Dioramas (1 Viewer)

[Firebat]

Is it just me or has the interest in creating dioramas exploded as of late. A few short years ago many collectors seemed to object to it. Alex

 

[wwiibuff]

I agree, it seems like more and more collectors are posting pics of dioramas. To me that just seems the natural thing to do with these types of figures. When I look at a figure or AFV for purchase, I always am envisioning what type of scene it might go into.

 

[UKReb]

Is it just me or has the interest in creating dioramas exploded as of late. A few short years ago many collectors seemed to object to it. Alex

Well I have noted a flurry of well thought out and constructed WWII dioramas appearing on the forum of late.

And I have no doubt Alex that your stirring Crusade threads just might have had something to do with that.

 

[Jack]

Is it just me or has the interest in creating dioramas exploded as of late. A few short years ago many collectors seemed to object to it. Alex

I am just starting to organise myself to create a diorama or two having seen the talents of people on the forum, particularly my friends here in Brisbane and that hick from the Northern Territory.{sm4}{sm4}

I like the thought of being creative, but it is also a financial consideration, that is, it is a means to derive even greater value from the toy soldiers. I buy, say, a mounted figure a week and usually a cheaper item as well ( I don't know how I have collected so many so quickly so I have obviously been buying double that and a bit!) The visit to the shop is a social activity of, say two hours, when I meet with other collectors and enjoy what my wife mysteriously calls male bonding time. The diorama building offers value for my purchase over and above the buying and owning. It sounds a bit like an economist's thinking, but I don't paint so its a chance to enagage with the hobby and other collectors. It also will hopefully stops the humiliation of posting 'great dio' three times a day.

 

[Firebat]

I have found that putting my stuff in a scene helps controll my collection. I am always thinknig of my next scene and what is needed to complete it. Anything that does not apply I dont buy. So it keeps me from getting into collections I am not really interested in.

I am very disciplined with this. As you know we have done many scenes, and there are many more ready to be created, some are waiting for anticipated releases to complete them.


It really works for me. Keeps your collection from being fragmented.

I bet you never thought of this aspect of diorama building. :wink2: Alex

 

[Mitch]

I think dio building has been in this hobby for a long time. K&C always placed their sets in dio form and, we have a good range of dio making materials available and have had for a good few years. Suppose it depends on how one defines diorama. I do see more and more people now having the confidence to post what they do with their sets and, not worrying that they are at such and such's level.

Some people build from the ground up some buy all the products to create a scene but, its good to see that some of the entrenched negative views to dio building, repainting sets and the like have died out. Its a better hobby now that more do this type of work.
Mitch

 

[Firebat]

I think dio building has been in this hobby for a long time. K&C always placed their sets in dio form and, we have a good range of dio making materials available and have had for a good few years. Suppose it depends on how one defines diorama. I do see more and more people now having the confidence to post what they do with their sets and, not worrying that they are at such and such's level.

Some people build from the ground up some buy all the products to create a scene but, its good to see that some of the entrenched negative views to dio building, repainting sets and the like have died out. Its a better hobby now that more do this type of work.
Mitch

I think it is now a more versatile hobby......This hobby has very traditional roots just as the Fire Department I worked for....I mentioned this many times before. It took years and years to introduce new technology so I have a profound understanding that change takes time.

But if you have a vision and are willing to work at something that you know has merit, it will come. I have enjoyed waching the slow evolution of this hobby. Alex

 

[PanzerAce1944]

I think those like yourself Firebat who create top notch dioramas inspire others to give it a try !!

 

[uksubs]

I think those like yourself Firebat who create top notch dioramas inspire others to give it a try !!

Think your right mate . I've waited over three years to get my dioramas up and running with building my house and having kids but it been worth the wait

 

[Fitzgibbon]

The figures are just so many objects until they are contextualised by narrative; that's what the dio achieves. It gives an outlet to the imagination and, like story telling, some do it better than others; so it becomes a skill to be learned and embellished. It adds value, not so much in dollar terms, but to the spirit of the hobby. The figures are already well detailed so there is an inherent challenge to match this detailing in the narrative of the dio...and it's great fun that can be shared. What's not to love?{sm4}^&cool

 

[Firebat]

I think those like yourself Firebat who create top notch dioramas inspire others to give it a try !!

That is the message we have been trying to get out for years ( "Give it a try" ).....As of late some have been finally getting it.....Maybe we did something wrong along the way, there was too much controversy surrounding BSP, when our message was simple. It confused us, because we were just trying to enforce this aspect of the hobby, which we thought would enrich the experience.


Top notch or not, it is an enriching ecperience for all. I think Fitzgibbon expressed it well in a prior post. Alex


Our first Dio

This was done on a bath towel !