Hey Carl that is just the ticket and soooo cheap too!! many thanks mate I'll get some.

Hi Steve

Thank you for your kind comments.

I will definately contemplate bringing this over to FW but I hate the though of transporting and the risk of damage so I'll definately have a think about it.

Carl
That is very kind mate. To make it easier can we sort the S&T figure out at fw mate?

Thanks
Dave

Thats a great result david,as you said the figure itself looks top notch,the scenery is great as well,well done on the barbed wire it looks very realistic,did you take the photo outside?,it adds to the overall realism,i really like it mate,thanks for posting

Brian

Hi Brian

Thank you for dropping in and for your words of encouragement.

Yes the photo's were all done outside in my back garden. I have quite a large garden with lots of mature japanese maples which give various amounts of reds and greens so it kind of helped with the overall illusion.

Natural daylight always enhances a figure/scene IMO, especially if you can give the impression of the sun shining through.

Barbed wire was painstaking lol!!

Cheers
Dave

Thank you very much Dave. As I thought the barbed wire is hand made with a lot of work.
Cheers.

http://www.mininet.tv/egminiatures.html

Your hard work has payed of yet again Dave, you have done a great job on both figure and groundwork for this one and I like the dynamics of the piece.

Steve

A very realistic looking German, David. Like a scene from "The world at war".

Hi Steve & John

Thanks for your kind comments.

I do try to spend time capturing movement and drama and I like the feeling of this guy hurrying through the woods. It is possibly something you could quite easily see in one of the World At War programmes.

Steve
It's hard work but definately a labour of love. I am just putting together my final plans for the next project which is the biggest undertaking to date (it will be sat on a 600 x 500mm board) should take around 12 months and one I will work to present in a competition of sorts next year.

I will get the photo's together and post on VBench in due course.

Thanks for your support
Dave

Hi Dave mate,
What can one add to a list of deserved compliments, the fluency, dynamics and ergonomics of the whole piece are truly inspirational, a master fit of figure to groundwork. No stone unturned if you pardon the pun.
I have certainly been looking in the garden, after taking inspiration from first seeing your creation for a future project of mine.
Very well done, can’t wait to follow your next outing. Is it with the tank riders?
Cheers
Richie

Hi Richie

Thank you so much for your comments I very much appreciate you taking the time to comment and help (along with everyone else) to inspir me to much greater heights.

It's kind of funny but there are items in modelling where one has strengths and weaknesses.I struggle with the confidence to add more tones to the skin and end up relying on critique to push me along. With groundwork it kind of just comes naturally but you must always take some time to study landscape and the behaviours of nature to draw the viewer in to a scene.

Everything you need, nature provides, this is not only money saving but it is also great fun looking for items as you walk through the countryside. A great example of this was my recent visit to Dorset and I noticed some dried up seaweed which looks so realistic as scaled dried or long grass.I also picked up some very small pieces of dry wood which had some perculiar knots and great colour for a very old wood effect. Finally I have been around my village and collected the spongy moss that looks like lichen which grows on trees and can be easily scraped off and used forready made moss on old roof tops,trees, stone etc.

If you ever need any help please just ask and I will try to help.

Just make sure you put all your attention in to the groundwork until it's almost completed before embarking on your chosen figure otherwise there is a risk of it going in the tomorrow box.

The last nit of advice is to post on VBench because you get a neutral view with members helping to point you in the right direction, there is nowayI would have acheived this result without some honest guidance.

Thanks
Dave

I'm gonna throw my three cents in here and say I really like your results. Very realistic approach and I really like the base and of course your figure work is very impressive. He looks very real.

Taking those pics on an overcast day really sets the mood and actually brings out all the detail on the figure, and base. The MG swinging from the strap really came across very realistically too. I would say you can chalk this one up as a stunning success, one I keep going back and looking at. If you got me going back looking at it over and over again, I'm looking to see what I can learn from you, so Bravo Dave, Bravo!!! Keep em coming, love your work.


Cheers, Ski.

Thank you so much Steve and I am glad you like it.

This is the great thing about this site, everyone is willing to share and help when it's needed.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work too matey.

Dave

Looks nice Dave ! I love Jeff Shiu's work and this is on my most wanted list,I have a few of his sculpts to start.

Carl

Very very nice Dave!

Worth the effort...



Mark

Thanks Guys

Carl, I am of the opinion that Jeff is one of the best in the business at this scale, the casting is also wonderful so you will have great fun painting them.

Mark, it was alot of effort but the best results are always acheived by being patient and it took longer than I thought. It is probably down to it evolving over the build.

Thanks
Dave

Nice one Dave and a different setting, here. Bravo.