Diorama of Doom (FINISHED!)

[Brandlin]

Over on the Forum of  Doom the good people of Haslefree Miniatures, Fenris Games, Heresy Miniatures and Black Scorpion run an annual painting competition known as the (unofficial) Diorama of Doom.

This year the theme is: "Pick on someone your own size!"

The competition starts on the 24th September 2013 with submissions due by 24th December. At the start of the competition you are required to submit a photograph of your miniatures to demonstrate that you haven't started to paint them yet!

Here are my starting materials. In total that's 15 miniatures from all four manufacturers, an Old Crow tank, 2 walkers (cough), a skip, loads of brass etch, styrene and other modelling gubbins.



This will be a tongue in cheek scenario featuring two interlinked diorama's - as you might be able to tell from the oddly shaped MDF base.

I can promise a reappearance of Bob and Dave from my DoD 2011 entry "Do you think he'll notice?"; and we shall find the inept duo have been sacked from their line marking jobs and have set up their own scrap business!

For scale reference, the base shown here is 80mm diameter lipped resin base from Fenris Games. The overall ellipse shape is 250mm by 160mm (sized to fit on the available display shelves). The MDF is four sheets of 9.5mm thick, cut with a jig saw, sanded on a drum snader and the other pieces routed using the first as a template...



And a little more in the way of interest and levels...

[former user]

This year the theme is: "Pick on someone your own size!"

At the start of the competition you are required to submit a photograph of your miniatures to demonstrate that you haven't started to paint them yet!

I like these two aspects...

Yours looks very interesting already 

[von Lucky]

Looks like a very promising start. Would you mind posting links to your previous entries?

[Brandlin]

Looks like a very promising start. Would you mind posting links to your previous entries?

Thank you

brandlin.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/do-you-think-hell-notice-final-pictures.html

[von Lucky]

Thanks - very cute!

[Brandlin]

A little more progress

[DoctorPete]

Ok, I'm hooked.  Can't wait to see the finished project. 

[Brandlin]

Slowly getting there on the basic base modelling...



Can you tell what it is yet?


A little more on the blog...

[Brandlin]

A little more progress...

[beefcake]

Looking good. Think I may give up now...

[6milPhil]

That's looking great already. 

At the start of the competition you are required to submit a photograph of your miniatures to demonstrate that you haven't started to paint them yet!

Hmmm, but how do we know you haven't painted the side of the miniatures that we can't see in that photo? Eh? Eh? 

[Hellbeard]

Looks interesting. I'm eager to see how it progresses.

[Brandlin]

That's looking great already.  

Hmmm, but how do we know you haven't painted the side of the miniatures that we can't see in that photo? Eh? Eh?  

Because I've already bitten off more than I can chew and planning to pain half early, and the other half later is frankly no sodding easier

[6milPhil]

 

[beefcake]

Notice he hasn't actually denied it though...