Inspiration: AMAZING diorama work

[mangozac]

This link got posted over on WAU and after spending a couple of hours reading through the thread I just had to share here:
Extremely inspirational stuff! Now I have the urge to pull out my SAW and finish off that vignette...

But I've got too many other projects on the go....

[Fleafa]

That is amazing...

[paulson games]

Man that is some seriously nice work. Only way it'd get much more realistic is if you had a hair dryer pointed at your eye balls to replicate the abysmal heat.

Looks amazingly good and this is not a knock in the slightest to his skill but there's just no possible way to convey the overwhelming sense of dust and dryness of being there first hand. Absolutely incredible work on every aspect of that diroma.

[Seb]

Pretty much as per the above comments. I am however taking away that very clever crushed road technique.

Be brilliant for urban table layout

- Seb

[mangozac]

[Deadmeat30]

Having served in Iraq, i can say that is truely amazing!!!

[paulson games]

I noticed something that isn't quite right, not the moddeling but in terms of the context. The shot up building has furniture laying about. The second the firing stops Iraqis will swarm over the conflict areas and strip them to bare dirt. If a building is wasted it will be gutted of any contents within minutes.

I've seen looting going on where guys were running into a burning building to grab stuff and at first I thought they were trying to save the stuff for the owner but no once they were out of the building with their loot they disappeared with it. They are willing to risk their lives over stuff that we'd not even find fit to throw out.

While a more rare occurance sometimes they will even risk live fire to loot, I once saw a dude run through the middle of a fire fight to grab a cardboard box full of vegtables from a vendors cart. That's a pretty tall order for some groceries.

[mangozac]

Wow. We really have no idea what it's like over there

I wouldn't be surprised if the modeller knew about that but chose to ignore it for artistic license. His attention to detail is fantastic and when you read a lot of the thread you can tell that he put a lot of thought into realism.

[Seb]

I've seen a few videos by lads on the ground over there, not surprised at all by Paulson's account. Reminds me of Boxing Day sales here in Australia. The women go a new kind of loco.

Perhaps they should send some diggers into Myers during seasonal sales to get mob training?

- Seb

[paulson games]

We have some craziness in the sates for black friday sales which is the day after thanksgiving, retailers have insanely discounted items to lure customers in and it creates a frenzied madness I thought was reserved exclusively for UK soccer game hooliganry.

There was a new article I think it was two years back at this point where a store employee at a walmart got trampled to death by shoppers when he opened the door to let them in, the people were in such a panicked rush they bowled him over and he got crushed to death under foot when some 2,000 people came pouring in like crazed cattle. Really shameful behavior.

Edit:
Found the article from 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/busin ... wanted=all

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiFnDTAt0IE

[Lane]

The ironic thing about the Black Friday sales, and the mobs they create, is how few of the big discount items there are.

Had a friend working at a big chain retail store and according to him the big sale items are gone in the first 50-100 customers. For example the store (chain) advertised a big screen TV at almost 50% off, while supplies last. My friend said his store had two at that price and sold within five minutes of opening.

[mangozac]

It's amazing what a shortage of money does to some people.

[Fleafa]

I think it is less the shortage of money and more their greed.

[paulson games]

I think stupidity and disreguard for others is the underlying factor.

While in this case greed was a major factor, this stuff does sadly happen at soccer games, concerts and other places where big crowds are present and there's nothing of value at stake. All it takes is a bunch of people deciding they are more important than everyone else and start crowding together and pushing.

Cows are incredibly dumb and stapeedes are always a threat with them.

[Seb]