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 Viktor von Domm wrote:
I see many straight legs there...what bitz did you use for the master mold?

He is a gunner from the IG Hydra kit. I’m sure I have a gunner from a Valkyrie somewhere and they are very similar as well.

Regards, Phil.

i´ve got me some valkyrie gunner legs/bodies recently...yep...their pose is very straight indeed... i need to look into these hydra kits then...thx mate!

Hi Everyone,

I've been wanting to make a diorama for a number of years now and finally plucked up the courage. I wanted a scene that depicted the pointlessness of war after watching a few WW1 documentaries. I started with a crashed Aquila Lander from the Battle for Macragge set and some das pronto modelling clay on an A4 piece of plasticard and decided the Imperial Guard were prepared at all costs to retrieve a vital piece of equipment:



I then used a lot of milliput, silicon putty moulds, Imperial and Necromunda bits and models from FW Chaos renegades and Dark Vengeance cultists to get to this:





I wanted to have one of the dead crew/pilot surrounded by all the enemies he managed to kill in this scene.





You can see the earth basecoat has already been applied. I expect a lot of weathering on this diorama and plan on learning new skills (e.g. using water effects in the craters).









I wanted to show death in a number of different ways, from death by spade.......



...to being run through by a bayonet!



I had a real blast making this and over the Christmas period, I plan on attempting to paint this project.

PS: As I was having so much fun, I plan on adding another A4 tile with Imperial Guard reinforcements.....



....and further into the future, another A4 tile of Chaos reinforcements:



Till next time.......

Wow, just discovered this thread and I love it.

Very rare to see 40k modeling with a theme but this captures it. It feels like Geoff Darrow's Hard Boiled if you know that.

Definitely subscribing.

Nice to see this resurrected, unlike the guys themselves. Some great deaths in the board, look forward to more.

And yeah, definitely has a Hard Boiled feel to it

This is a really cool thread and I'm glad to see its been updated over the years. Your latest diorama is going to be excellent just from the shots you've taken of it.

Subbed for more!

Thanks for your comments. Busy in work at the moment so not done any more work on the diorama yet. Hopefully get sometime this weekend and post some progress shots.

Regards, Phil

Update time. I thought I'd share some of the conversions I have made for the new Imperial Guard tile:



Rather than have a heavy bolter attached to a base, I thought I'd attempt to make an Elysian version. I used a cut down SM Scout Heavy Bolter, tripod and a bit of milliput to make my version.



I wanted to attempt to make a bomb exploding, so after making the 2 troopers, I made an "open petal" out of milliput. I then used PVA glue to stick cat litter, fish tank gravel and sand to create the ground erupting. I think it worked out really well!





Apologies for the picture quality, but I cut up the Cadian Sniper parts from the Command Squad kit to make this version. I added another SM Scout tripod to this model as well.





I wanted a small vignette of a medic trying to treat an officer here.



I wanted to have some troopers running, so I converted a number of Cadian legs and made these three models. I made a couple of them hold their helmets as they were running to add a bit more realism. I really had fun making the medic in the middle carrying all of his kit - boy is he going to need to use them with all the carnage on this diorama!!



Sneak peek of me starting the tile!!! More to come soon. Regards, Phil.

consider me glued to this all...

Accidental post, sorry!


*but I LOVE this thread*

Update time:




After a small layer of das pronto all over the base, I smoothed all my fingerprints away to be left with this.



I spent a bit of time pressing some spare boots over the wet clay to leave boot marks all over the place! I then started adding the troopers.



Here's what I've done where this tile joins the old one. I now need to spend a bit of time using milliput to "sink" the troopers into the ground.



Here's a shot from the left side.



Shot from the front right.....



...and a shot of the 2 tiles together. Till next time. Regards, Phil.

Happy New Year!!

Thought I'd share what progress I've made over the Christmas holiday on my diorama:



I've base coated and shaded all the elements of the diorama. There are highlights to be completed on all of the models as well as weathering and spilled blood. The Aquila lander needs to have a bit of work as well.





I've used Vallejo Still Water Effects on 2 small pools for the first time. I'm semi happy on how they have turned out. It's still drying so is still a bit cloudy, but once fully dry, it should dry clear.



I have a few "zombies" that need to have skulls and rib cages finished as well.



I've also got to pick out the teeth in all of the Cadians as well.





The plague zombies need to have "boils" etc finished and also their horns. I will be sponging on "rust" to all metal surfaces of the renegades as well.



Whilst painting, I inadvertently knocked off the spade stuck in the renegades head and both bayonets stuck in the renegades bodies elsewhere on this diorama. I'll re-attach them at the end.







You can see where the second diorama joins the first at the bottom of this shot.



I've basecoated and shaded the earth bits of the second diorama whilst waiting for the "water" effects are drying.

I'm back in work tomorrow, so progress will slow down now, so until next time ......

Regards, Phil.

Amazing, so jealous of this.

The emperor will surely send you to hell for the jump pack marine that ended up like a lawn dart, but I think it's funny.

Thanks for your comments!

I managed to finish my first diorama over the weekend and thought you'd like to see the progress I've made:



This is an overview shot of the whole of the base. I weathered the soldiers with sponged on mud, which you will see in some of the close up shots shortly. I cannot believe the number of hours I have put into this project!!



I'm still not 100% happy with the water effect in this crater. I'm not sure if I poured in too much at the sametime, but it didn't dry out perfectly clear. I added a red wash to suggest blood leaking out of the wounds.



I tried to make the entrails look a bit more realistic, so after painting them purple and putting a purple wash over them, I added a small amount of clear red to imitate blood.









I stuck the lasgun bayoneting a renegade back on - see how long it stays there!!!







Someone has lost their entrenching tool!













I like to tell a story - in this shot you can see the Cadian has bayonetted a Renegade and has succumbed to his own wounds and died on the enemy he has just slain!



Just to show there's no rest for the wicked, here's a WIP of the next tile I have started to paint!

Till next time, Phil.

amazing...the sheer size and amount is almost overwhelming!!! pure carnage!^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
amazing...the sheer size and amount is almost overwhelming!!! pure carnage!^^

Thanks Viktor. I only have another 72 Cadians to paint to finish the second tile!!

Regards, Phil.