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DIO-Beyond the beach

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:57 pm
by trigger1
I had some time to start on a dio that I have been wanting to try. This is going to be D-day or shortly after in hedgerow country, and will most likely feature paratroopers. Here is the durafoam base for the terrain and some shots after the road was formed. The paint is wet and I am not intentionally going for a wet ground look..but I do like it.

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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:30 pm
by aferguson
pretty neat. Where do you get durafoam?

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:36 pm
by trigger1
The product is actually Foamular by Owens Corning. It is available at home improvement stores here.
http://insulation.owenscorning.com/home ... r-150.aspx

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:49 pm
by Razor17019
Really looks NICE!
You given me some good ideals!
Thanks!
Razor

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:12 pm
by flyboy_fx
Mud glue gloss coat?

LOl thats my formula!

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:02 pm
by trigger1
Had some time to start on the hedgerows today.

I sprayed 4 shades of green on my hedges.
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Rolled them together and started planting them.
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A little ground sheet moss for filler.
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:12 pm
by Razor17019
Very nice!

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:39 pm
by kevrut
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 3:21 am
by fightin
Very cool! Great job.

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:10 am
by pickelhaube
This is looking good.

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:51 pm
by GI546
lets see this thing finished.

Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:17 am
by immeww2
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:09 pm
by trigger1
Cotentin Peninsula-June 6th 1944

Dawn breaks over the Normandy hedgerows.Members of the 101st airborne continue toward their objectives.

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Daylight is welcomed as these Screaming Eagles consult maps and scout the area.
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A less fortunate paratrooper is cut free.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:06 pm
by trigger1
Some period photos.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 3:14 pm
by VMF115
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Cool Grass!

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:07 pm
by Fritzkrieg
Wow!

That dio looks so, realistic to me, especialy the Black and White Photos.

Great work.

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 9:57 pm
by Razor17019
You did a really great job. Very realistic with the scenery and the poses the figures are in.

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:37 am
by acisne
Very nice! :o

Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 8:46 pm
by immeww2
AWESOME!!!

Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 2:54 am
by normandy
Trigger, Great job on the diorama!!! The colored string worked very well as bushes/hedgerow. All the elements...base,string and ground work came together to make a very convincing scene. Well Done!

Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:27 pm
by blaster_e11
perfect dio

it looks so lifelike

dio

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 3:02 pm
by HIDEOUS ONE
very nice, it came together well. Inspiring.

Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:57 pm
by RED
Hey brother!!!I just want to tell ya---THATS 1 KICK-ASS DIO!!!I like how everything comes together so nicely!!!There is so many things to look at and your focus is just not on 1 thing---which is the 1st and most important thing about a dio!!!The background pic looks great and you have just enough trees and scrub for a hedge roll and still be able to see the field on the otherside of the hedge---perfect!!!I know alot of folks liked the other dio with the German tanks that other guy had posted---then took them off---but I think your dio blows that other guys away big time!!!My hats off to you sir!!!Now I would like to see what you can do with the MARINES!!! :wink: Keep up the great work brother!!!---RED---

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 1:51 pm
by trigger1
I appreciate the comments. It was a fun piece to make.
RED wrote: Now I would like to see what you can do with the MARINES!!! :wink: Keep up the great work brother!!!---RED---
I have always been more of an ETO guy. Besides...there is a certain member here who has the Marine dios thoroughly handled. :P
Thanks all.On to the next.

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 2:24 pm
by VMF115
trigger1 wrote:I appreciate the comments. It was a fun piece to make.
RED wrote: Now I would like to see what you can do with the MARINES!!! :wink: Keep up the great work brother!!!---RED---
I have always been more of an ETO guy. Besides...there is a certain member here who has the Marine dios thoroughly handled.
Thanks all. On to the next.
I wounder who is that guy that does all those cool MARINE dio's.....I Wounder what his next project is going to be?