You may remember Dan's postings showing the 120mm resin sculpt he made using this illustration as inspiration


This is how it looks now after I set about it with paint & brushes.

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As usual roger superb work

now about my ceiling!!!!!

tafski

Cheers mate, I was just about to pm you, hows yer gums? Sorry don't do ceilings,just ask the wife. Me brushes are too small.

Roger

Excellent work,the pair of you!
If it was mine,I reckon the hardest bit to do would be the sheepskin .
Is that right?
Dave.

Thank you Dave. Actually the hardest part, and this goes for all the figures I've painted, is the faces. Especially the eyes. The added difficulty with this one was getting the brushes in there in the first place.
Goatskin jerkins, easy

Roger

A really haunting piece. wonderful stuff

it is a beautiful piece, and very moving, now that is art!

mandy

Astonishing!

Thank you folks. I think this is Dan's best piece of work to date and was a real joy to paint.

Roger

Good stuff chaps.

Superb detail.

Great painting Roger!

Are you using oils and acrylic?

cheers

Steve

Good job Roger!! How did you/Dan do the water? Is it acrylic plastic, or did you paint the reflection?

Thanks for all the kind comments.
In answer to a couple of questions. The whole thing is painted in acrylics. The mud and puddle have been given several coats of gloss varnish to get the wet look.

Roger

Roger
Superb paintwork as usual, thanks for showing us.
Glyn

Cheers Glyn, I have a couple of non WWI related projects lined up so this might be the last one here for awhile.

Roger

It has been interesting to watch this model develop, and congratulations are due on the result.

I find myslef wishing to see it extended, to include more surroundings - onlooking figures, etc! OK - I know you have to stop before trying to recreate the whole Western Front! But it is good.

Thanks again

Ian

stonking

That is one great piece of work

Andy

Everybody,

Cheers and many thanks for the kind comments!

As usual, Roger has done a wonderful job! I'm very pleased with the outcome as will be our patron, I'm sure!

All the best,
Dan

Dan /Roger,

I passed on copies of the pics of your model to my father, who I knew would have an interest. He is also a model engineer (won a bronze medal at the Model Engineer Exhibition a few years ago).

He said:

I think the model of the sculpture is fantastic (not just a good effort) everything is in proportion and depicts what life must have been like for them, I can feel the suction of the mud as I look at the picture. Next time you chat to them give them my congratulations on a job well done.
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Indeed, well done!

Ian

Ian - Roger is in France on vacation this week. On behalf of Roger and myself, please thank your father for his most kind comments!

Cheers,
Dan

Wonderful to see this haunting reminder.
Superb piece of work.
Congratulations and well done

Susan.

On behalf of my friend Roger and myself, many thanks Susan!

All the best,
Dan

I have followed this superb piece of art since the first pictures were posted and now seeing the completed item is just fantastic.

I hope the owner will be very happy with this fantastic piece of art.

Thanks to Dan and Roger for showing us their masterpiece.

I salute you both.

Ian.

I'm back from my hols and thank you very much for the kind comments that were posted whilst I was away. They are very much appreciated.

Roger

Many thanks, Ian! I agree entirely with Roger - you are too kind!

All the best,
Dan

Wow, what an emotionally moving sculpture it tugs at the heartstrings. How wonderful to have such a gift to produce work of such incredible quality. Thank you both for sharing it with us

Diane

Dianne,

Many, many thanks for your kind words! I do count my many blessings often. I'm very glad you liked the piece. I also count myself very lucky to be working with a painter of Roger's caliber! He's a definite .38 "special".

All the best,
Dan

Sorry don't do ceilings,just ask the wife. Me brushes are too small.

Couldn't you tie them altogether?
What does the wife say?

Thank you Diane, I'm glad you like our work.
Kaiseroffensive, I think you could have a guess at what she has to say on the subject

Roger

Dan/Roger,

Whats the next project in the pipeline then ?.

Are you doing more WW1 projects ?.

If so would love to see them through the stages as we did with this project.

All the best to you both.

Ian.

When I joined the Forum, I discovered the first pictures of this piece of work, and have wondered since how it was going. It is simply stunning. I appreciate your sharing this with us.
Cheers
Shirley

Roger, just came across this thread.
Stunning mate, well done.
Kindest regards mate,
Chris.

