Hi all
I thought maybe it would be interesting, as some of yοu are dealing with the Great War period.
So, here are the images of the progress of a WWI trench diorama. A commissioned work I just finished.
And of course your thoughts and comments are welcome in advance.
Enjoy them!

brilliant!! Nice to see more and more Great War topics being addressed.
J

Hi Dimitris - nice groundwork! I like your light touch with the balance of "regular dirt" and a few rocks and boulders - look forward to seeing more
Cheers
Nick

Hi Dimitris,

Nice work, The dugout has enough depth and shadow to suggest it leads somewhere. The duckboards sat on inverted A frames though and should have a sense of depth beneath them. There may be cases where they were just planks laid on the ground but in Europe they would have been raised above the water table in most cases.


The open space at the back would be good for viewing but you loose the sense of lack of space in the trenches.

It's very nicely done though and the ground work looks good. You could have varied the material the support sides were made of for added interest.

Are you referencing it to British, German or other front lines?

Cheers

Al

Hi Alan,
Thanks for the interesting points you marked.
I forgot to mention that this base is going to be the prototype for mold reproduction, with plaster.
That's why it may have some limits or simplifications, just to help in molding.

Hi Dimitris,

Always good to see another WW1 option coming along. Is it in 1/35 scale? It might be worth checking figure height. I was surprised how deep I needed to make my trenches.

Have you though about a line of sand bags along the parapet, they turned up just about everywhere and would help add interest to the top. You could do a row or just some random ones placed to keep the earth from falling back in.

The base looks a nice size and you could do an insert for the open space giving folks the options of more complete trenches or open to viewing. Sort of alternative finish options?

Thanks for sharing and keep us posted on developments.

Cheers

Al

Hi Alan,
Yes, it is in 1:35 scale, 20.5x30.5cm and the highest point is 10.5cm, as the guidelines were so.
And yes it is deep enough. This is why I made the second step-pedestal, to be able for the soldiers to fire their arms - figure height checked.
Regarding the sandbags, and other accessories, they must be add from the final owner/modeler.

Hi Dimitris,

Understand. You've given them a good foundation to work with.

Cheers

Al

This is excellent and well executed ! Very interesting !

Thank you for sharing Dimitris.

Greets Kurt

Great build of this diorama so far!
I also planned and built a scene, but for WWII, with wooden parts and glued elements for a previous campaign - "the Atlantik-wall".

But I must withdraw from this campaign because of personal reasons. (burn-out-syndrome, one reason is "no interest in all my hobbies" - all builds were stopped)

For my former diorama I used "styrofoam", (the "larger-bubbled" version of styrodur) but as I think, "styrodur" (the finer version) seems to be very better.

Also I cut, painted and glued wooden parts and placed them.
But I stopped working on my diorama.
My work can be seen in the "Atlantik-Wall-campaign".

To your Diorama: GREAT !!!
Very nice details of any parts, for me, very realistic looking earth and dirt-effects!
I also planned this looking appearance for my diorama!


thank you very much for sharing...
Soeren

If anyone has interest, this dio is on production now from Great North Road (GNR), Portsmouth, UK.
Today I noticed it among others, at the Daren Baker's interview to GNR owner, Simon (link).

My wishes for the best to the GNR
Dimitris.

Well done, that's a nice looking piece that's sure to be a big seller with the current influx of ww 1 kits.

Wawwww nice and great work...

Now available through Great North Roads if you caught the interview.

http://www.armorama.co.uk/features/6226

Cheers

Al