Malayan Emergency 1/35 scale.

[rtfoe]

Superb Wabble
I'am another who never seen Monkeys in a dio before.

Thanks John R, I think there was one dio with monkeys in the old Euromilitaire. The huge dio probably dwarfed them.

Anyway as I was about to paint the pesky fellas I realised from watching youtube of travellers at the famous Batu Caves that our local macaques have beards around their chin and their coloring is different from other macaques. So here are some with beards added...

I've also added a little blob of putty to the tail ends as they have lion like tail ends.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Neil Merryweather]

looking excellent Richard!
can you give us a scale comparison?

[JR]

Your talented Wabble. Brilliant observation seeing the youtube story.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Neil and John R,
Here's the size comparison with my thumb and these are the big guys...they're about an inch in diameter.

There is always room for improvement and the most unlikely places for referencing.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Neil Merryweather]

Brilliant!
Thanks Richard

[Graeme C.]

The monkeys are coming along nicely Richard, as others have said, not something you see often in dioramas, it'll be interesting to see how they fit in.

[Mickc1440]

Great work Richard, love the poses

[rtfoe]

Thanks Graeme and Mick and you're welcome Neil.

I have picked up the courage to go headlong into the bamboo. So far so good with the initial base leaves. The trunks were imbeadded into the side after digging a hole and filling with two part putty. I may trim some of the smaller trunks and reposition them forwards. Then adding smaller leaves and the other bamboo bought from the stationery shop.
Here are the images...

And from the top...

Will let these few leaves take hold when the glue sets and then I'll push on with the rest.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Neil Merryweather]

Ooh that looks SO good Richard!

[JR]

Your vegetation Wabble goes from strength to strength, Bamboo esp.

How's the nest by the way ?

[rtfoe]

Ooh that looks SO good Richard!

Your vegetation Wabble goes from strength to strength, Bamboo esp.

How's the nest by the way ?

Thanks Neil and John, I haven't done bamboo before so its still iffy for me. If you're talking about the spider hunter then she's already nesting but if you're thinking to put one in the dio, that's a great idea. In the jungle there would be a few hanging from the same tree.

Cheers,
Wabble

[The Smythe Meister]

Blimmin Eck that's realistic!!

[rtfoe]

Blimmin Eck that's realistic!! :smiling3:

Thank you Andy and I haven't done the additions...hope it doesn't spoil the effect. Lots of empty spaces to fill in the back. Lallang or tall Saw grass at the base, ferns and what-nots.

Cheers,
Wabble

[scottie3158]

Richard,
excellent mate.

[rtfoe]

Richard,
excellent mate.

Thanks Scottie, appreciate that.

I have gotten the glass case and framed base for the dio to sit in and be protected. It was a real quickie, with measurements taken and a safety half inch added all round to the measurements I popped into the frame shop which was just round the corner to where I had lunch with old friends. We usually take turns to market the fresh fish, crabs and prawns and have the lady at the eatery cook up curries for us. Here are some pictures of the prawn dishes...

Okay back to the glass case... I frequent this frame shop and the price is affordable, what surprised me this time was he said he could do the whole thing in half an hour and asked if I'd like to wait. It started to rain so I said why not. This is it on my work table...huge isn't it or my work space is small. :smiling6:

Now I don't have to worry about dust and cat fur when working on it.

Cheers,
Wabble