Tonight I bit the bullet and poked holes into the base work and then shoved the trees in. Thanks for all the positive comments as they really did help. What didn’t help was when I used my cutters to chop the stick size down. A whole pile of flock came from somewhere, I had visions of a totally bare tree on one side. Methinks it came from inside.
I also dry brushed the bright green tufts as well as most of the other ones as well to blend it all in. I also managed to do a bit of work on the rhino, basically getting a dark wash on them before dry bushing tomorrow.

I also tested the miniatures to see what they would look like in situ and I think they will work…

So on the whole I am happy with this. If I were to do it again then I would build the base up by two layers to allow trees to be placed anywhere.
Hopefully I will get this finished by the end of the weekend. I am considering another one with hunters and a mammoth, but I will see how I feel after finishing this one and after checking on how much space I have to store it.
Looks good to me Steve. The thing with dioramas is you learn something new every time.
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Cheers Dave
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That is looking really good now. The new trees are much improved.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Cheers Pete
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This is looking great, the board looks very natural.
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Cheers mate
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Oh yeah, definitely looking good! 🙂 It actually looks smaller to me now with the wolves and rhinos in place!
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Funnily enough Ithought exactly the same thing. In my original idea more wolves were on the rise, plus these trees are twice the size if the other ones.
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That looks excellent! The positioning of the rhinos doesn’t quite look right yet but I’m sure with a bit of playing they’ll fit the story you’re telling here. Good work.
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Yeah, I know what you mean, they looked better when I first tried them out.
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That drybrushing was well worth it and its awesome seeing the trees as well. This is shaping up nicely and I look forward to more updates!
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Starting to look interesting mate ,well done!
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Cheers Pat
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Thanks Pat
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The board looks great – and the trees are really nice. Definitely coming together well.
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Cheers Mark
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