Officers & maps.

Still loads to do, but I was having a go at the composition. Any other ideas?
Carl.

good gravy man! How many projects do you have going at the same time? And I thought I painted fast.

I like where you are going with this.

From a Real time and security perspective I would have the the SAS smoking member on the other side of the Arab.That way both SAS members are looking at the map and the direction that the Arab is pointing.

Oh how many times did I see this scenario played out in BAOR! (Saw some SNCOs who were pitiful at map reading too.....)
Another nice one Carl, is the camel one of Mr.Verlinden's?
Chris

Excellent vignette! Colorful and original! At the risk of overwhelming both the modeller and the composition, I'd love to see one of those ramshackle Chevies added.

All the best,
Dan

Very beautiful vignette , and for the idea, why not an italian officer surrender ?

cheers

stefano

So this is what the camel was needed for !!

Nice start to this one mate, if in doubt always ask a local

I think the Arab would look better on the other side as at the moment he has his back to the two Brits, place the brits to the right of the picture with all three facing more to the centre and each other if possible.

Steve

Mike Meechan beat me to it. . .

Aw Carl:

Wow mate, you are really crackin'. Crankin' them out. . . and such high
quality of work. I like this dio a lot. There is a lot of eye candy here. I notice
that you painted both British Rat Patrol(?) soldiers differently.
And I like that.

I read what Steve Readdie said, and I can see his point. Sometimes when
a character (figure) in the story line looks off to the left or the right,
that can take the viewer's eye away from the scene. And I won't
go into detail here about exactly what I mean as it refers to the
whole composition ball of wax. And good composition is a complete text
book, all by itself. I don't think the gaze being off the center
line disturbs this layout, however. It looks OK.

I do hope that the ground level as it is currently shown, is not what it will
end up being. A table top terrain, just doesn't do it for me. I don't think the
world is flat in very many places. So I would like to see some uneven
terrain. Sumpin' tells me you'll be doing so, as I think of what a super job
you did with the WWI trench scene. Detail wise this is was way up
there on the Applause-spect-trometer Scale. Eager to see more.

Well done,

rick

Carl, great painting, it'll be interesting to see where you decide about the final positioning of the figures.

Cheers Ken

Mate, I agree with Steve's suggestion. Try to tighten it up with as little "dead" space on the vignette as possible. Perhaps you could do the Willys Jeep as a wedgie to make the scene even more compact???

I'm not sure about the premise of your scene. SAS and LRDG operating behind enemy lines were very careful to avoid contact with local tribesmen because they invariably shared information about enemy movements with the Germans. The loyalty of Beduion tribesmen could not be taken for granted, and unless they were in dire need, my guess is these chaps would avoid contact with locals to ensure their presence remained undetected.

The other issue I have is the map itself. Remember the North African desert is largely a flat, barren, featureless plain, or rugged inhospitalble wadis and depressions. Most maps, even large scale ones would have very little detail on them.

Nice composition、Carl.
Very very fantastic.
I'd like to see your next step.

Mitsutaka

Tony, I'm only using the figures that were available. The addition of the camel was to show two extremes of transport, ancient and modern. The Bedouin, had deep seated hatred of the Italians following Mussolini's Riconquista of 1922. The Senussi people of Libya lost 250.000 to 300.000 during WW2." The Senussi inhabitants of these foothills were bitter enemies of the Italians and eagerly gave them refuge and assistance hiding the trucks". Quote. You're correct with regards to desert nav, this was done by dead reckoning and astral nav. Maps were frequently used to orientate with the often sparse features. Other that the composition & theme you like it.LOL
Carl.

This is very good Carl !! Will be great to see the ground work build up.

Thanks for posting, RobH.

Hi there Carl,

Very nice start to your dio. Looking forward to the composition and finish! A very intense and skilled progression! I CAN FEEL IT!

Lot's of great advice from the Planet. Take it all in, sort it out and in the end, It'll be just the way you want it!

Jim