 Hello again, follow model builders and welcome to another video guide. Today, I'm going to build a small desert diorama with pound tree and several soldier miniatures. Before I start making the wooden base, I have to plan the whole scene. I always try to make it as small as possible because it is easier than focus on details without leaving too much empty spaces. I mark down the proportions of the wooden base. Well, I wouldn't need the pencil anymore, so I can use it as a core for the pound tree trunk. I estimate the size of the pound tree based on the original photo. The pound tree trunk is created from two component when you put putty. It is important to properly mix both components. It is easier to do if you cut them to smaller pieces first. I rubbed the pencil with mixed putty. I have never sculpted the pound tree, so I had to experiment a bit with wooden texture. The metal mesh was not a good idea. Rubber scalping tools prevent to me to be very useful. You can usually buy them in artistic shops. I create the bulk texture with tapping the rubber scalping tool into the putty. This technique will create an interesting texture that is much better than my previous attempt. The palm cone is much more difficult to sculpt, but everything can be done. When I'm finished, I let the putty properly dry out. You can paint the medical putty with ordinary acrylic paints. I start with brown color and then I add some highlights with sand color. I am using a technique called dry brushing. Finally, I need to add my photo edge palm leaves on the top of the pound tree trunk. You can paint the leaves separately or like me after the assembly. The brass can be very easily shaped. I randomly bend the leaves so they wouldn't look so symmetrical and identical. I glue the leaves on the top of the pound tree with super glue. The pound tree is finished. For the first try it is not so bad at all. I even like it. Let's return to the diorama. I made the wooden base from the spruce board, then I made the frame from the spruce beams used for RC models. I spray the base with matte black spray. The black color is very popular for desert dioramas because it creates a nice contrast for the light desert sand. I tried to use a product for making deserts, but it wasn't very useful. The clay was too much firm and it was hard to work with it. I didn't like the result so I covered the surface with PVA glue and peered very fine sand upon it. I simply picked the sand outside in the local forest. The sand is quite dark so I unite the surface first with black color and then I spray it with the sand colors. I highlight the sand using lighter colors and dry brushing. Now it looks like real desert sand. And now let's go to paint some pretty soldiers. I paint the whole figure with an airbrush and then I paint all other small details with fine paint brushes. The managers are not too much detailed so the washes help me to make the shades more pronounced. I make the highlights on the uniforms with acrylic and oil paints. Alright, it's finished and bloody hell it looks really good. I hope you enjoyed the video and maybe you have learned something new. If you are thinking about building your own diorama then try to choose a reciprocal size. The smaller size will take you less time, it will be cheaper and you don't have to think how to fill all space around so you can focus only on important details. This way you will enjoy your crafting much more. Also you should consider which models are suitable for dioramas. For example this model of Tiger in scale 1 to 45 is just too big for any ordinary diorama. This is a huge tiger and this is my small diorama. Maybe I will put a diorama for this model a lot, I'm not sure. And that is all for today. Thanks for watching and see you next time.