R12 Diorama - Work in progress

The start. Second model after returning to scale modelling and finishing the build of a Tamiya Kübelwagen (1:35). 

Finished build. 

First attempt at a paint job on the figure. 

Rollback on the first try, more fitting base tones applied to everything. 

About six years later - first mockup for a diorama. Added another soldier to fill out the base and add some variety. 

The motorcycle painted. Hated the sputter, but was not in the mood to drop everything and repaint it. Hopefully the mud spatter will help mask it (it kind of did). 

Trying out the first layout. 

Edges trimmed, adding foliage and loads and loads of mod podge. 

Road surface is VMS Smart Mud with patches of AK terrains paste. 

First airbrush passes to even everything out. 

Base colors applied. 

Oil washes. 

Some posters applied to a fence made of matchsticks around the same time as the motorcycle was assembled. 

Blurry photo of the mostly finished base with what will be muddy puddles. The ink in the AK still water puddles was way too brown and vibrant. 

Even blurrier photo of the same thing. The tools are 3D printed and brush painted. 

Figures waiting to be painted. 

Some progress. 

Finishing touches on the base. 

Figures waiting to be varnished. 

The first layout that I had set out beforehand. Was not pleased with it as the "front" of the diorama mostly showed the backs of the figures and all of the focus was at the back of the diorama.