Miss FIGZ 2012

This was my contribution in the 33rd painting competition on Benno's Figures Forum. It all started with a funny poll over there. Question was: "Who's Miss Benno's 2012?". There was a list of female figures wich we could call our favorite. At last "Helena from Greece" won the contest! Reason enough for me to paint her and bring her for real in competition. This time she didn't win but took fourth place. You can't win all!

The base and static grass is from Games Workshop, the flowers from Green Line from Fredericus-Rex, the Ionic Column is from Unicorn Models and the figure is an original Atlantic figure from Greek Life in the Acropolis set.

The lady is 35 years old and still looking very good. What I mean is, that it was a very nice sculpted figure at that moment.

Enjoy the pictures!

I hope you like her!

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- j.d from J.D.M.L Miniatures

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Somewhere in Arabia!

This was one of my contributions at the Meeting in Mol Belgium! I called it somewhere in Arabia, because I didn't want to point out a specific place or country!

You will recognize things I showed in previous posts like the Nikolai Arab Civilians On The Road and Nikolai Arabian House both sculpted by Erik Trauner and can be found by Germania Figuren.

The Revell 03147 HMMWV M966 Tow Missile was also shown in a previous post, and as you can see I managed well to camouflage that there are no windows in the car. The Americans will be subject of another post.

I didn't win a price, the other contributions were to big!

Enjoy the pictures!

I hope you like them!

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Nikolai Arabian House 1

This nice piece of scenery is sended to me by Michael from Germania Figuren. It came together with the Nikolai Arab Civilians On The Road set. It's, just like the figures, sculpted by Erik Trauner from Diorama Dreamland.

It's completely painted with acrylics and it was a joy to paint.

Enjoy the pictures!

I hope you like it!

I also have have a message for my followers and the people who give comment here on my blog. Cause I'm working on some things that have to be ready before the 9th of September, for the competition in Mol Belgium, I have not much time at the moment to visit and give comments on your blogs. Please be patient, I'll pass by as soon as I can. Thanks!

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- Epictetus (Sorry, I found no blog in your profile, so if you have one, please let me know)

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Making a tree!

A short post just to let you know that I'm still busy with some things. Making a tree, well not complete. I cheated a little bit. I think you all know those little painted houses and figures to build a Christmas village. Well they have also a nice range of trees. One kind of tree I allready used in my Will this come to good end??? post in December last year. Now I used another one.

I show you what I did with some pictures.

This is the kind of tree I'm talking about.
It's made of iron wire and covered with paper.

Here I've painted it with dark brown.

Then some glue and some clump-foliage.
Et voila, finished.

Now you could ask me what my plans are with this tree, but I won't tell you. Be patient and keep watching.

Hope you like it!

Currently painting: Vikings, medievals and zulu's.

Currently reading: nothing at this moment.

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- Scot B. Lesch from I LIKE the things I LIKE

- Young Stan from .... (found no blog)

- Kaptain Kobold from The Stronghold Rebuilt

- Monty from Monty's Caravan

- Anne O'Leary from Anne's Attic

- quidamcorvus from Warheim Fantasy Skirmish (thank you for sending your blog adress)

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A week ago the world stood still in Belgium. 22 children and 6 adults lost their live in a tragic busaccident.

Remember them!

Movie Vignette "The Longest Day"

In my previous post I did a little conversion. Now I did a bigger one. And this for the first time in my life. Untill now I did some headswaps, or just cut a figure in the middle. Now I've been cutting some more figures to get a result.

But what is it all about. Last december I inscribed on a competition with as subjects movie and World War II. Rules and deadlines can be read on the blog of GEM. One problem though, the competition is on facebook. So now I've made myself an account there. Never thought I would do that, but never say never.

Next problem was, what would I make? First I was thinking to make something from the movie "The Desert Rats", because I have every thinkeble set of them in scale 1/72. But working it out should take me a lot of time, and because I wasn't sure I would reach the deadline of 29 february 2012, I dropped that idea. Then my wife came with a good idea. It's a scene, when you have seen "The Longest Day", you will recognize. She recommended me the scene with that dead German, waring his boots wrong. Next step was finding a good picture of the scene. Well making a long story short: nothing to find on the www. Only one solution was left. Watching the movie and making a copy of that scene. Not easy, but I managed, as you can see here:

Now I had this picture the search could start for a volonteer playing this dead person. Not easy again, so here starts the conversion. The next picture shows what I used.

The figures on the left and the helmet are from the Revell German Artillery set, the one on the left is from the Airfix WWI German Infantry set. The wall is from Italeri. To be complete I used one other figure of the Airfix set, cause I missed the stretched arm.

Now it's time to start making the vignette. How can I better show it by some pictures?

Here we go!

Figure glued together. Forgot the helmet here.
Keep it in mind!

Basing done. Used woodfiller with some brown paint.
Figure and wall on their place.

Wall painted with Revell Tar Black and drybrushed with Shadow Grey,
Codex Grey and Fortress Grey from Games Workshop.
Finished it with a Devlan Mud wash from GW.

Figure undercoated with white. Flesh colours are GW Elf Flesh
with an Ogryn Flesh wash.

Uniform colour is Valejo German Uniform, Revell Tar Black
and GW Burnished Gold for the buttons.
Finished him with a Gryphonne Sepia Wash from GW.

Vegetation added.

I miss something! What? I told you.
The helmet!

Here's the finished vignette with the helmet!

Two more pictures to get in the mood of the movie.

Look at the boots.





Hope you like it.

And for your information the competition will be on the MODELSETP - MODELISMO facebook page from 01 March 2012.

Currently painting: Zvezda Vikings (6/11) and some other things.

Currently reading: Nothing

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Conversions? Here!

This one my zombie followers will like, I think? I made it in 2010, again for a painting competition on Benno's Figures Forum. It didn't get far, but it was fun making it anyway.

Now what have we got here?

Seems to me this man lost his head!

Mh, looks like a party going on!

The platform is scratchbuild with matches. It took me some time, but I'm happy with the result. The "Executioner" is from Valdemar's VI series. The man without his head is an Esci Barbarian. The one waving with the head is from the Zvezda Medieval Peasant Army. The guards are also from Zvezda. Both from the 100 Years war infantry sets, one English and one French.

Enjoy some more pictures!

I hope you like the little scene!

Currently painting: Zvezda Vikings (6/11) and some other things.

Currently reading: W.E.B. Griffin's The Colonels

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- darkbirk from Are we not men?

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