Forest Diorama

[Shawn Ramsey]

Well since this build was mostly done on MA I will provide a summary of it start to finish.

The first kit which was a PF prize on MA.



Some Delicate PE work














Figures next to half track.


I did not like the kit tarp so I modified a Tamyia part for this. Putty filled the voids.

[Shawn Ramsey]

The next kit was Tamiya Kubel. I ended up not using the PE.



With the Blackdog Stowage set.


Ready for paint








Chipping and detail painting.






Mud and grime




And finally the figures.

[Rob Matthews]

Even better seeing it the second time Shawn, I probably asked this the first time - Where does the lad crossing his leg come from?

Keep it coming

Rob

[Shawn Ramsey]

Finally the ground work. Most products for the ground work were purchased from the Scenic Factory here in the States. All I can say is they are some great products.

For the base I started with foam insulation. The wood frame was made from trim boards.



The foam was covered with plaster cloth from Woodland scenic. Then rock molds were used to form the rocks and Sculpt mold was used to attach the rocks.





Cheap acrylics paints were used to paint the ground. Washes of Burnt Umber , Orchard, black were applied to different areas of the rocks.



Brushing matt medium on the base Woodland Scenic fine turf was applied.



Using these great products they were applied randomly to the base. Again using Matt Medium mixed with water 50/50 sprayed over these to adhere them. Matt medium will dry completely flat so that is why this was used instead of white glue.





Mud was applied again using mud from the Scenic factory.

[Shawn Ramsey]

Even better seeing it the second time Shawn, I probably asked this the first time - Where does the lad crossing his leg come from?

Keep it coming

Rob

Dragon 6513. You have it.

Shawn

[Shawn Ramsey]

I made up lts and lots of trees. Again from the Scenic factory.



And they were attached to the base.







I then uses different lengths of grass from Heki. The tall light grass is from Armor Farm.

[Shawn Ramsey]

Now some explaining. Ever sense the base was finished I was not happy with how big it was. So after 1-2 months of debating, I did the unthinkable. I removed all the trees and using a table saw I cut 4" off of the back of the base. On a positive note I now have 4 trees already built to be used on other dioramas.

So here is were it stand now. It is difficult to tell but there are some shrubs added throughout the base.







That's everything in a nut shell. Snow will be coming soon.

Shawn

[Raoul Kunz]

Let's save this blog for further use...

Magnificent work Shawn!


Best regards

Raoul G. Kunz

[Rob Matthews]

Wow
Looks as Good if not better. You're right the balance feels more right Very Feng Shiu

Shawn - I recognise all the component parts except for the green grass. Do you mind sharing what and how?

Rob

[Michael Power]

WOW really says it all. Absolutely gob smacked.

Michael