Just finished a tiny ruin for a diorama. Tiny corner, added some board floor, now its all covered with rubble *SIGH* never underestimate the work you gotta put into random chaos!
Just finishing my diorama (Warsaw uprising 1944) I bought some amazing rubble stuff from DioDump, much better than my poor efforts at rubble piles. But watching you I think I might have a go at this myself.
The DioDump stuff is good, but quite expensive for what you get. I'd recommend brick molds from Diorama Debris. It doesn't matter what you put in them (plaster, sculptamold) or how good the mix is - in fact, a poor quality, dry plaster mix gives a more damaged, worn look to the bricks. One of the best small tools I bought.
A simple and very effective base, MN. Such an easy and adaptable way of displaying military models across the decades. Great idea and thanks for sharing.
Most excellent. Love using sculptamold. Brilliant product. Such an effective outcome. You can only make complex diorama bases so often as an average modeller.
Helllo mr.nerd!very nice job done.I was deliciously Entertained.i love your narration.you can definatly put that piece of art proudly on display.thank u4sharing.keep going and keep the faith.with sticky greetings from sandy Brandenburg/germany.your modellmate.christian
Thank you! Colours - that's a hard one. I airbrushed a base coat of black then the dull red top coat (by varying the thickness you get a lot of tones from the one colour). The brush painted individual bricks were all Vallejo Model Color - one thing I would say is don't assume bricks are all one colour. I used browns, ochres, reds, etc. I find it helpful to go outside and take photos of (older) brick walls and then study the images closely. There are many, many different colours.
The base looks great! I was wondering where to set my T-60 artillery tractor (The miniart kit), and a city scene was considered,just all the videos I found had a lot of different products that I don't have, but you included literally everything I have at home. Now I can make this great diorama! Thanks for it,and can't wait to see the final result for the halftrack!
Thanks mate. Yes, I try to keep it simple for things like this. I was really happy with the colour tones I could achieve with just the three base colours.
@@ModelNerd That is what I feel like,sometimes less tones is better,for example on figures I literally just prefer a base,a folds/shadow colour,and a highlight,and I just prefer it more simple,and I guess same applies here!
Thank you. I use a variety of sources - Wikipedia often has some; WikiMedia Commons usually has more, and WorldWarPhotos often has many too, well categorised.
Just finished a tiny ruin for a diorama. Tiny corner, added some board floor, now its all covered with rubble *SIGH* never underestimate the work you gotta put into random chaos!
You're absolute right! And "random" is really hard to do :)
Just finishing my diorama (Warsaw uprising 1944) I bought some amazing rubble stuff from DioDump, much better than my poor efforts at rubble piles. But watching you I think I might have a go at this myself.
The DioDump stuff is good, but quite expensive for what you get. I'd recommend brick molds from Diorama Debris. It doesn't matter what you put in them (plaster, sculptamold) or how good the mix is - in fact, a poor quality, dry plaster mix gives a more damaged, worn look to the bricks. One of the best small tools I bought.
Ok, thank you for that, I will have a look after attempting your way 👍
Amazing job! I love the use of sculptamold to build up the pile, and the paint work is very realistic!
Thank you very much :)
Very versatile base! Simple and realistic. Sometimes less is really more with dioramas!
Thank you! Definitely - keep it simple :)
Excellent
Thanks!
Looks great, quite simple to build to. 👍
Thank you. Yes - straightforward with minimal materials and paints
Hey where do u get expf fome
You can get XPS foam in a lot of places - hardware stores (look for floor insulation) or Amazon are probably the best bets.
Here in Canada we have the same product and we call it Celluclay. And I find it great to work with. But it should be sealed after it dries.
It's a really handy product, isn't it?
Really evokes the atmosphere of the reference photograph that inspired the piece. Best wishes.
Thank you George
Another great video, the mini diorama sets off all of your models to good effect, just goes to show how a little work enhances model kits.
Thanks. Yes, I really like generic bases like this
A simple and very effective base, MN. Such an easy and adaptable way of displaying military models across the decades. Great idea and thanks for sharing.
Cheers mate. I do like these bases with the ability to swap models in and out.
Most excellent. Love using sculptamold. Brilliant product. Such an effective outcome. You can only make complex diorama bases so often as an average modeller.
Thank you
A realistic and beautiful base, adds a lot to the diorama!
Thank you Phil
Like that all the material used are readily available in the local hardware stores.
Thank you - yes, keeping it straightforward for this one!
Well done. Excellent presentation. Thank you.
Thank you mate
Great little video. This will be very helpful to me for creating a base I want to do.
Thank you - I'm glad it was useful
Nicely done - we do need more rubble in our dioramas... (look at period photos)
Thank you. I agree - those places were very, very messy.
Excellent how-to! I’m gonna try this too 💥👍💥
Thank you - I'm glad it's useful
Helllo mr.nerd!very nice job done.I was deliciously Entertained.i love your narration.you can definatly put that piece of art proudly on display.thank u4sharing.keep going and keep the faith.with sticky greetings from sandy Brandenburg/germany.your modellmate.christian
Thank you Christian
Very convincing, great tips!
Thank you mate
Looks fantastic 👍 thanks for the tips
Many thanks!
Very effective!
Thanks Jeff
Very well done.
Thank you kindly!
Looks perfect! Working on some rubble for 1945 berlin myself, what colors did you use for the individual bricks themselves?
Thank you! Colours - that's a hard one. I airbrushed a base coat of black then the dull red top coat (by varying the thickness you get a lot of tones from the one colour). The brush painted individual bricks were all Vallejo Model Color - one thing I would say is don't assume bricks are all one colour. I used browns, ochres, reds, etc. I find it helpful to go outside and take photos of (older) brick walls and then study the images closely. There are many, many different colours.
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Thank you!
The base looks great! I was wondering where to set my T-60 artillery tractor (The miniart kit), and a city scene was considered,just all the videos I found had a lot of different products that I don't have, but you included literally everything I have at home. Now I can make this great diorama! Thanks for it,and can't wait to see the final result for the halftrack!
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Thanks mate. Yes, I try to keep it simple for things like this. I was really happy with the colour tones I could achieve with just the three base colours.
@@ModelNerd That is what I feel like,sometimes less tones is better,for example on figures I literally just prefer a base,a folds/shadow colour,and a highlight,and I just prefer it more simple,and I guess same applies here!
HI Stu nice wee video very helpful, cheers Liam
Thanks Liam - glad you liked it mate
Great video and tips as always. Just curious where you source your period photos which you often use. Thanks so much.
Thank you. I use a variety of sources - Wikipedia often has some; WikiMedia Commons usually has more, and WorldWarPhotos often has many too, well categorised.
Great thanks.
Awesome! Great tutorial mate 👍🇦🇺👍thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you mate - glad you enjoyed it
Excellent!
Thank you mate