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breslau said:
Love the sepia-like photos. Very effective.
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Thanks....I do like them also, there are more on our site. Also catch The Great Crusade while you are there, if you haven't already.

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Here is another sepia we like..

And some artillery support for Panda's beleaguered Brits at Market Garden.

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I have been going through our sepia stuff, here is one you may have seen, but maybe some new members have not. This is one of my favorites. Mostly because I love Airborne stuff. Speaking about Airborne it will be coming hot and heavy in The Great Crusade shortly.


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This is the first color still published from Episode I of The Great Crusade.

Here are some statistics:

This scene took several months to complete. The buildings and dock are all scratch built from house insulation and balsa wood. An interesting note, the castle like pillars on the roof of one of the factories, are made from electrical connectors.

The Crane was built from various parts from our scrap bin

The water is cellophane, and the foam is stretched cotton fiber.

The sky was computer painted and we smoothed out the cotton fiber with the computer. But that is about it.......This scene is real........ it exists .......it is 8' long by 2' wide and will reside in our future museum. It actually looks better in person.... Alex

View The Great Crusade Episode I

http://www.battlesceneproductions.net/episode1.htm


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Firebat said:
This is the first color still published from Episode I of The Great Crusade.

Here are some statistics:

This scene took several months to complete. The buildings and dock are all scratch built from house insulation and balsa wood. An interesting note, the castle like pillars on the roof of one of the factories, are made from electrical connectors.

The Crane was built from various parts from our scrap bin

The water is cellophane, and the foam is stretched cotton fiber.

The sky was computer painted and we smoothed out the cotton fiber with the computer. But that is about it.......This scene is real........ it exists .......it is 8' long by 2' wide and will reside in our future museum. It actually looks better in person.... Alex

View The Great Crusade Episode I

http://www.battlesceneproductions.net/episode1.htm


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A few more comments;

The landing craft are vintage Conte, the vehicles are Figarti and they are magnificent, giving a most realistic feel to the scene. And we specifically placed the wonderful K&C face sculpture of the sailor at the center, to give the emotion to the scene.

Many years ago BSP implored the manufacturers to do non combat oriented figures. Because the general consensus was action sells. It took a while but K&C and Figarti responded, and as you have seen Episode I of THC has no combat, except for previews of future Episodes.

We think we brought a ton of emotion into Episode I, without combat mostly due to the foresight of Figarti and K&C and BSP's usual outside the box thinking.

Actually many have told us that prior to TGC, this was our most unique scene.


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We have been getting so much correspondence asking " How did you do that"

So we are responding with stills from TGC with some explanation

The building on the right was scratch built by BSP...Made of foam, balsa wood and real copper for the roof flashing.

The middle building was built by Marc T. from toy Soldier Chat (He runs a construction thread there, which is very informative)

The telephone pole was made from a twig from my back yard and balsa wood.

The vehicle to the right is weathered with real rust we scrape off iron.

The trees are dried flowers.

The road surface is compacted stone dust.......Cover the figures bases for a realistic look.

The lighting is umbrella lighting, with a spot light for shadow.

Don't be afraid of non combat scenes. use your imagination...think outside the box.

Cafe ALNI......Hmmmmmmm Alex...Nick....ALNI

We are so pleased with the world wide attention TGC is getting on our site......It's purpose is to attract new blood to the hobby, and it seems like it is working...We are venturing into 1/35th scale hard core forums, and surprisingly, we are well received...We invite them to look our hobby over. The more customers for the manufacturers ......The more goodies for all of us..........BSP on the point for the collector/ Modeler.

THE GREAT CRUSADE EPISODE I http://www.battlesceneproductions.net/episode1.htm

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Here is a study of another pic from Episode I........There is a lot of opinion here...so you don't have to agree with our theories.

Photography: We are getting more and more into the mood of the picture.....I first thought you had to have a style or signature...Like.. Oh yea that is a pic by BSP.

We now study the events time of year and historic climate. So the previous pic was a clear sunny day, this depicts a misty morning. I think it adds a lot, rather than doing your pics the same way all the time. This takes work. Because if you are not a good photographer like me. You will tend to find a "Formula" that looks decent, and stick with it.

I also used a filter to "Mist" the pic, and a fog machine.

Buildings; We are very impressed with The Hobby Bunker buildings. they are inexpensive, especially if you buy them unpainted. Here we cut out the windows and added "Glass" well plastic, and bought some fabric for shades, and I also used an old undershirt. The Hobby Bunker buildings have a gritty appearence. Of course we weathered them and painted them to our taste.

The K&C figures are a bit bright for this scene, so we dulled them a bit also.

BSP made the street lamp from a secret formula :wink2:

The rubble ...well it is rubble, made from all kinds of junk we collect. There is actually a car in there also.

And once again a non action theme.....We had a good time formulating these non combat themes. It tests your imagination.

{sm0} Well guys get those soldiers on your shelf into a scene............you can do it !

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Very nice picture Alex, I really like the destroyed building and the debris falling. I do like your non- action scenes very much.

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Firebat said:
We have been getting so much correspondence asking " How did you do that"

So we are responding with stills from TGC with some explanation

The building on the right was scratch built by BSP...Made of foam, balsa wood and real copper for the roof flashing.

The middle building was built by Marc T. from toy Soldier Chat (He runs a construction thread there, which is very informative)

The telephone pole was made from a twig from my back yard and balsa wood.

The vehicle to the right is weathered with real rust we scrape off iron.

The trees are dried flowers.

The road surface is compacted stone dust.......Cover the figures bases for a realistic look.

The lighting is umbrella lighting, with a spot light for shadow.

Don't be afraid of non combat scenes. use your imagination...think outside the box.

Cafe ALNI......Hmmmmmmm Alex...Nick....ALNI

We are so pleased with the world wide attention TGC is getting on our site......It's purpose is to attract new blood to the hobby, and it seems like it is working...We are venturing into 1/35th scale hard core forums, and surprisingly, we are well received...We invite them to look our hobby over. The more customers for the manufacturers ......The more goodies for all of us..........BSP on the point for the collector/ Modeler.

THE GREAT CRUSADE EPISODE I http://www.battlesceneproductions.net/episode1.htm

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I know the photo effects is your trademark, and I like those photos a lot too, but I actually prefer this photo, where you can see the details of the diorama you gentlement built more clearly.
 
When you get a difference of opinion from one of this forums best scene builders and one of the most knowledgeable collectors, you know you are doing your job of invoking emotion.

Rememberer these shots were used in Episode I of TGC at various points to produce different effect, just what I was speaking of prior to their remarks.

Their remarks mean so much more to us than just saying we did a good job or something like that.....It gives us the motivation to grow and explore our hobby.....Thank you gentlemen......Alex

Louis here is another one of those CLEAR ones. This was NOT inTGC....... it is entirely original !

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EPISODE II UPDATE

Since I have been retired, I have needed a surgery, which I just got done....The recovery looks longer that expected, and I think it will delay Episode II, so we are shooting for June, but that is optimistic.

I am really disappointed, because we wanted to keep TGC events close to the actual time of year they happened.

But we are also being held up by new products which are creating new ideas. Alex
 
Here is a rare look inside the Batworks.....This is the early stages of a 12' by 14' scene we were commissioned to do......To the right, scenes are being developed for Episode II of TGC. Get yourself some pink insulation.......draw a building on it.......cut it out.......glue it together.......paint it with a mix of spackle and paint to simulate stucco.........and you have a building.

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