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  1. Thanks chaps. The rubble will have more added - roof tiles, woodwork, window frames and glass etc, but I wanted to practice the moss effects first. The lost video was down to Windows 10 Video Editor rather than YouTube, although I've had YouTube mess videos up as well. Whatever, the companies should pay compensation for the loss of photos/videos which can have great emotional significance, or may have taken many, many hours to create. Rearguards, Badder
  2. DO NOT TALK TO ME ABOUT EDITING VIDEOS! EVER, EVER, EVER!!!! 2 WEEKS OF MY LIFE GONE WHEN WINDOWS PHOTO EDITING APP DECIDED TO LOSE 3HRS WORTH OF 'SO-CALLED' SAVED VIDEOS IN AN INSTANT, That was a week ago and I've only just stopped screaming and swearing. But I am getting back to doing some work on the farmhouse, what with doing some more work on the collapsed gable wall, with some re-modelling of the stonework, AND the application of plaster-dust and plaster-dust bubble washes. I still haven't perfected the bubble wash ratios, but I'm getting closer to being able to create 3-D frothy structures at whim. # Here though are some photos taken BEFORE I'd gotten to that stage. More will follow, but I have to get the photos from the new replacement video and I am currently taking a break from that just to save my sanity! Liking the white bubble washes on the rubble.................. looks a like lichen. There are even more rather nice effects to come, especially on the wall. TFL Badder
  3. I'm sure I can wangle one wall lol. I will see what I can do. Rearguards, Badder
  4. Hi Francis, Super work as always. Whenever I see one of your 're-painted/improved' models, I regret having always thrown all of mine away! I keep putting mine 'aside' for maybe 'blowing them up and putting them in a diorama' and then they end up covered in dust and I just strip them for spare parts. You do inspire me to keep them and re-work them. You prove it can be done. Love the chipping, especially at the rear and on the shurtzen. Rearguards, Badder
  5. P.S. I am now returning to THIS diorama and continuing work with this building. I am in the process of making new roof sections, and the painting. weathering and the adding of ivy to the collapsed gable wall......... pics soon. TFL Badder
  6. As you have asked so nicely, and so persistently, I feel I HAVE to oblige. I will have a look for a suitable MiniArt wall and think about making a mould and casting it in plaster. Don't expect a whole building, it'll just be one wall. I have some other vids to see too first though, one in particular has been giving me nightmares and is on its 8 edit and refilming! lol I really have to get that one out of the way or I'll go mad! Rearguards, Badder
  7. Btw..any chance of a tutorial one on making plaster castings from miniart buildings in the works ?? Hi, Mr P, Thanks for your kind words, During my spare time I always have one, or other, of my unfinished models sitting in front of me, and I kind of get blind to their 'good bits' and only see their 'bad bits'. So, I ALSO get to see them in a new light when they are on video! lol It's good to know that you're having a peep now and then, so thanks for that. To answer your questions, the tree will get snow added when I put it in my Pit Stop diorama and I'll remove it for when it's photographed in THIS diorama. I have some of that microballoon type snow stuff and I'll use that. It's part of the reason why I made it an 'indestructible tree'. I will probably make a video of me scattering talcum powder over it and vacuuming that off, just to further prove how indestructible it is. I will eventually get around to showing how to make moulds and cast MiniArt walls etc, but that would have to wait until I actually need a new wall, and I don't see that being for some time. But you never know, maybe something will pop up. Whatever, you will see it here first. Rearguards, Badder
  8. Hi Stix, Great work as always, and congrats on having the thing driving on the 'right' side of the road! As a matter of interest, I just searched and found that a, and I quote : ''AMX-13 Model 51/75 Light Tank'' was sold by Sotheby's in 2014 for $26,450 USD. Yours looks to be in a better condition and comes with its own little stretch of road, so would fetch an even larger sum of money, lol Rearguards, Badder
  9. Hi Metadyne, As has been said, superb grass and mud effects, the mud especially so. That really does look like real damp/wet mud. The grass/vegetation is a fantastic colour, making it look much more alive and fresh and luscious than is often the case. The bits of the tank which are visible look great too, with the clods of earth and grass on the tracks adding to the realism. But yes, more pics of the tank itself would be nice. I suspect you know this, but there is also a Forum for dioramas, and it would be nice to see this feature in the RFI there as well, with some wide-angle shots, maybe? Rearguards, Badder
  10. Hi Stuart, Great job. Not a lot to fault at all, other than the lack of detail on the sandbags, which has already been mentioned, but I would also add that they would most likely be tied down as well, especially those across the very the front at those at the sides. The rest could just 'flop' in place. Also, the stowage at the rear is a bit too high a, a nd would foul the gun barrel if trying to do a 180. Apart from that, everything else is great; the weathering, a nice dusty look, great colours, the nicely opened turret box,, and no one's mentioned the superb groundwork. Rearguards, Badder
