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Nice! New skills learned.

Glad to be of help. I have learned a lot from him myself. He is very talented and versatile. But he does get on a bit, as you noted earlier. 🙂

That was quick! Looking good.

If you want to go all in when it comes to tree making: https://youtu.be/DwADkiE3lSo?si=63mUbJEhHDxqqKH1 🤪😎

Great job on the eaten away fuselage and wings! Looks very convincing.

Thanks everyone. I’m glad that you like the build and realizing that others appreciate it of course contributes to the joy of creating it.

Bikes, fridge and all other stuff glued in place, so I now consider this build ready and done. Here is an overview shot. More pictures in the Gallery thread.

I hereby declare my "Everyday Decay" diorama/vignette/scene, whatever you want to call it, done. Here are some pictures. Please enjoy! The build thread is here: Thanks for watching!

Yes, I have also picked this up on Youtube. I first saw it on the Boomer Diorama channel and then later on Night Shift. Thanks Trevor.

First paint pass on the grass - buff. And then a number of passes with green and greenish-yellow tones, and some others. The grass-less patches also got some color. I wanted a somewhat dried out look, not anything lush, so I think I'll stop here and see what it looks like when I have added the wall and the decaying stuff, and uncovered the street.

I added some more grass tufts, and soma more 6 mm static grass as well. And now, @Trevor L the intriguing step : paint all of the grass and terrain black! 🙃 Why would you like to do a thing like that? Firstly, if you use a variety of different vegetation materials of different brands the effect might end up a little off, often with colors a little too bright and shiny (natural colors are often very subdued), and perhaps not fitting the season or locale you want to recreate. One way to get round that is by airbrushing everything with colors of your own choice, and for this to work you would like a consistent base color, like a primer. Using black as that color furthermore helps creating fake shadows and depth. None of this is my idea to start with, but something I have picked up from various online sources. But I have used it before, and like it. I hope it works this time as well, and that I'm not making a fool of myself. It is always a little scary. 😄

I have only been building dioramas for a few years. Before that I was on and off in model railroading for many years, in all scales from Z to O, but mostly N. But in all cases scenerey building was my favorite part. I learned a lot that way which comes in handy when doing dioramas. But I still watch for instance Youtube videos to get new ideas and tips. There us always someting new to learn and try for yourself.

Thanks. More work on the grass is coming. Some of it maybe a surprising move for some of you. 🙂 I say no more.

Proceeding with the "landscaping". I wrapped the wall in plastic and put it down where it will eventually sit. I then covered the surrounding ground with some pumice gel (an acrylic medium) to give it some texture. By wrapping the wall in plastic I could make it sit properly buried in the ground without risking smearing it with the gel. When the gel had set I removed the wall and painted the ground a brown color. As will eventually be evident (but not today) this step serves no real purpose at all. I just wanted to do this to make things look more "real" during the next step. Anyway, with the ground painted I went on to apply some static grass. But before I did that I test placed all the props (bikes, appliances and so on) so that I could mark their locations. I did not want any grass exactly at those spots since the things later placed there would then float on top of the grass in an unrealistic way. Here is what it looked like with 2.5 mm grass applied. On top of that, but not everywhere, I then added some 6 mm grass, after which it looked a bit more tousled and untidy. And that's it for tonight. 😊

Yes guess. And as your Steinman quote says: "If you don't go over the top, you can't see what's on the other side"