Building Dioramas Paperback – Illustrated, 1 May 2014

This started out looking promising but quickly faded.For a book about diorama building it has quite a large chapter on airbrushes and the number of different airbrushes the author has.In the figure painting section, we are shown how to paint a 1/16th bust!!! What this has to do with dioramas is anybodys guess.The chapters showing the step by step builds don't really show that much.The author, on a few occasions, mentions the great Shep Paine and his 80's book, How To Build Dioramas, and how it inspired him to write this one. Well this isn't a patch on the Paine book and I would highly recommend that anyone looking for a how to guide to dioramas, search out Sheps book and leave this one alone.Don't get me wrong, the quality of the work shown is first rate, but I think the author would have been better off producing a gallery style book showing his finished works and leaving the How To books to others.

author chris mrosko has put together an excellent book,ideal reading for novice beginner or experienced modeller he explains everything you need to know ,when putting a diorama togethor.from the basic idea to the final result ,with how to photos of projects in process,well explained ,with plenty of good quality illustrations. theres even a chapter devoted to airbrush skills which i found very informative . this is a book that every serious modeller should get.

Disappointed with this book. Very little in it telling you how to actually construct a diorama! Quite a bit from the author on how great he is at it though. Half the book is taken up with things like how to clean an airbrush and pretty worthless information like that. I love the way this guy tells you he made something, say a decal he downloaded off the web, but never actually says how how he did it! I wanted something that gave me some help on building a diorama; how to create scenery, what materials to use, etc. I'd also add that there's a lot of waffle in the text, may be that's because the author is American and that's his style. But it makes for a rather disjointed read IMO. So, in summary, if you want a guide to constructing dioramas, this ain't it.

Good book and well worth the money with a lot of guidance on building dioramas.

This was bought for my husband who enjoys painting models of war people and guns and all things so he founf this book quite handy and informative thank you

What a fantastic book, Covers all aspects of creating dioramas.This book is ideal for all levels of modelling both young and old.a great read and simple instructions throughout,once started hard to put down till finishedalong time coming after reading that great modeller Shepard Paines books

Fantastic book! Full of details and ver rich and comprehensive explanations with lot of didactic and step-by-step photos, notably in what regards to figures face painting. Recommended for all the beginners/intermediate hobbyst that want to progress in their skills,

Very useful and detailed book on the subject of dioramas which for modellers old and new I am sure is well worth the purchase as there are many useful tips and ideas to follow.