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tradewinds reacted to overdale in Battle Scars
Perhaps I can offer my own two cents worth.
Based on my experience, if you want to build an action diorama, stay away from cutaway features. It tends to confuse the viewer. Many think they are looking at battle damage and not an interior cut away.
Some of the most effective dioramas like good oil paintings, concentrate on just suggesting what is there rather than struggling to pack everything in. Use the sea to set the scene, and the rest of the story will follow naturally.
'Less is more' in a diorama.
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tradewinds got a reaction from Canute in Battle Scars
That's a very resourceful suggestion, thank you.
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tradewinds got a reaction from Canute in Battle Scars
Is there an Internet resource available for his sketchbooks? My search resulted in just a few small images.
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tradewinds got a reaction from Canute in Battle Scars
CaptainSteve - Thank you a thousand times over for introducing me to Dafi's build log. One would be hard pressed to find greater inspiration.
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tradewinds reacted to Cathead in Battle Scars
If you're thinking of doing this in plastic, I recall someone writing an article in Model Railroader magazine an article about modelling damaged railroad cars. He had some fun techniques for bending and twisting plastic car bodies to simulate wrecked metal; for example I believe he used a hot flat-head screwdriver to gently warp the plastic inward, and so on. Certainly a number of model railroaders like to feature wrecks or other damage as part of their scenery. Perhaps a search of MR archives or other model railroad resources would help generate some techniques for modelling damage. I suspect you could use similar techniques for "damaging" plastic ship models, distressing them further with knife and rasp to make the final result more wood-like.
If nothing else, buy a cheap kit or some scrap styrene, mock up a few test pieces, and experiment.
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tradewinds got a reaction from mtaylor in Battle Scars
CaptainSteve - Thank you a thousand times over for introducing me to Dafi's build log. One would be hard pressed to find greater inspiration.
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tradewinds reacted to CaptainSteve in Battle Scars
Try a search in the Build Logs for Ship Model Kits section ... Enter these two terms: 'Dafi' & 'Victory'.
Now, stand back and be prepared to be amazed !!
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tradewinds got a reaction from Canute in Battle Scars
I prefer early eighteenth-century merchant vessels, frigates, and warships.
Thank you for mentioning P J Loutherbourg as a resource, I will try to find examples of his paintings, as I want the ships to look historically authentic rather than comical.
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tradewinds got a reaction from mtaylor in Battle Scars
I prefer early eighteenth-century merchant vessels, frigates, and warships.
Thank you for mentioning P J Loutherbourg as a resource, I will try to find examples of his paintings, as I want the ships to look historically authentic rather than comical.
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tradewinds reacted to rwiederrich in How to make plastic look like wood?
Here are all three techniques being used. India ink wash, dry-brushing, and dusting.
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tradewinds reacted to justsayrow in Battle Scars
Shep Paine's "How to Build Dioramas", chapter 9 is a case study of his "Farewell to Bonhomme Richard". It's a great example of battle damage. Google Books previews most of it.
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tradewinds reacted to ccoyle in Battle Scars
This is not a very popular technique in our mostly-wood-models community, although I have seen models done like that - mostly miniatures in diorama settings. A search on 'weathering' might yield some tips. Also, the more dedicated steel navy forums out there will have more info on weathering, albeit aimed at steel navy subjects obviously. Good luck with your search!
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tradewinds reacted to Ulises Victoria in How to make plastic look like wood?
Hello. I just posted some photos of my Santa Maria in other thread. Is something like this what you are looking for?
This is Heller's 1/75 SM kit.
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