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Sturmgiest
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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 09:00 PM UTC
Hi Dave,smashing dio!! the positioning and finish is superb

Cheers

Deano
razorboy
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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 11:42 PM UTC
Thanks Dean. I do appreciate your kind comments.
guygantic
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Posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 10:01 AM UTC
One of the best compositions I've seen since a long time ! Tx for the 'wartime' pics : great ! G.
monkybutt
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Posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 11:30 AM UTC
that's some museum quality stuff!!!! reallllyyyyyy good! the man walking along with the mauser completes it, to me! he's my fav figure. n congrats...your painting abilities for armor n figures are above excellent!
razorboy
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Posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 11:40 AM UTC
Guygantic and monkeybutt, thanks - this one turned out well, not all of them do.

razorboy

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pebblemonkey
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2009 - 10:02 AM UTC
Hi dave ,
That looks vaguely familiar, anyone else from the Armchair general on here?

Matt
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Posted: Friday, February 13, 2009 - 12:24 PM UTC
Very Very Nice Dio. You have Awesome painting skills and a keen eye for detail. Very Cool ! milvehfan
razorboy
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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 12:29 AM UTC
Here's a few more of the black and white -



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razorboy
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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 01:17 AM UTC

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Hi dave ,
That looks vaguely familiar, anyone else from the Armchair general on here?

Matt


I don't think that there are Matt, think it's just me and you. This is a great site! You'll get more views of your stuff here than any other site and that is a fact! Have you got your Panther and Sherman posted here? If not, you should!
slodder
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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 01:21 AM UTC
I see at least an On Display feature of this one.
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 01:31 AM UTC
Very nice Dave. The figures and tanks look excellent. Some of the plants look like huge weeds ... and maybe a bit unrealistic (my opinion). Might be better if they were tighter together and look like small trees and shrubs???? Just a thought.
martyncrowther
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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 10:46 AM UTC
Good job mate. Like the figures.

Martyn
pebblemonkey
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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 12:07 PM UTC

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Hi dave ,
That looks vaguely familiar, anyone else from the Armchair general on here?

Matt


I don't think that there are Matt, think it's just me and you. This is a great site! You'll get more views of your stuff here than any other site and that is a fact! Have you got your Panther and Sherman posted here? If not, you should!


Hi Dave,
Yes the Panther and the Sherman are on here, the sherman got ripped to pieces in the constructive critism section

I'll eventually post some more of my Handywork.

matt
razorboy
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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 01:22 PM UTC
That happens here Matt, I've noticed that most of the guys doing the criticizing don't have any model pics posted. I would find it hard to criticize someone else's build (if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything) let alone criticize someone about something I have no experience with. Maybe that's just me though. I like your Sherman, I think it was spot on.
pebblemonkey
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Posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 10:24 PM UTC
Cheers Dave!

That makes sense.
I'll get some more work done on my other shermans now

Matt
razorboy
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Posted: Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 03:02 AM UTC
With Spring finally here, I decided to take some outside pics of this dio. .......












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razorboy
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Posted: Sunday, May 03, 2009 - 01:55 AM UTC
"Antiqued" -




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Tarok
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Posted: Sunday, May 03, 2009 - 02:13 AM UTC
That looks terrific, Dave. Nicely executed diorama

Rudi
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Posted: Monday, May 04, 2009 - 02:26 PM UTC
hate to nit pick, but tank riderish units werent called panzergrenadiers untill 1943. hitler changed threir name to make them sound more badass or something like that....

other than that its really good. to make it better, pit tiny bits of cut up leaves (pot works fine) (lol im joking dont worry people.) becase trees have leves that fall around them, particularly decidues like oaks.
kbm
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Posted: Monday, May 04, 2009 - 03:29 PM UTC
Hi Dave:

The figures and tanks look great. Maybe some pointers on your figure painting techniques? I have to agree with the earlier post about the size of the weeds, they look out of scale to my eye.

Anyway, hopefully we'll see more of your work soon!

Keith
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Posted: Monday, May 04, 2009 - 11:01 PM UTC
Very good work I love the black and white pictures seem real.
montythefirst
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Posted: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 12:42 PM UTC
nice looking tanks great paint job
razorboy
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Posted: Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 10:23 AM UTC
Sorry about the "Panzer Grenadier" designation, force of habit I guess - I DO know better. Thanks for pointing that out Erik, merely an oversight on my part. As far as the tall weeds go, I thought they turned out nicely.

Thanks to all for your input,
razorboy
NickZour
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Posted: Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 10:43 PM UTC
Great little diorama

Cheers Nick
hangarbay94
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Posted: Friday, May 08, 2009 - 01:46 AM UTC
That diorama is fabulous!

I love the tracks left in the mud, the weathering and mud effects look great.

Both vehicles loook unusual, I thought I knew a bit about WW2 tanks but obviously not, so thank you for introducing me to something new.

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