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I set up an Urban Warfare Diorama campaign on Armorama and even though I've been leaving the components for my large Factory diorama on the workbench at night, the diorama elves have so far not done any work for me :) so although I still plan to build it I'm going to warm up by doing a smaller dio first. I have a large box with bits and pieces of plaster buildings I've cast over the years so I dug through it and picked a few pieces out to represent half buried buildings in a sea of rubble. As a base I recycled this one as the walker was destroyed by some visiting children :(  awalker_2 by parkadge, on Flickr I reshaped it added the walls and covered most of the groundwork with plaster bandage/modroc  004 by parkadge, on Flickr 004 by parkadge, on Flickr I cut a lot of bricks from plaster with a junior hacksaw. I made up a gloopy syrup of acrylic paint and PVA glue which I then added the bricks to to soak up some colour. Then I applied the bricks to the groundwork and let the glue drain away.  010 by parkadge, on Flickr  007 by parkadge, on Flickr  008 by parkadge, on Flickr It's meant to depict the backs of buildings in a sea of rubble that has been fought over for a long time. Still lots more bricks to add and I haven't made a final decision on the figures I want to include yet.
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Getting back to this as the campaigtn on Armorama finishes end of feb  015 by parkadge, on Flickr  016 by parkadge, on Flickr Done some work on painting and the roofs. It all looks a bit garish now but I will tone it all down with some dirty washes
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Jeeez, Pat, have comlpetly missed this thread. Nice pile of rubbles, if you look at the pictures from bomb-out towns that's how they look like, one bum and there goes the house.
Nice one
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That's mighty impressive work Pat.. Have a ton of questions for you at the next club meet on dioramas! Cheers, Dermot
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I didn't like the overall shape of the building so I've added this to the middle. AQ lot more to do but I'm happy with the direction it's taking  007 by parkadge, on Flickr  006 by parkadge, on Flickr
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Looking a lot better Pat and also less colourful! In a good way of course....
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A real mixture of urban architecture of different periods often seen in patchy build up of many European old towns. Well done.
When did you say is your deadline for the GP? ;o)
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Thanks Filip the build finishes at the end of the month but I'm making good progress The green on the fascia and the drainpipes and gutters pops a little bit but I still have to add some washes to bring it all together.  017 by parkadge, on Flickr  012 by parkadge, on Flickr  011 by parkadge, on Flickr  010 by parkadge, on Flickr  013 by parkadge, on Flickr
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Here are the figures. They need a lot of work to sharpen them up.  006 - Copy by parkadge, on Flickr The cat is from tamiya, the boy with his hand up and the tiny head is from Preiser and the rest are from Masterbox. I gave the boy with his hands in his pockets a pair of shoes as the figure comes barefoot. The man holding the girl is a conversion of the oldman in the European Civilian set and the girl from the France 1944 set. The boy with the tiny head will get a new head from Hornet set HH/31 Heads - 2 old men, 2 youths, 1 boy. I'm also going to move his hand so that he is reaching out more to the cat  017 - Copy by parkadge, on Flickr  021 - Copy by parkadge, on Flickr  023 - Copy by parkadge, on Flickr  014 - Copy by parkadge, on Flickr Not totally settled on the Figure placement yet and I would like to put a woman in there somewhere but can't decide on a suitable one
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parkadge wrote:I would like to put a woman in there somewhere but can't decide on a suitable one Never a truer word spoken Pat! :) It looks great, some excellent work and ideas, I wouldn't even know where to start doing something like this. Really looking forward to seeing the finished article... J.
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Jasonb wrote:parkadge wrote:I would like to put a woman in there somewhere but can't decide on a suitable one Never a truer word spoken Pat! :) LOL Thanks Jason
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It does not look like you need the hobby elves to help, you are a true master builder on your own... this looks amazing...
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fantastic and inspirational, as always.
Go on, ye boy ye!
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The boy's got skills! Amazing work Pat! Love how the people (and cat) bring it to life.
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Thanks guys- still lots of work to do on it but motoring along
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Sure, if it is a Berlin - or any other town or city of the 1000 years Reich there got to be some uniform somewhere, policeman, fireman, LSR warden or some other 'man in uniform' to keep things ticking.
Nice work, Pat - as usual
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FiSe wrote:Sure, if it is a Berlin - or any other town or city of the 1000 years Reich there got to be some uniform somewhere, policeman, fireman, LSR warden or some other 'man in uniform' to keep things ticking.
Nice work, Pat - as usual Yeah I thought about that Filip but I want to leave uniforms out entirely. Not even sure if it's Germany anymore. Could be the North Strand in Dublin after the Luftwaffe bombed it by mistake While I was making this I came up with an idea for a Triptych dio where I show the same buildings at three different points in time -first 1940 with the buildings in perfect condition and some German soldiers walking out in the number one uniforms to the admiring glances of passers by, second with Germans fighting Russians through the ruins and lastly with Preiser Women Digging In Ruins figure set cleaning up the rubble at war's end and if I can manage it a rendition of that famous photo of the Soviet Soldier taking the bike from the German woman
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That's just an excellent idea Pat, really like it. I'd imagine that the building would clearly be ruined, but if something could be kept the same, something that 'survived' through the three periods? It could be something small like a lamppost or something like that? Just to show something not changing ( apart from paint / wear and tear ) amidst all the change and destruction? J.
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The cat would have to appear in all 3...
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SteveMunsell wrote:The cat would have to appear in all 3... Sorry steve I should have clarified and said "I came up with an idea for another dio..." I don't think I could replicate these buildings because of the way I built them so my trydytch idea is for my next outing :)
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