King & Country: Displays and Dioramas (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

A place to share (if you wish) your displays or dioramas of military miniatures made by K&C from the company's beginnings in 1984 through the present. Photographs of single items or collections are welcome.

 

[PolarBear]

"To the Front: December 1944"

Private Joe Rinaldi and PFC Bob Sanders, a .30 cal machine gun team, are hastened to the frontlines in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge the day after Christmas 1944. [BBA025 and BBA019]
Randy

 

[Wraith]

That's a great shot Randy. Looks very life like, and a great choice of figures.

Simon

 

[Rob]

Excellant work again Randy.

Rob

 

[OzDigger]

Nice pic Randy, and it's good to see a WWII subject

Btw, as you may know, I'm not into taking photos of miniature figures with backgrounds but I have just had an idea. White powder sprinkled in front of the background would enable blending of the bottom of the figures into such snowy scenes. The depth of the 'snow' could be varied to give drift appearance, you could even add 'footprints' etc.

 

[PolarBear]

Nice pic Randy, and it's good to see a WWII subject

Btw, as you may know, I'm not into taking photos of miniature figures with backgrounds but I have just had an idea. White powder sprinkled in front of the background would enable blending of the bottom of the figures into such snowy scenes. The depth of the 'snow' could be varied to give drift appearance, you could even add 'footprints' etc.

Hi Oz

Here is one with white "snow" from Woodland Scenics I did last year.

Randy

 

[OzDigger]

That's the type of image I was thinking of

 

[PolarBear]

"Deadly Oasis" 1942

Near the shade of a grove of palm trees an SAS mortar team launches an attack on a DAK recon patrol wending its way back to its base camp in the Libyan desert. [K&C figures EA019 and EA021]
Randy 3/26/08

 

[Kurt]

Randy,

Do you get all of your backgrounds from webshots?

 

[PolarBear]

Randy,

Do you get all of your backgrounds from webshots?

Kurt

I use a mix of sources including Webshots. I use Google image search quite a bit. I try to find exact locales for my scenes, so the desert backdrop is actually Libya.

Randy

 

[PolarBear]

Welche Weise zur Hilfsmittelstation ?

An NCO gives directions to Heinrich Fischer who is transporting a wounded comrade to a nearby first aid station in the Ardennes in December of 1944.
[K&C figures WS084 and BBG009]
Randy

 

[OzDigger]

Wow Randy, that looks great. IMHO the extra effort to blend in the entire figure rather than cut off the feet is worth it. Of course that's coming from a critic that rarely bothers with taking photos

 

[PolarBear]

Wow Randy, that looks great. IMHO the extra effort to blend in the entire figure rather than cut off the feet is worth it. Of course that's coming from a critic that rarely bothers with taking photos

Thanks Oz--this one was just for you. The powdered snow makes a mess and sticks to everything so I use it sparingly. It is attracted like a magnet to the photo paper in the background

Randy

 

[OzDigger]

What do you use for snow that makes it so sticky? I have heard of a variety of snow that modelers use, such as talcum powder, baking powder and plaster of Paris powder but I didn't know there were 'sticky' varieties.

Btw, I reckon Andy should pay you a commission as his sled set has never looked better.

 

[Kurt]

Randy,

I like those trees. Did you make those yourself? If not, where did you get them.

Thanks

 

[PolarBear]

The trees are from Michaels Arts & Crafts Christmas items

The snow is Woodland Scenics which seems to have a lot of static to it and is just attracted to surfaces. It gets all over my work area. It does come off with a brush. However, even after I have cleaned off the base where I set up the figures it retains a gritty feeling. Other than that it is quite realistic. I used to have some of my figures in a permanent diorama with it and then I began to worry about its long-term corrosive effects so just use it for the temporary scenes.

You will notice that the sled is shot from the opposite side which you normally see in ad photos. This way you now get to see the wounded German and that he is having a smoke.

Randy

 

[PolarBear]

"Dead in their Tracks 1944"

A US Army M5 High Speed Tractor crew has run out of gas in the Ardennes and been captured by a patrol of German panzergrenadiers during the Battle of the Bulge.
Randy 4/18/08

 

[debrito]

Randy beautiful photo

 

[PolarBear]

Randy beautiful photo

Thanks Rod.
It's not hard to take a good photos of these great figures.

Randy

 

[PolarBear]

"Sunnyside 1944"


Two "GI Joes"prepare breakfast in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge