I think I better do a diorama... COMPLETED

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:21 pm

and there's 7 more figures in the mail.....

Post by **Paul** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:39 am

Damn...

Post by **Rodney** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:46 am

Sure that's enough for a hockey team

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:21 am

Rodney wrote:Sure that's enough for a hockey team

When the others show up it will be enough for a hockey game.

Post by **Coen** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:43 am

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:10 am

Is the guy on the far right riding a broom???

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 4:05 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote:Is the guy on the far right riding a broom???

He's pulling an invisible cable.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 4:51 am

Ahh, thought he was playing Quiddich

Post by **Lysus** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 5:01 am

ForbesHutton wrote:
Twokidsnosleep wrote:Is the guy on the far right riding a broom???
He's pulling an invisible cable.

I feel like there's an opportunity here to do a crew servicing a B-17 or a Lancaster, but put that guy in the background, riding a broom, 5 feet off the tarmac. Just to see who notices.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 5:45 am

Lysus wrote:
ForbesHutton wrote:
Twokidsnosleep wrote:Is the guy on the far right riding a broom???
He's pulling an invisible cable.
I feel like there's an opportunity here to do a crew servicing a B-17 or a Lancaster, but put that guy in the background, riding a broom, 5 feet off the tarmac. Just to see who notices.

You sir are freaking hilarious!

Post by **HamilkarBarkas** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:06 am

General, your division is lined up in front of you and ready for inspection.

Post by **Coen** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:44 am

I'm with men with brooms!!
Doo it!

Post by **Novorus** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:41 am

Wow, this is going to be good,

Post by **Rodney** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:51 am

LOL i'm liking the broom idea

Post by **RustyWarrior** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:19 pm

Perhaps this says more about me than I'd like but I reckon he should be placed behind some crates (or a bush if it fits the scene) with a roll of swipe and a newspaper...

Post by **spock1701** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:12 pm

The mysterious witch of the Lancaster crew. I love this forum.

Post by **Sturm** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:27 pm

Men flying on brooms?! I wonder why women live longer.

Post by **Lysus** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:30 pm

Sturm wrote:Men flying on brooms?! I wonder why women live longer.

They probably use the seatbelts. Dudes just climb on and say "hold my beer and watch this!"

Post by **Sturm** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:31 pm

Lysus wrote:
Sturm wrote:Men flying on brooms?! I wonder why women live longer.
They probably use the seatbelts. Dudes just climb on and say "hold my beer and watch this!"

HAhahaha

Post by **Lysus** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:56 pm

Assuming these aren't expensive or come from a site that only accepts Krugerrands or something, I'd say there's a golden SiG just waiting for us to build. Witch Technician. Men on Brooms. The Broom Brigade.

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:27 pm

More stuffs for the diorama:

Anyone suggesting that I pose him on the crapper goes right on my crapper list:

That puts the count at 20 figures so far, another 6 are in the mail. I won't be using all of them, but I haven't decided who to vote off the island yet, so I'm painting all of them, slowly.

Post by **Lysus** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:51 pm

ForbesHutton wrote:

Anyone suggesting that I pose him on the crapper goes right on my crapper list:

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:54 pm

Lysus wrote:
ForbesHutton wrote:

Anyone suggesting that I pose him on the crapper goes right on my crapper list:

Oh gosh I am glad you suggested that before I did

....after that broom fiasco I started on your thread
You know Lysus, you are going to get us both banned from here and we will have to start our own smart azz comment website

Post by **Lysus** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:14 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote:
Lysus wrote:
ForbesHutton wrote:

Anyone suggesting that I pose him on the crapper goes right on my crapper list:

Oh gosh I am glad you suggested that before I did ....after that broom fiasco I started on your thread
You know Lysus, you are going to get us both banned from here and we will have to start our own smart azz comment website

Heh, suppose I should reign it in, I have too much to live for. Maybe I'm just feeling the lack of bench time these last three weeks...

They ARE awesome figures, though, so I can't wait to see what Forbes produces.

Edit to add: I'm leaving the typo as a testament to my phone's insistence on auto correcting the wrong words.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:49 am

Nah, you are a blast to have around

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:29 am

Slowly getting there.

Still waiting on a couple more figures and I have a motorcycle that needs built too.

Post by **Coen** » Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:35 am

Good gravy!
It's a rave!

Post by **digger303** » Thu Apr 07, 2016 10:38 am

Coen wrote:Good gravy!
It's a rave!

It doesn't take much glue these days......tolerance threshold is lower

Post by **schweinhund227** » Thu Apr 07, 2016 2:36 pm

Rodney wrote:Sure that's enough for a hockey team

LOL

Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Thu Apr 07, 2016 3:36 pm

How many men does it take to man a flak gun

All looking good mate.

