Scale diorama tips and ideas
50cmx40cm (20”x16”) Those who follow my blog will know of my liking for the famous 95th Rifles of the Napoleonic period, so when I first found out about Berdan’s Sharpshooters I was very interested in them, but I didn’t really ever think of making a diorama about them. However that all changed when Strelets released […]
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Well my fellow followers I have finally finished painting the infantry and a few artillery men to complete the figures I need for the dio, 180 infantry and about a dozen artillery guys. This completes the painting and conversions that have taken a bit of time as those of you who like to do conversions […]
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Well, now that’s done! 247 infantry figures painted for the next diorama, a good number for the size of the base. As usual I feel it might be a bit of a squeeze- I’m yet to fit all the figures I have painted on a diorama. In the past I have shied away from the […]
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This is my experimentation with The Imperfect Modeller’s method of making trees without glue. A brilliant and easy idea once you have practiced his method. This can be found on TIM’s blog– I highly recommend having a look. Below you can see some of my experimentations, the better ones you will see on my next […]
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Size: 60cm (2FT) X40cm (1.4FT) 2kgs
This diorama is still the small size, just a little wider than the Vikings diorama to allow for the three paths which I’d decided on. As for the weight, again I kept it to a minimum with a thin base board, foam core to form the terrain covered by a thin layer of plaster. I have long had the desire to do a snow diorama, a challenge I admit, as I live far from any snow and have not had much chance to know …
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