Flamethrower Up! **FINISHED**for real! pg8

Great looking dio!

Really like the finnished product. Nice beach head..

Doog, Thank you for the favorable comments, you are too kind!

M.R. Thanks for looking and your great critiqe...I can always use another set of eyes. I think it cleaned it up a bit and the palm tree is a little more dynamic then the beam...The plane part is something I have wanted to try but have never had a reason to...It adds a little but I was leary of it being cheesy..

Chris, I think the tree is MUCH better, used the other peice because I guess I was too lazy to build another tree I do think this one will go to Richmond in a few months..Thanks for the vote of confidence and your positive feedback!

Sterno, that's really a great-looking dio! You don't see Pacific theatre dios often, and this one has everything--good execution, composition, and tension.

Great work!!

DP, Many thanks....for once a change I made works! I like the palm much better!!!

Tom,

INDY, Thanks for the positive feedback and props on the pics!!!

deafpanzer wrote:

Looks great Stern ~ A big improvement  I'd say ~ And nice pictures too !

Indy

AHHH!  Much better... was going to say something about the wood block but others have mentioned about it so there was no need for me to beat a dead horse.  Fallen palm tree looks alot better! 

Thanx Axel...I do like the palm better..hope it makes for a better overall apperance. Glad you like the toot...hope it helps someday!

Tom, Congrats again for the podeum at the show...very cool! The changes I made were things that I questioned when building...I think the palm log looks more in contex with the rest of the dio and I did feel it to be a little cluttered, Now with it cleaned up and the Marine a little more under cover, I like it better...I laughed to myself about the exposed Marine, saying Hes a Marine..he don't give a dam!!! He was very mission oriented! Thanks for checking it out!

IMO the palm tree looks much better than that chunk of wood... It fits more into place with the rest of the dio...

Great job Stern0, really wonderful

Oh, and thanks for the tut!

Here are the revamped pics...thank you guys for the great comments and critiques!

Mansteins revenge wrote:

wing_nut wrote: See, I told you I didn't know a thing about flamethowers.  I was wondering why nobody else said something.  I mean it was right there inthe pics  I'll be quiet now LOL...you have to wait for an AMPS competition before things start to bend mysteriously, right, Wingnut?

HEHE I though you may just say something

wing_nut wrote:

See, I told you I didn't know a thing about flamethowers.  I was wondering why nobody else said something.  I mean it was right there inthe pics  I'll be quiet now

Many thanks Frank!!! Email on the way!

Wing_nut...thanks for the kind words! One of the changes I have made is to put a palm truck in place of the timber...Ill have more pics up soon!

I had to dig but here is a photo of the flame thrower if you meant it was bent...

It looks real nice.  I have to agree with the commentrs aboutthe wood.   A chunk of palm tree would look better IMO.  And unless there is something I don't know about flamethowers, (which is really nothing at all), this is bent.

Another outstanding scene you have created, Steve; one that makes the viewer stop and imagine what it may have been like to be there with them!

 Congratulations!

OMG, I just realized you are in Charlottesville; I was at UVA Medical Center most of the day Tuesday while my grandson was in day surgery.     All went well, other than getting turned around in town due to a construction detour while we were leaving. :D

Take care,

Frank

 Well at least the tops of the log buttresses should have some damage as well... But, my! What a work!! Battle damage!

                                  60

..the work on the base, palms, bunker is excellent...gives me the impression of what I see in WW2 pics of Tarawa, etc...

Exactly            I totally agree w/ that

Where I think you could have done a better job is composition, specifically w/ the debris and some of the figs...IMO, there is too much clutter in front of the bunker and the soldiers are a bit too close, especially the one on the right---he's practially looking down into the bunker, which I assume is still active based on your title. I like the way the guys are creeping up on the left flank a lot better. They seem to be avoiding the line of fire...

Maybe some good pointers there from Manny. Looking back at the build, I like the beach before the clutter ,MAYBE some area free of it(like the front) would give the viewer a break(with a little "deadspace")and just show a little swath of virgin sand. (Less evenly distributed, perhaps?)  I think maybe that Marine on the right is about to get his coconut cracked, lookin in too,          but I really like this shot

You can't really tell all of what's happening in this shot, and the faces are mostly hidden from view, the shadows fall just right, and the light is revealing really well chosen colors and balanced pallete. I'd hope you touch up that frame before you send pictures to FSM---I'm sure Kelly with love it and want to print this one!( Of course he wants the ideal 'over-all' shot)

 ~~~  Indy                                                                P.S. Don't get me wrong either

Okay, my two cents...the work on the base, palms, bunker is excellent...gives me the impression of what I see in WW2 pics of Tarawa, etc...

Where I think you could have done a better job is composition, specifically w/ the debris and some of the figs...IMO, there is too much clutter in front of the bunker and the soldiers are a bit too close, especially the one on the right---he's practially looking down into the bunker, which I assume is still active based on your title. I like the way the guys are creeping up on the left flank a lot better. They seem to be avoiding the line of fire...

I also was a little perplexed by the timber on the barrel...a fallen palm would probably have been more consistent with the rest of the base...Also, there may be a little too much "junk" lying around up front that is a bit distracting...

Don't get me wrong, Sterno, this is good work and I am being a little tough on you because you are that good.

PS: Is that a Japanese a/c wing in the background?

That looks great Stern0!

I love the finnished product!

Thanks Tom!

60, Many thanks for that advice and worthy you are!...can you see it?...I think the right palm got turned a little but you can see the damage on the left one, ....not sure how accurate though!