Excellent work Charles! What I like most about what you do is the tiny details you add that make the scene look more authentic - the broken flagstone, the hones in the tarmac, the flaking plaster on the walls, the rubbish bags. All individual tiny details that pull you into the scene and make you believe. You have been one of my inspirations in setting a scene since I came back to the hobby! Look forward to see more!
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Thanks for the positive responses guys. Appreciate it. Just hope the overall look will get the attention.Comment
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Hello Charles,
love the details you put in there, garbage bags, flyers, pamphlet so much to look at, so much little details that are showing up after 2 or 3 times studying the pictures.
sorry to hear that about the usm. Looking forward to the next update.
Cheers RichiComment
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Thank you kindly. I appreciate the encouraging words.Comment
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Well, after buy some denatured alcohol, and soaking the figures in them to remove the paint, I finally took them out after 8 hours and the results were not that good. The paint seem to come off easily but so did the plastic. So I had to throw away two of the usmc figures.
So typical. And these were the two main figures I wanted to use in this scene. So that means I will have to build the other two remaining ones and luckily I had one resin figure from Blast Model that I will add to the present ones. Oh well. Next time I will not leave them in for so long. I am going to start on the figures this weekend. So my apologies for not having any pics to show of the usmc figures. Hopefully next update.
But here are some over all pics of the entire diorama, which I took outside. I painted the concrete barriers black/yellow strips and added drums to the mix to make the scene more interesting. Still going to weather the building some more and the surroundings.Comment
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The master at work......a truly amazing build and a pleasure to watch it come together.Comment
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Thank you for following the thread.Comment
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I have been working on the figures for some weeks now, on and off, when the time permits. It has not been easy as I have re-done camo paints many times over. There have been times I just wanted to give up. I now have immense respect for figure builders. It is the most difficult form of modeling that I know of. Getting the right skin tone is still an issue for me, as well camo painting. But I will get there one way or the other. It will take time. I have read many articles and continue to study the different variations one can achieve. But I am not going to compete with figure builders just as long my figures do not look like a 3rd grader as painted them, I am fine.
So here is the results of my attempts at getting this camo painting job to look right. So far I am OK with the results after several weeks of trying to get it right. I still have four more USMC figures to do. More sweat and tears but the battle continues... I still have more details to add to the actual diorama.
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Dude, that's just...greatness at work again
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well to me on the 1st one you have done looks ,good , and like the box art, but i do know were your coming from as they no easy way around ,
the whole thing looks great and i real do like it,sitting outside looks so real and life likeComment
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Thank you Lee and Monica. It ain't easy but I will get there with lots of trails and errorsComment
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yes it is, i have been doing the very same thing for weeks with my ones the uniforms
are ok to me for being only the 2rd ones I have done in 1.35, but the faces is whats beating me up,
and i real do think all off your figures are great , and very well painted,
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Thanks Monica. But we will get there one way or the other.Comment
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Well, things have been progressing slowly as you all know. Less time for building due to everything around the family. But I do a little each time I get a chance. Here are some pics of the roof details and little additions I have added so far. Made some water tanks and piping taken from my box of tricks. The concrete support blocks were made from the same pink material, Styrofoam
Remember, I am trying to do everything on a budget without putting holes in my pockets. I added a small generator from odd pieces from my bag of tricks. AS long as it looks the part, I am fine with it. Not a huge difference but details none-the-less. Will be doing some painting and refining of the details as I go along. I also added electrical cables around the building in a some-what sloppy manner as I was told this is common over there. More details still to come. A couple more Satellite dishes and what-nots.
I have just bought another set of USMC soldiers and awaiting Tamiya paints. I lost the right arm of Blast resin figured I had already painted. It got lost in the snow. Could not find it since then. So, here we go again for another round of painting figures. DAMN!!! I'm getting tired of this.
Oh well. So sorry if you were expecting my next update to be figures but these things happen, for some, more often than others. More weathering on the facade will be in order as well.
Decided to repaint the cargo bay of the pickup, white and added extra armor to the sides to make it more interesting:Comment
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Jaw dropping stuff, totally outstanding work...again!!!
Lee
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