My first diorama - WWII battle

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Okay well I got some pics.. The tanks arent finished like I said. The silver speckles on them are supposed to look like marks from bullets. I havent washed over the tanks yet so they wont be so noticable. I have began to place some of the soldiers on. In the process of blending them in with the ground also.. Plus the tanks arent attached and the bottom of their treads will NOT be showing..

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l106/twitchtweak/32.jpg

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Let me know what you think. And again I need some tips on doing weathering on the tanks.. Thanks

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Havent had the chance to work on the diorama lately with school but I'm gonna try to work in some time, I'll try to post some pics later

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its looking nice mate.

Please have a care for our members that do not have broadband. That sig gif you keep posting is huge, although funny...there is no need.

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oh ya sorry about that I wasnt even thinkin, I got it changed now

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classic snl thas better!!! Yay for Bruce Dickinson hahhahhha

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heh got that right, I gotta have more cowbell baby!

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Can you get some better photos - the last ones look really over exposed and the lighter ares are just bleached out. It's a little hard to offer any advice otherwise.

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Well I got some new pics. I've recently attempted to add some form of weathering to the tanks. I read on a site awhile back that if you use old make-up it can be quite usefull, so I asked my girlfriend for some old make-up and gave it a shot. It didnt really show up quite so much on the actual tank body, but it worked out nice to clog the treads and show some wear. The pictures are pretty bright ebcasue it's been snowing non-stop this week.

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I've recently finished an m4a1 sherman and will be adding it to the diorama, I'll add some pics later tonite.

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Looking very decent so far at the ground work level. Like previous viewers I would say the same about pressing the tank tracks in..............also you might want to consider adding a destroyed french barn......but if you have already added a broken wall and debris that is fine. Im a new member and havent uploaded anything yet but am working on a similar idea with a King tiger in Hedgerow country........PS....try static grass maybe someones already mentioned it but heh...im new!

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I'm liking the sound of this idea.you clearly have things set out, but what kind of figures are you using for this diorama? if you aren't getting them, i would recommend italeri figures as they can be painted fairly easily and you can get a wide variety of similar armies.

I would suggest to keep in with the crossroads theme, use signposts on each of the four corners, preferably leading to places in France as it had a 'large' collection of crossroads. Maybe: Caen, Normandie, Paris and the Pas de Calais.

the onlt other thing i can say is, welcome to diorama making!!!