Escape from Cotentin

Hey thanks John and Metalhead,
Here is the final guy for the vignette and he is straight from the box even the head. The last pattern smock is spot on except for the missing cloth loop for the e tool. I need to buy more Cassino sets from Dragon.



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Just excellence Jerry. This after zooming in naturally, but to imagine how tiny your brushes must be carrying the paint. And the varying tonal control over the uniform’s shadow and highlighting just blows my mind. I fully understand this is uniform painting basics, but you just get it.

Your last fig alone shows -what- like four colors on just the helmet alone. :thinking:

Cheers

Dave :slightly_smiling_face:

Hey thanks buddy. I read that these guys liked to spray paint the helmets before they went to Normandy. I drybrushed the colors on though as I hate an airbrush.
J

Some colour references from Dead Man’s Corner Jerry…you probably have enough!

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Hey thanks buddy for those cool and very useful pics.
J

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You are welcome mate. I didn’t realise how much those 6th Fallschirm lads loved camoing all their kit…even down to the K98 pouches!

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They had to take cammo seriously.
J

Beautiful fotos :+1:

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Thanks buddy.
J

OK here we go. A small group of German Parachutists from the 3rd Para Regt have been cut off by the rapid American advances on the Cotentin peninsula and are trying to escape and evade to friendly lines, wherever they may be.

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I think this is beautifully done. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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It looks great.

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Your pics have SO much atmosphere Jerry, your figure painting as well as ground work and structures are just outstanding!!

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You’ve managed to create a very tense scene- the faces and poses showing the alertness and stress of operating behind the lines. The scenery and vegetation add a great sense of realism- not to mention the dramatic camera work!

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Bloody hell Jerry! You suddenly go from one or two great figures to ‘here’s a little scene I slapped together’, and there’s multiple excellent figures, vegetation and walls! As always, the sense of movement and energy around your builds really brings them to life! Lovely finish!

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More stunning work Jerry with only a few key elements… great perspective and lovely depth to it. Brilliant set up :+1:

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Oh my what an absolute peach – it’s not too often I realise my jaw’s been hanging open for a few minutes, it was looking at the minute details here. So deceptively simple, it isn’t at all. Bravo, it certainly deserves the Order of the Monochrome…

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@Dakjunkie hey thanks buddy glad you enjoyed it sir!
@Mech-thanks buddy.
@Metalhead-thanks for the encouragement buddy.
@Karl-Thanks buddy. I always wait for you comments.
@SamS-very kind words sir. I appreciate all the things you took the time to notice.
@Johnnych01-thanks buddy. This was supposed to be a small scene to get done between 2 big dios but I ended up spending a lot of time on the groundwork anyway.
@Diomartin-thank you sir for the generous comments and for doing that digital work I still am loath to try. I love the black and white.
Here are a few more snaps from the other side of things.

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Great

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