And Now, For Something Completely Different....... (1 Viewer)

[Hussar4Hussies]

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[wayne556517]

Very graphic mate and very impressive.

 

[Desertkiwi]

Simply Brilliant mate, as I mentioned in my PM, your eye for detail and placement is outstanding and lighting superb.:salute::

 

[wwiibuff]

Nice!

 

[BHogan]

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Great diorama! Who makes the figures though? I recognize some of them are K&C.

Brendan

 

[villagehorse]

Certainly is different, well done. Robin.

 

[Hussar4Hussies]

I used 4 different manufactures, the tank (Panzer II)and the majority of the British and Indian 8th Army soldiers, are indeed King and Country. The defending Afrika Korps figures in close combat status using helmet and shovel as weapons, are Honor Bound set #HB047, along with the British soldier with outstretched bayonet flanking the AK firing his MP-40, which is K&C. His unfortunate target is from the Figariti casualty set. An obscured AK soldier is from the The Collectors Showcase of a pointing alarmed soldier from their armored car set.

I used K&C barbered wire roll with a desert dune with barbed wire fence from the Build-o-Rama diorama accessories and a live smoke bomb from Red Devil Fireworks on the disabled Panzer II (it was purchased damaged, as is, so the risk was minimal of devaluation from resulting burns).

My inspiration was from reading Fighting with the Desert Rats: An Infantry Officer's War with the Eight Army by Major H.P. Samwell MC
A wonderful book and still very affordable in a hardback volume, under $5.00.

So when I purchased the Figariti casualty set I did hesitate knowing that using them in my photographs would enter my work into the darker realm of warfare, and of course the Honor Bound insured that there was no turning back when I purchased and used them too. So indeed I was aware of the intensity of my photograph and did wish to reflect the somber reality of an infantry attack of an isolated outpost by a fighting patrol.

Allot of time I am guided by both the recent reading of a great history book and the individual characteristics of a painted figure by the many manufactures of our hobby. It still amazes me the available poses and paint work that is so economical that I could never paint to that degree in any of my photo shoots. So I must always acknowledge the many crafts-persons involved in the design, production, and distribution of such quality cast figures that make my work possible. Truly the art of the toy soldiers and my fascination with recreating scenes from my reading allows a picture to develop when I am in the act of photographing. I usually don't have a set plan, rather the scene unfolds in the last hours of daylight upon an ancient stream bed upraised by plate tectonics to provide me with the perfect studio to shoot in. Upon darkness the "set" is dismantled and the models are packed away again for another day. I go home to review many shots to pick out only a few and even less I find the time to upload on this forum so I also wish to thank all of you for your appreciation and feedback of my work.

Cheers

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[villagehorse]

It's a credit to you that you are able to source many different items to bring together a well thought out scene. Keep up the great work. Robin.