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More figures are slowly being added to the mockup. I've had to remove some other figures to add wall putty to the groundwork, being careful not to cover up the drilled holes for positioning. So far, this is projected to be my largest shadow box diorama yet.

 

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I've finished painting the much-improved bareheaded priest and the general officer in the bkgd. They have been added to the scene as well.

 

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I think that the visual perspectives really increase exponentially towards the background. Especially for the horses which occupy a large footprint, I think that I may have to reduce their hindquarters and even the length of the horses to get them to look visually correct as I start to fabricate background figures. Even the feet have to be slanted to stand upright as the base gradually slopes upwards.

 

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I've almost completed the titans.

Most of the completed figures have been placed onto the painted base. You can see that this diorama has considerable depth. I probably will need to extend the back by another couple of inches.

Although I hadn't planned for this amount of depth originally, the faces in the crowd were so compelling to model that I've tried to use more commercial faces of smaller size instead of just painting these figures into the backdrop. There is a considerable crowd size overall in this painting.

The overhead pic shows the depth of the diorama.

The front of the pic shows the proposed view with a close up to show some details. This hopefully conveys the visual perspectives that I am trying to achieve with the dramatic difference in sizes between the figures.

None of the figures have been epoxied in place yet to allow for repositioning if required. For example, ***in and Tiny TIm have been shifted to the right. The unpainted horseman will have to be shifted further backwards and to the left to fit the composition as well. This means that I will have to extend the sides of the base to accommodate the proposed composition.

 

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Here's the base with extended sides added and puttied over. I've added three more figures to the piece.

Notice the back horseman. The back legs of the horse have been removed to accommodate the rising slope. Hopefully there will be enough figures to mask of the missing legs.

 

[Obee]

WOW !!!

Looking good Victor

John

 

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Hi John,

Thanks for your kind comment. So far, the work has been challenging but rewarding.

I've switched focus slightly and have completed the icon structure to this stage.

I would hazard a guess that this scene is not from a musical...

Rgds Victor

 

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Here's more WIP. I've added poles to prop up this rickety structure. Also a horseshoe for luck.

 

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Victor.....Great work....amazing
Keep it up...
Cheers
A_C

 

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Hello Luiz,

Thanks for your nice comment all the way from S.A. Don't let the pirnahas bite. Hahaha.

I painted the icon structure a bluish white and added moss-like putty to the dome.

The base was extended by another 2 inches at the back. I think this is the final footprint for this piece.

I removed the hind legs from these bkgd cavalry. I've completed another 2 crowd figures.

Rgds Victor

 

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Here's two priests being developed. As you can see, I've used impasto technique to stipple the oil paint.

Actually, there are hardly any real sculpting or painting skill sets here I just hope to get away with it for most of this piece. hahaha.

 

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I didn't want to leave you with the thought that there was only madness in my methods. Hahaha.

So here's the priests drilled into position in the crowd. Together with another recently finished figure. Most of the bkgd figures are hidden anyway. Not much point in wasting time adding unseen details. I've added a yellow badge to some of the peasants acting as marshals for this event.

The second pic shows another new figure (bald headed guy behind the bighead) added.

The third pic shows a sling added to one of the titans. The oils are slowly drying up.

 

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I've puttied and painted the last bit of the base.

The fat officer's horse was modified. I removed and shortened the rear for the horse to be placed optimally in the scene. All the horsemen are being detailed now.

I have done another mockup with all the horsemen, the peasant marshals guiding the flow of the crowd and procession. One of the kids was modified and added back to the scene. The titans up front were further improved. The overhead gives another idea of the overambitious nature of this piece.

 

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At this stage, that's more or less the whole scene. Since nobody gave any correct guesses, I won't be awarding any golden buzzers.

I can reveal to you that this is based on a painting by Ilya Repin Procession at Kursk. Repin was the guy who did the famous Cossack's reply to the Sultan painting and the Barge Haulers painting.

Rgds Victor

 

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I spent the weekend making a lot of talking heads - heads with wire and putty bodies for the crowd scenes. Also sorted out some 1/48 figures to fill in the bkgd crowds.

Then I selected a few suitable heads and started to flesh out the figures to the left side of the ptg, foreground and crowd scene. Also worked more on one of the event marshals and the main horseman.

 

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Finished sculpting and detailing the mtd officer. Then a light grey primer overspray.

 

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I lengthened the coat skirts and painted the figure. Done for this piece for now.

Gathering some 1/48 scale figs for bkgd scenes and now working further on the left foreground figures. These are converted Tamiya or Fujimi 1/24 figures.

 

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Adjusted the heights and added more limbs to the foreground and marshal figures.

More work to be done for the mtd figures. I selected specific figures to work more on the crowd scenes.

 

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Starting to focus on these three foreground peasants.

 

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I've started to link the peasant marshals together by adding hands.

The three peasants have been sculpted with more detail, including a pot and a bag.