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Alright so this is a bit of a story, the house I was renting with some friends had a chunk of it fill with ice and snap off of the house last winter. This was definitely a bit odd; I don't think we ever told the landlord about it either. I never met the landlord so I never saw the fallout of that thankfully. 

Here's the chunk of house. I realized eventually that it was the perfect base for a diorama! (big mistake) I defrosted it over the laundry drain in the basement. It ended up nearly breaking into multiple pieces as the wood was so rotted. I had to put it back together with a screwdriver.  

Here it is with the polystyrene that makes up the base added. 

Another angle. 

Initial planning on positions for everything. I'm not sure where the signs and lamppost came from as I got them in a bits lot on ebay. 

Sawdust plaster mix applied. Yes, I did eventually clean the floor. 

Here are all the figures. The military pieces have their weapons painted red while the civilians are painted green. Good luck figuring out the symbolism here. <- [this is sarcasm] 

Base coat on the earth. Not totally uniform but it looked good enough for me. 

One end of the diorama. Nothing is particularly well painted just because of how large it is and my time crunch. 

Big time skip to it being nearly complete minus static grass. The wooden dowels are keeping the people standing upright. Lots of natural materials to make up for the lack of painting. I used railroad fill for the rocks under the bridge. You can tell I made the bridge myself as well. It's just plasticard, cardboard, and the Busch road construction set. I got it for 50 cents and never thought I'd get a chance to use it, but I did. It even says it was made in West Germany on the box. 

And it's done. These were the initial pictures I took immediately after completion so the ground is still wet from the glue.  

Shot from the level of the onlookers almost. I like this one the most 

Another angle ft. Kotobukiya/Gundam boxes and my airbrush compresso 

Side view: you can now see that I did actually clean the floor. 

You can have a bunch of side views because there are just so many sides. 

 

 

 

Last shot with the unflattering lighting. 

I just took these recently. It's kind of dusty and doesn't fit into my lightbox so still nothing groundbreaking with the camerawork. 

I tried to take angles that were unique from the ones I did right after finishing it. Dynamic camera positioning can help a lot I think. 

 

I could have done so much better on the static grass here. 

Drilling the barrel would have also helped a bit. 

The poses on these people can be a bit awkward but I did what I could with what I had. 

I do like the Roco figures here though.  

Marching towards the end. 

Alright that's it. Hope you liked this despite the oddity. I promise the next diorama is more of the same as before.