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:07 am

Kevthemodeller wrote:How many men does it take to man a flak gun

All looking good mate.

Six or more per gun.

Driver, commander, gunner, loader, 2 assistant loaders on the single barrels.

Driver, commander, gunner, 2 loaders, 2 or more assistant loaders on the quads (they have to be loaded from both sides).

That's the minimum crew level, I have books with pictures with 8 or more troops on each halftrack.

They would be deployed in squads of 4 or 5 flak halftracks, with a sergeant or officer commanding the squad, and in the case of my diorama I'm assuming the other halftracks are just out of site, but the crew have wondered over.

Post by **Lysus** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:09 am

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:22 am

Your figure painting skills are shining through

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 9:38 pm

The final four have arrived!

Post by **Coen** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 9:58 pm

More?!?!

Are those like the final five cylons?

Post by **Vleugelmoer** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:02 pm

Now tell them all to fall in and to act like solders.

nice work so far

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Fri May 20, 2016 3:47 am

Still much to be done, but it's beginning to look like a diorama now. Only a couple of figures are off the sticks so can be test fitted, the other 20 or so are still impaled on cocktail sticks.

The quad halftrack has all the helmets and gas masks hanging off the mesh, there's nothing on the 37mm yet, and I still have ton of detail pieces to paint and place, including cigarette packs....

Post by **Lysus** » Fri May 20, 2016 5:07 am

ForbesHutton wrote:including cigarette packs....

...

That's some crazy good work so far. Can't wait to see how you do those on something so small.

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Fri May 20, 2016 6:29 am

Lysus wrote:
ForbesHutton wrote:including cigarette packs....
... That's some crazy good work so far. Can't wait to see how you do those on something so small.

Pre-printed:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Diorama-Accesso ... 7675.l2557

The same guy did the newspaper that's in the photos.

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:06 am

My mojo for this disappeared over a month ago, but it's slowly returning.

Still lots of details and a couple more figures to go.

Post by **Lysus** » Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:13 am

ForbesHutton wrote:My mojo for this disappeared over a month ago, but it's slowly returning.

You might find this odd, but I was just thinking about this one today. I'm glad to see you coming back to it, it looks to be epic once completed. I'll just go get some new popcorn and wait for more.

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 7:13 pm

The monster is done!

Clear blue skies as I went outside to get some photos, I had forgotten that today is the start of the local airshow, and just as I was taking the first pic a CF-18 Hornet roared overhead. The pilot never new how close he was....

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 7:17 pm

Post by **Lysus** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 8:49 pm

Wow.

There may be no men on brooms, but I'm glad. This is amazing work, Forbes. No joking, truly amazing. The figures especially are very well done...better than I could ever hope to do. I think I could spend hours looking at every corner of the action.

In a couple shots outside it looks as though it's a photograph when the yard is out of focus.

Post by **ForbesHutton** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 9:27 pm

Lysus wrote:Wow.

There may be no men on brooms, but I'm glad. This is amazing work, Forbes. No joking, truly amazing. The figures especially are very well done...better than I could ever hope to do. I think I could spend hours looking at every corner of the action.

In a couple shots outside it looks as though it's a photograph when the yard is out of focus.

Thanks, I tried my best to do extra pale skin for the guys with the shirts off or arms fully exposed. It didn't come out as well as I hoped but it was a first try. I did spend a lot of time filling the gaps on the figures with extra thin CA (the MasterBox figures are brilliant and need almost nothing).

You noticed by recreation of Germany's secret camouflage. They came up with large sheets and panels to make the area look like a North American suburban area so as to confuse the B-29 daytime crews.

Post by **Lysus** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 4:02 am

ForbesHutton wrote:
Lysus wrote:Wow.

There may be no men on brooms, but I'm glad. This is amazing work, Forbes. No joking, truly amazing. The figures especially are very well done...better than I could ever hope to do. I think I could spend hours looking at every corner of the action.

In a couple shots outside it looks as though it's a photograph when the yard is out of focus.

Thanks, I tried my best to do extra pale skin for the guys with the shirts off or arms fully exposed. It didn't come out as well as I hoped but it was a first try. I did spend a lot of time filling the gaps on the figures with extra thin CA (the MasterBox figures are brilliant and need almost nothing).

You noticed by recreation of Germany's secret camouflage. They came up with large sheets and panels to make the area look like a North American suburban area so as to confuse the B-29 daytime crews.

The Pastoral North American Suburb camo was notoriously difficult to spot in aerial recon photography of the day. Sneaky Nazis.

Also,

for the pale skin. I went back and looked again, that's an awesome idea/detail.

Edit to add: If you do a truck for the EB&D SiG you should totally do a trucker tan on a figure.

Post by **HamilkarBarkas** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:03 pm

Massively cool!