Anyone here make military dioramas as a hobby??

I have a whole bunch of green army men in a shoebox somewhere.

I've seen better dioramas in the quad on a Tuesday afternoon

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What sorta weird frickin' hobby is this shite?

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I don't do them, but creating one takes skilled work and artistic talent. I would not call it weird.

Always thought this was a neat hobby. I don't have the steady hands or patience to pick up a hobby like this.

Scale modeling is my hobby, and it gets expensive and time consuming. For the guys who do dioramas (military or otherwise) it is exponentially so.
Modeling is also something no one is good at right off the bat. It takes a lot of trial and error to get to the level of proficiency shown in your examples. That said, I find it to be a very soothing pastime after a hectic day or week. Start with some 1/72 scale fighters or 1/35 tanks. If you dig that, then you might like dioramas.

my dad has a giant civil war one in his office. hand paints all the soldiers. ill try to get a pic next time i visit

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Get yourself an airbrush set up.

And look up painting vids for materials and terrain.

Lot of people keep it on the down low.

I paint gaming figs for RPGs and toss em to the kiddos for toy soldiers when they aren't being used.





Not my own, but Bones are fun and cheap to paint.

Kids have a Le Toy Van Castle



With a bunch of knights and peasants I've painted.

Just need to find a good Bruce Campbell to lead them.