WIP 1/16 Leningrad 1944 "bear Trap"

[Helm]

I'd say it looks great to me consider it approved

Steve

 

[pmfs]

That´s wonderful Dave I really love your work.
Still following mate.

Pedro.

 

[Barke02]

Amazing work Dave!

I've just trawlled through the whole 49 pages on the Military Modelling site, and it's compelling viewing!

All the best,
Jon.

 

[Dr Force]

Hi All

Long time no update but a tad more progress after a bit of a break.

I am just concentrating on the very long job of the groundwork now, which given the size is no quick and easy job!!!

This will be repeated until I have the piles of bricks stuck down and I will then add more types of rubble, wood, cable and dust etc...................hope you are all keeping well and hope to get to some shows this year!!!!!!!

 

[kagemusha]

Absolutely amazing my man. You are without doubt a real genius at this diorama lark. Don't know anyone better at this scale mate.

Regards

Ron

 

[Vaux]

 

[pmfs]

Hi Dave!

Wonderful work. Your dioramas are full of detail, emotion and action.
Well done this is art!

Pedro.

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Amazing stuff and detail right down to the frog in the bricks ,a slight point the frogs would probably have some mortar still sticking to them ,another minor point , don't think there would be any copper pipes ,probably all lead . having said this it is still an amazing piece of work.

ron

 

[Richie]

Absolutely amazing my man. You are without doubt a real genius at this diorama lark. Don't know anyone better at this scale mate.

Regards

Ron

Hi Dave,
Welcome back mate, we have missed you on here, I could not agree more with Ron's sentiment aptly put Ron. I now know where you get your inspiration.
cheers
Richie

 

[kagemusha]

Big LOL Richie. Bloody brilliant

Ron

 

[Dr Force]

Ha ha great stuff Richie, love that lego stuff.

Thanks to you all for your kind comments, really grateful.

Ron, no copper pipes and the frogs will have some mortar on them once i have them all stuck down, along with more rubble,cable, dust and much more, its still really early yet in the colour stage, this groundwork will be a good couple of weeks yet.

Thanks for your interest
Dave

 

[Sturm Grenadier]

Hello Dave, Your attention to detail with these 120mm buildings and groundwork is second to none. Have you ever considered making your work commercially available? Perhaps in walls, corner buildings, accessories, ect... Something like Verlinden did years ago? There's not much, if any, in 120mm/1/16th produced anymore. I, for one would purchase them, I know they would be excellent. Best of luck with this mamoth project. Regards, SG

 

[Dr Force]

I could give it a go, but not sure how popular it would be, 1/16 is unforgiving when it comes to space so its not the most popular scale.

I may try a ruined corner building to fit on a smallish base, however im just o wrapped up in my own stuff at present to consider it.

Thanks
Dave

 

[davidmitchell]

The work on this project so far Dave looks awesome, cant wait to see the finished article.

Cheers David

 

[Sturm Grenadier]

Hello Dave, I see your point on the space issue, but in my opinion, I think 120mm, and 1/16th figures are slowly becoming very popular again. Alpine, Jeff Shiu, Airborne Miniatures, to name a few, along with others, have been producing new, and very well detailed figures that are well sought after. But, no buildings have been produced to go with them. I find this very puzzling. Every time a new company, or manufacturer posts buildings on this site, they are all in 1/35 or 54mm. If you ask if there will be any produced in a larger scale, you get no response, or a not at this time answer. I hope one day that some will appear again, and I'm happy to here that you are at least considering the idea of producing them. I do like your use of cork for brick walls and rubble, they do look very realistic, maybe I'll give it a go, and see how it turns out. Thanks Dave. Regards, SG

 

[ChaosCossack]

WOW... Mindboggling to say the least!
An amazing amount of detail packed into this... can't wait to see this as it progresses towards its' completion.
As you say this scale is unforgiving with regards to space (I can only imagine )... to that end, out of curiosity, what are the overall dimensions of this diorama re the footprint of the base and the height of the tallest point? I'm thinking, to display this you'd need a whole room to hold it

Carry on, please

Colin

 

[Gra30]

This is truly a work of passion and I also follow eagerly.
Great great work
My best wishes, makes me want to grab a few of my AFVs out the loft
Lovely and superb work

 

[Helm]

Incredible stuff mate
Steve

 

[Edorta]

Incredible stuff mate
Steve

I agree. This is art, architecture and engineering

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[Dr Force]

Thanks to you all for your kind comments.

A quick update as I test fit my sculpted guys to the groundwork!! Still tons to do with around 600 bricks left to lay down, followed by some filters, adding mortar, chunks of wall, cable, wire, rope, dust, plaster, steel and god knows what else I can find:-