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Historical Dioramas And Figurines. - Riley1965 - 07-16-2006
Yes, I cut the brushes down to one hair for detail painting like the eyes and awards. It was expensive as I was using professional quality brushes but I had two of the single hair brushes at all times. Still I had a GREAT time painting them. Of course my eyes were better then. I used standard sized brushes for every thing else. The single Hair brush was ONLY for the detail painting.
:thumbsup Doc
Historical Dioramas And Figurines. - Tretov - 07-16-2006
My current project is a 1:144 off-scale model of a Soviet aircraft carrier, based upon the Kiev/Minsk class carriers, however with some modifications ... The model is -of course- able to run in the water and powered by 3 electrical engines and one bow thruster. The length of this vessel is about 170 centimetres, and the name is Druzhba Narodov, for the friendship of peoples aquired through superior firepower...
Was estimated to be finished in 2003, but is delayed. Expected to sail the shallow bays of the archipelago outside my summer house in the baltic in summer 2007.
Historical Dioramas And Figurines. - Koslova - 07-17-2006
You know that you HAVE to post a picture of this now that you told everybody about your ship!!! I can't wait to see it. How is the progress on that project?
Historical Dioramas And Figurines. - Riley1965 - 07-17-2006
Tretov,
That sounds like a great project. When I was a kid I built a working model of a Destroyer. It was fun but with the advances today I can only imagine how your ship will turn out. I look forward to some pictures of your ship.
Best,
Doc
Historical Dioramas And Figurines. - Tretov - 07-17-2006
I will post some pics tomorrow evening, CET
The progress... well the hull is about finished, I am working on the superstructure at the moment. A lot of work... all the technical equipment is installed already.
Historical Dioramas And Figurines. - Dolf - 07-18-2006
order of glory Wrote:I am unfamiliar with the whole process. Do they buy little people and tanks/equipment and build the scene? Or do they do it all from scratch?
Most people in the hobby just assemble and paint the whole thing, but when you reach the level of the people who make dioramas like that "Fall of the Reich", you have to do a lot of scratch building.
Of course you have a large variety of buildings (mainly in plastic or plaster) and vehicles, as well as soldiers and weapons (usually in plastic or resin). But in many cases you have to modify a lot of things, for example create new arms or legs for soldiers to adapt them to your project, or improve the buildings by adding details, etc.
riley1965 Wrote:I grew up making 1:35 scale military dioramas. I used to be able to paint the details of the eyes and awards. I miss it. Thanks for sharing those websites!!!:thumbsup :thumbsup
Doc
1/35 scale is the best for these dioramas, but I remember doing a few on 1/72 scale too!...
Of course my eyes were in much better shape than these days...
Then you have the 120mm or 200mm figures too, there you can do really nice things :thumbsup See pics below.
Adolph Galland, 200mm.
A crew member of the Memphis Belle, 120mm.
American fighter pilot, 120mm.
PS: I have exactly the same leather jacket, a Type A 2. Saw once one in the Smithsonian, it was so worn it looked like a rag!
Norman... 120mm.
A simple example of a 1/35 scale diorama.
Dolf
Historical Dioramas And Figurines. - Dolf - 07-18-2006
A more elaborated one, with some little scratch building, nothing really much.
Btw, this one is called "Falaise" and it's after D-Day, the Germans passed on defending and retreat ...
Dolf
Historical Dioramas And Figurines. - Dolf - 07-18-2006
And another one, even more elaborated than the previous one, and with a lot more scratch building: The river for example, the bridge, the entire interior of the house, the door, the windows, and quite a few other small details.
This one is called "Ambush". It's a scene early in the war, not far from Cherbourg, France.
Actually there are some scratch built sticks of dynamite under the bridge, connected to a detonator handled by the partisan with a blue jacket, so if this was a picture it would be taken just before the big explosion...
Just waiting the sign of the partisan leader, the one with the binoculars.new world Wrote:People have some amazing hobbies these days!
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Enjoy,
William
William,
Nice topic, thanks to bring it up :thumbsup
Btw, this is not a new hobby, but a very old one instead, only new techniques, new materials, and of course much more info.
All those examples shown above, I made them many years ago, they are just some of the rare survivors of many house movings
Still have plenty in their boxes that I planned to do after retiring, but now I realize my eyes will never allow me some details as in the past
Dolf
Historical Dioramas And Figurines. - Koslova - 07-18-2006
They are really cool, they look like museum pieces or something. I agree it was a good topic to bring up. By the way these partisans must have nerves of steel letting the germans come so close before starting the fight...
Historical Dioramas And Figurines. - Riley1965 - 07-18-2006
Dolf,
WOW!!! Those are incredible:thumbsup :thumbsup I used to make them like you do. I look forward to seeing future projects. Unfortunately, MS causes tremors in my arms and hands...so no detail painting.
All the Best,
Doc