What is your dream diorama?

[Harvey Pincis]

My dream is to build a (convincing) winter scene, maybe winter 1919/1920 a cameo of the War of Liberation; a field-post outside Riga. Its in my head as a concept but needs to be properly worked out. Anyway this is my 2012 project that I hope to complete this year.
Have to work on honing up my skills a bit but figuring what to leave out!
Composition is everything!

 

[Babelfish]

Little Big Horn would be a good one. Or Isandlwana.

- Steve

 

[Barke02]

This one...

Cheers Jon.

(Give me a couple of months, I am working really slowly on it!)

 

[kidsbday7]

Relatively new here. I have always wanted to see a dio of the Boston Tea Party. Could be cool and used to break several myths about the event. Imagine people watching from the dock during the day time, people rowing out to the ships with tea boxes floating in the water, and then people on the ships doing the deed. Several little vingettes combined to an interesting event with a lot of historical significance.

Another one that I am actually attempting (even though I posses neither the talent or skill to do) is US Tank Riders during WWII under a sniper attack racing into Germany (Late War). This is totally inspired by seeing Bill Horans work (Enfilade Fire) at the last Chicago show. I am new to figures and I didn't know who he was, but be sure now I do.

Okay, don't laugh. I have never sculpted before, but am trying. This is just sketching and obviously has along way to go. Heads will be from a different source if I could ever find someone willing to do 1/48 heads shouting. I have struck out several times.

Phil

 

[TonyT]

Phil stick with it, they look superb.

 

[Jamie Stokes]

WW2 German firefighter, carrying a child out of urban wreckage.

Not so much dream, just a balance for the effects of war upon all parties, civil or military.

Another would be a released German POW, having hitched a lift with some Allied MPs, is being welcomed home by his kids, while his wife looks on in stunned amazement that her husband has returned. Title of "fathers back" or similar.
MPs, looking on with smiles, now the war is at an end.
A post war vignette, that ties up a loose end or two...


cheers

 

[LVM]

I think that my dream dioramas would be a 1/35th representation of a painting of Detaille or De Neuville of the french-prussian war. It is so inspiring (as all painting I find).

Laurent

 

[Harvey Pincis]

I think that my dream dioramas would be a 1/35th representation of a painting of Detaille or De Neuville of the french-prussian war. It is so inspiring (as all painting I find).

Laurent

Too true Laurent! Detaill is very inspiring!

 

[kidsbday7]

Phil stick with it, they look superb.

Thanks Tony - I will try.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

This:

http://www.hz-forum.eu/forum/showthread.php?tid=1674&highlight=Völkerschlacht

Battle of the Nations, Leipzig, 1813, Scale 1:72

And - sorry - my own one: "Tiberius and Seianus", Scale 75 mm. Figures: Conversions; all other parts are scratchbuilded after historic originals.

With it I made come true in 2008 a long preserved dream!

Cheers

 

[LVM]

This:

http://www.hz-forum.eu/forum/showthread.php?tid=1674&highlight=Völkerschlacht

This is stunning

Thanks for the link.

Laurent

 

[ChaosCossack]

This would be cool

Colin

 

[ChaosCossack]

Or this

Colin

 

[Ventress]

In 120mm of course. Next job Moz!

 

[DEL]

Nice one Rob. Just imagine the sheer effort that this must have taken...humbling and uplifting.
Cheers
Derek

 

[Harvey Pincis]

Yes Rob, it would make a stirring diorama, there are many other adjectives to add too!

 

[Jazz]

My ultimate scene would be the street battle at the beginning of "Gangs of New York"

 

[Dr Force]

I'm doing mine at the moment :-p !!!! Other than that it would have to be the final battle scene from Saving Private Ryan with 50 or so scratch built 1/16 figures on a 10ft base..................I can dream!

 

[jccraemer]

Dio of shepherd's battery at ft. Fisher or final scene in glory when th 54th is at the top of the earth works

 

[mikec55]

I'm not exactly sure which ancient battle it represents but a diorama involving war elephants like Andrea's Carthaginian war elephant would be something to see.

As a side note, I once visited the Gen. Custer museum in Monroe, Michigan. It wasn't super easy to get to but worth the effort. They had a large diorama of Custer leading a Civil War cavalry charge. If I recall, it contained maybe 2 or 3 dozen figures on horseback in full gallop, all at least approximately 65 mm or so. I'd only been painting figures for a year or so at that time, so I was really impressed.