Hi friends,

Just decided to join the Market Garden campaign and this is a sketch for a shadowbox figure vignette that came into mind.
I like these DML 1:16 figures and the British Red Devil paratrooper features a nice pose. I´m thinking about putting the guy to the front with some foliage and a parachute hanging from a tree. The background would be just a backdrop image of paratroopers landing on a field.
I don´t know if it´s going to be in colour as it would be damn cool making it in black & white...
Like a 3D photograph. The name would be hand-painted on the front glass.

This is by no means the ultimate thing I will absolutely do, just the first idea.
And I think the background image could be the required historical reference?
Any comments are welcome!


Cheers,
Toni

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This is me without words

Toni, this is a spectacular idea and I hope you can pull it off

B&W? what a challenge

Envar,
Unless you have the figure you may have some difficulty in picking one up
as they are OOP and arent listed in dragons product range any more which is
a shame. you may have to alter the figure slightly if going for the dio as I think
he is sculped to look like hes been fighting for days. You'd need to give hime
a 37 pattern large pack ect. But sounds great idea go for it

Bull's Eye ..... this makes my heart beat faster... I was hoping for these sort of entries...

Excellent idea !!

Lucky me, there are a few kits left in my local store.
About those changes...I haven´t yet done any research on the subject, but I will sure consult people here at Armorama when the time comes. Of course I´m interested in all kind of preference material about the British paratrooper equipment!

Thanks,

Toni

Envar,
look up 37 patteren on the web the paras more or less used the standard infantry
equipt silvermans should have some
good photos of 2nd hand equipt, incuding denison smocks ect , dont forget
they also carried toggle ropes as well

Wow - you really have a true fine artists eye for dioramas. You constantly take a good idea and make it wonderful. Not only the idea, but the execution of the idea too.

Thats a really good idea. Good luck, and all the best to her! I like the thought of the parachute hanging from the tree to! Very cool stuff.

~Chip :-)

The ideea is good. How yu'll make the parachute?

Envar,
I just had a thought do you know any one in the Army? parachute flares after they have been fired off of course would be ideal for you you could use these as a template for your chutes as they are about the right size

a sailor would do too. my dad (when he still worked) used to take turned down flares (because of age) home and fire them off for new year. these are more thickly found then army flares. I've been in the army for 3,5 years, but never saw a parachute flare.

Hmm. I don´t have the slightest idea what parachute flares look like.
I still have that parachute thing to be solved, but I think I can pull it off by using kitchen plastic, you can do wonders with that stuff. It´s also possible in my case to use thicker material as the chute won´t need to be translucent and I don´t have to show the edges unless I want to.
The real parachutes were made of silk, right?
Practically it will look like a messy pile of canvas with wires, so I don´t think I will make it very accurate. The biggest problem is to get the seamlines right i guess...

Thanks for suggestions!

Toni

PS The figure was a pleasant surprise: The package included a black square base for the figure!

How about using a silk "pocket square" -easily found in almost any desired color at a good men's tie shop!

Envar - your ideas are constantly fresh - I look forward to seeing another wonderful project!

Since form and shape are less important than texture, I'd go for tissue or kitchen plastics. in my opinion Envar is right in his observations and his solution...

I'm looking forward to this... I was hoping to see some entries from the landing scenes.... splendid thinking !

hi the best of luck as the kit as it is has serious faults , the right arm is too short and the trousers are far too tight , they should be very baggy , the measurement at the bottom are 26 inches across and they are straight , no tapper as in modern trousers. the other problem is the webbing it is too small by far , the bren pouches are 9 in by 4 in by 2 1/2 inches . hope it helps cheers ian

Sometimes I think the smaller dios/vignettes stir up mor feelings