HL-10 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I have been busy with this projects for a few months now. I built the Horch and crew first, then the 88, the half track was next followed by the figures. The Vehicles come from Italeri, the Horch, Dragon, the half track and the 88 is a hybrid of Tamiya and Dragon. All the figures are Tamiya, with a couple of Hornet heads. The base is a picture canvas and the landscape is formed from foam board, household filled and cat litter. The photographs were taken outside in natural daylight and against a sunny sky. image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster image hoster Thanks for looking 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Nice builds, compasition and photographie. What does the base measure? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Superb work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Fantastic job HL,love the detail especialy on the 88.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Lots superb detail for the eye to feast on . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubster72 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Brilliant stuff! I do love seeing big dioramas, there's so much to take in. Lots of clever little details abound, like the worn metal by the crew seating on the half track. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 One word,Masterpiece! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Marvellous. Nice to see Afrika Korps in a dio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Thanks for the comments & compliments, I'm glad you like it! Nice builds, compasition and photographie. What does the base measure? It's 29 x 42 cm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiguelBR Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Wow. Impresive work... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 If some of your pictures had been processed in black and white they could probably be taken for contemporary Second World War pictures. Top work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 If some of your pictures had been processed in black and white they could probably be taken for contemporary Second World War pictures. Top work. windows 7 screen shot 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 If some of your pictures had been processed in black and white they could probably be taken for contemporary Second World War pictures. Top work. windows 7 screen shot Somewhere on the road to El Alamein !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingers Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Marvelous, loads going on, high quality models and figures, beautiful photographs it's got it all. Excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 stunning work...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) Now that's what I call a diorama. Stunning work. The figures are posed cleverly, and refuse to look like the more usual manikins. I love all the little details, but above all I think you chose a great set of kits. All compliment each other. My one and only criticism would be the prickly pear cactus. They are indigenous to America, not North Africa. Rearguards, Badder. Edited July 24, 2016 by Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Stunning just STUNNING! Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Another lovely diorama sir. I especially like the fact that everyone seems to be engaged in a task and that they are not armed to the teeth and waving weapons around. They look, to me at least, like hard working men. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 Thank you all very much for the kind comments very greatly appreciated. Now that's what I call a diorama. Stunning work. The figures are posed cleverly, and refuse to look like the more usual manikins. I love all the little details, but above all I think you chose a great set of kits. All compliment each other. My one and only criticism would be the prickly pear cactus. They are indigenous to America, not North Africa. Rearguards, Badder. I'm no botanist, but the little cactus does bare some resemblance to these North African specimens upload images upload images Thanks again one and all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I like it a lot. The figures are superb, you've got the light and shade just right as well as a generally dusty feel. The 88 is superb too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Superb! The cactus are correct.....They're all over the Med, vicious nasty spiky (but tasty) things that they are! The camo scheme seemed very dark in the first overhead shot, but looks perfect in the others.....Perspective is everything I guess! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Thank you all very much for the kind comments very greatly appreciated. I'm no botanist, but the little cactus does bare some resemblance to these North African specimens upload images upload images Thanks again one and all! I stand corrected. Even more superb then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I saw a diorama very, very, similar to this one about 35 years ago in a Tamiya Catalogue. I don't think it was a Francois Verlinden diorama, but nevertheless, it was bloomin' good. I wonder if maybe you had based your dio on that one? No worries if you have. Yours is still a masterpiece. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 That's awesome, well done!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Absolutely stunningly brilliant diorama! :worthy: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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