Use of Animals in TS Dioramas (2 Viewers)

[Andanna]

On another thread, the use of animals in dioramas with Toy Soldiers has come up. I think it would be fun comparing notes. And cavalry should not count.

Here are some of mine:

And Glossies should count as well:

 

[mikemiller1955]

this is a good thread idea that I'm looking forward to following...if you guys that post would include your source for acquiring the animals...I would appreciate it...Andanna...where did you acquire the pig and the wild boar?

 

[Andanna]

Thank you, Mike. The camel and pig are from Schleich - with an extra wash of brown - and the boar and the fox are from Preiser. All animals are 1/24 and hence have been placed in the foreground.

 

[Larry Allen]

Count me as another who would like to see some animals available to add some possible levity to a diorama or add some degree of realism.
(Nice trick on perspective for the scale issue you mentioned, by the way. )

But that shows the lack of accurate and believable animals in the correct scale and geographical area.
Any from the ... "Old McDonald had a farm" song would do nicely for me! :wink2:
--- Larry

 

[mikemiller1955]

Andanna...thank you for the reference...and even though the pig in the tent is 1/24th scale...he seems suitable to work with 54-60mm figures...

 

[theBaron]

Here are a couple of mine, which you've all seen before...

Frederick the Great, out for a walk with his greyhounds:



but that's a typical or common depiction of Fritz. This one is more along the lines of Andreas' theme for this thread:



A Prussian dragoon who as "organized" a goose for his supper, as his descendants in the 1940's would say. The goose was one of my first efforts to sculpt something.

I've got other animals in my stash, for just this sort of "camp life" displays. I've got castings of the dogs from Britain's fox hunt series, for example, and also some of their old hollowcast cows. I've got to find a cat or two, too. A good diorama of a tavern or Gasthaus needs a cat to nap by the fire or beside the Kachelofen.

As far as sources are concerned, there are some pretty good sets on the market, from Tamiya, and I think MiniArt also makes some, for the scale modeler, but which can be used for our purposes. You can still get some of the Phoenix castings from Forty-Third, Ltd. That's for 54mm or 1/32 scale, but they'd still work with the larger contemporary scales used by K&C. I also look at model railroad catalogs, and I keep an eye open at shows, you never know what you might find.

Prost!
Brad

 

[GICOP]

December 23rd 1900 - Boers raid Dr. Smartt's Ostrich farm

Ostrich - WBritains

Boer - Trophy of Wales

Trophy released several sets that included dogs, never found one with an Ostrich........managed to find a WBritians to fit ^&grin

Cheers

Martyn

 

[wayne556517]

Look like twins..................^&grin

 

[TomNT]

Now, now mate, you might be stirring the possum there! {sm4}

Tom

 

[Wolfgang_UK]

A Prussian dragoon who as "organized" a goose for his supper, as his descendants in the 1940's would say. The goose was one of my first efforts to sculpt something.

Hi Brad,
totally convinced! Really a nice one, fine sculptiung, great composition and a superb paint job. Triple like!{sm4} Thanks for shareing.
rgds
Wolfgang

 

[Andanna]

It seems as if being influenced by drawings, paintings and photos is a thing:

Yes, Wayne, the similarity in expression was intentional. :smile2:

 

[Terp152]

Just added this Plus Model rabbit hutch. Chris

 

[Andanna]

This looks really good. I am unfamiliar with "Model Plus" - do you have a link?

 

[Terp152]

This looks really good. I am unfamiliar with "Model Plus" - do you have a link?

Thanks. It's Plus Model, a Czech company, one of the US dealers is Military Miniatures Warehouse: http://www.milminwh.com/.

Chris

 

[Currahee Chris]

Fun pictures fellas. Thanks for sharing

Aeroart does some tigers and maybe bears (not sure if they still do) so animals are used frequently enough to attract their attention. I have a Frontline set with a little farm girl chasing after 3 geese. I also have a glossy West Point pony. I have all these sets posed with my WW2 diorama near a farmhouse. I thought it would be neat to do a little section of my diorama with Generals Eisenhower and Patton standing near a french farmhouse and some Airborne jokers found a West Point blanket and put it on a mule

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Here's some that I posted here a few years ago:

 

[REVWARBUFF]

I would really like to know when WB will finally release some animals as shown in this WB 2009 catalog (see very top of page--the sheep near the house):

 

[Andanna]

Mark, great photos.

I think some may be Schleich - am I right?

 

[jazzeum]

This is a set that both Martyn and I have, Bringing Home the Bacon by Trophy; this is his photo.

 

[marco55]

I had a polar bear in my Battle On Snowshoes dio a few years ago.I also have 2 Aeroart winter wolves stalking in a small dio.
Mark