Ardennes Front Diorama

[daveygoravey]

hey guys this is my build iam working on at the moment this is my 1st build since i took back up model making,it is a dio in the ardennes front which will include a panther g with disc camoflage and a schwimmwagen halted in the forest.

ive managed to get two of my figs done already and i decided to give oil painting a go for faces with some hornet heads that i ordered well what can i say the heads are flawless and iam so happy with the way the oils turned out specialy for the 1st time using them.hopefully after some practice i will be able to get the faces even better.i always struggled to do faces in acrylics,so i will defo be doing my faces in oils from now on.

the groundwork was done with a sand glue and cat litter,and the tress wear done with some copper wire and some combed out thick rope then i put pvc glue all over branches and threw sawdust all over it then hairspray then more sawdust and then sprayed with some model air.they are not perfect but iam happy enough with them.

anyways hope you like the progress and feel free to comment or even give some tips.
will take some more pics soon for you guys.

[Nige99]

wow your figure painting is amazing! You sure can paint a face. Wish I was that good.

[daveygoravey]

hey thanks nidge99 funny enough ive only started painting my figures faces in oils could never get them to have a realistic finish with acrylics..defo recommend checking out paining faces in oils and checking out the mark bannerman way on 1/35 faces in oils on google really helped me out.

[Nige99]

Thanks for the heads up, I'll have a look at it.

[Coen]

That's really excellent work bud. Nice touches on the details and the scenics.

[rodrant]

Nice , and again , the paint job on those figures is just great ...!

[spock1701]

Looks great. The Ardennes Offensive was one of the most interesting parts of the war.

[OliveDrab]

That's a great war weary look on the vehicles, and I concur...amazing face painting!

[daveygoravey]

Well got some more time on the bench during the week.just have to add some stowage and some jerry cans on the back of the panther and some snow on the barrel and tyre in the river.what you guys think.

[Tiger131]

Cracking dio love all the detail you have captured the figures are quality and love the water with all the debree in

[Jscale32]

Wow! I wished I could build a diorama like that, excellent detail.

[Nige99]

Stunning work.

[johnlincs]

Great dio , esp the ice in the front with the drum etc. How did you do the snow , looks so real ?
John

[Demaclies]

Awesome job!.. and those faces really pop in oil.