Looking For A Book On Diorama

[Bobby]

Can anybody recommend a good book on making dioramas?

 

[pmfs]

How to Build Dioramas from MR.Sheperd Paine.

 

[callum]

Hi Bobby,

I presume you mean figure dioramas and suggest you check out Shep Paines book on making dioramas as well as Bill Horans book on figure building.

Regards Callum.

 

[renegertje]

Military Modelling Masterclass by Bill Horan, How to Build Dioramas second edition (Sheperd Paine) and Displaying your Model(Osprey)

 

[Bobby]

thanks guys. I´m getting Shep Paine´s other book for christmas so I guess I´ll drop some hints about this one too to see if I can get the full set! Cheers.

 

[housecarl]

I think it Hungarian publisher did a series , can't think who though.
Doesn't really help,
Carl.

 

[JonG]

Let's Build a Diorama volumes 1 and 2 by László Adóba
Some useful ideas, but relies a lot on air drying clay for my liking
Apart from the Shep Paine book and these, I can't really see anything else as too helpful at the moment.
Jon

 

[diamond cutter]

Bobby
Most of the above esp the Shep Paine book are good for this
You may want to consider the VLS range of books also, very inspirational stuff!
Bob Letterman, Louis Pruenau and Francois Verlinden are Masters!
I loved their work back in the day!
It's all moved on so much since then but they would be a good starting point for you
There are forums dedicated to this stuff now also
Pete

 

[Tecumsea]

Osprey Masterclass....Terrain Modelling by Richard Windrow Some really good ideas for groundwork. Massive Voodoo blog also has some great little ideas.

 

[smudger1960]

Hi bobby,i would say the best book i ever purchased was How To Build Dioramas by Sheperd Paine,it used to be available from www.historexagents.com in the uk,however my copy is over 20yrs old and i'm not sure if they still hold it on stock,the ISBN number is 0-89024-551-7,

Brian

 

[smudger1960]

Hi bobby,if your'e interested in the Sheperd Paine book they're are quite a few available on www.ebay.co.uk

Good luck

Brian

 

[Mirofsoft]

And basic Almark

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[Stelios Demiras]

A very good reference book, with a lot of SBS photos is Douglas Lee's Military Dioramas. I highly recommended!