  11. Hi Ozzy, Good to see this close up. You've achieved a nice, realisticm dirty look, given the weather and circumstances, and I particularly like the uniform camo. I'm kind of itching to make my Tamiya 88 and sd.kfz 7 now. But, no, no, no! I must NOT! Rearguards, Badder
  12. Hi, Ozzy, Well, if you've got a Russian tram in the stash, when better to make and use it? Rearguards, Badder
  13. Hi Major, Good to see you. Thanks. I will definitely be making one for each season, although strictly speaking this conifer tree will be good for all 6 seasons......... winter, spring, summer, autumn, the seasons on Uranus which are 21 years long, but all of them VERY cold and of course, the Silly Season. Rearguards, Badder
  14. I don't know what's going on, but I commented on someone else's dio WIP and I'm certain I commented on this RFI, but my comments seem to have disappeared. So, I'm commenting again, here, at least lol. I enjoyed your WIP immensely, amazed by the speed at which you were producing some top-notch work and loving all the little added details. 'Little' added details really do make a HUGE difference. So, I've looked at your photos here AGAIN, and this time it was the broken glass in the window that caught my eye. It looks totally realistic. You obviously looked at photos of real broken glass. I can't always search for such images so I have to throw my TV through our windows to get a good idea of what they look like when smashed. Seriously though, I can't fault a single thing, or give any advice. It's a perfect dio, and your figures and jagdpanther are way better than I could ever do! Rearguards, Badder
  15. BTW, Francis, Have you seen me throw and bash the tree yet? TC mate and I'll probably see you in your latest RFIs soon. Rearguards, Badder
  16. Hi Francis, Thanks, of course, the tree isn't fully finished, but it is finished in respect of the tree canopy, branches, twigs, foliage etc. It's just the trunk that will get some moss/lichen effects added at some point, but I'm happy to leave it aside for now. Having said that, I've also built a bench that kind of leans up against the trunk at an angle and the ground underneath the tree will be covered with dead 'pine needles' although Yew trees don't have 'needles' as such, just very thin long leaves. I may or may not use very short lengths of static grass for that. As for my avatar, it's a character called 'Hacker' who I invented as a 'mascot' for a local Heavy Metal band in the late 1980's - basically I stole the idea from Iron Maiden and their 'Eddie' character who appears on all their album/singe covers etc. Hacker too, appeared in many forms on all kinds of merchandise and this version of him has him as a comdey/horror 'Jack in the Box' weilding a double-headed axe, for a cassette album the band did. The album and title track were called 'Jump to it'. Anyway, as their 'official artist' I have the sole copyright to all of the artwork and when I set up my Youtube channel I decided to use this pic as my avatar. And because some BM members (not naming any names lol) have subscribed to that channel, I thought it would be a good idea to use that same avatar here. So, I hope that explains all that lol TC mate and I'll probably see you in your latest RFIs soon. Rearguards, Badder
  17. Hi Bobby No Mac, If I knew you better, I could say 'Trust yew!' As it is I'll have to wait fir a secormore, until you're a bit alder, perhaps. Oakay, oakay, I will'o shut up by the thyme you've read this. Good job too, cos puns aren't very poplar and I could be punished with the birch. 9/1 to me I think? lol. Seriously though, thanks! If you'd like to see me throw the tree and bash it repeatedly, without damaging the tree, or indeed my worktop, click on link below. lol Rearguards, Badder
  18. Hi all, sorry for absence, but I've been busy making vids of me throwing and bashing this tree, to prove how indestructible it is! lol. (Link to vid bottom of this post) So, the tree is finished and I'm now working on the ground it's 'planted' in. The tree will be removable from the diorama so that it can be replaced with another at a later date, either because it is 'better', or purely for variation in photographs. I will bemaking a kind of dowel/rubber sleeve type affair underneath the circle of 'ground' it is now fixed to, and that section of ground will lift out of the diorama with the tree. Whatever tree is swapped over, will have the same shaped circle of ground fitted to it, and the same dowel/rubber sleeve device. Before I make that device though, I'm going to add this bench, which will have a kind of 'lean-to' structure with a couple more legs added pointing rearwards. Being a conifer tree and quite a large one, there will be very little in the way of vegetation on the ground beneath it, but a fair few 'pine needles' and twigs. I will probably use very short static grass to replicate the 'needles', unless I can find something thinner. Here's the tree finished: And with the bench leaning on the trunk at the moment. TFL Badder
  19. Hi Pete, You're correct. I should have pointed out that the trunk itself isn't finished. Yes, it's got a gloss coat of varnish at the moment, but it will get some super-detailing of the bark, and moss and most probably some nails driven into it for kids to climb beofre washes and a final matt coat when it is ready for 'planting' in the diorama. Remember it'll be sunken into the ground a little bit at least. Plus, I'm still toying with the idea of adding a ladder and a treehouse/platform, OR adding a circular bench around the trunk. As for a bird, I have some, or 'a' pigeon/s somewhere. I was intending to have them/it soiling the roof of the building with their/its droppings and have considered them/it doing the same on the tree. We shall see. Rearguards, Badder.
