Hi All,

Finally managed to get Granny to take off. For anyone interested in seeing her WIP here's how she started:
Granny's Early Beginnings

As mentioned in the WIP of all the diorama subjects non-combat ones have always been my main interest and probably among the hardest to pull off. This one was inspired by Dan Mccullin's 1968 photo of a Marine chaplain rescuing a Granny following the bombing of Hue.


I figured I would have to add another figure to further explain the story line better so another Marine ushering the Chaplain was added. So here goes:





Some small details added:


Poor Granny is left with only one of her best bedroom fuzzy wuzzy slippers.

Definitely won't be using this worn down mug for brushing teeth again.


On the bottom left you can make out the stool Granny was found sitting on all alone before she was "airlifted" by the Chaplain.




Thanks for viewing.

awesome work ck.

just one minor thing...

the granny's elbow seems a bit high, or maybe it's because of the photo.

Great vignette Beach!!

But I agree with Vince about granny's elbow... If she is lift up by the GI on both arm-pits, her head supposed to "sink" abit into both her sholders to stimulate the weight.

Just my 2 cents...
CPTan

I am impartial either way, as it is possible for her to stiffen up her shoulders.
I only have one comment and that is on context. I think there is not enough hints in the setting just yet on the whole story line. I thought a bit more house rubble would have been better, or a bot of a doorway, etc...

Still makes another nice human face of compassion diorama in the mix of all the blood and gore pieces.

Mucho thanks Vince, CP and Loo.

Actually if viewed from a top view old Gran's left arm is longer than her right. :D :P Actually it wouldn't seem so stiff as you guys mentioned had I been able to sink her down into the hands of the Chaplain. If you check the WIP thread the angle of her upper arms fitted ok to the Chaplain's hands but become a problem when I bulked them up and didn't account for it. At certain angles she's just "floating" at the fingertips of the Chaplain. :D Thus the name Flying Granny or maybe I should call her Shaolin Gran.

As for the rubble I could have piled it up a bit higher in the back.

Thanks for the valuable comments guys. Much appreciated.

Finally it's finished.

Nice subject .

However i found that the painting of the figures doesnt not really represent your skills. The GI is painted too simple and based on your superb sc-fi, dungeon etc , i can say this is not your skills bro...

sorry to point this up... but it's my honest comments bro...

Interesting observation Herr Kapitanleutenant aka Decal-man Sil. :)

Granny was a bit of a rush job and you can see her ao-dai was not blended as well in the closeups. As for the Marines I think I did my usual job although there wasn't any improvement in my techniques. Could be the terrible lighting or my photography or both or the fact their styrene. :P I now know why people say once you have done resin and white metal which is a joy to paint its almost impossible to go back to styrene. :lol:

Thanks for the comments Herr Kapitanleutenant.

CK,

Yes, 'Flying Granny'. Looks like they are preparing her for a lift off :lol: . Sorry can't resist ;) OK, OK.......she should have been more 'flexible' - head hunched down and elbows up a bit to simulate her weight. Whatever you sculptors do. Speaking of which, the leg hems of her pants should be higher. This will further add realism to her being carried. It's in the actual photo. An alternative title ( and I'm going to be hated for this ) would be 'Moving A Mannequin' :lol: Alamak....sorry again, can't resist. My bad, my bad. I'm just evil........Anyway I don't sculpt and who am I to say it's not nice so credit where credit is due for the effort and idea.

Your painting has improved especially for fabric. Noticeable. The GIs' uniforms look greener than usual but I'm sure it's the lighting coz the shade differs slightly from pic to pic. You could though use a more brownish OD for a well worn look and add some of that famous reddish 'Nam dirt. Top marks for the weapon sling with clip. I like it! You forgot the helmet straps. Whether or not they wear their helmets like in the movies but I like to add unfastened straps to American helmets.
Faces look a bit greyish. Are you mixing paints and experiencing the black added shades coming in contact with the light tones?

And lastly, I handle resin amd metal all the time but I still do plastic. Resin and white metal kits can be overated and some are poor compared to good ol' styrene. I still prefer plastic weapons and equipment over resin ones especially those from Gen2 kits. They're also easier to work on and are not so brittle. Incidently check out the Gen2 figures I just posted. You turn to shoot me down..... :(

Cheers
Patrick

No worries as I don't take offence to comments good or bad. As I've always said if one post something then one should be prepared to be commented. :)

The greyish tinge you see is actually more bluish. Its a tinge of blue added to the basecoat to simulate 5 o'clock shadow. From what I've read Grey should never be added coz for those who have stubble it actually comes off greenish-bluish rather than grey. As mentioned to Silantra, my painting actually has not improved since and if at all in insignificant increments, so I can't agree with you that my painting in fabric has improved but remained about the same unfortunately. Yes the green did come off too green despite adding brown and khaki.

Dirt is present especially on the lower legs (pic #3) and on the Chaplain's elbow.

As for the straps they were intentionally left out. Got a bit lazy plus as you can see below of the pics which are all mostly Marines, the way straps were worn were a matter of personal preference rather than a rule of thumb.