Hello everyone. Here I go again . It's been a while and a new year. 
Thought you might like to see what I have been up to during the last week. I wanted to put something together from scratch. to show a WIP so you can see how I do/did things. . I will try my best . I may not explain in every single detail as to what I did or used, as takes time, and time is what I do not have at the moment. My family demands my attention almost all the time. And I mean, my kids. So building has gone very slow for me as I am usually fast builder.
I am planning to take this dio to IPMS Open 08 in April in Sweden, so I am in a little bit of a hurry . So hope you can keep up with in the meantime. This time it is a 1/35 diorama which I am going to call; 'Close Contact' . Focus is going to be on figures and a pickup truck on the street in Iraq. As you may see, I have already started and well underway but there is much left to do. So join more for those who are interested in military subject matters .
I decided to use pink form for the entire building facade . This is my first time working with form materials to build up a scene and I must say that I am pretty impressed with myself. I think it looks good but you can decide for yourselves.
I used a xto knife and a ruler and made careful incisions into the foam to give an effect of the real thing. I used the same method to make the bricks which I am quite satisfied with the results.
Pictures say a thousand words. You be the judge :
The pictures are as it is. So forgive me for the quality:
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Here I have painted the pink form with a concrete color that I had mixed at a department store. I must say that the colors did much to the outlook of the facade. It made the foam look like concrete. After the concrete paint was dried I went over the form with a black wash which amazingly brought out the details and made the concrete even more believable.
Thought you might like to see what I have been up to during the last week. I wanted to put something together from scratch. to show a WIP so you can see how I do/did things. . I will try my best . I may not explain in every single detail as to what I did or used, as takes time, and time is what I do not have at the moment. My family demands my attention almost all the time. And I mean, my kids. So building has gone very slow for me as I am usually fast builder.I am planning to take this dio to IPMS Open 08 in April in Sweden, so I am in a little bit of a hurry . So hope you can keep up with in the meantime. This time it is a 1/35 diorama which I am going to call; 'Close Contact' . Focus is going to be on figures and a pickup truck on the street in Iraq. As you may see, I have already started and well underway but there is much left to do. So join more for those who are interested in military subject matters .
I decided to use pink form for the entire building facade . This is my first time working with form materials to build up a scene and I must say that I am pretty impressed with myself. I think it looks good but you can decide for yourselves.
I used a xto knife and a ruler and made careful incisions into the foam to give an effect of the real thing. I used the same method to make the bricks which I am quite satisfied with the results.
Pictures say a thousand words. You be the judge :
The pictures are as it is. So forgive me for the quality:
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Here I have painted the pink form with a concrete color that I had mixed at a department store. I must say that the colors did much to the outlook of the facade. It made the foam look like concrete. After the concrete paint was dried I went over the form with a black wash which amazingly brought out the details and made the concrete even more believable.
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