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DinggoElite
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2005 - 02:11 PM UTC
Guys i want to share with you , photos of my recent diorama, any advice and comments is greatly appreciated, this is actually my 2nd diorama and i consider myself at the entry level of scale modelling. Any comments would help improve my skills. thanks..
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2005 - 02:28 PM UTC
Nice looking dio to be youre second. The ground work and the figures are excellant. The only thing I see is the tracks and road wheels on the panther are to clean maybe a little more weathering. Other than that the AFV's look great also. Keep up the good work.
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2005 - 02:32 PM UTC
If you are entry level, what does that make me! Darn, I was just feeling good about my work.
Great looking work. Two things that stood out looking at those pictures were the blended in"135" on the Panther. The Panther was very tastefully "dusted" but the wheels were spotless?
The missing skirt made me look twice. The way the Zim was torn and the "textured rust" underneath was excellent. How about some brighter pictures of the tanks, I love Tigers!
Hope to someday attain entry level status too, someday. Nice work.
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2005 - 02:34 PM UTC
wow! second dio? ive got someone to start admiring! the groundwork is awsome!

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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2005 - 04:11 PM UTC
Great stuff, the finish of the models and the ground work are excellent. There is just one thing that I wonder about, there seem to be various bits that don't " fit" together.. The Tiger has steel wheels, making it a late type, but you also included the Cavalry on horseback? I know that most of the towing power of the German Army was by horse (contrary to popular believe) but together with Tigers and Panthers? Also the AT gun, is it a 17 pounder? The ammo boxes look like the German tank Ammo set, which would be a bit out of place with the AT gun.. There also seems to be an abandonded .30 caliber MG on a mount. That would be US.
Is this Dio a general depiction of a movement or is it a more specific area/time/ battle?


But that does not take anything away from your skills, as I said, the finish is superb.

Cheers
Henk
DinggoElite
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Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2005 - 03:33 PM UTC
Thanks for the comments guys..Its really nice to share and have someone comment on my work, it really serves as an inspiration for me to improve my skills... THe diorama does not depict any specific time and place, it just came out from my imagination thats why its all mixed up.. maybe next time i'll try somthing that depicts a certain period in history..thanks once again guys, ill be posting more photos next time
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Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2005 - 03:48 PM UTC
Very nice work.
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2005 - 04:20 PM UTC
Beginner my eye!! Where are so many talented guys popping out from and all claim to be beginners??
Martinnnn
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Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2005 - 10:03 PM UTC
I love the diorama...nice groundwork! Got any more pics?

Excellent things:

- The groundwork
- The horses and figures look great
- The composition...I like it!
- Zimmerit looks excellent! How did you made it?
- I like the sandbags

Some things you could improve:

- Paint chips on the vehicles
- Both vehicles don't have engine grills. You should try those, it'll improve your vehicles and it's not too expensive.
- Some more weathering on the tracks.....make them a bit rusty and drybrush them with some silver.

Thanks for sharing and welcome to armorama!

Martin
Simon
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Posted: Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 06:04 AM UTC
Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful work.

Simon
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Posted: Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 06:05 AM UTC
Thanks for sharing.

Very inspiring and very well made.

Keep it up

Simon
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Posted: Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 06:47 AM UTC
Better then my second diorama.
A lot indeed.

The finished look is fantastic.

Prato
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Posted: Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 11:00 AM UTC
Great dio! I like the groundwork very much! The rest is very good too! Congratulations!
Cheera and happy modelling!
Prato
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