"Ammunition for the beast" diorama 1:35 scale

[HamilkarBarkas]

Hi folks!
I made this diorama last year, the tank is a Tiger I initial production from Dragon, the figures are from Dragon and Tamiya (i think!).
I added some photo-etched parts, mainly a basic set from voyager which was easy to use.
The scene shows one of the first Tiger tanks on the Russian front in winter 1942 near Leningrad. It gets resupplied with ammunition.
The diorama itself is very small, just a base to give the model a "natural environment".
For the snow i used "magic snow" which is unfortunately no longer available.























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[Paul]

Another cracker Micheal

[Coen]

Again with the awesome.
Just curious... how long do you take to make these?
I'll spend up to 6 weeks on some with anywhere from 4-6 hours a day.
But I'm crazy and never sleep.

[schweinhund227]

Superb Workmanship!

[coladito1]

and another

[Lee]

I love dios! Wish I were good at making them

Excellent work again Michael

[UKscalemodeller]

I'd attempt a dio but even though I spent my teens as a wargamer I am still not confident enough in my figure painting to attempt one.

Hats off to you, this is stunning.

[HamilkarBarkas]

Thank you all very much i will upload more dioramas in the next days bit by bit.

Just curious... how long do you take to make these?

It all depends on my free time, this tank here was built, painted and weathered in 4 days, figures and diorama 2 more days. I made that one in my holidays so thats not the normal speed.
Usually i assemble such a tank model within 2 or 3 days, but painting and weathering it takes a bit longer. Overall i can say 2 or 3 weeks and a tank model is done.

[Coen]

Wow, you work so much faster than I, and I've been accused of being too fast.
And here I was thinking that it was a camera trick in your videos when you appear to move at light speed.
You're just a modelling superhero.
You've certainly mastered your techniques, and it shows.

[HamilkarBarkas]

Wow, you work so much faster than I, and I've been accused of being too fast.
And here I was thinking that it was a camera trick in your videos when you appear to move at light speed.
You're just a modelling superhero.
You've certainly mastered your techniques, and it shows.

Haha you are not the first one who tells me that. I don´t know why, i´m just quick for some reason although i do not spend that much time overall in my workshop. I think i plan the build very well, i know how long each step will take and how long it takes till i go on. A wash for example has to dry almost 1 day but it is applied quickly so if i don´t have much time i apply the wash anyway, saves 1 day

You were speaking of video tutorials, this was the first model i made a detailed building review for, here are the videos:
Please activate the English subtitles!

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[Tiger131]

superb dio and great figure painting as well buddy

[T3hGuppy]

Nice Diorama.

Will have to watch the videos at some point I subbed to you last night so will take me awhile to get through them.

(Sometimes I'm to lazy to read subtitles )

[HWGuderian23]

Hi Michael!

This is another amazing work once more! I always like your dioramas, but this one is really awesome - the figure, the mud effects and especially the leaves on top of the rear are superb !

Wirklich eine erstklassige Arbeit. Mach weiter so...

Gruß

Markus

[hansolo]

Hi Michael,

This video of yours was one of my biggest inspirations overall and especially to do a winter camo myself.
Excellent video tutorial and amazing results!
Awesome diorama!

cheers

[EpoxySniffer]

I really like how you did the snow Michael, it's very realistic. The whole model is excellent.

[ChubberLang]

That is just awesome! Love the dioramas! Detailing is just fantastic! Top notch work!!!