For a while, I have wanted to make a little diorama with my Meng Tiger. So I have finally decided on the subject. I am thinking of a scene something like this:

I will use My Meng Tiger:



Some "Polite people" I just finished:



And for the Ukrainian soldiers I will use 2 of these:



The uniforms are close enough. I just have to change the boots:






These are older Dragon figures and the detail on them is not that good, but since they are going behind the gate I think they will be all right.

Working on the Ukrainians:





For my work on the "polite people" you can check this thread:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/252358#2138297

And for the build of the tiger:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/218766#1838792

this does look quite great so far.this should be quite an interesting project.i will be following.

Ditto on that.

Tom

Done with the Urainian soldiers. They are not amaizing, but the detail of the Dragon figures was nothing spectacular:




Thinking of giving them a flat varnish coat.

Now working on the gate and wall:






And this is the idea:



It is the main gate at former Ukrainian Perevalne military base.
That will be the background of the diorama.

It should look something like this:



Not sure if I will add civilians to the scene. Mainly because I don't have many options at hand. What do you think?

Looking good! Awesome job on the camouflaged uniforms.

Thank you Thomas!

Great job on the gate.

Interesting unique subject. Progress looks good.

Thank you Paul and KoSprueOne!

Nice concept. Great execution.

Thank you Joe. I AM WAITING FOR THE WOOD BASE TO START WORKING ON THE ACTUAL DIORAMA. i AM THINKING OF ADDING AN EXTRA "POLITE PERSON" AND MAYBE A COUPLE OF CIVILIANS. AND A CAT, SINCE IT BACAME THE SYMBOL OF THAT EVENT FOR SOME RESAON OR OTHER.

I have decided to add a couple of civilians to the dio. One will be a kid as in several of the pictures:





So since I couldn't find a suitable figure I scratchbilt it from parts of my son's Warhammer 50K collection:






A little boy playing with his paper plane.

Also working on weathering the wall:

Mario asked me to expand on the description of the “flick technique” to paint the "flora digital pattern" cammo, so I will paint another figure using it. I will try to be as descriptive as possible to explain the technique. I used mostly Vallejo paint, and Tamiya primer and clear flat varnish spray.
First step is to cut and clean the Black Dog “polite people” figure; then apply Tamiya white primer:



At this stage I decided to paint the face and eyes that show behind the balaclava mask:

Next I applied a coat of Vallejo 70894 cam. olive green all over the uniform and webbing. Followed by a wash with the same color plus black and sepia.





Then, dry brushing first with base color , then add a touch of white. Now we have a base color that has shadows and highlights.

Before starting the flicking process, I gave the figure a coat of clear flat Tamiya varnish. This will help to protect the base color when correcting any mistakes of the flicking process. These are the tools I used:



For the tan/light green I made a mixture of 70942 light green, 70953 flat yellow, and a touch of 70881 yellow green. I tried different brushes until I decided which one made the smallest spots. Paint should be a little bit thinned for best results. Try different ratios of Paint to thinner until you get the result you like testing on paper.
Now it is time to start flicking:

During the process, you get some larger spots, which I immediately removed with Vallejo airbrush cleaner using a small brush.






With a very fine brush, you can play a little with the digital shapes, so that there are not only spots, Thus helping the look of the digital pattern, as well as adding spots where the flicking proces didn't.

Next, I flicked the Brown, very sparsely. I used 70940 saddle brown. Last y flicked 70950 black, even more sparsely than the brown. You are done with the flicking.





At this point the "spots look very prominent. Don't worry, with the next step of washes they will become more subdued.

That is it for today. Will continue soon...

Looks good, definitely easier than painting each dot individually... and the end results are very nice.

This would definitely make a great feature for the site.

Mario

Agreed. What best solution to paint a random-ish pattern than use a tool that flicks paint randomly?

Hope it works better like this Mario. And thank you Thomas. I will be away from home for a day or two, then I will finnish the figure.

Next step, I did several washes using varying mixtures of Vallejo Model Wash 76514 Dark brown and 76503 dark yellow. Very thinned down. Yellower for the uniform and darker for the webbing equipment; that way you get a slightly different tone on both.







Painted and drybrushed kneepads, boots, and gloves: