Thanks guys for the kind words. Will try and take better pictures of the details. A lot of it was just thinking thru the details of what a battle field would look like-spent hours in front of the TV cutting brass wire into tiny pieces to represent shell casings that surround the M-60 gunner (Have not put them in yet as still placing figures for best viewing angles); finding newspaper front pages from the net, scaling them then weathering and scattering, placing all the crap found on river banks like tires, broken pallets, ect; broken glass everywhere.... Urban battles are never clean. I have a lot of small details that are still in paint stage that will be adding. More than happy to answer any questions-love sharing ideas as do you all-that's why I love this forum
The temple was an old Verlinden kit I modified. The wall was sculpted out of wood and clay: I pressed some old chines stamps my wife had into the clay, then cast multiple versions out of Ducal plaster. NVA posters found on line. The gate is from Hobby Bunker with a chinese plastic thingee I got at a garage sale for $0.25 cents. Converted Dead oxen is from my son's 6th grade science project diorama WE built together 15 years ago (never know what will come in handy down the road....
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Debris is kitty litter: Soda machine is 1/24 scale found on ebay and rusted (VN is tropical and humid-everything rusts) Vallejo has a great rust and stain paint set for $25 on Amazon. Posters and signs found on the net in pictures, then scaled, mounted on card or plastic sheets and weathered. Everything had drilled bullet holes as every battle field has. Old modelers Tip for rusting stuff-after priming, paint on rust colors (Dark brown for old, reddish brown and orange for newer), then spray with hair spray....after dry, paint on actual color, let dry, then using water and windex mix, rub off top paint with paint brush or tooth pick until the rust shows thru.
Budda is from Hobby Bunker; plants found online at Amazon and eBay, then painted
I made the road out of cork. The shell hole is gouged out of the foam base, then ripped up coak and kitty litter placed inside and painted. The toy jeep as gutted, and seats replaced with solder wire and bits of metal shavings. Tires were all cut in half, then flattened with AB putty.
