Normandy Tiger I dio "Plan of Escape"* FINISHED*

[kiwibelg]

You have achieved a very realistic effect with the tree, keep up the good work after your vacation!! (Lucky you!!)

[Jelly]

Man, just a little more and that beautiful tree will become a real living being !

Beautiful, great,

and the painting of the big cat... very good, really good, thumbs up !

Cheers,
Jelly

[madairbrush]

This tree looks fantastic, like a real one.

[desertrat]

tree looks superb !!! don't work tooooo hard on your vacation !!

[mrversatile]

Ok, I am back from vacation and it was a great time. Actually, I have been back for a couple of weeks now and thought I would update my progress. I have since added groundwork and sculpted a farm road through the middle of the base. The tree will be placed on the far side of the road and I will be adding longer grass mixed with some flowering tufts. On the near side I plan to add a barbed wire cattle fence with some longer grasses. I am also going to add some short grass along the crown of the road. For the groundwork I ended up using celluclay mixed with white glue and a handful of "saddle brown" sanded grout. This tinted the celluclay to a nice light earthen tone. I then added a raw umber wash, added some varying tones with Tamiya lt earth, then drybrushed a lighter tan along the track with craft paint. Some progress was also made on the figures which are now cleaned up, constructed, and base coated along the fleshy areas. One figure from the Zvezda set was replaced with a seated Alpine Tanker holding a puppy.









And by request by Coro, a closeup of the tree branches:

[Leon]

Nice start on the ground work and figures Gil! Looking good.

[lunaiko]

Your tree looks great. It looks like foliage?

@coro
MBZ has nice lasercut leaves with fair conditions. But only 1:87. Too small for your trees. And mine

[coro69]

hey gil,
your tree really looks fantastic... really like the look of it

lunaiko yes 1/87 is really to small, i also thought about 1/35 laser cut leaves, but i think the work gluing leave by leave is a tedious work... i am not quite sure about if i am willing to do... :-)

[dupes]

Looking good man!

[Deano]

Excellent ground work and tree Gil , the tree is very effective !

[wbill76]

Looks like you've made the most of your time back Gil, looking good!

[mrversatile]

The figures are finally done. These aren't the greatest pics but you get the idea. I took them this way so the faces can be seen. The shading isn't easy to see in these pics but I am happy with the result. The Zvezda figures are a little lacking in detail compared to the Alpine fig. (can you pic it out?). I added more hair detail with "Mr. Surfacer" 500 and and a strap for the mp-40. Drilled out the pipe, added a couple of cigarettes, and used Archer dry transfers for the collar insignia.


The Tank Commander:


The Sergeant:



Lookout:



Corporal:





Private with friend:

[Leon]

Nice work on the figures Gil! Camo is looking good.

[k1w1]

Wow - Your tree is a masterpiece ! I think the best I have seen.

[kaytermarram]

Oh, just forget about my question in the figure thread! Found it and liked it a lot! Great work so far!

Frank

[Tojo72]

They really will complete the scene nicely.

[wbill76]

Looks like they're ready to roll!

[TRM]

Nice work on the figures Gil! All coming together now!!

[mrversatile]

Thanks guys, yes it is finally coming together. These figures were really labor intensive, more so I think, than the Tiger. Now on to finishing the base. Grasses and a barbed wire cattle fence. I already scratch built 3 strands of barbed wire. I will be putting my static grass applicator to good use.

[mrversatile]

This project is finally complete. Finished with the groundwork and added grasses, (thanks Todd for the tip about the static grass applicator...worked great), and flowering weeds from scenic express as well as scratch building some barbed wire for a cattle fence. I am really happy with the results and hope that the pictures do it justice. It is exactly what I had in mind.

[Leon]

Outstanding finish Gil! Very nicely done.

[wing_nut]

Like wow man! Nice indeed.

[itsonlyakit]

Excellent work from start to finish. Great photography also. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Eh!

[Wes]

Brilliant. I love it

[elco]

That is looking sweet, Nice lay out and groundwork!

[k1w1]

Excellent work. I know nothing about tanks but that tree is perfect, as is the groundwork. Even the fence posts look real.

[madairbrush]

Perfectly done. Your paint skills are great. The uniforms look just awesome.

[Tojo72]

Really fantastic scene,great attention to detail.

[dupes]

Man, excellent work all around! Great finish.

[desertrat]

great all round!!! well done on this build, what's next?