Diorama Techniques: Planes, Armor, Ships, Artillery and Troops

[B-17engineer]

Then Delete it as soon as Matt, Muller and everyone see it....?

 

[Matt308]

Take your time B17. Save your pic to your computer. Open it in Paint. Click Select All. Drag the lower right corner to make the image smaller. Click Save. You have now reduced your pic.

 

[B-17engineer]

Ok I think I got it THanks Matt and everyone else

This is the 6 horses pulling artillery and crew

Next Photo Artillery and Crew!!!

 

[B-17engineer]

OK!!! there more to come tommorow a lot more....!!!! THANK YOU MATT!!!

Ok the Last one could be bigger but It is four artillery crew sitting in a car with a 105 mm? or Pak 40 attached to it being pulled by the 6 horses in the first photo all attached together. thanks again everyone and there's about 16 more photos to come tommorow

 

[Matt308]

Awesome. And B17, you gotta try to paint 'em man. Nobody is going to goof on you. The two best model makers, Wurger and Wayne, have both given kudos to other beginners. And wrt everyone else, they don't matter, right?!

 

[Matt308]

...you gotta work on your camera skills though. At least just a little.

 

[B-17engineer]

I know....lol It took them quickly cause I wanted to get them up that night.......some of them are ok others not so good lol

 

[B-17engineer]

I cut the Picture in half it a small grouping of 50 I have over 287 allied soldiers and 310 German Soldiers here is a VERY small grouping of allied soldiers

 

[B-17engineer]

As soon as I post the rest of the pictures tommorow I will need help on starting the whole project...like would anyone have pictures of when they were in the process of building a diorama


I saw Muller's which looks great btw....but I want to make a flat land scene like a little skirmish on an open field or something

 

[B-17engineer]

Alrighty here are the photos

I think I may only use 50 at the most soldiers in my diorama (50 Axis,50 ALiies) at the most and 25 each at the least

The halftrack and Howitzer are purposley damaged

 

[B-17engineer]

More....

THe bridge I made from popsicle sticks and thats most of the stuff I have collected and but..all look like crap (my vehicles) sorry

 

[muller]

B17, if you are taking pics with a digital camera, set it in macro mode, my camera has a flower symbol for doing this and taking close up photos. This gives your close up pics much more detail. Save them to your computer, open with MS paint. Click on Image on the toolbar, click on Resize/Skew (2nd option down) then you can resize the horizontal and vertical size of the pic. Use the same percentage values for both, you can reduce it as small as you want. Even reducing it by 50% makes a big difference in file size.

Regarding your builds, please take this as constructive criticism. I'm guessing you are not thinking about painting them. You really need to paint your figures and vehicles. No matter how good your dio comes out, it won't look any good with unpainted subjects.

Remember, we all had to start somewhere, and following advice from the great guys you meet on these modelling sites you'll be building great models in no time!

 

[Matt308]

Ditto, Muller. Well said. Even with just a couple of different colors from the local WalMart will make a world of difference and at little expense.

I know they have Testors paints. Get

Olive Drab
Flat Tan
Flat Dark Grey
Flesh
Silver
Black

That alone will get you leaps and bounds better than just plain figures. Research your pieces. You can come up with other colors. You can find twigs and moss in the yard. Get a board. Spread Elmers Glue on it and sprinkle with sifted dirt from the yard. I bet you could get plaster of paris in the local hardware store. Or use what Muller used to put on your board for a little texture. Your imagination is your only boundary here.

 

[B-17engineer]

Ok THanks alot guys...Do you just paint them flat out or is there a procedure you need to use

would i plaster first or put dirt first

 

[Matt308]

B17 get yourself in order dude. Think about it.

 

[B-17engineer]

Ok.....just wondering....some people say put them in warm water so I didn't know if anyone knew thats all but i'll try.....

 

[pbfoot]

try a small batch and see what works best

 

[B-17engineer]

Ok thanks........insted of Olive Darb Matt does FLat Olive work becuase I already have it

 

[Heinz]

Ultimately up to you man. Try a figure or vehicle see how it looks. You can always weather them aswell for extra realism.

 

[B-17engineer]

Alright cool thanks....my progress will be a bit slow guys because school gets back in on Thursday