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Nicely done... unusual subject (i woulda never thought of THAT one!)... and the conversions look excellent!

Great job, Toni! Those conversions are outstanding. You really captured the "topless" look on both of those figures. There is one thing abut this, however, that I just don't get. You guys in the Finnish Army actually WANTED to get hot and sweaty when you went to the field? When I was in the service, I went through a couple summers at Fort McCoy, Wis., with the National Guard. They had to be the hottest, most humid weeks I ever spent in the woods. We spent all of our spare time trying to figure out ways to cool down. The highlight of our day was when we received our ration of ice. If anyone had suggested that we take a sauna ... !?!?! It must be a cultural thing

You tell me! I see no point in that either! Maybe it was just too boring to do anything else...so the guys wanted to see how many segments of the exhaust pipe they could make glow red! It was a day when we had one hour (!) of training. We went to throw a live hand grenade 10 am and the rest of the day we just relaxed and enjoyed the summer and mosquitoes! #:-) Toni

Toni, more great looking stuff. An original idea a well-great job.

Almost forgot. Thanks Jim for putting this up, I´m sure you have your hands full of work! Toni

I tried to replicate your technice, using kitchen plasticfoil as tent canvas (or as in my case - rain cover), but it wouldn't take my acrylic paints. I solved this by laminating aluminium foil (the tin one, used in kitchens), and silkpaper from a teabag. I simply glued on the teabag material on the foil, then spraypainted it, and et voilá - i got a wonderful material to use as any kind of canvas for tents, raincovers etc. Easy to fold, but still stiff enough. /Daniel

Add another great little dio to your list. Bravo Toni..

It's actually quite refreshing. The short time heavy sweating opens up your pores and after you have washed up you feel great, almost like a new person. During winter we might blow a hole in the ice of a lake or the sea and take a short dip there. Now THAT's invigorating and will make you feel like a new person. I dare you to try it, sounds extreme but is really good for you. I do it whenever it's possible. It's much nicer to crawl in the trenches or slumber...I mean stay alert at the guard post if you have time to clean up every once in a while. Some people like a bath after a hard day, I prefer sauna. HTH, P.S. To stay on topic Toni's dioramas touch some special spot inside me. He truly catches some of the local spirit in them. I wish I could buy it in a bottle.