He looks superb. Lettering looks spot on to me.
Neil's 1-35 Liberty Ship Diorama
- Thread starter Neil Merryweather
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Simply stunning neil , your skill at crafting the figures and attention to detail is unbelievable . A true master class , cheers tony
Thanks, everyone, as always, for the very kind comments. I’m sorry for the long gap between posts; there have been many distractions at home (having a new bathroom installed being the main one) that have prevented me finishing the second two crew figures, but they are finally done.
As usual the painting stage (never mind the photography) has only served to flag up the poor finish of my sculpting, but I can’t bear to go backwards so I'll just have to live with it.
For some reason the camera has distorted his eyes- I promise they look absolutely fine in real life. Who says the camera doesn’t lie?
As usual the painting stage (never mind the photography) has only served to flag up the poor finish of my sculpting, but I can’t bear to go backwards so I'll just have to live with it.
For some reason the camera has distorted his eyes- I promise they look absolutely fine in real life. Who says the camera doesn’t lie?
And here’s our laughing chap with the rope
Prince William, anyone?
I used a satin varnish on their waterproof gear but it’s way too much so I have toned it down now by mixing it with AK Ultra Matt, as is hopefully noticeable in these ‘in situ’ shots.
So next in line are the four wobbly GIs, although I might just treat myself to a little ‘fix’ of Napoleonic first.....
Thanks again for sticking with me in this marathon
Prince William, anyone?
I used a satin varnish on their waterproof gear but it’s way too much so I have toned it down now by mixing it with AK Ultra Matt, as is hopefully noticeable in these ‘in situ’ shots.
So next in line are the four wobbly GIs, although I might just treat myself to a little ‘fix’ of Napoleonic first.....
Thanks again for sticking with me in this marathon
Cracking work mate as always
Your two latest figures look really good. Can't fault your sculpting work.
Said some nice things on PF so just like a saying from a famous General..."I shall repeat..."
Time for a catch up Neil, the added details to the crew are amazing and natural. Definitely has made the scene come alive. The treatment to the land lubbers shows the difficulty being on a rocking small boat for the first time with the heavy equipment to be installed soon very real...a short distraction on the coming ordeal riding up to the beach. The smell of vomit, diesel fumes and sea will make it an unforgettable recurring memory for the few that survived that day. The feelings must have been mixed...some picture themselves in Paris, others repeating what they have been told when they hit the beach, some look around and remembering buddies faces, you hear "I'll see you on the beach", some exchange letters, the rosemary or lucky charm is what they hold all the way in, others just check their equipment for the 100th time, non-coms show brave faces and officers keep looking at their watches...damn we're going in late...
Don't worry about the length of time in between posts, it takes time for a well built diorama.
Cheers,
Wabble
Time for a catch up Neil, the added details to the crew are amazing and natural. Definitely has made the scene come alive. The treatment to the land lubbers shows the difficulty being on a rocking small boat for the first time with the heavy equipment to be installed soon very real...a short distraction on the coming ordeal riding up to the beach. The smell of vomit, diesel fumes and sea will make it an unforgettable recurring memory for the few that survived that day. The feelings must have been mixed...some picture themselves in Paris, others repeating what they have been told when they hit the beach, some look around and remembering buddies faces, you hear "I'll see you on the beach", some exchange letters, the rosemary or lucky charm is what they hold all the way in, others just check their equipment for the 100th time, non-coms show brave faces and officers keep looking at their watches...damn we're going in late...
Don't worry about the length of time in between posts, it takes time for a well built diorama.
Cheers,
Wabble
Fantastic work. This may sound crazy but I love the way you have captured that single larger wave just rolling in from the back of the landing craft. I dont know what it is but you have really captured some interesting motion with it.
Sublime Neil!!!
Cheers Paul, always good to have you look in.
Many thanks Jim, I know the rough bits will get lost in the bigger picture, but I still need to be aware for my stand-alone figures.
Good to hear from you Richard. When are you going to showcase your next magnum opus?
Thank you. It doesn't sound crazy at all! It's a great compliment and is exactly what I was trying to achieve. There's a great bit of footage which really shows the extremely violent action those poor GIs had to manage, even before they were anywhere near the beaches!
Very kind, Jack,thank you.
Fantastic work Neil. Like Steve, that wave at the stern of the landing craft caught my eye
Well, I resisted the call of the Napoleonic and I am happy to announce that the next four GIs are ready for priming and painting.
They all needed to have life-preservers and I have now used up all the torsos that had them moulded on, so I had to make them myself. I had already done a couple when I filled up the Higgins Boat with detritus so I didn’t have to figure out how to do it, but I did have to just knuckle down and get on with it. It was actually less tedious than I expected because I ‘production-lined’ it ; it did take quite a while but I got into a groove and found it quite satisfying in the end.
So here they are ,ready for priming. Their respirators are left off for ease of painting behind them.
I actually prefer the look of the home-made life-preservers, the moulded ones tend to look way too neat.
The last figure has suspenders from the (very expensive) Verlinden set of US webbing which I bought years ago and haven’t used until now-I thought “if not now, when?”
And I have used self-adhesive foil for the gas brassards which was much easier than the tissue paper I was using before .
So thanks again for following along and hopefully there will be some paint thrown around in the next week or two (domestic duties permitting).
They all needed to have life-preservers and I have now used up all the torsos that had them moulded on, so I had to make them myself. I had already done a couple when I filled up the Higgins Boat with detritus so I didn’t have to figure out how to do it, but I did have to just knuckle down and get on with it. It was actually less tedious than I expected because I ‘production-lined’ it ; it did take quite a while but I got into a groove and found it quite satisfying in the end.
So here they are ,ready for priming. Their respirators are left off for ease of painting behind them.
I actually prefer the look of the home-made life-preservers, the moulded ones tend to look way too neat.
The last figure has suspenders from the (very expensive) Verlinden set of US webbing which I bought years ago and haven’t used until now-I thought “if not now, when?”
And I have used self-adhesive foil for the gas brassards which was much easier than the tissue paper I was using before .
So thanks again for following along and hopefully there will be some paint thrown around in the next week or two (domestic duties permitting).
They're looking great. Really good to see them before painting. Helps to understand how the figures are put together.
The additions make a massive difference Neil. These are looking lovely.
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