stunning, a very moving piece of work and a great tribute to a lot of brave young men.

tony

Great pic of this masterpiece Mike, shame it's going/gone offshore

Grateful for kind words Keith, though Steve Warrilow deserves credit for composition.
He managed a tight grouping at various levels which worked well to convey the desperation of this action.
I have another set which I plan to do in a smaller vignette of three one day, with different tone of rest & vigilance.

Ta! Joe, cool to see you picking out these details which aren't really evident without these larger shots.
Unfortunately some details I included aren't visible in any of my photos so will be a surprise for my collector.
Including small roots sticking out of bank below sandbags, something I often saw on the Cove when I visited.

Thanks to you both Nap & Ken. I do hope it meets with his expectations.
He normally collects Toy Soldiers such as First Guards & Kings Country which are amazing pieces.
Also so much more affordable than these individually, custom painted pieces we do.

Pete & Tony, this is the most important motivation of all & pleased this comes across.
Steve provided a striking canvas to represent this scene.
Was a special challenge to paint.

Appreciated Les mate!
Yep gotta admit it was a tough giving these guys up, but they were never truly mine.
Honoured to get the commission & I know he will really value them.
Will do my own interpretation one day using some of these figures as a base for telling another story from this era.

I found this on our Regimental museum page and thought of this wee vignette. Excellent work Mike.
Scotty.

Thanks Scotty
Argylls & ANZACs must have bumped into each other throughout WW1 with these Battle Honours.
Recall Scots & ANZACs were involved in Etaples Mutiny/Riot in 1917.
Perhaps says something about their "Play hard, work hard" attitude.

Etaples wasn't exactly a high point in the army's history but I suppose the troops felt they were standing against unfair treatment. We had a Kiwi sergeant attached a few years ago and he presented the mess with a grass cape and green stone in a big frame. Nice guy and a good soldier but I can't remember his name.

Recall Monocled Mutineer - interesting revisit of this event with Paul McGann.
I prefer Charley's War story, just read it as collecting this series.
ANZACs were certainly amongst it http://www.militarian.com/threads/mutiny-at-etaples-base-in-1917.7050/
Never good at authority & being told what to do. Similiar incidents in Egypt before Gallipoli.

Neat to hear of Kiwi secondment & gift to mess.

Great work super

Great work indeed, a really cracking piece of art, i think. Congrats

Cheers Borek

Fantastic!

AWESOME!
Mark

I'm glad R Dominick brought this up, it's a beautifully executed piece, both the superb detailing and painting of the figures, and the base. Bravo..

Thanks Robert, Mark & Henk.
It was a special project - miss looking at it.
Coincidentally I’m working in another Gallipoli base this weekend, again using actual earth from Chunuk Bair. It’s a less dramatic scene but will be nice to finally get it completed & will share here as always.
MikeTheKiwi