Custer in a 30 mm flats diorama (1 Viewer)
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Hello Victor,
I agree with Ray - a few more details how you did etc. would be great.
Nice picture and work anyway
rgds
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Hello Ray,Wolfgang and all,
Glad you liked it. This diorama is based on 30mm flats obtained from Braune. http://zinnfiguren-braune.de/
My interest in using flats is primarily to use them in shadowbox displays. I try to compose my dioramas in the smallest effective footprint, both size and depth as I usually display them on my walls. Having selected a picture frame, I build up the sides with basswood. This can be slipped into the frame snugly. I sometimes add additional strips of basswood to the frame to strengthen the sides.
I make my background from cardboard, bent into an oval shape and stapled. This is then covered with modelling paste and then I coat with a layer of gesso. I generally paint the background with acrylics, and the flats are always painted in oils. Depending on the scene, I may add other modelling elements to it. I generally like to play with forced perspective.
Here are two more pics of the diorama. I haven't added the lighting yet. More details on this piece and other dioramas can be seen on my blog:
http://zinnfiguren-victorwong.blogspot.sg/
Rgds Victor
Glad you liked it. This diorama is based on 30mm flats obtained from Braune. http://zinnfiguren-braune.de/
My interest in using flats is primarily to use them in shadowbox displays. I try to compose my dioramas in the smallest effective footprint, both size and depth as I usually display them on my walls. Having selected a picture frame, I build up the sides with basswood. This can be slipped into the frame snugly. I sometimes add additional strips of basswood to the frame to strengthen the sides.
I make my background from cardboard, bent into an oval shape and stapled. This is then covered with modelling paste and then I coat with a layer of gesso. I generally paint the background with acrylics, and the flats are always painted in oils. Depending on the scene, I may add other modelling elements to it. I generally like to play with forced perspective.
Here are two more pics of the diorama. I haven't added the lighting yet. More details on this piece and other dioramas can be seen on my blog:
http://zinnfiguren-victorwong.blogspot.sg/
Rgds Victor
Victor!
Now that is beautifully composed and I really like the way you put it all together, Bravo!
It looks like you have skills with the brush as well, the figures look very well done. It's an odd thing about flats that took me a while to really grasp, They look much better with no distance in between the figures, literally base to base, It's really counter intuitive to me, the closeness really accentuates the 3-d effect of the painting in my humble opinion.
Ray
Now that is beautifully composed and I really like the way you put it all together, Bravo!
It looks like you have skills with the brush as well, the figures look very well done. It's an odd thing about flats that took me a while to really grasp, They look much better with no distance in between the figures, literally base to base, It's really counter intuitive to me, the closeness really accentuates the 3-d effect of the painting in my humble opinion.
Ray
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Hello Ray,
Thanks for your kind compliments. There is a very talented flats enthusiast who also subscribes to this logic of putting the flats in very close proximity. He even solders pieces together before painting them. go to this website and register to see the pictures: http://www.intflatfigures.org/index.php?topic=1094.0
I love to overlap flats. In this piece, I cut off the bases for two reasons:- (i) proximity and (ii) easier placement of the flats on the model grass.
On forced perspective, I also make use of the top-to-bottom concept to emphasize the depth.
Rgds Victor
Thanks for your kind compliments. There is a very talented flats enthusiast who also subscribes to this logic of putting the flats in very close proximity. He even solders pieces together before painting them. go to this website and register to see the pictures: http://www.intflatfigures.org/index.php?topic=1094.0
I love to overlap flats. In this piece, I cut off the bases for two reasons:- (i) proximity and (ii) easier placement of the flats on the model grass.
On forced perspective, I also make use of the top-to-bottom concept to emphasize the depth.
Rgds Victor