Grooming the Horse (1 Viewer)

[Firebat]

Ground Crews work into the evening to prepare for the next mission.

This is my favorite K&C series. I am glad I finally got around to it

 

[villagehorse]

I love horses, was not expecting to find this, but nevertheless it looks great. Bet the pilot hopes those threatening skies are gone before the next mission. Well done as usual with all your vast amount of dio's.{sm4}. Robin.

 

[wwiibuff]

One of my favorite K&C series as well Alex. Tremendous photo here. Ground crew looks great as does the new P-51. Well done. {bravo}}

 

[Sentaapua]

My favourite WWII plane, and AF also one of my favorite K&C ranges. Beautiful setting and picture, as is all your work! :salute::

 

[Firebat]

Thanks for your kind words gentlemen

The next morning brings clearing skies as the pilots report for their briefings.........

 

[mikemiller1955]

beautiful shot Alex...love that dark cloudy ominous backdrop!

 

[wayne556517]

Agreed great shots mate.

 

[noli-poli]

Superb, as always! You do not disappoint.

N-P

 

[cruelios]

Amazing shots.

 

[TomNT]

Excellent!!

Tom

 

[Guy]

Congrats Alex, Wow, the best picture I've seen recently. Great set up and great photographic angle.
that sky is beautiful but not one to fly in
guy

 

[Firebat]

Thanks Men !

As dawn breaks the pilots continue to slowly filter in for a briefing on todays mission.......

 

[mr colt 45]

All I can say is just fantastic. The pics and the dio are unreal. Great job keep it up.

 

[Firebat]

Superb, as always! You do not disappoint.

N-P

Hey Noli I wish I had a few of your vehicles to use in this scene !

 

[Firebat]

All I can say is just fantastic. The pics and the dio are unreal. Great job keep it up.

Thank you....Mr Colt I worked in Paterson NJ as a Firefighter. I do believe the first Colt 45s were made there. If I recall correctly we had a major fire in the factory back in the day. So many historic mills were destroyed by fire during my years there. Alex

 

[Cyber Field Marshall]

This is my favorite K&C series. I am glad I finally got around to it

Beautiful dioramas. I fully agree the K&C USAAF series is one of their best and also one of my favourites from the ground personnel to the planes. Looking forward to seeing it branch out into some ground support vehicles and other airfield pieces.

 

[Firebat]

Beautiful dioramas. I fully agree the K&C USAAF series is one of their best and also one of my favourites from the ground personnel to the planes. Looking forward to seeing it branch out into some ground support vehicles and other airfield pieces.

Thank you

With clear skies and the morning briefings over the squadrons form up for their mission.....

 

[Normandy1944]

wow!
this is a well done diorama A+++++++



Harrie :salute::

 

[King & Country]

Hi Guys, hi Alex,

Congratulations on a first-class job…your blending of an atmospheric and threatening skyscape with our D.Day “Mustang” and USAAF pilots/groundcrew is absolutely stunning. The ground/airfield shots are also excellent. It’s a delight to see your work!

Best wishes and happy collecting,

Andy C.

 

[Firebat]

wow!
this is a well done diorama A+++++++



Harrie :salute::

Hi Guys, hi Alex,

Congratulations on a first-class job…your blending of an atmospheric and threatening skyscape with our D.Day “Mustang” and USAAF pilots/groundcrew is absolutely stunning. The ground/airfield shots are also excellent. It’s a delight to see your work!

Best wishes and happy collecting,

Andy C.

Thank you Gentlemen!

I have been doing this for quite a while now, which has led to my new website titled Battleground Art and the formation of the International Society of Battleground Artists.

With the key word being Art or Artist, it does not directly relate to collecting Military Miniatures. It relates in simple terms to how we show or portray them. We all do that in different ways.

For me personally I have realized that there are so many high quality accessories available now, that I didnt want to take the time to scratch build buildings and accessories any more ( Well maybe once and a while ) but I do enjoy modifying and weathering them, including the AFV's and figures themselves.

This saves time and gives you more time to do more scenes. But where time is saved there, it is spent on scene composition photography and creating as realistic atmosphere on film as is possible. In otherwords, I don't care how I get there, as long as I get the desired result, which is utmost realism.

So the figures and AFVs take on a new role as actors in historic stories. This is where I have emerged, as you can notice most of my recent work is a short collelated series of pics that tell a story. Also notice in this particular scene the changing from night to morning to afternoon. These are the areas I am now putting the time in on.

I am not saying this is for every one, there are many ways to do scenes, this is just one of them. I still create scenes in more traditional ways for myself also. But this way does create drama when you have an audience.

That is the short of it, there is much more that can be discussed and learned and that I do by working with my fellow ISBA members.

Best
Alex