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Painted the sky. Then I testfitted the 7 figs made so far within the scene.

I prised out all the wooden bits inside the box. Then I fabricated a sky bkgd for the scene.

I painted the base with matt black. Then I took a closeup photo of the group to the right. The photo doesn"t really show it but the right leg of one of the hidden courtiers behind the officer does not quite touch the ground when I adjusted his pose to be especially servile. So I will have to...

Thx Louis for yr enthusiasm and support for this diorama. I love it myself for the sheer drama and intensity of the charge. Rgds Victor

Making up some wagon tracks for the base.

Since I shortened the pair, including the coat skirts, I had to shift the lace details upwards... will also shift the buttons later. Downsized the triplets quite considerably. Continued to add to the Rasputin like figure....

Ive now added the natives to the right side to fill the void and mask the bkgd base interface. You can see the stages. This is finished to my satisfaction. Thanks for watching. Rgds Victor

started repainting this piece. Taking my time as the details are very intricate.

Here's the right side of the diorama if y peer into it. Hence, I wanted to create more natives to mask the abrupt edge of the backdrop. Here's the painted natives.

sculpted this lot. Will paint them next.

sculpting some details on this pair.

Almost done with the steps. I knocked up a side wall and testfitted the setup within my microscope box.

OK. So far I've made a few tentative steps .....That was a pun.....

Making some steps. I tk Im starting to lose the plot here, if not my marbles....hahaha.

I cut down the 1/24 scale couple by diminution (is this even a word,,,). Shortened all the limbs, replaced the head and hands with smaller 1/32 scale items. Then I repositioned all the right hand grouping including the horseman further back and the visual perspectives seem to work.

So what am I doing with these ugly knockoffs? Trying to create more natives to my right side....

Hi John, Will be adding at least 30 more figs later! For now, I need to resize down the couple and shift the right grouping back. Hence I am increasing the depth of the base. Added another layer of base and puttied over.

Starting to add more of a headdress and skirt for Ak.

Hi John, nice colourful uniforms. Those miniatures also look good. What make are they? More WIP on my piece. Giving him hussar boots.

Hi Louis, Pls post pix of yr Zouave uniforms here. I would enjoy seeing them Rgds Victor