Part 1 of this little diorama received a greater reaction than I anticipated with a couple of excellent comments relating to this rarely covered subject. This, along with some pretty dreadful weather over the Easter holidays, inspired me to push on and complete the model.
The figures themselves painted up quite nicely and were all from favoured suppliers such as Gripping Beast and North Star. They are as they came with no modifications. The ground work was completed by adding ground cover and a few more coffee stirrers for the trench effect.
Overall an enjoyable little diorama to put together and one which fits with my self-imposed brief of trying to cover lesser recognised aspects of the Great War for my timeline. Just one model to go now, time for my own big push!
Pictures below.
Hopefully they provide sufficient detail to view the completed model but the number of figures made it hard for the camera to find a focal point close up and my own photographic skills were insufficient to compensate.
TIM
The Imperfect Modeller 
Looks really good. The different elements really work well together.
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Thank you. It all tends to get a bit “brown” but such is the period. Soon be time to do something more colourful!
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Oh my goodness you are very talented. Really great stuff. The photography really carries off well too. I like the coffee mug and maps. I’d love to see a diorama with some hand to hand “fixed bayonettes” fighting.
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That’s very nice of you to say so IRO, thank you. I’ll see what I can come up with in the weeks and months ahead to quench your insatiable thirst for blood and gore!
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Yayyyyy!!! 😃🎉😂👍🏽
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This is so good ,the detail on the woodwork is so real I feel you might have to drop the I and change it to a B ( as in bloody brilliant modeller ) .The paint work is so good mate ,something that I am striving to achieve with my little guys and scratch buildings . To me getting the colour of wood is so difficult ,the mix of the greys and the browns is somewhat an art and you have nailed it mate .
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Thank you, so very nice of you to say so. Let me know if you would like to know how I do the wood work and I’ll either drop you a line or do a short article on it if that would help.
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That is great work. The figures are all very nicely realised and the groundwork looks just right. Makes for a very evocative piece.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Cheers Pete. I wasn’t sure it was going to work that well when I started it but the end result was pleasing.
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Great work!
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Thank you.
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That looks great. I always particularly enjoy “quiet” diorama pieces (possibly because most miniatures are in combat poses), and as mentioned, the small details like the coffee mug make the scene much more real and lived in. Excellent work.
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Thank you. You are right about combat poses. It’s often a challenge to find figures that lend themselves to scenes such as this and others I’ve done.
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Do like this! The mix of figures definitely, and the layout with the duckboards going round the edges and the wood-reinforced trench side at the back! Great stuff!
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Thank you. Starting to look forward to doing something with a bit more colour!
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