Wednesday 30 June 2021

100 Beautiful Dioramas

 The latest edition to my bookshelf, building dioramas has always been a prominent feature of the toy soldier collecting scene in Germany and this book illustrates 100 of the best from museum exhibits to examples in private collections.  30mm flat tin figures predominate, as you might expect, but there are plenty that include modern solid figures from 54mm down to 20mm.  

The architectural and landscape features are often the most impressive elements in the displays but what they all have in common is that they are exquisitely executed.  The dioramas are organised in chronological order of historical period depicted from prehistoric times to WW2.

The subject won't appeal to everyone but if your eye is pleased by pretty pictures of miniature figures then it probably will.


Compiled by Dr Egon Krannich and Walter Brock, 114 pages, illustrated throughout with about half the pictures in full colour.  The text is in German but after the Introduction this is mostly limited to a description of the diorama, who made it and where it is, finally there is a directory with brief notes on the diorama builders and other books in the series. ISBN 3-933124-07-7 I bought my copy through Amazon.de


A sample page from the book.

8 comments:

  1. looks fantastic - but appears to be unavailable now...

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    1. I got it through Amazon Germany just last week but I think it may be privately published.

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    1. Some of the scenes are indeed quite inspiring!

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  3. It looks like a gorgeous book Brian! It gives us a model to admire and a goal to shoot for! Nice find!

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    1. I do think good figures are improved by a good setting.

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  4. I suspect that this should be tagged as "A dangerous book".

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    1. Some of the scenes certainly take your breath away!

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