My Centurion Mk11 diorama

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Top job Malcolm!!

Looks very good, specially the base and vegetation.

The weathering and the mud is genial too.

I don't see very well....but one of them has a poker?!

Cheers

Polux

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Glad you like it.

[Ian M]

I like this one a lot.

I have this tank on my to buy list. Its nice to see one built up.

Five more stars!!!!

Ian M

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what did you use for the trees and vegetation, top marks

[aaron]

Awesome. i like what you have done with the panzer crew playing cards.

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Nicely set out malcolm, some great detailing and weathering in there.

[geegad]

superb dio as arron said nice conversion of the german troops playing poker...superb work buddy

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I got lucky with this kit at the Hinckley show a few years ago.

I bought a Lottery ticket on the Saturday and got 4 numbers up and won £103.

The kit cost me £75 from a trader, nett cost to me in real terms was £1.

Phalinmegob, I used some twigs that I picked up on a trip to the local woods.

I drilled holes in the twigs and glued some `sea-foam in place.

When dry I used spray carpet glue sprayed onto the `trees` and, starting in the middle of the tree sprinkled my own mix onto it and when dry sealed it with some outside wall sealer from a spray can.

Over time they do fade a bit but a quick burst with a rattle can puts some colour back on them.

The `Mix` I use consists of various scatters, real herbs, small flakes of tobacco, tea leaves.

For the trees I add more herbs to give a more `leafy` look to the mix whereas I use less herbs for ground work.

Under the trees where dead leaves can be found I sprinkle tea leaves, tobacco which I got from my mates cigar stubs, which are crunched up to different sizes and dark scatters.

I also use a lot of real soil and sand in my ground work.

The plaster I use to make the basic shape of the ground is mixed up using water, PVA glue and paint to pre-colour it.

This paint, I get from DIY stores, it is the small tester pots that cost around a pound or two.

I find it simple and effective and above all a cheap way of creating ground work.

Malc.

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Aaron, I`m currently working on a small dio of a Jeep in British service during the Suez crisis with another set of these figures converted to British Paratroops playing cards besides the Jeep.

They are a great set and only need the heads changing to suit just about any army if painted in the right colours.