Hey Guys,
Have a new dio for you to check out. I have decided that since my love (and business) is primarily the surroundings that i would work together with friends on my projects. So basically the Elephant was buit by a friend of mine named Randy Fuller, and i built the base, this give each of us to concentrate on the areas we preferre and still get to put the elements most seem to want in a diorama. I hope everyone enjoys this one, i truly try to listen to the comments and use the advice to improve. on that note this one is also offered for your comments and hopefully a few compliments. all are welcome as well as questions if anyone has any.
I know most don’t enjoy a base without armor or figures but i put several pics before and after the Elephant was added.
thanks for looking, if you want to see more or larger pictures use the link to my site and go into the gallery section.
Looks good to me, I like how you have a smaller base that more fits the subject than the StuG(atleast I think it was a stug) you posted a while back.
One thing I noticed; althouth I’m sure there are different kinds of telephone poles all over, it looks kinda on the thick side to me. I like the cracked splintered base though.
I really like this one, but I have to agree with Ian; the telephone pole is GIGANTIC in scale size. It’s diameter is just about the same as one of the Elefant’s wheels. Not for that era in time,I don’t think…if even today…?
The Elefant looks well done, but the paint looks a little "orangey’ for me; could be the camera though. I should also think that the Elefant was most often seen with a coat of zimmerit. The rest of the base though–and the composition/layout of the scene is MUCH improved over your last one, and the base by itself is excellent–but replace that telephone pole with a thinner one for the final casting, if you’re going to produce this for sale.
I think it looks fantastic. Really nice layout. I’d like to see you venture into the world of foliage. Tell your friend that the Elefant looks great.
I wouldn’t mind seeing more brick rubble in the corner where it looks like they took out 9.5 / 10ths of that wall. But that’s just me. Overall I think this is real quality work. Nice detail on the destroyed building. For a potential customer who’s strong point isn’t base and setting, this would be worth evert penny they paid for it.
I think the lighting went a little wrong and i may need to adjust my monitor settings i viewed the pics on another computer and i clearly see the color difference. it’s not nearly that orange in person. i really thank you for your comments and will decrease the pole size in future builds.
Hey Steve,
I think after my next project(already in progress) i will work on more of an outside of town setting with trees etc. or may try to work a few into this new one so in the future you may get to see some (if i can do them right). starting on a large scene, hopefully a few tanks and figures hunting each other through a tightly packed group of buildings and streets.
thanks for all comments, i really think everyone helps each other out and makes us all force ourselves to get better.
considering that this is an inner city build-up.the pole may not be so far out of scale consideriring the number of wires being hung from it.i will post a picture of a pole in a city during the war.it must of had thirty wires on it.the base and the elefant look great.
The base looks great by itself, especially the small details like cracked window and broken & chipped door frames.
With the Elefant in there I do have to side with the comments about the scale issue. Another thing is that, the elefant stands about 3 meters tall. In this case the door frame from the perspective of the picture is about the same height. That’s a pretty big door imho but i dont really have any good reference on door sizes in european countries. From what I remember during my several euro trips, they are in general about 8 feet or so max.
i gotta agree here…the pole is WAY too big–to the point of it being distracting…it, IMO, should be about the same diameter as the thickest part of the Elefant’s barrel…I actually use chopsticks that you can get from Chinese restaraunts to fashion mine…the building seems a little large as well, but not nealry as out of scale as the pole…one thing to keep in mind is that the Elefant was a HUGE vehicle, and, IMO, the dio should reflect that bulk, not diminish it…I also agree, that judged separately, the individual components represent good work, but as a cohesive dio, just doesn’t work for me…I do like this a LOT better than the first dio i saw in the Forum that you posted…keep at it…
