Al and Mike,
Thanks for the generous comments. Mike,it is hard to portray randomness. And death is very random,as you know from A'stan and other garden spots we both have been to.
Pics we see of casualties are sometimes posed and sometimes the people taking the pics pull the bodies to a different position to get a "better" view. This was done as early as the American Civil War. You are correct in that almost all the dead guys I've seen in resin or in dios look like sleeping people and not the random pose usually displayed by a battlefield corpse.
In that respect I think the war movies confuse things as well. I have seen after the battle scenes in film where the dead are PERFECTLY spaced apart. Figure the odds?
I know I have said it before but random is very hard to model or build. Like placing stones exactly equidistant on groundwork in a dio. It's something we do subconsciously and is hard to overcome.
Man o man,too much coffee again. I shouldn't ever post in the morning. Sorry guys. But thanks!!!
J

Well Jerry, the other side if that coin is that most of my figures would look better under that roller than along side of it!

And, I always check your builds and wonder, how does he do it??!! Precision repeated! THAT is impressive! Oh, yeah, and essentially scratch building and painting figures!!

Looking forward to the next installment of Jerry's models!

Cheers
Nick

Mike Conor and Nick,
Thanks so much guys for the excellent words of encouragement. You guys are great.
I just saw some figures on another website that made me want to hang up my 000 brush!! Holy cow. Freakishly realistic.
J

Wow. You've got that destructive touch, sir. Horse progress is great and I really like where that staff car is headed.

-The Peanut Gallrey

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Mike Conor and Nick,
Thanks so much guys for the excellent words of encouragement. You guys are great.
I just saw some figures on another website that made me want to hang up my 000 brush!! Holy cow. Freakishly realistic.
J

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Do tell Jerry...what website?

And to sir Nick, your bar raising skills are pretty high yourself.

When it comes time, you're gonna' need some sort of giant spatula in order to move the whole horse/human/wagon casualty assembly! It looks great! The tire looks equally as good — I like your style!

—mike

Dave,
There is a Japanese guy named Keiichi Aoki that posts on Missinglynx on the Constructive Comments forum. He uses a Electronic microscope when he paints figures and uses hair from a stuffed toy for enhancing the figures hair. The effect is disturbingly realistic.
Yes,I agree,my arms are sore from trying to reach the bar Nick sets every time he posts.
J

Coming along very nicely, Jer, and as always, I'm looking forward to seeing what's next!

Gotta agree with you about Keiichi Aoki - his work is simply phenomenal. The vignette he did with the Master Box (I think) "Check Point" figures, the one that has the little girl in it, just blows me away every time I look at it. That figure must only be about as tall as the last two knuckles on my pinky finger are long, yet it has more expression and life in it than all the figures I've ever painted put together.

Of course, every thing else he paints is just as good. Whenever I want some inspiration and motivation on just what is possible with figure painting, I browse through the photos I've collected of Keiichi's works. His faces are just breath-taking.

One day I hope to be half as good...