| Are you embarrassed when someone finds you playing with your toy
soldiers, have you graduated past melting plastic soldiers with a magnifying glass?
Time to move up to building Military Dioramas, don't kid yourself you are still
playing with toy soldiers, but now you are at an 11th grade level! Official Line:
This book is the fourth in the new modeling series by Verlinden Productions. The
main focus of this book is the delicate art of diorama composition, construction, and
painting. Five magnificent dioramas created by VP Studios cover every stage in the
complicated development of these pieces, in a very easy to follow step-by-step process.
Every aspect is covered, from dealing with multiple levels, multiple angles, modeling
water, distribution of the various elements, blending colors, foliage, ground debris,
focal points, etc. Nothing has been overlooked in this compact and comprehensive book. Two
bonus articles showcase the work of two very accomplished modelers, Young Jin Won, and
Greg Chilar. The former, renowned for his figure painting skills, accomplishes a difficult
feat by composing a Vietnam diorama comprising of only figures, numbering some 14 in all.
The latter shows the effectiveness of the large 120mm scale with his prizewinning RETREAT
FROM BUDAPEST, which beautifully depicts retreating Germans late in WWII tending their
wounded in the shadow of the mighty Panther tank. This book caters not only to the
dedicated modeler, but also to the historian and military enthusiast, as well as the
artist.
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