After a long time building this small diorama featuring an burnt out Opel and four Dragon figures it is finally finished. I am very happy with the result. The final steps were carried out by attaching shoulder straps (made from paper and some brass parts from Aber) to the remaining rifles and then painting the rifles. The final fixation of the figures to the base brought no further difficulties.
And that is how the finished diorama looks like:
After my summer holidays, I continued working on the Opel. I attached the registration plate holders and reworked the roof. Then everything was primed with Tamiya flat black.
Then I used different oil paints (Paynes’ grey and white) on the model, applying small dots of color and then blending them with a clean brush moistened with turpentine. The blending brush must be almost dry, so it is important to remove as much turpentine as possible on a paper towel before blending the colors.
After this has dried, rust was applied using thinned ochre yellow and burnt siena, and also blended.
As reference, I collected some pictures of burnt out cars in different states of decay. Light rust of a bright orange color seems to appear immediately after the burning, and this look I wanted to create. As time goes by, the car wreck continues to rust, with the rust becoming darker.
Now I have to attach the roof and rework the paint job, where the roof is glued to the car. Maybe I will also use some pigments.
And that is how the Opel looks like:
Actuall, I don’t like the scene featuring the four Dragon figures and the archway anymore, and also the figures could look better. Therefore, I will build a new scene using these figures (6278 – 1/35 “Last Battle” (Austria 1945)) again.
I would also like to include a burnt out car, something like the one to be seen here:
For the car, I have chosen an Opel from ICM (Kadett K38 Saloon, WWII German Staff Car), and I am currently busy with modifying the interior accordingly.
fieldgrau - military scenes in scale 