Thank you all for your kind words and congratulations. I am really honored.
Actually I´ve built and painted this within one and a half weeks. There are about 20 figures. For every figure I needed about one hour to paint it. And for the landscape, explosion, arrangement and some simple figure conversions I needed about five hours. Some evening sessions from 9 p.m. (when my daughter is in bed) to 1 a.m. (when Papa needs to go to bed too) and it was done.
I´ve taken the fotos outside in the sunshine with real forest and real sky in the background. I think this is the best way to take realistic diorama pictures.
So cheers and a big DANKESCHÖN to you all! And now I have to work for another hour for keeping my golden brush.