Jim's Hell From Above

[grumpa]

very nice work hear Jim,real liking the look of the figures ,well done,the building is taking good shape as well,

Thanks Monica, I must take into account that a whole building was destroyed so

I must not skimp on the rubble, but keep in mind that this particular area has been bombed out and Russian planes are now passing over to bomb further west towards Germany.
Some rubble will have been cleared to allow some freedom of movement, I will put some picks and shovels about to try and suggest this, maybe even a soldier at work doing so if I can mock one up. .........Jim

[monica]

like that idea Jim,some people forget about the amount of rubble,from a building as well,
and as you said,it would be piled up to give room for the AA,s to be moved about,

[Guest]

That's looking very good Jim. I like seeing how people build their own streets & buildings.
I really like your figures too.

[grumpa]

like that idea Jim,some people forget about the amount of rubble,from a building as well,
and as you said,it would be piled up to give room for the AA,s to be moved about,

That's looking very good Jim. I like seeing how people build their own streets & buildings.
I really like your figures too.

Thanks guys, I think much more effort will go into making the scene it self than that which went into the vehicle and figures. Am thinking about another vehicle for street area, maybe a maultier or other type of support vehicle, don't know yet. Need to find more time for modeling, though it's pretty toughops:........Jim

[grumpa]

That's looking very good Jim. I like seeing how people build their own streets & buildings.
I really like your figures too.

OK Patrick , here would be your suggestion with KV88 as you call it. Would including Maultier be too much? I would think to have it bringing ammo and other supplies to gunners.
Other troops would seem to be a bit jealous of gunners snow suits but they were not available to all. I think I'll try to reproduce a small "camp fire" to let them warm up a bit
This is expanding and becoming quite a complicated issue.
I now feel I need to put at least one figure at shovel work and yet another in bed of Maultier prepping to unload ammo etc...Thank God I have up to a year to complete this project
Decisions...decisions...oh what funops:.....Ok enough BS time to get to work.....Jim

[Guest]

I like it! Camp fire would be great hope you pull it off. Good luck.

[grumpa]

Hi folks, put a bit of time in on base, pics speak for themselves. Many layers and much to be done of course to blend colors. Will create a slurry of white glue, water and crushed brick a brack to fill gaps and lay in tid-bits. Had fun creating foam"bricks" to lay about. One would think doing rubble and debris of war is an easy thing but attempting to get it to look as authentic a possible...not so muchops:.....Jim

[monica]

very nice going with the rubble,looking good,

[grumpa]

very nice going with the rubble,looking good,

Thanks Monica, looks a bit cartoonish at the moment but not for long

[grumpa]

UPDATE:...After a dark wash began to dry brush out some colors for rubble and cobble street.
Then crushed slurry applied and allowed to dry. After clean up of loose material (soft brush and vacuum) gave a thinned dark wash to tone down colors a bit. Still a long way to goops:
Figures used to show scale and proportion.

[grumpa]

Wrong button again, here we goops:

[grumpa]

Sorry folks, computer wacking out a bit

[monica]

looking good,Jim,nice blending and tone,coming along very well,

[Guest]

Looking very good so far, I'll be watching this one

[Guest]

Looking great, colours looking much better after the washes.