Hey all,
Finished this one a while ago but just got around to taking some shots of it.

Inspired by Bill Horan’s “Ghosts of Chillianwallah”, I used Evolution Miniatures “Big Set” of 1/35 WWII US Pacific Marines to produce this vignette of a squad from the 1st Marines returning from a patrol in the Umurbrogal Hills (aka “Bloody Nose Ridge”) during the 1944 battle for the island of Peleliu, so vividly portrayed in the 2009 HBO series “The Pacific”:



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Some detail shots...















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As always, any comments or advice much appreciated.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian,
This is really good stuff. Everything, including the compostion is top notch!!

Bob

That is jaw dropping stuff mate. Top notch everything. I can't pick anything out to even comment on. Spectacular. Something to aspire to.

Spectacular!
They look beaten and tired, not easy to do...top notch!
Scott

Hi Brian,
Your dio really looks the part,excellent work.
Andy

FINALLY!!!!!
Love this diorama! Having seen it up close in the flesh, I must say it's absolutely unbelievable The detail of each figure is intense. The whole thing is very emotional and moving...

Beautiful work all 'round

Colin

Superb. Congrats !

That is spectacular, great detail, great composition, and great execution. You should be very proud of this one
Ben

Outstanding Brian!

Awesome work all round, but as Colin said, every detail is beautifully done, no shortcuts taken here with this piece.

Superb!


Cheer's,
Jeff.

Beautifully done Brian. The composition is perfect and the personal details add realism and create quite a moving story.

Super work Brian.
You have really captured the Horan feel of no matter where you look there will be something going on.....even on the groundwork!!!!
Keith

Excellent. Perfect job, congrats!

Cheers,
Adrian

Hi Brian

Amazing stuff & sort of an "anti-Ghosts" vignette with reverse of lush terrain & bright colours of Victorian era Brits.

Sobering story telling!

Inspiring to keep pushing envelope beyond pilots to

Thanks for showing it to us.

Mike

Superb, nicely staged and evocative. Captures everything about the battle.

Great work.
Ralph.

WOW that is very nice indeed well done love it.

Ian

Thanks all for the kind compliments. The sculpting of the base figures (by Sergey Tavianskiy) beautifully captured the "ragged-assed" look of Marines even before I added any paint. As it was, I did a few modifications to a couple of the characters, swapping out some heads for Alpine or Hornet replacements, repositioning the odd arm, adding helmets to a couple of heads to hint that they were still in a dangerous place, though coming out of the line for a break before being sent back.

Here's a few more shots:













Thanks again for looking in!

Brian

Wow that's a lot of great work in 1 place

Amazing work.

Marc