A little more ominous than my happy island diorama, but I like variety. With dioramas with people in them I try to capture the snapshot of a story.
The insurgent took a lot of cutting and sculpting to mix together different kit parts. I really wanted in the diorama to focus on the ground. It might sound strange, but I notice the ground tends to be pristine in dioramas, so I took care to add various pieces of trash to make it more lived in, as well as making the pathway's dirt texture noticably different than the surroundings.
Wait this is a real world diorama, as in it occupies physical space? I could have sworn this was digital, I guess some of the illusion is probably due to the lighting and blurring but still, this is super impressive! Gives me Counter-Strike vibes.
Yeah, here's an album with work in progress and a few other angles.. Most of the picture is natural except up top near the barbed wire where I edited out the light box and added a digital blue gradient.
Wow, the shading work on those... Very cool stuff, thanks for sharing!