Completed Squadron Leader

[NickM]

Not having half as much modelling time as I'd like, finishing a figure is becoming a twice yearly event for me. With that said, here's my second figure for 2012. It's Andrea Miniature's 54mm '5 O'Clock Tea' and it's been a favourite of mine for ages.

I rarely miss an opportunity to paint Commonwealth figures as Polish, so I chose to paint this one as Sqn Ldr Zdzislaw Krasnodebski of the famous 303 (Polish) Sqn, just after being made operational during the Battle of Britain.

It's painted in oils and Vallejo acrylics. The dispersal hut was built using plastic card.

Hope you like it. Any comments or suggestions always welcome.
Cheers!
Nick

 

[Meehan34]

Really really great work here. This is put together so well. Congrats sir.

 

[GregMcEvoy]

Great setting! Really well done Nick,

Cheers,
Greg

 

[Mike Stevens]

Nice work Nick.

 

[NickM]

Meehan, Greg and Mike, thanks for your comments, guys. Glad you like it
Cheers

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Wonderful. I would be happy to do two of those a year. Love the red in the skin and the dog. Only ever so slight critique is the chalkboaed which is superbly done but possibly too clean. Did you hand paint that?

Colin

 

[bwildfong]

Outstanding Nick! The backdrop is really well done and complements an excellent figure perfectly - thanks for showing it!

Cheers,

Brian

 

[fear-max]

Wonderful
Max

 

[tonydawe]

Superbly painted Nick. One of your best pieces so far. A wonderful tribute mate.

 

[smudger1960]

Beautifully done nick,I like the backdrop of the hut and all the details,this is what makes the piece that extra bit special,i enjoy things linked to the Battle of Britain and this is a beautiful piece .

Brian

 

[Helm]

Brilliant job so naturally posed really captures the Battle of Britain "feel"

Steve

 

[DarioZ]

Fantastic paintjob.

Darek

 

[arxo]

You can smell the coffee! Excellent work!

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Very good job!

Cheers

 

[NickM]

Thanks Colin, Brian, Max, Tony, Brian and Steve for all your comments, they're much appreciated. I'm glad you all like it.
Colin, you're spot on about the chalkboard too. I'll sort this out tonight with a few subtle smudges of chalk dust. Thanks for the advice mate.
Dzięki Darek, Cieszę się, że Ci się podoba.

Cheers

 

[NickM]

Thanks too, Arxo and Martin. Much appreciated!

 

[Ferris]

That's really really good Nick! Perfect vignette in all the little details. Very atmospheric!
It doesn't matter how many pieces you make, it's the quality that counts!

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[Helm]

You can smell the coffee! Excellent work!

Tea old boy tea, it IS England after all

 

[Mirofsoft]

All this is very well done

 

[housecarl]

Lovely work.
Carl.