More stills from my “Gospels and Garands at dawn” diorama. The snowbase was made using Andrea flock snow sprinkled over a PVC sheet (covered with some groundwork) then attached to a small box canvas (to keep the weight down) and then airbrushed-in with suitable washes to blend. Continue reading “The contradictions of war – “Gospels -v- Garands” diorama”
A set of King and Country figure collated into a one-off diorama in it’s own handpainted box.  As part of the Battle of the Bulge, the Waffen SS undertook “Operation Greif” to try and capture bridges over the river Meuse before they could be destroyed by the allies. Continue reading ““Gospels and Garands at dawn””
This is a 1/24 scale T34 I’ve had in my spares stash for some years. I got an “itch” recently to do something with it, so before the creative juices subside, I’ve applied some glazes using Vallejo acrylics to give … Continue reading WWII Russian T34 tank turret weathered
A 1/35 mini diorama of a WWII knocked-out tank, suitably damaged, weathered, rusted and set to some “sad” music. Continue reading “Abandoned – a sad sight!”
I’ve had both of these figures in my stash for a many years now and every so often they pop into view among all the other stuff crying out to be painted! I had already cleaned them up and undercoated them – so when I spotted them yesterday I decided to strike while the iron was hot and block in the main colors as a start.  Both figures (54mm) were produced many years ago by Valiant Miniatures in the US – more reminicent of the traditional toy “connoisseur” type miniature – a bit short on the surface detail but big … Continue reading The Valkyrie stalks his target – Count Von Stauffenberg & Co
I resurrected this unfinished piece over the week-end from my on-going WIP store. Having watched that wonderful episode of “Band of Brothers” (set in the town of Bastogne in the Ardennes forest) I remembered that I had started a vignette for last years annual show which I ran out of time on, so I dug it out and started putting the finishing touches to it. Both figures are molded in plastic by Dragon (with a few modifications of my own) – cheap and cheerful with great potential … more on these two later. Continue reading Waffen SS – Bastogne 1/16 scale vignette
 A small naval Diorama using the 1/72 Revell plastic kit - crewmembers are metal figures from Andrea Miniatures. Continue reading U Boat 1/72 Diorama
