'Close Contact' Diorama (WIP)

[tiking]

I have come a long way with this diorama and thought it might be helpful to others. So here goes. It's been a while and a new year. Thought you might like to see what I have been up to during the last couple of weeks. I wanted to put something together from scratch. I wanted to show a WIP so you can see how I do/did things. . I will try my best . I may not explain in every single detail as to what I did or used, as it takes time, and time is what I do not have most of the time. I have a family that demands my attention almost all the time. And I mean, my kids. So building has gone slow for me.

I am planning to take this dio to IPMS Open 08 in April in Sweden, so I am in a little bit of a hurry . I think the pics I put up will tell the story even clearer.

This time I am working on a 1/35 diorama which I am going to call; 'Close Contact' . Focus is going to be on figures( I am not that good. Still a beginner) and a pickup truck on the street in Iraq. As you may see, I have already started and well underway. So join me for those who are interested.

I decided to use pink form for the entire building facade . This is my first time working with pink form materials to build up a scene and I must say that I am pretty impressed with myself. I think it looks good but you can decide for yourselves.

I used a xto knife and a ruler and made careful incisions into the foam to give an effect of the real thing. I used the same method to make the bricks which I am quite satisfied with the results.

Pictures say a thousand words. You be the judge :

The pictures are as it is. So forgive me for the quality:

 

[tiking]

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Here I have painted the pink form with a concrete color that I had mixed at a department store. I must say that the colors did much to the outlook of the facade. It made the foam look like concrete. After the concrete paint was dried I went over the form with a black wash which amazingly brought out the details and made the concrete even more believable.

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This is an interesting technique which seems to be easy to master. I've done a little more work. More wash and painting done on the walls. Added the tarmac roads, represented by using fine sand grain sand paper. Made holes for the drainage covers and Manholes. These are from Miniart. I then proceeded to paint the holes using a black color to give it depth. Then it was just a matter of fitting the covers over the holes. Making the holes were easy as the base is white form. Made cracks and small potholes which were easy. The cheap one. Added graffiti on the wall. Then I added real dust, real dirt, and earth pigments( from MIG) and mixed everything to blend it all in. on the roads.

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Here I have painted the pink form with a concrete color that I had mixed at a department store. I must say that the colors did much to the outlook of the facade. It made the foam look like concrete. After the concrete paint was dried I went over the form with a black wash which amazingly brought out the details and made the concrete even more believable.

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This is an interesting technique which seems to be easy to master. I've done a little more work. More wash and painting done on the walls. Added the tarmac roads, represented by using fine sand grain sand paper. Made holes for the drainage covers and Manholes. These are from Miniart. I then proceeded to paint the holes using a black color to give it depth. Then it was just a matter of fitting the covers over the holes. Making the holes were easy as the base is white form. Made cracks and small potholes which were easy. The cheap one. Added graffiti on the wall. Then I added real dust, real dirt, and earth pigments( from MIG) and mixed everything to blend it all in. on the roads.

 

[Bagge]

looking great!

Nice to see som in progress pics

//Mats

 

[moon puppy]

Love to see the progress on this, thank you for sharing so far!

 

[lupanzer]

...it looks so real...well done!...like the sbs

Luiz

 

[Sharkmouth]

Which vehicle is that?

Regards,

 

[tiking]

Which vehicle is that?

Regards,

Thanks for looking guys. That is the new Meng Toyota pickup. I am thinking of getting another one and do a military conversion pickup.

 

[Plastik Smurff]

 

[SA Dave]

Bloody AWESOME :woohoo:

 

[tiking]

Thanks.

 

[willem]

Very well done, and also a great SBS :drinks

willem

 

[tiking]

Thanks again..

 

[White_Wolf]

so far so good - promises to be an interesting dio

 

[moon puppy]

More please....

 

[tiking]

Thanks. I hope so.

 

[tiking]

Thanks. I hope so.

 

[Iron Mike]

 

[AndyFettes]

That work looks brilliant mate

 

[tiking]

These are what I used to make the roll doors or shutters. These are styrene pieces I had on hands. Simple and effective. The idea here is the overall look. That's what I am trying to achieve here.

Currogated and I-Beam styrene. The I-beams were placed on the sides to act as steel braces and a guide for the doors. I think the end results look pretty good.

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For the roof, I glued sand-paper to the sides and the top of the form to represent Stucco. At the top edges I used wall paste and then used the tip of paint brush to stipple the paste which in returned produced the Stucco effect. At on of the roof corners I chipped out pieces to represent broken concrete, maybe during a mortar attack or just simply worn out concrete. Either way, it looked the part. Then I painted everything with a concrete paint. Then, I used a sponged to dap a yellow paint. Then I went over everything with black wash to give it a worn aged look. Again, sorry for the bad pics:

 

[Bagge]

Spot on

always difficult to make concrete look good, but you pulled it off

//Mats