Stalingrad!

[Grumpa]

Brutal house to house fighting.

 

[Grumpa]

This one was inspired a bit by a certain famous photo of a dead German soldier in a doorway.
Built in early 2000s.

Jim.

 

[BarleyBop]

This dio really does illustrate your approach of creating a 3D 'painting', telling a story while leveraging your skill.
It can be challenging to view, especially when the execution is so well done and doesn't get in the way of the message.
Lately, I've been thinking of your dios more as bronzed, artist maquettes, studies for what could be much larger pieces or installations.
Just like the moral drama unfolding in the street, the frame of the house is being laid bare.

 

[creading]

After viewing all the dioramas you have posted here, I find the color palette you use is grim and bleak, which is really good based on your diorama subject matter. It really evokes desperation and ruin. As mentioned above, it's like viewing a 3D painting You are a master at debris - something most diorama artists underdo.
Kudos to you sir on a series of unique, masterful dioramas.

Cheers,
C.

 

[Airborne01!]

Your works have always been grim, evocative and sobering mate. They touch on the themes too may modellers find too sensitive to approach, I find them salutory ...
Steve

 

[Grumpa]

This dio really does illustrate your approach of creating a 3D 'painting', telling a story while leveraging your skill.
It can be challenging to view, especially when the execution is so well done and doesn't get in the way of the message.
Lately, I've been thinking of your dios more as bronzed, artist maquettes, studies for what could be much larger pieces or installations.
Just like the moral drama unfolding in the street, the frame of the house is being laid bare.

After viewing all the dioramas you have posted here, I find the color palette you use is grim and bleak, which is really good based on your diorama subject matter. It really evokes desperation and ruin. As mentioned above, it's like viewing a 3D painting You are a master at debris - something most diorama artists underdo.
Kudos to you sir on a series of unique, masterful dioramas.

Cheers,
C.

Your works have always been grim, evocative and sobering mate. They touch on the themes too may modellers find too sensitive to approach, I find them salutory ...
Steve

Thanks so much guys, I am truly humbled, my style is a bit dark and grim, but what is bright and happy about war?
True there may have been some lighter moments here and but they were only desperate distractions from the pain
of not knowing if one would ever return to loved ones again or what will one's ultimate fate be.
Will I make it home in one piece, or at all? Will I suffer a slow and painful death in some obscure, lonely ditch somewhere?
Will I finally make it home, but only as some mutilated half a man?

All these haunting thoughts follow a man into combat like some unshakable invisible demon gnawing at his very soul.
When the inevitable fire fight comes it is as almost a relief.....for now the dye is cast and what will be, will be.

Jim.

 

[Aya]

Hi Jim.
Very strong and descriptive words, which stand side by side with your amazing artwork. Brilliant diorama and very powerful too.

 

[Steve Ski]

Dang, Jim, that does look a bit dark. Not the scenario, but the base color tones. It's almost like you are going for a chromatic effect, but I might be wrong. If you were going for a night scene or low light, you pegged it!