Jim's Hell From Above

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Hi folks, put a bit of time in on base, pics speak for themselves. Many layers and much to be done of course to blend colors. Will create a slurry of white glue, water and crushed brick a brack to fill gaps and lay in tid-bits. Had fun creating foam"bricks" to lay about. One would think doing rubble and debris of war is an easy thing but attempting to get it to look as authentic a possible...not so much:oops:.....Jim:smiling3:
 

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very nice going with the rubble,looking good,;)
 

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UPDATE:...After a dark wash began to dry brush out some colors for rubble and cobble street.
Then crushed slurry applied and allowed to dry. After clean up of loose material (soft brush and vacuum) gave a thinned dark wash to tone down colors a bit. Still a long way to go:oops:
Figures used to show scale and proportion.
 

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Sorry folks, computer wacking out a bit:confused:
 

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looking good,Jim,nice blending and tone,coming along very well,;)
 
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This is looking great Jim looking forward to seeing the next instalment.
 
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Hi folks, put a bit of time in on base, pics speak for themselves. Many layers and much to be done of course to blend colors. Will create a slurry of white glue, water and crushed brick a brack to fill gaps and lay in tid-bits. Had fun creating foam"bricks" to lay about. One would think doing rubble and debris of war is an easy thing but attempting to get it to look as authentic a possible...not so much:oops:.....Jim:smiling3:
Good rubble makes or breaks a diorama in my eye, you and Ron seem to have it nailed! Watching with great interest :smiling:
 

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Well Jim. It looks like this is going to be epic. Loving it so far.
Just had an idea for bricks and rubble that might be helpful for the next project, (its a bit late now for this one).
Plaster of Paris mixed with pigment. Make a couple or three batches in typical brick colours. tip them into a form that is as big as you like but only as deep as a brick is wide.....while the plaster is stil wet drag a tooth pick through it to drag the different colours into each other so the three colours mingle but not so much as they are mixed in completely...Once dry bash the crap out of it. Instant brick rubble. Cut groves in it and you have brick sections....
 

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Good rubble makes or breaks a diorama in my eye, you and Ron seem to have it nailed! Watching with great interest :smiling3:
Thanks so much John, I feel honored to be included in such company as Ron.:cool:...............Jim:smiling3:
 

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Outstanding work on the rubble & debris!!:eek::cool::cool:
 

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Well Jim. It looks like this is going to be epic. Loving it so far.
Just had an idea for bricks and rubble that might be helpful for the next project, (its a bit late now for this one).
Plaster of Paris mixed with pigment. Make a couple or three batches in typical brick colours. tip them into a form that is as big as you like but only as deep as a brick is wide.....while the plaster is stil wet drag a tooth pick through it to drag the different colours into each other so the three colours mingle but not so much as they are mixed in completely...Once dry bash the crap out of it. Instant brick rubble. Cut groves in it and you have brick sections....
Thanks for the idea Ian I'm sure I will make use of it in future projects, one never stops learning you know;)............Jim:smiling3:
 

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Looking good there Jim, I would go for a 50 gallon drum being used as a brazier to keep their toes warm :rolleyes:. Dont forget a few bits of recognisable wood, like window frame parts etc, amongst your rubble piles. I'm glad this is a twelve month build too as I have some decorating to do first :mad:
 

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Top work, Jim.

It's coming along a treat.
 

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Looking good there Jim, I would go for a 50 gallon drum being used as a brazier to keep their toes warm :rolleyes:. Dont forget a few bits of recognisable wood, like window frame parts etc, amongst your rubble piles. I'm glad this is a twelve month build too as I have some decorating to do first :mad:
Your suggestions Paul are already in the works will post some progress pics soon, thanks for your kind attention.....Jim:smiling3:
 

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UPDATE: The human element in the rough, scads of personal equipt. and weapons will be scattered about in the end result. Positioning not etched in stone yet, just giving an idea.
 

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