My most recent diorama "Kreta"

[creading]

This is my most recent diorama. I'm calling it 'Kreta'.  These are two Fallschirmjäger  who , during a lull in the fighting, have stopped for an obligatory cigarette.
The base, wall, gate and small tree are scratch built. The Fallschirmjäger figures are from the Jaguar resin kit # 63010.
I traded the original kit's panzerschreck for a rifle. I was a bit disappointed with the sculpting as the hands were/are very out of proportion with the rest of the body. I didn't have any suitable hands  change them out. Anyway, it's done and I was reasonably happy with the outcome. Hope you all like it also. Let me know what you think.........

[chromdome35]

I like the diorama and the posing, it tells a story. The figure painting is good and the overall color palette blends well. It's better than I could do.

Those hands though... it's too bad you couldn't find suitable replacements.

[stikpusher]

Your paint and ground work, very nice! Jaguar’s sculpting and molding, not so hot… It certainly captures a quite common moment in time… “Zigaretten?”

[Joe Rix]

Excellent! You've done a remarkable job. The base is a nice example of your scratch building skills. To me, you made the most with the figures despite the poor molding.

[maverick]

I think its pretty darn cool, despite the first base mans mitts for hands. The scratch work is awesome. Yes, Zigaretten beta!

[Medicman71]

It looks great! It's not your fault that the figures have oversized hands.

[keavdog]

Turned out great. I've been a big fan of Jaguar 1/16 kits. Those hands do look a bit oversized. I wonder if you painted them black or a wool color it would look like they are wearing gloves and be more scale.
Great job scratch building here as well.

[deafpanzer]

The ground work is really great especially the dirt around the boots! Well done on the figures as well!

[406 Silverado]

I had a response for this all typed out yesterday Creading and had to get off line for a bit. Poof!!! There it went. lol
I've gotta say that you did about as well as one could with what you had to work with. I really enjoy a good diorama that tells a story like this and even more when the base and figures are painted up well. This one just goes to show true humanity in the midst of a "hell" surrounding these two. Great work on this one and thank you for sharing it with us.

[themongoose]

Dang i see what you mean about the hands, a boxing match might be a good dio with those clubs 🤣 really nice layout and work on the details. The close up of the machine gun was my fave 👍

[buddho]

This vignette is so well done, with the base, wall, gate and figures. Its a shame that some figures have such large hands...(I carefully scrape them down with an xacto knife blade, then sand smooth with a light grit paper.)

But you created an excellent setting here...very nice job!