Ian, Chris & Shirley -

What's next?

Next I have a commission for a collector. This will be a new scale for me 75 -80mm. Let me see if I can describe it...

It's a cutaway view of two Great War mining tunnels - one German, one British. The tunnel heights will be about a scale 57 - 60mm because they actually were too short for you to stand up in. The two cutaway tunnels are surrounded by earth, of course. The shallowest earth will have trench debris [No Man's Land is above the tunnels.] and some corpses. The earth itself is grey blue Belgian clay, but the interior of the tunnels is reddish-brown. Oxidation changed the color of the soil apparently. Each of the tunnels will be lit by small scale lanterns containing seed electrical bulbs powered by batteries in the back of the cutaway. The entire cutaway is contained in a wood box of course. The tunnels will actually start out being PVC pipe, sawed in half, then stippled with putty and papier mache to show the earth. The tunnels will have balsa and bass wood supports and parts of cross members, etc. Tunnel 1 - Two Welsh sapper miners - (1) an NCO crouching holding a map; (2) an officer using a geophone. Both miners are in their shirt sleeves and stocking feet. There are various mining tools in the tunnel. Tunnel 2 - Three German miners (what would be a good regiment for them??) - (1) Pioneer crouched, swinging a pick; (2) Pioneer dragging a bag of soil; (3) Pioneer taking a drink from a canteen (water bottle).

I'm going to do everything I can to make the whole scene fairly dim and lit mostly by the small lanterns.

So, what do you think? Any ideas for improvements or embellishments?

My wife and I may start on the box and the tunnels within a few weeks, but most of this will have to wait until I'm done with my present project, a Tommy of 1915 in 120mm wearing a Gor Blimey. I'm working on making this a kit, but more on that later. I've finished an alternate head also. One head shows a smiling youthful Tommy with the Gor Blimey "up", cap badge of the DLI, if I remember correctly. The second head is an older, moustached Tommy with the Gor Blimey "down", cap badge of the Grenadier Guards. There is still quite a lot of this to do.

I also have a British Royal Marine in 1914 uniform and an Austro-Hungarian Tiroler Landeschutzen in 1914 uniform and mountain gear planned. Right now both of them are planned for 120mm.

Roger (who I think is off on one of his recurring boating regattas ) will pretty much get to pick and choose which ones he wants to paint. Hope he gets to do the box art for the Tommy of 1915.

Thanks very much for asking~!

All the best,
Dan

Dan,

I hope we can all get to see more pictures and follow along with the projects, I enjoyed every picture of this last project.

I think what you have planned ahead will look absolutely brilliant too.

Keep up the good work.

Ian.

dan/roger only just looked at this thread, fantastic piece of work congrats to you both.

Ian & 985ac0y - Many thanks for your interest and I definitely will post the work in progress for your comments. I really enjoy the feedback and have been corrected a couple of times on equipment mistakes, etc., so it is very beneficial to me as well.

All the best,
Dan

When I received this vignette in the mail from Roger, I was on the one hand overwhelmed with the quality and subtlety of Roger's painting and on the other furious with the post offices of both countries for breaking several pieces. With the help of my wife and a little putty and glue, I managed to put it back in order.

The beautiful Nebraska sunshine did a pretty good job of lighting it! Hope you like it.

This will require several posts to show you all seven photos.

All the best,
Dan
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All the best,

Dan

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hello, excellent , I used to paint model soldiesr yrs ago. how did you get the water effect?

Thanks for asking and your comment! The "water" is a clear 2 part epoxy with acrylic paints mixed in. Some of the shinyness is just clear acrylic paint daubed on. If you are interested in finding out what has happened to the military figure hobby since you left it, tune in to www.planetfigure.com or www.timelinesforum.com. And if you come back to the fold, welcome back!

All the best,
Dan

Dan,

This is an outstanding piece of work. You can almost feel the despair on the face of the soldier being pulled from the mud, particularly with the detail in post #39.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

Dave

Dave - My pleasure entirely! Many thanks for your kind comments!

All the best,
Dan

Dan/Roger,
That really does look superb. Well done. Lookin forward, very much, to the next piece. It sounds very interesting.

Susan.

Many thanks Susan!

All the best,
Dan

I have just today come across this thread and may I say what a fantastic piece of work it is.

Stephen