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Hi Dakka,

So I decided to hope straight back on the wagon and get knee deep in another diorama. This one is pretty small, so I was able to finish in 17 days.

Unlike my previous dio, "I am two bullets" I wanted this one to concentrate on the figures more heavily. Particularly in my skills of painting them. Some of the feedback from the "I am two bullets" was that the figures didn't have a sharp enough paintjob, so I tried my hand at improving that. I've still a long way to go but I think this is an improvement.

Hope you enjoy. As always, more can be found here: https://keepitrusty.com

If you have a minute, voting over at CoolMiniOrNot is underway! - http://www.coolminiornot.com/359990

Would love to know what y'all think!

Oh, that's very nice!

Looks great! Free hand on the guard's badge would add a great level of detail

Great piece!

Loving the flesh colours, very natural.

thenoobbomb wrote:Oh, that's very nice!

Thanks man. You da bomb (sorry, couldn't resist!)

rryannn wrote:Looks great! Free hand on the guard's badge would add a great level of detail

I am so tempted after photographing it to go back in and do just that... Thanks for your comments!

Paradigm wrote:Great piece!

Thank you, Sir. Glad you liked it

sing your life wrote:Loving the flesh colours, very natural.

Spent some time working through different variations so I'm thrilled it's coming off. Thanks for this.

You're doing great.

Awesome! Love seeing stuff like this, you've done a great job on it.

Very well done indeed! Great to see such works of art

sing your life wrote:You're doing great.

Thanks again buddy, it's really appreciated

Cave_Dweller wrote:Awesome! Love seeing stuff like this, you've done a great job on it.

Glad you liked it. I wanted to focus on figure painting but dioramas just take a hold of me. I quickly realised I just can't paint/model a single figure on it's own. It's needs a vignette! Thanks for your comments!

Trondheim wrote:Very well done indeed! Great to see such works of art

Wow, thanks Trondheim. "Works of art" - I'm genuinely flattered, Sir.

Amazing.

This picture here blew me away big time:

Wow - fantastic!

PrehistoricUFO wrote:Amazing.

This picture here blew me away big time:

Thanks for your continued support UFO. I really means a lot

Lamby wrote:Wow - fantastic!

Thanks Lamby. I've been keenly following your "Inqu][sitor" thread. Great stuff there, so your comment is highly regarded!

Such a cool scene, very cinematic.

I love all of your diorama's rusty! They all have so much life put into them.

The dioramas are great, I really like that they are really a cut out section of the area, in both this and the last. Would love to see you go full p&m blog mode with the wip's and whatnot.

Have you checked out Klaus, not santa's blog? He does larger scratch builds he turns into dioramas. Might find some inspiration there.

Demigod wrote:Such a cool scene, very cinematic.

I always strike for something worthy of being labeled "cinematic", so thanks very much for this!

Lucazi wrote:I love all of your diorama's rusty! They all have so much life put into them.

Gosh, thanks buddy. Comments like yours definitely keep my head in the game. Most appreciated!

whalemusic360 wrote:The dioramas are great, I really like that they are really a cut out section of the area, in both this and the last. Would love to see you go full p&m blog mode with the wip's and whatnot.

Have you checked out Klaus, not santa's blog? He does larger scratch builds he turns into dioramas. Might find some inspiration there.

The cut-outs or "through-frames" as I call them do make for a more striking presentation. I don't think I could make another diorama without one. My site (http://rusty-robot.co.uk) does have WIP pictures that you;d expect from a P&M blog here on Dakka. I just host it off-site as it were Also, I love his stuff. Very inspiring!

Very very cool!!! Great work, awesome poses.

It feels like you captured the very moment before things got messy.
Excellent job

Wow man that's is jaw dropping!

I love the look of your dioramas and the way you show us them. It is like "reading" a little comic! Wow so cool!
Keep up the excellent work!thanks for sharing!

Awesome work!

Boss Drachenfels wrote:Very very cool!!! Great work, awesome poses.

Xendarc wrote:It feels like you captured the very moment before things got messy.
Excellent job

Over the years I've spent admiring dioramas, before I tried my hand at making one myself, one thing became apparent: so many had this feeling of the models posing for a photograph. It's been a conscious effort to steer away from that and make it more of a snippet in time. I'm glad it's working - so thanks for your comments guys!

Insane Smile wrote:Wow man that's is jaw dropping!

It drops the jaw of a user called Insane Smile. That's insane! And I'm smiling. Thanks, Sir.

Boba Fett wrote:I love the look of your dioramas and the way you show us them. It is like "reading" a little comic! Wow so cool!
Keep up the excellent work!thanks for sharing!

Truly encouraging words here, Boba. Each diorama demands a lot of effort, even when photographing them to ensure they tell the right story I want. That feeling when I'm done though and the fact it is recieved as it has with people like you make it all worth it. Thanks for taking the time to write this. It goes such a long way.

Kevv6 wrote:Awesome work!

Thanks Kevv6. I'm thrilled you liked it!

Looks fantastic!

Gorgeous as always, rusty.

SilverMK2 wrote:Looks fantastic!

Scipio Africanus wrote:Gorgeous as always, rusty.

Thanks for the continued support guys, it's really thrilling to get your feedback. I'm already walking the paces of the new one!

Really great piece! Lots of character.... lots of great details and a real sense of drama from it! Top paintjob on the trooper also... really looks like he has been through the ringer and does NOT want to be found!!

Lovely diorama, how did you do the dog mini is it a conversion or an actual model?

Oh cool i just noticed the cut off barrel you painted the inside and the exposed metal

that crazy attention to details.

MagosBiff90 wrote:Really great piece! Lots of character.... lots of great details and a real sense of drama from it! Top paintjob on the trooper also... really looks like he has been through the ringer and does NOT want to be found!!

This is great! As per my OP, this was all about the paintjob on the models, so I'm over the moon you like the soldier! I really wanted to portray a story in his dishevelment. In my mind, he hasn't slept for days since being separated from his unit. Stumbling into this compound could be the end...

Thousand Nuns wrote:Lovely diorama, how did you do the dog mini is it a conversion or an actual model?

Thank you! The dog is actually a Forgeworld model. It was the 40K Open Day special from 2012. The Enforcer and Mastiff.

Desubot wrote:Oh cool i just noticed the cut off barrel you painted the inside and the exposed metal

that crazy attention to details.

Good eye, Sir! That's clear resin inside. Thanks for your comments. Glad you liked it!