Benno's Figures Forum

Posted by **Iceman1964** on 14 Apr 2023, 17:01

Great painting, as usual, and great snow effect .... how have you done it ?

Posted by **ironzentaur** on 14 Apr 2023, 17:42

Outstanding Idea and wonderful scenery. For myself i had no clue how to use these mountain figure combo! Really nice!!!

Posted by **tullo** on 14 Apr 2023, 17:50

hi
wood glue, mixed with white acrylic then sprinkle directly with natron when wet nothing else because natron does not yellow
greetings

Posted by **tullo** on 14 Apr 2023, 17:51

thanks all

Posted by **tullo** on 14 Apr 2023, 17:53

the rock is aluminium paper

Posted by **JurgenH** on 15 Apr 2023, 20:30

Hello
In principle they built a nice diorama. With 2 small blemishes. The figure of Dak stands with his sleeves up, while others are seen in thick winter clothing.
The machine gunner 2 also has a hand in the snow. He is not involved in all the action.
The snow rendered excellently
which is not easy on our scale. The figure painting also suggests great skill and I like it very much.

My advice for characters is: Put yourself in the character. Would they sit with one hand in the snow, or sometimes figures stand in front of gun barrels or tank tracks.

Jürgen

P:S.
As you can see from my name, I am also from Germany. If you want we can make a call.

Posted by **PatrickJ71** on 16 Apr 2023, 15:32

very nice scenery. Well done!
thanks for sharing,
Patrick

Posted by **Minuteman** on 16 Apr 2023, 16:22

JurgenH wrote:Hello
In principle they built a nice diorama. With 2 small blemishes. The figure of Dak stands with his sleeves up, while others are seen in thick winter clothing.
The machine gunner 2 also has a hand in the snow. He is not involved in all the action.
The snow rendered excellently
which is not easy on our scale. The figure painting also suggests great skill and I like it very much.

My advice for characters is: Put yourself in the character. Would they sit with one hand in the snow, or sometimes figures stand in front of gun barrels or tank tracks.

Jürgen

P:S.
As you can see from my name, I am also from Germany. If you want we can make a call.

Yes, I agree with Jurgen. Very nice painting, but the DAK figure with rolled sleeves is under-dressed for this chilly mountain-side. But very skillful painting, fine work!

Posted by **Santi Pérez** on 16 Apr 2023, 20:08

Fantastic diorama, tullo, both the figures and the scenery. :thumbup:

I suppose that the rare flowers could be edelweiss, couldn't they? :mrgreen:

Santi:

Posted by **Rich W** on 16 Apr 2023, 23:02

Very nice diorama!

Posted by **C M Dodson** on 17 Apr 2023, 09:01

A nice idea and there is a real chill emanating from this diorama.

The Airfix Mountain troops were always a favourite with me many years ago.

I think the troops would be gloved as they were an elite unit with proper winter gear and the officer, as stated is certainly a hardy fellow.

The flower idea is nice but as a gardener, it would be snuggled down until spring at the earliest.

However, great painting, groundwork etc and the cold leaps out at you.

Well done.

Best wishes,

Chris

Posted by **Susofrick** on 17 Apr 2023, 11:13

Nice. Reminds me of an old Swedish song where the girl lures the boy who loves her to climb up the highest mountain and pick an Edelweiss for her. Of course it doesn't ends well (it's that kind of song), he picks the flower but lose his footstep and falls to his death. And I think the girl realize what she have done and kill herself. Quite horrible song! And there where A LOT of similar around 1900. Anyhow, nice dio. :-D

Posted by **tullo** on 17 Apr 2023, 14:14

hello friends
yes i am aware of the sleeves but some are a bit skinnier for a short time and i liked the mg man i have not found the mg anymore lol

Posted by **tullo** on 17 Apr 2023, 14:16

some are hardened i wanted to say lol

Posted by **Bill Slavin** on 19 Apr 2023, 00:52

Very nice painting and an interesting composition. I do think, however, that you should have taken advantage of the odd, disengaged pose of the machine gunner and placed a flower in his hand. In one stroke you will have given a reason for the odd hand position and his clearly distracted attitude that has had him do such an unlikely thing as put his bare hand in the snow! :xd: