My First Dio

Snake_Doctor_01 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 06:38

Hi all, This is my first dio. I have had a few figures for several years now, and I never realized how much better they look when they are in a scene. This one is a Blue box Marine in a forest setting. I have a new ACU uniform coming and a beautiful SCAR for him to load up with. Ones to come include a Delta operator in the desert, and the one I am really excited about, is a CIA operator, about to enter a building closing in on a high priority target. If I can reproduce the image in my head, it will be amazing. Anyway, Enjoy and all criticism welcome

Snake_Doc

Piranha · #2 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 07:33

this looks excellent!
Would work well for a Predator scene also.

88Reaper88 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 07:54

Very nice!!
I personally would make him lean out from the tree more as his whole is visible to the enemy! maybe even have him on one knee?

dic07046139 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 12:03

Awesome work, I attempted a similar forest scene but I failed terribly, You on the other hand have done really well. I cant wait to see your next dio.

delfire · #5 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 12:06

Very well done I like it :-)

gaiagear · #6 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 13:42

Very nice dio.

uramegak · #7 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 14:20

Great dio, man!

Socrates187 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 15:21

Fantastic Work! I've had a forest dio in my mind for a while.

Snake_Doctor_01 · #9 (**permalink**) 11-16-2009, 18:03

hey all, just a quick update. I finally got his new uniform and gave him an M4. I think its finished now....lol. for the moment anyway.

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iampoch · #10 (**permalink**) 11-16-2009, 18:37

Great bash

Though I think the old uniform blended in better with the dio. Then again, I'm really biased against the ACU

MediumMack · #11 (**permalink**) 11-16-2009, 19:31

Beautiful dio my man. Excellent work. My dio's always start fast, but never finish. Not to nay say at all, but what the heck is ACU even supposed to blend in with? My grandmother has a couch that might work.

Snake_Doctor_01 · #12 (**permalink**) 11-16-2009, 23:14

"but what the heck is ACU even supposed to blend in with? My grandmother has a couch that might work"....thats a great line. I love it. it made me lol

iampoch · #13 (**permalink**) 11-16-2009, 23:46

One of the few real-world instances that ACU works are urban areas with gravel/cement colors as well as rocky mountains, particularly some of those mountainous regions in Afghanistan

There's a very good thread in OSW about ACU here:

End of ACUs?

From the thread, here are some good examples of ACUs working:

Everywhere else, though, and ACUs stand out like a sore thumb IMHO. Also, the Army should definitely stop calling it as the Universal Camouflage Pattern. It's not. Call it GravelPat or RockyMtnPat or whatever. Or GrandmaCouchPat