Darby Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 'The Devonshires held this trench. The Devonshires hold it still.' One of the many epitaphs of The Great War to the sacrifice. A nod to my adopted county. Here it is, finally finished. I haven't made any 1/35 small dios since 1997 and this was highlighted in the figure painting. A really good kit from Masterbox and I enjoyed creating the finished result. I don't think I would have been able to replicate unit insignia so didn't try it. Instead I left the figures anonymous. You get a lot in the box and you can use some of the spare bits how you want. Mud and clarts were made from cat litter, PVA and water mixed in various consistencies to create different styles of terrain. Barbed wire was two thin strands of wire twisted with smaller lengths wrapped and trimmed at various lengths. The poppy is an RBL reflective one nabbed from Mrs Darby's motorbike jacket and hung with more replicated wire. 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 That's a beautiful piece of work! Nothing wrong with your figure painting at all from where I'm sitting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 very nice work indeed, looks great nice job... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Looks good from here! Great job & actually a bit emotional when you understand what you're looking at! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Great vignette - and a appropriate way of presenting it. Cheers Hans J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 That's a great little diorama. Very touching, very apt and so very poignant. Thank you for sharing it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Outstanding job,its got the dry sun baked atmosphere of that July day nailed! Love it,get another set of figures and do another,have you seen their new kit of British and German's hand to hand fighting? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 That is superb! Very impressive detailing and finish to the trench and ground. Very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselweasel Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Darby That is brilliant, very poignant, will show this to my friend who is in the British Legion . Well done Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Outstanding job,its got the dry sun baked atmosphere of that July day nailed! Love it,get another set of figures and do another,have you seen their new kit of British and German's hand to hand fighting? I've got a Masterbox 1/35 itch now that needs scratching and that set looks a good'un. Thank you all for your comments, much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Nice one Darby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Fantastic Darby,a small work of art ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 The first guy out of the trench looks absolutely terrified. Can't say as I blame him. I do like the Masterbox kits and you have done this one great credit Mr Darby. Cheers! Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent K Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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