A second new diorama from me. With the rest of the box figures.
An old Verlinden ruin, with some more sandbags made of model plast. The rest of the Ruin, I add broken stones and more.
The sidewalk right to the ruin, I made of Styrodur.
The wet look at the pictures are the shining of pigment fixer.
The street are empty at the moment, I will add stones and garbage later.
Regards Christian
Nice start to the scene. What sort of time period are you thinking off ? One part that does stick out a bit, and its just an observation, is the big build up of soil/dirt in the blue room ? The external part looks very urban, so how would the soil of got there ? You can imagine a build up of some soil deposits on the sandbagged area from broken bags etc … looks good though and it has nice subtle colours as well which help the blue balance them all out.
Time period will be during operation desert storn, I think.
all the sand and dirt comes from the broken walls and the roof, which is gone. 
Regards Christian
Still working at this diorama.
Today I put some rubbish and stuff on the street.
Some enemy weapons are on the roof.
The figures are finish and waiting for a matt varnish.
Regards Christian
Nearly finish. The frame needs some paint and I will add some more dust on the ground.
Here some pictues with the figures.
It’s very nicely done, no doubt. If you want to add a bit more tactical realism, these are just suggestions:
The two figures providing cover around the corner would be doing a “high - low,” with the figure closest to the wall using as much of the building as possible for cover. The figure next to him would be kneeling if possible, also very close to the corner, hence the term “high - low.” The kneeling figure on the left in this photo would be perfect:
The figure running across the street wouldn’t be turned - he would trust his teammates to be doing their job, and he’d be running across the street as fast as he could, looking for threats in front of him. The figure behind him would be a better choice. The others would be waiting their turn, with at least one or two scanning the rooftop across from them for threats. I know there are inherent limitation using boxed figures - they seldom give us all of the poses we need, but if you could make those changes it were be more tactically sound.
But again, very nicely done.
An almost textbook example of “High - low.” They could still be making better us of the building for cover, unless you put something in front of them. I personally would not use a metal barrel for cover unless I knew for damn sure it was filled with liquid.
Thanks for your detailed comment.
You’re absolutely right with your explanations.
For the proper tactical representations, I would need different figures. However, the figures were included as a bonus in a Vietnam figure set I bought on eBay.
Since I also had the Verlinden ruins in my closet, I built this diorama on the side, just for fun.
Regards Christian
I hate to hijack your thread, but maybe this will get it more exposure for those who were in church all day Sunday. 
It is fine work after all.
So the video clip is one I stumbled across today while working on a totally unrelated project. It shows my company going through Special Forces Advenced Urban Combat. As a Bravo (and someone who had previously done the course) I am an instructor in this class, hence the different uniform. Ultimately went through six times over the years, instructing twice. Well three times if you include Slovenian SF. We did a couple of High - Lows in this particular one.
Windows are out of play for this iteration. Even so I hunker down in front of one out of habit.
Everything is fine. You can hijack my thread every time. I like your comments and they are very interesting for me.
Thanks for the video.
Regards Christian
