FineScale Modeler 07 2002

What does it take to build a spectacular diorama? Creative construction techniques for sure, but if your subject is the brutal war in Chechnya, you'll also need equally creative destruction techniques. Incredibly realistic battle damage is just one of the elements that brings Bruce Teal's stunning Grozny diorama to life. Unable to forget the haunting images in television news reports, the visual effects designer decided to tell the Chechen conflicts story through the medium he knows best - a scratchbuilt diorama. He vividly depicts Russian soldiers hunting for a sniper hiding in a bombed-out building in Grozny. The sniper is well-camouflaged, but if you examine the photos carefully, you'll see him. Bruce began by checking drawings tor buildings similar to those in Grozny. He built the base structure from foam board and covered it with gypsum paste, which he sculpted to the final shape. When the plaster was dry, he painted it with a base coat of light gray Polly Scale acrylics.

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