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I realised that I posted the previous update image on the VS thread... That's the trouble with multitasking....;) Anyway, I started to make moulds from the masters. Can't wait to see what the castings look like....

Bldg up the archi elements. More wip on the figs. Making some effort to add details as these figs are in the foreground.

I painted the base with some highlights and also some figs.

last wip for the night. Girls are all given a rectangular plate. Piper is given hair. Yawn.

more wip. The putty takes about 1-2 hrs to harden sufficiently for the nx round of sculpting. I have to work in stages on different areas as I need to hold the fig during sculpting.

Starting to add hands to the figs. The new figs to the left are meant as models. The three to the right will be used for masters. I use a smaller gauge wire for these skinny limbs. The man is turning out to be a pan piper.

lets throw in a curve ball. Curved plastic strips to liven things up.

Adding putty and getting the different heights correct. I am trying to imbue the figs with characters.

Starting to shape the armatures. Also made three young girls.

I lengthened the right leg of the servile courtier. The leg now rests on the base. I removed the front officer for a better view. The base was painted in oils to simulate my scene.

Hi John, Thanks for that kind remark. I'm starting to knock up more figs for this. Some of them will be used as masters for some moulds... Rgds Victor

Painted the sky. Then I testfitted the 7 figs made so far within the scene.

I prised out all the wooden bits inside the box. Then I fabricated a sky bkgd for the scene.

I painted the base with matt black. Then I took a closeup photo of the group to the right. The photo doesn"t really show it but the right leg of one of the hidden courtiers behind the officer does not quite touch the ground when I adjusted his pose to be especially servile. So I will have to...

Thx Louis for yr enthusiasm and support for this diorama. I love it myself for the sheer drama and intensity of the charge. Rgds Victor

Making up some wagon tracks for the base.

Since I shortened the pair, including the coat skirts, I had to shift the lace details upwards... will also shift the buttons later. Downsized the triplets quite considerably. Continued to add to the Rasputin like figure....

Ive now added the natives to the right side to fill the void and mask the bkgd base interface. You can see the stages. This is finished to my satisfaction. Thanks for watching. Rgds Victor

started repainting this piece. Taking my time as the details are very intricate.

Here's the right side of the diorama if y peer into it. Hence, I wanted to create more natives to mask the abrupt edge of the backdrop. Here's the painted natives.