Playable diorama

[beetyii]

Hello,


I´m going to make a playable diorama and I think that i now have an idea to make it more real. To bring more realism to a diorama with hard ground everywhere and some hills in it, I was thinking about a "living" ground which is able to react to the things you are doing with your combat. I´ve tried some different sorts of material and come to the conclusion that cork is the best.
You can split it in many small peaces ( 4-5mm ) with a kitchen machine. You have to be carefull not to make the peaces too small - that will stop your combat when turning in one point.
If the peaces are big enough you can turn your combat untill it hits the ground like they do in reality. I´m going to make some areas with a deeper ground to fill it with splitted cork - the smaller the peaces of the cork the bigger the possibility that your combat will stop. So you can make different areas with different splitted cork to give a little risk to the game. If your combat is shooten in an area of big splitted cork - no problem but if you get shooten in an area with small splitted cork you are second winner.

Please give me your thoughts...


beetyii

[tinyrc]

Wow, great idea! Did you just use the type of corks in wine, or ?

[beetyii]

Hello tiny,

What I first tried was some cork ready splitted in a plastik bag for 1,30€ ( for a full hand of it - much too expensive for my Diorama but worth for a try) for Dioramas for H0-trains. Now I´m going to search for more material - perhaps some stuff for the ground of your house. Corks for wine are ok but who will drink so much wine... I hope that I´ll find a solution. I´ll post more later.

beetyii :)

[jayd177]

I'd like to let my Digi tanks loose on this:

http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/great_train_story/tour/neighborhood.html

or this:
http://www.tamr.org/PRSLou/image.php?image=Tony59.jpg

Anyway, some cool stuff could be done with model RR scenery and kits.

[Racemonster505]

That would be fun invason i want to make a setup where you can run a train but race bits and tanks all into one i wonder if they would let you run a tank on it ?

[beetyii]

Some new results :

[beetyii]

Diorama has a size of 2000x1500x80 mm...

[Panzer]

I like the cork idea. I replied to your other post about what material you used. After reading this I assume it's cork. I considered using small landscaping rocks to achieve the same effect.

[beetyii]

Hello everyone,

styropor is a great material for a diorama - look here :

first step

[beetyii]

a few steps further - not finished :

[Napalm_Guru]

I like the last pic you posted, does your tank have any struggle going up that road and what angle is it?

[BillyBonz]

Beetyii, how much time did you spend on your dioramas? All I can say is if Tiny ever runs a contest you got my vote. The design and detail is simply amazing!! The scale looks perfect for these tanks. TOP NOTCH!!!

[beetyii]

Hello NG,

more than 35 degrees become difficult to climb - danger of overturning !
This means :

10cm high needs 15 cm in lengths.

The power of the tanks is much more than enough.

beetyii:)

[Racemonster505]

for a moment i thout i was looking at a bonzi tree base you make it look soooooo easy

[Napalm_Guru]

I am making my diorama out of paper mache on wood and my stepest slope is roughly 50 degrees and 3.5cm high. Do you think the tank can climb it?
My tanks are coming on the 19th so I can't test it yet.


btw, I cant stress enough how much I like your diorama.

[beetyii]

Hello BB,

can´t tell you how much time - but it´s not so difficult as it might seems to be.
If you are interested I´m certanly glad to tell you some of my modelling "secrets" .

beetyii:)

[beetyii]

Hello NG,

no way!

50 degrees are unpossible - believe me. 35-40 degrees are maximum. 35 degrees sometimes lift your Panther/ Tiger in front.
Sherman and T34/85 are a little better for climbing because their weight is a little more in front. Certanly you can drive your Panther/ Tiger backwards but this seems not very real...

beetyii ;)

[Kadettcab]

Hi,I´m intersted in your modelling "secrets".
I want to build a "playing Area".Size will be 50x120cm.
I want to build some hills,a little forrest,some military positions with killed tanks and some ruins.
It also has to have some Trial areas where its difficult to past.

[beetyii]

Many wishes for a small area...

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beetyii:)

[Tomcat]

Hi beetyii,
I have a few specific questions that i would be very greatful if you could help me with. Firstly, what are you using for the grass and the cliff face tecture? Because it looks so real! Also i would like to put some sort of river in the middle of my landscape, obviously i don't want to have water in it though, i've been thinking thot i could put in a canyon or something down to a river, any thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
David Dymock