After seeing this picture, I thought it would be interesting to attempt to recreate it.
This is my first attempt at a non-urban setting, no buildings.

Second, it was the first attempt at re-animating a figure by sculpting part of it, legs of the figure raising his helmet. Other than the construction of a single tree, this is the first attempt at doing any sort of foliage. Lastly, as much as I hate admit it, these are first US infantry figures that I have ever done. Excuse the pictures they were not from a digital camera, so what appeared to be decent lighting at the time did not turn out that way.



As always, any and all comments are appreciated.

Jay

Hey, thats cool, I like it - where is the other fellows M1 ?

Great work!

wow, i love it! good work

Hey well done, that little vignette tells a big story. That youngster is very concerned about loosing his head! I like the B/W version it looks like the real thing. Nice job on the hedge row., the only thing I would change (if possible) is to make his head come up a little more, which gives the "punch " to the scene. Only a kid would try this trick, then stick his head up to see if its working.



Cheers
Slug

Interesting scene. Nice work.

G'day Jay!
that looks great mate.
ok id better stop rhyming :-)
you did a really good job on this, looks jsut like the photo.
well done mate
cheers

THAT'S WAY COOL!

Looks good! Lots of implied action in a small base. What material did you use to sculpt the legs. The pic is a bit blurry there, but looks like they turned out well.

Thats a realy sweet dio and you've made a great job re-creating it

mission sucsesful!
Frank

Could you get a pic from the other side of the bushes so we can see what a German sniper might see?

I like it nice job.

Very well done. The foliage is very convincing. The figures are nicely done. Lastly the story is well represented.

Nice job.

Wery nice job!
It is not easy to make dio from picture!

very nice work.foliage and figures looks great

Very nice dio. Maybe by an accident but you put light as the sun sets and it gives very interesting shadow on your pics. You can imagine: sniper with sun low behind his back. almost impossible get alive

Very well done job, congrats. The small vignette tells so much

nice idea, nice vignette!!

got nothing to add

Thank you for the comments.

Jan
The positioning of the second figure hides his M1, but I assure you he has one.

Kancali

I used Milliput and paper clips for the legs


I re-shot the pictures and maybe this time the lighting will be a little better

Once again, I appreciate the comments

Jay

Great diorama Jay. What materials did you use for your foliage? It looks very realistic.

Keith

Keith,

All the material for the foliage are Woodland Scenics applied to a plant stock, which I have no clue as to what they are but I have a few of them around my house and they dry out and resemble little tress.

Jay