Hi all, I always wanted to make my version of this diorama of the famous picture.
I started my work making conversions of the soldiers from 2 old boxes of 1.32 Airfix multiposes: American and german, looking for body legs and harms that my fit soldiers positions of the picture.
After all kinds of cuts and surgery I was finding the place of each one:
all very tide in a small space and all theirs hands had to reach the pole (except for one hand of Mike and the Indian Ira). The two soldiers of the other side were created looking of what I can see it the picture, and the free space left in the group. All marines uniforms details were sculpt, to mach the photo, as the 10 hands, created directly on the pole.
All painted in Acrylics. The 48 stars flag was painted over paper and molded wet, on position

I’ll appreciate and welcome all yours comments.

Adriano

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Excellent reconstruction of this famous event, you have captured every man and his pose, position and movement just like the actual image, hard to tell the difference between the two images as you have captured it so well. The flag is also made very realistic, nice proportions for the thickness of the cloth and realistic movement.

excellent result

Steve

hello
well as steve did write if you make an pic in black and white and let on decide which is the real which is the model i think one had an hard time-oh well second look you already did..the only difference i see its that the orginal pic is of lesser quality and coarser-not more.you copied really any wrinkle on the uniforms
this is e-x-c-e-l-l-e-n-t work
cheers

Well done!!

Yes, superb rendition of the event...congratulations on all aspects of this beauty. Bravo!

Fantastic work in creating this scene.

Pls allow me to pay respect to a sincere act such as yours. This is significant, and will echo in eternity.

Marvelous Adriano! A wonderful tribute to Marines everywhere!

All the best,
Dan

Hi Steve, Markus, IonMike, Phil, Mike, Ngai, Daniel,

you all thery kinds and I really appreciate the nice the comments. I treid to do my best.

Regards

Adriano

Very Nice Conversions. I really like the overall presenatation. Very nice effect on "Old Glory."

To realistic and therefore its so great.

Marc

Klass!!

Great sculpting and excellent painting.
Your DIORAMA is very dramatic.
Soldiers' uplifting feeling is wonderful.
I congratulate completion.

Mitsutaka

Harlan Block
Rene Gagnon
John Bradley
Franklin Sousley
Mike Strank
Ira Hayes

Would all be proud.

Semper Fidelis

Fabulous work

The flag is just awesome and so realistic in the ever so slight transparancy!

Absolutely awesome!

Hello
Michael, Marc, Sergey, Mitsutaka and David,
yours words of appreciation really mean a lot to me.

Thanks again

Adriano

Thanks Gordy, and yes I wanted the flag to be as light as possible

Thanks AjLaFleche for the comment

Adriano

Adriano,congratulations on a lovely piece of modeling / painting,i've seen many modelers try to pull this scene off but yours is great,with only the photo to work from you have captured the poses brilliantly,well done my friend and thanks for posting.