UPDATE 10/08: 442nd RCT Go For Broke WIP

Mic wrote:

Holy COW that looks cool.  Total 180 from the prior, well executed, I might add, scenario.

Back home, i got a taxidermist, he gonna have a heart attack when he sees what I brung him!

Bill

Nice looking house. Well, for the shape it's in...Interesting subject too. I have been reading about the 100th/442nd for a paper for a social psych class.

Here's a link for the citations for the 21 Medals of Honor awarded to the 100th Bttn/442nd RCT. Very intereseting reading if anyone hasn't come across it before.
http://www.goforbroke.org/history/history_historical_medal.asp
---------Kevin

Wow! That is most excellent! It almost seems a shame for that hard work in the beginning to be broken up and covered with rubble. (key word...almost ....I can't wait to see more of this one!)

That looks awesome!

Great work!

Thanks, gentlemen... painting now, will update soon.

Steve (aka The Taxidermy Man)

Welcome back, Steve! I'm sorry you sold that beautiful barn after all the hard work you did on it, but I guess such is life.

I'm enjoying this new work you're doing, especially the stairs. For modeling wood, nothing looks better than the real stuff!

As one person pointed out, there probably should be some tears in the wallpaper from the building being damaged. You'll want to replicate dust and dirt scattered around, too.

By the way, what instrument did she play in "Ladies' Rock Camp?"

Speaking of instruments, whatever happened to the Neil Peart drum kit you were trying to model?

Here are some shots, to prove I've been working Lots up details still need detailin', but I thought I'd show some progress...

More to come, including shingles, paint touch-up. Front of the structure still needs a lot of work, but I'm hacking away at it here and there. Looking forward to getting this thing eventually secured to the base, so I can move on with the figures.

Steve

~ You know Steve, it occurs to me that it's not normal to envy someone who owns a house that looks like this.......but I do.

I would like to have a house that looks like that (no, not the one I gotta live in  ) Heaven forbid I get my wish on 1:1 scale---I want one  1/35 scale though! Very, very impressive work my friend.

Steve, just excellent work you have done. I would like to know what you used for the nails I see sticking up on the beams. Again, WOW!! 

Thank you, guys. I appreciate your looking in here.

Mike- the nails are simply drerssmakers pins glued in, and then trimmed.

wow!!!!

This is looking great- haha keep "hacking away" at it- it looks awesome

Can't even wait to see the figures, this is shelf worthy as is right now from where I'm sitting, it can only get better!!

Well, after 7 months or so, I'm ready to get back to work on this. The 442nd figures are nearly finished; I still have a dead German figure (Mig) to assemble and paint, but the central figures are almost done. Some transfers, minor touch ups, et al

Bringing this back over from the Figures forum:

Attaching the structure to the base with a wood screw. This allows me to remove it / put it back on / remove it again while working with the base:

The base will have a turntable base attached underneath, so there will be no actual "front" or "back" of the scene. In person, you will be able to spin it around for all views.

Here's dude in the structure:

Built the form around the base edge...

poured the plaster...

after a few hours, removed the forms...

took it outside and sanded it down. Then, I started messing around with the figure placement, settled on this arrangement:

Workin' the rubble arrangement, nothing cemented down just yet. The pegs represent where the figures are likely gonna be:

Next steps will be to secure the rubble to the base, prime it, and start painting it up.

If you're here, thanks for looking. All critique welcome.

Steve

   

FREAKIN BRILLIANT LOOK'IN UPDATE Steve~~!!

Just home after a few days--walked in to see somethin GOOD
been waitin for this too! 
Now I can see what you got in mind---makes sense I dig it. I like the look of the building exterior-I dont remember seeing that----nice way to form your 'patio' like a scaled-down concrete job--a handy method I might pinch.

Top marks----cant wait to see it all finished

Here's the latest progress update. Began the hand-laid rubble and debris in black primer, then to gray. Bringing up the colors slowly... painting individual pieces, as well as dry brushing in areas. Got a lot more to go

OUTSTANDING work..Figs are incredible and the building and debris is spot on...awsome work as usual Steve!

Agree 100% with Steve's comment... it has been fun following your work!  Keep posting to help us novices... thank you for doing this!

Love the rubble and debris work you've done Steve. You must have painstakingly weathered each and every stone.

The dio base is unique too. I'm glued to this post till the end.

Cheers,

Richard

awesome work....Words cant even explain how great this dio is coming along.... keep up the good no no the Great work

I thank you for the compliments, guys. Still hackin' away at it. Piecing together a fallen German figure for the base. Updates soon.

Steve

AMAZING!

rtfoe

Love the rubble and debris work you've done Steve. You must have painstakingly weathered each and every stone.

The dio base is unique too. I'm glued to this post till the end.

Cheers,

Richard

Thanks, guys. Yeah, I get a little "Rain Man" with rubble sometimes, only to have it look as if I simply dry brushed it all. Trying to move a little faster, as I'm getting the urge to move on to something else. So many figures, so little ambition...

Here's the latest progress: began working on the fallen German. The layout will (hopefully) suggest that (one of) the main characters picked him off as he was trying to scramble out the front door. The Mig figure seems like it might have been sculpted to be part of an armor crew (ie- no field gear, but I'm no expert in these matters). I'm adding a Y-strap to him with some left over PE, and digging out some gear from the spares box:

All critique and comments welcome :)

Steve

Great work!!!