Beirut, 1982 *pics*

Ah-ha!!!  Just as I suspected - I have caught Manny in a bold face deception...  This is OBVIOUSLY not his work.  If it were, there would be a scantily clad young lady providing a needed R&R for those hearty warriors!!

Nice job Manny...  Or whomever the REAL artist is!!

bbrowniii wrote:

Ah-ha!!!  Just as I suspected - I have caught Manny in a bold face deception...  This is OBVIOUSLY not his work.  If it were, there would be a scantily clad young lady providing a needed R&R for those hearty warriors!!   Nice job Manny...  Or whomever the REAL artist is!!

zokissima wrote:

Definitely a different turn from what we've seen from you so far. Looks good though. As ever, the figures are fantastic. Only comment is about the stance of the vehicle. In the third picture down, the low shot makes it look as if the vehicle is not firmly on the ground.

zokissima wrote:

In all honesty, I STILL find that one of the most difficult things regarding a diorama and a vehicle; I can never seem to get that authentic heavy look of a vehicle imprinted into the ground.

Manny...I wish my first build looked this good. You have a talent. As usual I love your figures.

Rounds Complete!!

zokissima wrote:

In all honesty, I STILL find that one of the most difficult things regarding a diorama and a vehicle; I can never seem to get that authentic heavy look of a vehicle imprinted into the ground.

I have found that the best way to imprint a vehicle is to settle it down into the base, let that dry, and then use additional Celluclay stuffed in and under the tracks with a tweezer; hit the C-clay with paint and dirt/sand, to blend it in.

Alternately, you could lay the tracks in a bed of white glue, and press the vehicle down into it, and then add dirt/sand to the glue that oozes up in and around the tracks. That'll give a goood "impersonation" of weight to the vehicle.

the doog wrote:

I have found that the best way to imprint a vehicle is to settle it down into the base, let that dry, and then use additional Celluclay stuffed in and under the tracks with a tweezer; hit the C-clay with paint and dirt/sand, to blend it in. Alternately, you could lay the tracks in a bed of white glue, and press the vehicle down into it, and then add dirt/sand to the glue that oozes up in and around the tracks. That'll give a goood "impersonation" of weight to the vehicle.

Doog, I use the later with the small numbers of armour/bases I have done as 1:72 is too small for the former method, at least in my limited experience.

A bead of neat white glue placed with a toothpick followed by groundwork, then a tidy up with a clean toothpick works well.

cheers

Mike 

bbrowniii wrote:

Ah-ha!!!  Just as I suspected - I have caught Manny in a bold face deception...  This is OBVIOUSLY not his work.  If it were, there would be a scantily clad young lady providing a needed R&R for those hearty warriors!!   Nice job Manny...  Or whomever the REAL artist is!!

I remember walking in the Ben Yehuda mall seeing a cute couple holding hands, he was armed with a large assult rifle and she was carrying a nice UZI

she was a TANKER....

dostacos wrote:

I remember walking in the Ben Yehuda mall seeing a cute couple holding hands, he was armed with a large assult rifle and she was carrying a nice UZI she was a TANKER....

Crikey, I would hate to see a domestic!

madmike wrote:

dostacos wrote: I remember walking in the Ben Yehuda mall seeing a cute couple holding hands, he was armed with a large assult rifle and she was carrying a nice UZI she was a TANKER.... Crikey, I would hate to see a domestic!

she may have been but she was wearing a tanker's bib overalls, as a father, I would like that my daughter carried an UZI on her dates, that would slow down a  grabby gus