Urban Ruins (My first diorama)

I finally got around to working on this thing. It was actually a lot of fun, but very time-consuming waiting for things to dry. lol Technically still a work in progress, but here ya go.

bravo, looks great! that brick wall is fantastic

Very cool. Very unique looking environment.

Looks like she gets turned on by displays of strength.

Very nice work! The pieces of moss acting as weeds/grass coming through the bricks really sells it.  

And super cute photo-story. ;D

If only she knew that was a giant styrofoam ball!

Good job, I like the wall with the moss. The stairs  could be upgraded with some Lychen and dirt. An old sofa would look cool too.

Would be funny if they had a smoke on the last two pics.
Is the steel skeleton showing through his elbow?

It looks good for your first diorama, specially the brick work. If you are okay with tips I can give you one , whenever you work with that type of foam try to mix some white glue (pva) and water, don't make it too watery but a bit less thick and then apply it over the foam so that it doesn't suck so much paint.

Oh and before you apply the glue/water mix do your brickwork or your bullet holes, explosions, cracks, whatever cause pva can dry pretty hard and doing them after will do more harm than good.

I'd say it could use some weathering here and there, but overall, well done!

The suggestion to use PVA glue as a sealer is an excellent idea. To get an even coating you can use diluted PVA in a spray bottle.

Excellent job. The brick wall is my favourite. That last shot needs a couple of cigarettes (Edit: Ovy beat me to it )

It looks very good, and you did a great job presenting it with this scene between your characters. Be careful with the moss; I had what I can only think was an allergic reaction when working with something like that for the Endor environment in my HT ROTJ Stormtrooper review.

All of these are helpful tips; glad I went ahead and shared these, I knew some things were missing/could be improved, just wasn't sure what yet.

The cigarette idea was actually something I considered, it would just require some photomanipulation on my part and I haven't had access to that recently due to my laptop being (accidentally) stepped on and broken.

And yeah, the elbow was somehow pierced a while back and haven't always been able to hide it. I guess it wouldn't really matter with most Terminator/Wolverine figures, huh?

Well conceived and executed. I’d say it’s definitely a successful first diorama. They only get better as you go.