In Spring
1December 31, 2022I'm using two figures from the Master Box Civilians Western Region, WWII era MB3567 kit. The sculpting of the old man is very good. The teenage girl not so well sculpted, but being one of a very small number of decent female civilian figures, I have seen her pop up in quite a few dioramas by other modellers!
2December 31, 2022High-density foam for the base. I suspect I was subliminally channelling Night Shift when I made the wall.
3December 31, 2022Detritus of war came from the spare parts box
4December 31, 2022Base colour and layout..
5December 31, 2022
6December 31, 2022Laying down some grass, vines and gravel
7December 31, 2022Adding paint and pastels for the ground colour
8December 31, 2022Tree is copper wire frame and some dried flower stems for the finer detail.
9December 31, 2022I realise I missed taking photos of the process of adding all the leaves (one by one with superglue)
10December 31, 2022I like how the old man came out. Sorry, missed taking all the in-progress shots.
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12December 31, 2022The "girl" seems to have distinctly "middle-aged" features which I tried to soften down. The hair replacement was a somewhat failed experiment: from a distance, seems OK, but totally out of scale close-up.
13December 31, 2022Compositing the figures with the base and adding leaf scatter
14December 31, 2022"In spring.." final composite?
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17December 31, 2022The broom is actually a rake from the MB kit with bristles added
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21December 31, 2022In spring..
"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming." — Pablo Neruda
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Perhaps my final build for 2022. Fittingly, figures from MasterBox of Ukraine, in a diorama that attempts to capture my greatest hope for what will come in the new year..
