Hi guys, I recently took a trip home to Pa. where I keep a lot of my older models/dio's, and photo'd this one for your viewing pleasure. It's unconventional, and was inspired partly by that "Twilight Zone" episode where the old Kommandant goes back to the former concentration camp, and partly by a dream I had after reading a book on the camp system when I was in my teens. Having said that, it's definitely NOT meant as any sort of "political statement!" Just a spin on the ordinary dio...
It's titled "Partisan Hunt", and shows an Sdkfz 222 (?)--the venerable old Tamiya kit--built OOB, and before "chipping" was in vogue. I had only been modeling seriously for maybe 4 years at this point, so the 222 is nothing special; it's following a squad into a cemetery where partisans have been seeking refuge. Ah, but the hunters have become the hunted! I hope ya enjoy it!
Here's the 222...notice the "evil dead"! (avenging dead?) The tombstones are Verlinden, the wall is the old Italeri kit.
...the ghost of Lizzy Borden?! These skeletons are some wargaming "Dead Legions " ; the rotting clothes are just tissue paper
...some bad bees in them trees! A root from the garden...
...as Heinz peers nervously into the open grave...
...the military policeman leading the soon-to-be ill-fated mission!...all figures are Tamiya except this guy; can't remember his origin. The ground is a Verlinden sheet...
When I entered this in a local contest, one of the judges placed it in the "fantasy" category where it looked as about as "at home" as, well, a Klingon Warbird in the "tank destroyers" category! ![Laugh [(-D]](/emoticons/icon_smile_newlaugh.gif)
I think it took 2nd behind some Star Trek thing...oh well, can't win 'em all!![Sigh [sigh]](/emoticons/icon_smile_sigh.gif)
I hope it inspires you and spurs your imaginations! ![Big Smile [:D]](/emoticons/icon_smile_big.gif)