Diorama entitled "Silhouette of a Troublemaker”

 

 

This diorama entitled "Silhouette of a Troublemaker” is situated in Italy mid 1944. The Hetzer is Tamiya, heavily detailed with scratch built material, the whole set is also made from scratch built   material. I took the golden award 1st prize for this diorama in "Beirut Model Show 2012", where we had Emilien Peppin, the editor of Steel Masters magazine, as our special guest for the show.

Diorama "Eight-Legged Feak"

 

 

 

This diorama entitled "Eight-Legged Freak"  is situated in Hungary late 1944. The Sdkfz 234/4 is DML so as the figures. The house is scratch built from plaster and the water effect from clear resin colored with acrylics. Tree and fence scratch built, and the leaves from Joefix .

My old works

Hi, my name is Bernard Bassous, am a 1/35th scale military modeller. Am specialized in building WWII German dioramas.
I believe that the 3 main important points in building a great diorama are:
   The ability to produce a natural scene as realistic as possible in a very artistic way.
   To build a kit and make it belong to that natural setting.
   And finally to paint a figure and make it tell that story.
Always keeping in mind the main rule in diorama building: maximize your idea in the minimum space possible.
I will be posting some pictures of my older works and put some info under them. Enjoy...

This Tiger I late belongs to a diorama I did for a friend. Its DML with full PE sets from Lionroar and Aber

Lets Welcome the Newest Team Member!

I am proud to announce that our team is growing once again! Lets give a warm welcome to the newest author of this blog, Bernard Bassous. He is a very talented diorama builder and I am sure you will all enjoy his article and techniques That he will be able to share with us all.

Welcome aboard Bernard!

Here is a peek at some of his works:

New Project Started

I know, I know, its been ages since my last post. I apologize for the absence, life getting in the way again.

I have started a new project, not military related, but the techniques can be applied to and diorama or structure build. This project is going to be a super detailed Christmas village. I have always wanted to build my one ever since I was a young boy seeing the village my mother would put out each year. I always thought they lacked detail and like; they were just chunks of porcelain after all.

Well, Now I have gained the knowledge and experience to finally work on this life long little dream of mine. The first house of the village will be based off of the plans from the Sears Modern Home collection. Back in the day when the department store actually sold real life house kits, all materials included, you just had to supply the man power to build it.

Adding some Shingles

I got most of my new hobby studio set up, at least enough to do some work, and have begun the work on the roof of the Italian House.

I am using the Pantiles roof mold from Diorama Debris for this process. Using these molds does take some getting use to as it produces very thin castings. You must be patient and wait for the plaster to fully cure before even attempting to remove them or they will crumble. Once you have it down it goes fairly fast.

I highly recommend these molds, I have used a few with more to do and they produce stunning detail.

Price depends on the mold, so head on over and take a look at the selection. When you order from them, let them know Falcons Bench sent you!
Diorama Debris Website

Here you can see the results of my roof that I have started, I am loving the results!

Back to casting more tiles to finish off the roof!

My New Hobby Studio

I have been in the process of moving to a new studio over the last several weeks; most of the stuff is now moved in but the unpacking continues. Will start posting more once I get things settled into my new space!