Small Scale Military Headquarters

Hey yall!!! Just have to say I had a blast with this contest!!! And a big THANK YOU to the judges,LIGHTING for the prizes,and to all that took the time to join in on the fun!!!! I hope that it can be worked out to have another dio contest this winter or next spring!!!! Here is some pics of my dio and how I made it!!! The 1st pic is when I started---Its a piece of plywood with some sand on top in a lake!!! The ply wood is on a old saw horse I had on its side cause the slope down into the water was steep and that made the plywood on top level and the weight of the sand kept it all in place!!! Deep water--about waist deep 3or4 feet from the bank!!! Again thank yall!!!!
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Nice job RED.

Kevin.

B E A utiful dio Red, man that is one of the coolest setups I've seen in a long time. Great job!

That is so

Damn RED.. I'm just glad they only allowed 5 pictures in the contest.. lol

Well done!

RED,all your pictures are great! I really like the flame thrower shots and the custom amtracks,really great stuff!!!

fantastic shots ! I realy love the way you show figs and crocodile !

Keep the good work

phil

Red I knew you would win this contest.

Congrats Red!

On you tube they have a couple movies where people take a lot of time moving figures around like the claymation movies. RED you should do one ( if you have a week or two to spare ) this stuff is way cool.

RED, I don't know how you find the time... your stuff is just incredible!

Hey yall!!! For the most part I do alot of planning before I go out to take pictures!!!The biggest thing that helps me is to draw what Im looking for in a picture so I can have a good ideal of the lo-cal I looking for --for that picture!!!Then if Im have a trouble with what to draw I will look in the history books for some good ideals!!!!I will then get everything I think I might need to set-up and build the dio and head out!!!!When I have done all of that I will take a bunch of pics from every angle and only pick the best pictures!!!!So out of say 50 pics I might only use 5 to 10 pics and get rid of the rest!!!!I always try to keep a open mind and will change some dio ideals at the spur of the moment if I see that something else will work better!!!I do all of this so that when Im out in the field all my time will go to good use!!!! I also like to just take a day and walk around the woods and the lake to just scout out a few lo-cals for future dio sites!!! Some stuff I do in my garage---like build a small dio on a piece of ply wood and set it on a table and take the pic from my driveway or backyard!!!! All in all I just try to find the easiest and quickest way to get the dio pics that I want!!! And last--- always remember---DETAIL---DETAIL---DETAIL!!!! Always try to think what will make this dio look better!!! Something as simple as takeing the picture outside will make a big differents!!!Hope this helps yall in the future!!!---RED---

Oh --- the pillbox in the dio took about a hour to build amd about 2min. to burn to the ground!!! ---RED---

Awesome pics...it motivates me to go out and make some of my own. Where did you get the amtraks from? they look great

Awesome pics man!!!

Wow As always, RED, amazing work!!!

Thanks alot ---its great to know yall like my pics!!!---RED---

lou210 wrote: Where did you get the amtraks from? they look great

Thanks alot!!! I made them out of wood!!! I havent found anyone who makes/sales LVTs in 1:18 so I just made them myself!!! I also made a 1:18 Higgins boat a while back too!!!Thanks again!!!---RED---

Holy crap!! Thats awesome!! They almost look like stills from " Flags of our Fathers"
Nice work!

Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 2007 version:

BEDEMIR: What also floats in water?
VILLAGER #1: Bread!
VILLAGER #2: Apples!
VILLAGER #3: Very small rocks!
VILLAGER #1: Cider!
VILLAGER #2: Great gravy!
VILLAGER #1: Cherries!
VILLAGER #2: Mud!
VILLAGER #3: Churches -- churches!
VILLAGER #2: Lead -- lead!
SIR RED: A diorama.
CROWD: Oooh.
BEDEMIR: Exactly! So, logically...,
VILLAGER #1: If... she.. weighs the same as a diorama, she's made of wood.
BEDEMIR: And therefore--?
VILLAGER #1: A witch!
CROWD: A witch!
CROWD: Burn her!

King Arthur: "And who may you be?"
Red: "I am Red, the Enchanter... of Dioramas"

I think we need to have the winners of this contest be the judges of the next contest?
That way it will give the rest of us a fighting chance!

WOW man just WOW! that is just totally AWESOME!!! you get such great pictures! Your inspiring me to get out and do some dio shots! i just need some snow over the winter for a couple of snow troops i'm doing or some nice weather next summer.

You always manage to find such good locations!

Oh my goodness, I didn't know you could do stuff like that with regular toys. Very impressive. I wouldn't even begin to know how to do that stuff. Two thumbs up!!

That is awesome! My favorite shot is the flame thrower marine looking back. That is priceless.