weathering is okay I think the dusty windshield in considerably OK .. Baka galing sa "sandstorm"
Only thing I notice is the seam in your spare road wheels.. but overall good composition. Keep it coming..

i agree with blitz ...great work but the seams on the tires are a bit noticeable maybe at different angles it won't show...overall great build!!

Nothing to worry about SR. We post our work 'coz we want to hear other members comments. There is actually no glass on the front door of pic no.3, thats why it's clear. I opted to make it look like it's been rolled down. If you try to look in pic no. 1, the rear door window is all dusted up. There's some more pix in my gallery please do try to check it out. I also like to have my spare tires new, dusty but new, that's why the seam. I did have tire tracks on the ground work but because of the trouble I had with the Celluclay I keep retouching it and it got covered up by the ballast. I also did weigh down the tires, so to speak. The hummer is an Italeri M998 Dessert Patrol kit with plastic tires so I had to heat it up & flatten it up abit to simulate being weighted. I should've cut the springs down too. The rear stowage rack & the rear side panels were scratch built with styrene strip & channel.
Anyway this is my first diorama in over 2 years, please bear with me I'm already rusty. Thanks for the comments guys it's well noted. Best regards.

Hi Cardinal,

Great work on your latest project; it's has nice composition and execution. My comments are the following:

The seams on the tires are noticeable and if new Humvee tires do have these seams then it's fine.

Dusting and weathering is very good for "after a sandstorm" conditions.

I like the "busy and full" look of the cargo compartment.

I agree with Shonnen on the tire depression. However, since the ground is mostly small rocks rather than fine sand, only a slight depression could be necessary. Hey, the diorama still looks good though.

Again, nice job and hope to see more dioramas in the future.

Best,

Wanze

Verry verry nice! ^_^

I don't know much about armor. T_T But from someone on my level, that thing is way beyond the scale....It's too good!

COOL! Very good simple diorama. I particularly like the dusted effect of the windshield - how'd you do that? BTW, I didn't notice any bullet dents on the Humvee - plan on giving it some? Agreed on the wheel comments and tracks. Also, "fess up" the ground around the soldiers, this'll look like they actually stepped on it and stirred the dust a bit.

Overall, very nice execution. :-)

You sure these arent photos of the real thing?

Great work, Alex! Two thumbs up!!!

Paturo naman kung pano mo ginawa yung mga cables. They look amazing!

What cables do you mean?

Errr... yung straps pala. Nakalimutan ko yung tamang term eh.

Oh the tie-down straps. I made them out of masking tape. What I did was to fold a lenght of the tape so that the adhesive sides would stick together then I cut them into strips of about 1mm width. The buckles ( the black square things) are just styrene strips cut into small squares & glued to the masking tape straps.

What a great dio Cardinal! yours is well made. I really love the weathering on the whole HUMVEE. Other than the comments already mentioned, I would like to add something about the uniforms. Are those the 3 color DCU's? If they are then I recommend using a lighter shade of sand color & a lot lighter shade of green color. If you want to learn more, there's an article somewhere here in Armorama that shows you how to paint Modern American military uniforms (BDU's, "Choco chip" cammo. & 3 color DCU)