FROZEN GOULASH

             

  German soldiers and Tiger tank crew accepting with pleasure a small lunch break through their retreat from Hungary at the end of February.  A portion of traditional 'goulash' in the frozen country is most welcomed.

 
Figures came mostly from Verlinden and Dragon with Hornet heads and some conversions. 
Painted in acrylics. Swan with his babies came from Tamiya's Live stock set.

Microballons and baking soda was my base for snow effect

After a lot of tests and efforts I succeded to what I thought it could be a realistic winter scene

The final setting with the figures made me to move the tree to the backround  of  the diorama and leave a broken tree trunk in the foreground

 

 Diorama Frozen Goulash finished at the last months of 2018.

 I manage to construct all the elements needed to create a convincing frozen scene of Hungary in the February of 45. I cover the base with soil and create the pattern where the tank will be finally positioned.

All the rocks glued in plase and slowly completed the base, repositioning elements like trees and small rockes until the scene that looked more correct created.

Dead roots and dry leaves in a combination 

with paper and photoetched plants helped my to create the scene  I was looking for.

Next step will be snow, mud and resin for the river and for small puddles across the street

a flash from the past....

 I see now that already passed almost four years from my last post here. I stop showing my work for different reasons. A couple of dioramas finished since then,and  I have left this one in the middle. 

Maybe, the so frustrated times we are all living, gave me the free time I was looking for to focus a little bit more in this part of my modelling life.

Keep safe and keep modelling,

Kyriakos

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