...... Slugga..... why do you keep causing my already overactive imagination to expand on such ideas haha.

I might try sculpt a small lizard or snake now

Dan

I'm just sharing (some of) my ideas with people
Every diorama including nidz, needs humor.

Looking crazy! (In a ggod way )

Looks like it will beat my Diorama for GD, if i go.

You should make a Finecast diorama. We could meet up at Gamesday I'm going for a mounted chaos lord diorama.

GD UK? Why not lol, I should be going i think.

btw, liking the rank slugga, reading horus rising and literally just got to that chapter

Little update, nothings totally finished being painted, I've got my final design for the ceiling and roof and begun the foundations, and yes...... each one of them leaves is going to be painted. nobody is allowed near my desk or penalty of death is there lol. took too lonk to lay them out for painting to have anyone even breath them away.

The wash on the interior paving wasnt fully dry which is why its slighlty glossy.

The brass rod will be the support for the hive tyrant (it will be cut when i come to attach the tyrant), its going to be hidden by some tyranid growths.

I've also tried to create a variation in coulors for the path of the stream as in a jungle environment it tends to be full of rotting matter and bacteria and tends to tinge things orange hues and greens with algea. Deadfall will also be in the bottom of the stream.

Dan

I on the other hand am planning to read the Horus Heresy... Each and every single book of it


The painting is looking great!

Thanks

Definitely start reaing them! There brilliant haha *enthusiastic fit over* lol

Dan

Actually, when I take a second look at the dirt... Make it a small bit lighter... Then you can make the flora even lighter, so that the models appear to be darker.

The dirt still needs highlighting/drybrushing in two stages, then weathering powders to soften it. but i wont apply the powders until ive done the groundwork other side of the diorama (only holding off as i havent sculpted the tree roots and structure.

Dan

these things are fantastic and arnt even finished, ever think about puting them in golden demond

Long time no speak guys beleive it or not i'm working on these monster projects once more.


A picture update will be on tomorrow
There is now a ruined tiled roof, and the beginings of an interior


ps, if its classed as thread necromancy im happy for this to be locked if the mods deem nescessary


Dan

ALIVE! HE'S ALIIIVE

Indeed I am
I return from a troubled time to be honest, which I have rectified by restarting my obsession with model making and a bit of airsoft lol.

My vow of finishing these projects is still valid

Dan

Welcome back!

Glad you got over the troubled times, hope everything is sorted!

Looking forward to the updates

Yay! He's back

Airsofting is the beeskness! Glad to see you back! Who says necromancy is a bad thing haha! Looking forward to seeing some updates

Picture Update as promised

Working on trying to get the ruin finished so i can get working on the home sculpt brood nest style deal.

The roof tiles are going to be painted more towards a aged clay colour (im trying anyway)


Dan

looks great

This is looking pretty cool.
I hope that you can finish it soon.

If my camera decides to work tonight, ill take pics of the roof, its now painted to the point where i need to weather it. Moss, algea stains (trying to go for the effect where water runs down a wall over a long period of time) then put some Ivy, fallen leaves and maybe a dead vine on

Slow but continuos progress at the moment

Looking forwards to seeing it!

An extremely late but hopefully worthwhile update, let me know what you think

Dan

And after much experimentation and burnt fingers.... LET THERE BE WATER!!!

(sorry for the poor quality photos by the way)

Dan

The roof could use some more weathering, but everything else looks great

The roof is still going to have weathering powders added, adwell as the odd broken vine, a little bit of ivy and dead leaves
The only truly "finished" bit is the water even though i know ill end up changing and improving bits as i go

Wow, all these look/sound incredible. Not sure which one I'm hoping you complete first. Probably the DKOK one I think - get back to work on it!

Thanks for the suggestions guys

Im concentrating on my jungle dio untill its finished, im going to keep working on the base untill its finished, then move onto the Flyrant.

Im still debating whether to still use the Tau Crisis to make it a duel situation, or have good ol' marines reacting to a landing hive tyrant.
Whatever ends up being in the standoff its being painted/converted last of all.

Dan

Tyranid Hive Tyrant vs. Tau Firewarriors?
You can really show cool Camo themes on them.

Imagine a Stealth team in Jungle colours, and only bright lights giving them away. And a Hive tyrant with Brownish carapace, and extremely colourful body (like jungle bugs).

(then a ripper eating the lizard )

Haha, a small brainstorm has just come over me

Ive got an imaginary action clip that im going to try to capture;

-Tyrant drops through a gap in the canopy to confront the intruders

-2 pathfinders with a drone panic, and run for the butress roots of the trees to use as cover

-The crysis suit (in a semi-terminator style display of deffiance) brings up the big guns and puts down fire to cover them as they get to cover.

i think with some simple re-posing i could make some interesting mid-sprint to cover warriors/pathfinders to add a bit of drama to the dio?

Dan

Awesome awesome awesome work. Im strictly a builder so dioramas appeal to me. Really looking forward to seeing it all done.

OMG! How come I haven't seen this thread until now?? :O This is awesome!


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sluggaslugga wrote:If you want to add humor into the diorama, you could make a ripper eating a gekko somewhere...

Or the gekko eating the ripper? ;D That would look hilarious!

your taunting us on perpous arnt you posting every so often with awsome diarama-ness well its working keep it coming

bit of an update here

Plus a little mini project that shouldnt take too long (couple of weeks) that i want to try some new techniques on

Plus theres an internet cookie for whoever figures out what the base for my mini project came from

Everything right now is awesome, except you can blend the highlights on the leaves a bit more.

Is the mini project base from plasticard?

Going for the obvious, the base off a trygon?

I dont expect anyone to guess to be honest its the base cut from the FW Hive tyrant, its responsible for me doing this mini peice, sorted through my bitz box and realised it would make a nice vignette/mini diorama base.

Nearly finished the base, just need to paint the severed limb from the casualty thats going to be on the base. im quite happy with the way the blood splatter has turned out. Its how i imagine the agtermath of a chainsword anyway

Sorry about the photo's ill take some in natural light when i can.

All C&C welcome

The blood looks pretty realistic to me. It could have been darker for the feeling of the "Grim Darkness of the Future", but I guess the guy the blood comes from has lived a healthy life.

Nice work on the blood effect!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/422598.page#3795165
Hi guys, I'm not dead, heres my new thread that im using to inspire myself

Cheers

It only has been like... a year
Atleast you still update your P&M diorama blog