All figure Arnhem Diorama 1/35

Post by **Hanger2** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:40 pm

I loosely based this Dio on a period photograph of War Correspondent Alan Wood of the Daily Express typing his dispatch.

I thought I would include the guy taking the photograph as well and these 2 figures came from the Bronco War Correspondents set, the rest of the figures came from 2 Masterbox sets.

Now for the Para's.

The base I made using my usual MDF/ply, polystyrene pieces and cheap powdered filler.

When this was dry I added some cobbles to a section of road using 3 different sizes of cobbles and some kerb edging. These I made from Diorama Debris silicon moulds I bought from Andy Preston at Trackpads.

I glued the cobbles down with White PVA and allowed them to dry. Then I sprinkled kiln dried sand, which is very fine, over the roadway and brushed it in the gaps. This was then given a good soaking of a watery mix of water, PVA and a few drops of washing up liquid, applied with a pipette.

I next made some bramble type bushes at one end of the board using hanging basket lining fibre

With the base painted a dark earth colour which was brushed roughly under and over the bushes I then then brushed on quite heavily neat PVA over the bramble stem and sprinkled on a mix of light and dark green and dark brown Railway type scenic spread to give the leaf effect.

This was then left to dry.

Next the grass work, for this I used, for the first time, Model-Scene matting, which I got from Historex in Dover, very impressed even at £17 for a smallish sheet which did the base, just!

This matting was glued in place using PVA yet again and left to dry for a couple of days

Then I added the figures

The map I used is of the Arnhem area which I copied off Google and reduced on my copier, I still have a few more bits and bobs to add like ammo and food boxes, a couple of water jerry cans, etc but hope you like it.

Geoff

Post by **Hank** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:17 pm

That's some stunning work there. The figures look great.

Post by **Joesdad** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:52 pm

Fantastic Geoff, really interesting

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:28 pm

Nicely done!

I have 12 paras nearly finished, but I'm still waiting on the MiniArt diorama to turn up.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:53 am

That is freaking fantastic!!! Right down to the cigarettes you nailed this
Your figures look spot on in their positions, arms and accoutrements. I am assuming you modified them to your needs as I don't see a pre made camera man or typewriter in the figure kits you show.
Awesome diorama work overall

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:07 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote:That is freaking fantastic!!! Right down to the cigarettes you nailed this
Your figures look spot on in their positions, arms and accoutrements. I am assuming you modified them to your needs as I don't see a pre made camera man or typewriter in the figure kits you show.
Awesome diorama work overall

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:12 am

Ahhh, but still great work
Whew, thought i was a hack making a movie camera compared to this

Post by **Joker56** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:56 am

Love it well done that man

Peter

Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:13 am

NICE !

Post by **1001kjk** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 5:42 am

Excellent nice stuff

Post by **gustavlekstal** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:11 am

Smashing work! Great story and execution!

Post by **trekfanj** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:15 am

Great work!!!

Post by **Hanger2** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:25 am

Many thanks Guys for all your lovely comments and thanks ForbesH for adding the Bronco set pic

Geoff

Post by **SteveW** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:47 am

Very nice dio Geoff, well done.

Post by **Hanger2** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:31 am

Thanks Steve, pleased you like it.

Geoff

Post by **JediBoer** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:40 pm

Stunning figures and diorama! Wow!

Post by **Johng** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:08 pm

Very impressive attention to detail

Post by **Hanger2** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:08 pm

Many thanks JediB and Johng

Geoff

Post by **Dopplershift** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:50 pm

Outstanding.

Post by **Hanger2** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:57 pm

Thanks John.

Geoff

Post by **Hanger2** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:33 pm

I have added the finishing bits which came from this Bronco set.

Here are some pics of the finished dio.

Hope you like it, I am certainly pleased with the outcome and I have another all figure dio in my head already for which I have already painted the figures.

Geoff

Post by **pearloftut** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:56 pm

Can you imagine a criminal using that Replica Prop and actually getting away with it?

Post by **Hanger2** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:11 pm

???????

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:15 pm

Brill work mate as always.

Post by **Hanger2** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:20 pm

Many thanks Nige.

Geoff

Post by **InitialProduction1** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 2:47 am

Just fell into this build, and WOW! you really knocked it out of the park with it, bet though the guy with the stick up the Arss, is a lot happier you sat him on the ground, lol. Again very outstanding build all the way around.

Post by **tiking** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 5:00 am

This is a fantastic diorama. Love the figures. My weakness. What paint did you use to paint the figures?

Post by **Svenne009** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 7:21 am

Very nice figure painting and building skills.

Post by **Sturm** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 7:48 am

Bravo bravo!! Figure painting is quite fun.

Post by **Hanger2** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 10:10 am

Thank you Guys, I really enjoyed this one
I used Vallejo Model Colour acrylic paint for the uniforms, etc, but Artist's oil paint for faces and hands Charles.

Geoff

Post by **Dopplershift** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 1:21 pm

You have every right to be pleased with this end result.

An inspiring piece of work.

Post by **Hanger2** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 2:55 pm

Many thanks John.

Geoff