The walls are finished. The sandbags done and weathered. The model itself is completed and the floor is done. Next comes the surrounding features and the figures. The last part will be the debris.



I used a new technique on the cork bricks that will definately find its way into an article. The turned out great.

Hi Mike its nice to see progress!!! I like the floor making and would like to hear a lil more about it. I also wanted to say that the sandbags are made very nicely though i thing the seem all very similiar and tide and fluffy, while in a war condition they must have suffered from hand to hand and be more sagy .But if you tried to make them all the same you ve done it remarkably well!!! as for their weathering the picture cannot show it very well (maybe is my eyes) and they tend to look a lil glossy. Maybe in a nother photshoot they look better and show the work you have done. Further more , with the debris and other stuff i bet you ll add, i d try to "break" the square shape of the plan so it wouldnt look very normal and tide and ordered.
Hope i gave a lil help, and i am looking forward your next pictures with progress. AAhhh the AA gun is nice also

Hin Mike

Its a great looking piece, a well thought out idea, and very good work. The only thing I would do would be weather the gun a little more. Maybe add some kill markings to the sheild, and or add a camo net over the shield. I look forward to seeing the completed piece.

Wolfsix

Thanks for the kind comments.

The weathering on the sandbags didn't show up as well as I would have liked, but it's there. In looking at the photos again, I have to give the bags another shot of dullcote. I ran out last night! The floor is cork cut into squares with the top edges distressed a little. These "tiles" are then glued to a cardboard substrate and the joints are "grouted" with drywall compound (spackle, polyfilla etc). The joints are given a good brushing with a stiff toothbrush once dry. The completed floor is then painted with craft paint and drybrushed with a selection of browns and black.

There will be a lot of brick debris around the sides of the square, so that should break up the outline some. I will be cutting some brass rod into shell casings, and I have some "empty" magazines that will be left on the ground. I still have to weather the gun.

Harry, what kind of kill markings did you have in mind? I was thinking that UK flags would be too small at that scale, perhaps roundels? I do have a cam net but I am loathe to use it as it would hide the model.

Looking good Mike, thanks for the tips on using the sculpey. A guy should be able to make all sorts of interesting little accessories with it. As for the "kill" markings, would they maybe use the Luftwaffe style of single lines etc, like the ac had on their tails? Just a thought.

nice work! you could make tiny bullets with streched sprue to bring more realism to the scene!

The progress is good, I like the work you're doing.
My comment is - I'd reposition the gun to more centrally locate it. Nothing other than my own thought process behind the idea. So if you have reference or like it great. My thinking is that if I were a crew I'd like easy access all the way around my gun if I could get it, for cleaning and or repair etc.