I finished building this over the weekend. Decided to try out a different approach for the diorama base, instead of using paper mache i used modeling clay; It didn’t turn out to bad and may be what i do for future dioramas. The T-64 is from skif and i built it two years ago and finally was able to use it in a diorama. The figured are a collection of evolution miniatures and I believe TaNk. I used the Syrian spg-9 crew and repainted them with varying camo uniforms and gear. It was a fun doing a different camo pattern then what I’m used to.
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Awesome work! That’s a cool diorama!
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Overall it looks really nice. Is the road just paved though? It looks too new to me. Maybe add a few potholes and some more weathering to the road surface.
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@HeavyArty yeah i was trying to do a paved road between fields if anything. I did one pothole near the rear of the tank. I was thinking of adding one or two more. How else could i weather the road, it’s one thing i don’t have experience doing?
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I would give it an overall dark grey wash first, then a couple dirt-brown/sandy colored washes o tone down the black. Think of a well-used, dirty section of asphalt.
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@HeavyArty thank you, I’ll give it a try this weekend. May go back with an exacto knife and pick out another hole as well.
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Sounds good. Here is a similar road I did on a Ukraine dio a couple years ago.
“Winter Harvest” - Ukraine War dio - Armor/AFV / Modern - KitMaker Network
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@HeavyArty that looks great, I’ll have to revisit the forum and see all the steps. Thank you!
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I’m loving this diorama, well thought out and not to busy or to sparse, well done indeed.
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@Klaus-Adler thank you, i had originally wanted to do a trench system but it was going to be to big for what i wanted. Have to thank those old dio books from Shep Paine
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Nice work. Shep Paine - still relevant today!
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