Painter Jim | 26 Nov 2014 5:08 p.m. PST |
This is being created for my son to acompany the WWI figures painted and givin to him earlier this year. I dedicated the day to it and accomplished quite a bit with an almost completion. The design of it is two part and a German trench will be the second part of it that will face the one in the pics. The German trench will be givin to him for his B day in a couple of months because I have other prodjects as gifts that need to be finished. The design as a two part is so he can seperate and store in a cabinet when not displayed together. I just could not resist to place some figures in it to see what it looks like.
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Splintered Light Miniatures | 26 Nov 2014 6:01 p.m. PST |
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53Punisher | 26 Nov 2014 6:48 p.m. PST |
Yes, very nice. Excellent work! |
ACW Gamer | 27 Nov 2014 5:39 a.m. PST |
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Frederick | 27 Nov 2014 6:02 a.m. PST |
What a fantastic present! |
GoodOldRebel | 27 Nov 2014 6:14 a.m. PST |
the line for adoption starts here … |
Dynaman8789 | 27 Nov 2014 6:25 a.m. PST |
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Painter Jim | 27 Nov 2014 9:12 a.m. PST |
These are the ones, who shall inter these grounds.
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bracken | 28 Nov 2014 11:59 a.m. PST |
That's one heck of a present, it looks spot on. |
Painter Jim | 28 Nov 2014 12:27 p.m. PST |
Thanks everyone, I have since added some blown to hell tree stumps and have cut down the dug out planks, they just seemed out of scale and were messing with my eye. The front black portion has been painted and kept smooth to again eventually mate with the German trench with matting shell holes when together, the back of it (not Pictured) is textured as the rest. The razor wire is from Army Painter, the ground work is Celluclay mixed with mold-a- scene plaster from Woodland Scenics, balsa wood all hand cut lengths from 3"x 1/16" sheets and of course the wonderfull foamboard insulation from your hardware store as the base. I am utilizing the Proxxon Thermocut hot wire tools for cutting the Foamboard.I am going to add some MIG Ammo pigment and track rust to the wire and hopefully a couple of close ups of the finished product without figures. Jim |
Painter Jim | 28 Nov 2014 12:42 p.m. PST |
I have some other stuff in the works, coming soon. Forgot to mention on the above that the sand bags are made of Milliput. |
Painter Jim | 01 Dec 2014 1:43 p.m. PST |
Finished pictures are in the WWI 20th century gallery. Thanks for looking , enjoy |
Lord Hill | 02 Dec 2014 5:53 p.m. PST |
Fantastic – my dad did something similar for me when I was a kid (though not as impressive as yours!) using plaster of paris. There were four sections – two trenches facing each other and two no-man's land, complete with dead airfix figures in the bottom of shellholes. It was quite magnificent and yet I'd almost forgotten about it until I saw this post. I remember there were dugouts embedded in the trenches made from upturned cheese spread cartons! Hours of fun – I wonder what happened to it all… Anyway, enough of my reminiscing! Keep up the good work and please post more pics! |