IG vs Tau Fight Diorama

[Forrestfire]

Well, I got bored and decided to use some of my spare bits to make a fight diorama.

The fight is between a Cadian guardsman and a Farsight Enclave fire warrior on a muddy/puddly battlefield.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee26/ustaaz/000_0003-1.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee26/ustaaz/000_0009-1.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee26/ustaaz/000_0016-2.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee26/ustaaz/000_0017.jpg

What do you think?

[terricon4]

Looks alright and is well posed but the IG guys need a better paint job, it just looks slightly drool like. Just a quick contrast color would add a lot.

[Beef Nuggets]

The dead face down guardsmen is the most dramactic! Might steal that idea for one of my objective markers!

[Datadep5]

Your paint is a bit thick on the guardsmen. Highlight the Tau's hoofs some and it'll look great.

[person person]

I'd dirty up the guardsmen with some mud and a wash.

[Farsight]

What I'd like to know is how a fire warrior managed to kill a guardsman in close combat. ;)

[Zigmunth]

Hm... I'll be a bit more straight forward then the guys above.

* paint job is crap, sorry... blue IG? eh-eh
* water and sand doesn't look like mud, it looks like an alien drooled all over your diorama :D
* the base of your diorama looks like a cardboard! what the hell?

but those above you can change, what you CAN'T change is amazing posing you've done. so altough I think it's a good start, it needs loads more work...

[WAAAGH_Prophet]

Oh i do like the pose of the fire warrior. Dramatic and well done

[Vorlon]

I noticed on big problem....the tau should be face down ^^

JK Very dramatic and great use of water effects.

[thewickedworm]

Nice!

[Aldramelech]

Nice ideas. Half the battle is having imagination and being able to see in your minds eye what you want the piece to look like, and I think you've got that. As some of the guy's have said you just need a bit of practice in the more technical aspects.

A good starting point.

[Forrestfire]

Thanks for all of the comments! :D


Hm... I'll be a bit more straight forward then the guys above.

* paint job is crap, sorry... blue IG? eh-eh
* water and sand doesn't look like mud, it looks like an alien drooled all over your diorama :D
* the base of your diorama looks like a cardboard! what the hell?

but those above you can change, what you CAN'T change is amazing posing you've done. so altough I think it's a good start, it needs loads more work...

*Yeah, well... I did my best, and I'm learning (you should see my first model... yeesh *shudders*). Also, what's wrong with blue IG?
*It looks a lot better in person.
*It's card from the model boxes. I was trying an Idea I had to layer it like contours:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee26/ustaaz/000_0001-2.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee26/ustaaz/000_0002-2.jpg

[Aldramelech]

If I need to make textured terrain with contours I take a flat base and build it up with Miliput. Not only do you get the lumps and bumps you want but when it dries its rock solid and holds it all together nicely.