  20. No probs. It's great to discover something 'by accident' and then share it and find that someone else finds it useful, even if its not model related. I'm calling the tree 'finished' btw, but haven't gotten around to posting the pics here yet. I have posted the tree in the RFI section though. I do think it's a diorama in its own right. Lol Of course, it's NOT ACTUALLY finished, it will get some more work done to it when I 'plant' it in the ground. Rearguards, Badder
  21. Thanks for that info, I will definitely get the Dragon figures then. If their winter uniforms are compatible with the 88 AND the Nashorn AND the SdKfz 7/1 Flakvierling that will be super ace, saving a lot of hunting around! I shall watch your metling snow with great interest cos that's what my Pit Stop Dio will have. I've seen your winter StuG dio and that was excellent, but seeing a larger area of snow/slush/muck will be very educational. Cheers, Badder
  22. Thought I'd change my avatar and confuse everyone for a while. lol. Artwork was a 'band mascot' called 'Hacker' designed and painted by me for a local heavy metal band back in the late 80's early 90's. He featured on all of their merchandise in many guises over the years. Here was a later appearance, as a 'Jack in the box' for a cassette album cover. Yes of course, he was Eddie's cousin.

  23. A great idea carried out excellently. I watched many episodes as a kid, but never saw the many I missed as we didn't have VCRs. I mean, even cassette recorders had record/play/ff and rewind keys the same size as those on pianos. lol. But during lockdown, thanks to those who bothered to keep the original tapes, or record them onto modern formats, I was able to watch the whole lot, start to finish in about a week. It was a great series for the most part, but ultimately of course, I was hugely disappointed when the later episodes went massively downhill, resorting to farcical situations such as Straker driving around the actual studio grounds in a Banana Splits buggy being shot at. And the final episode......... well.......... the less said about that the better. Still, the Jetstream did stick in my memory for being an actual thing rather than a model, so it's great to see it replicated here. When I read the title of this post I was half expecting to see that Banana Splits buggy parked up somewhere on the airfield lol. Memories. Rearguards, Badder
  24. As there is no forum dedicated to 'Vegetation' or other sub-components for dioramas, I thought I'd post this finished tree here. Building this tree has been an epic journey to say the least and I think it deserves it's own little place outside of a diorama WIP. Unless admin think otherwise, in which case feel free to delete it. lol. But I'm calling this tree DONE. (Knowing that it's NOT done. It will get stuff added to it in the future, when it's time to fit it to the base) Anyone who has been following my 'Ever Evolvin' Diorama' WIP and indeed my 'Pit Stop' WIP, will know just how much time and effort I've put into trying to build as realistic a tree as I can, whilst ALSO ensuring it is highly resistant to such things as being vacuum-cleaned, or blasted with air to clear it of dust, cobweb, and arboreal cats. This tree is just that. I've also dropped it many times, by accident, and have combed the foliage, bent branches back and forth, up and down, side to side, opening or closing up the canopy in order to achieve the 'best look' with no damage done, whatsoever. The tree will basically out-live me. The 'twigs/foliage are made from, believe it or not, around 900m of 6lb breaking-strain nylon monofilament fishing line (Maxima brand) It's true that your intestines are 26km long but folded into your abdomen very compactly lol, The tree's branches are made from a wire-cored garden twine which has some kind straw-like plant/fibre coating and are connected to the armature of the tree, the trunk and boughs of which consist of a Y-shaped cutting from a hedgerow (after the farmer had trimmed his bush (Oooh er) with a tractor-mounted chainsaw (Ouch) Additional lengths of the twine were then used to create the gnarly old bark on the trunk and lower boughs. The colours used where Olive Green, Red Earth, Sepia and Black, all Daler Rowney 'FW' acrylic inks. An amount of Olive Green Japanese 'Grit Paint' was also used to impart some texture to the fishing line to hint at the conifer's 'needles' Lashings of Thin, Medium and Thick CA glue were used as were gloss and matt varnishes. I've included a 1/35th figure to show the scale, but the tree stands about 13inches tall. Anyone wanting to know the method of construction and materials used, will find details in my 'Ever Evolvin' Dio WIP in the Diorama's forum, where the method itself evolves over time. Look for yourself, or message me and I'll provide a direct link.............. I'm a luddite and don't know how to do the 'click here' or 'find it ''here'' stuff lol. I also have a vid on my channel which is linked at the bottom of this post. BTW, I won't be making a another large tree again, any time soon, but might poke around some bushes. The figure is an old one which I use as a scale for buildings, has been handled with greasy fingers and is not representitive of my figure-work now. I suspect I may be worse now than I was back then lol. Comments, questions and criticisms good or bad are welcomed. Cheers Badder. BTW, I won't be making a another large tree again, any time soon, but might poke around some bushes.
  25. Hi Francis, Loving the dried mud with excellent colour, texture and a perfect soupçon of vegetable matter! The leaves had to be there somewhere! Also, great photos once again, and thanks for adding the bird's eye view, which a lot of people seem to forget! Keep up the fantastic work, stay safe, Rearguards, Badder
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