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"How the gods kill"

Discussion in 'vBench (Works in Progress)' started by Johan Fohlin, May 10, 2014.

  1. Johan Fohlin Active Member

    Country:
    Sweden
    Hi all,

    I like to share some pics of my latest diorama, depicting German grenadiers on the Narwa front during the early spring of 1944.


    The story:
    The soldiers has been tasked to cart last nights casualties from a near by field hospital to the rear lines for burial. However, as the men and horses make their way down a narrow, muddy and shell scared road, the horses are suddenly aghast by a near miss from a Russian stray artillery shell. The cart slides of the muddy road and in the turmoil is now dangerously close to getting stuck in an old foxhole just beside the road. The men, who despite the early hour, are already loaded on alcohol try desperately to save the cart and its cargo...

    The figures I have used to crate this diorama are either converted stock plastic/resin figures, or scratched built. I used Vallejo colours for both the paining and weathering.

    regards,
    Johan



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  2. Johan Fohlin Active Member

    Country:
    Sweden
    Below are some pics on the individual figures.

    Fig.1) Originally an old Warriors figure with some minor modifications.

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    Fig.2) Also this is an old Wariors figure.
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    Fig.3) I used a figure from the Miniart range as base to create this fig.
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    Fig.4) once more, a figure from Miniart came in handy.
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    Fig.5) One more oldie from the Wariors range...
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    Fig.6) Scratched built figure.
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    Fig.7) This Russian POW (Hiwi) is also scratched built.
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    Fig.8) Warriors...
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  3. Johan Fohlin Active Member

    Country:
    Sweden
    The horses are converted from the old Dragon kit "German Cossack Cavalry"
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    I used the wagon from Master Box and converted/scratched the stiffs.
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    Finally, a picture of the painting that inspired me to build this diorama. I saw it at the Museum of Military History at Vienna, back in 2010.
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    Thanks for looking!
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  4. pmfs A Fixture

    Country:
    Portugal
    Hi Johan!

    Splendid work sir. This dio tells us a terrible story of these soldiers... Well done!!!

    Pedro.
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  5. ACCOUNT_DELETED A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    Awesome. My only slightly critical comment is that the figures are too clean for the scene IMO. The painting and composition are superb as are the soldiers' and animals' facial expressions. Nice to see all that effort going into a scene with no tank to be seen.

    Colin
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  6. Mjølner PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    Denmark
    Wow... I just love it you have managed to capture the intense atmosphere in the moment. Great expressions in there faces, great work on the dio and paintjob.
    Indeed.... well done (y)
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  7. swralph A Fixture

    Excellent diorama
  8. Kisifer Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    I'm speechless. That's indeed an awesome diorama. Well done sir.

    Xenofon
  9. housecarl Moderator

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Very poignant, superbly done.(y)
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  10. tonydawe A Fixture

    Country:
    Australia
    An amazing diorama. Great figures and amazing groundwork.
  11. Nicolaos Well-Known Member

    To cite a French expression: "Chapeau bas!"(y)
  12. NickM Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Australia
    A perfect diorama, Johan. The atmosphere and story are captured perfectly, but the painting is also superb.
    Thanks for posting pics of how you converted the figures too, nice to see.
    Cheers
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  13. Mark S Guest

    Wonderful work.....Bruegelesque!!
  14. yeo_64 Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Singapore
    Awesome piece of Top Notch figure modelling and diorama story-telling (y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)! Kudos :LOL:!
    Thank you very much for posting it here for us fellow "planeteers" to enjoy :D.
    Cheers!
    Kenneth.
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  15. YongA01 Active Member

    Country:
    Malaysia
    Hi John
    Brilliant animated diorama , always like how u used the expressive hornet head in your dioramas.

    Allan
  16. smudger1960 PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    That is just superb Johan,the detail is fantastic,congratulations
  17. taff edwards A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Hi Johan
    A superb dio of musem quality the attention to detail is superb , telling a harrowing story faced by infantary soldiers who ever they fought for outstanding yet another I will be sitting down with my glass of wine to look at an absorb the work and detail you have put into this .
    Cheers Chris
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  18. lopee Active Member

    Country:
    Czech-Republic
    Hello Johan
    very well done. Painting is excellent, so do pose of every figure but the main - and the best for me - is the story in it. It's much more better than the picture you saw in 2010.
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  19. Helm A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Excellent the horses in particular stand out like Colin I think the faces and hands could do with some mud but otherwise excellent work
    Steve
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  20. schley Active Member

    Country:
    Ireland
    Hi Johan Absolutely excellent diorama well done! I do have an observation, I think that the lower parts of the figures horses and the wagon wheels would benefit from some extra mud effects as it looks as if the soil is pretty fluid and mucky. I think this would enhance the diorama considerably. Just an observation on a fantastic job.

    Regards

    John Schley
    www.grailmodels.moonfruit.com
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