Balance and beating the winter Blah's

[John Long]

Getting my scene set. I have the figures for this scene sculpted and I'm getting ready to paint. Looking back, I wish i had composed this scene to have more interaction between the figures. I believe the scene is realistic, I just think it could be more interesting. I'm pretty happy with the scenery itself. I'm ready to move on to something new. I do have at least one figure ahead of these. I got a copy of the Union soldier that I designed for the APG on the paint bench next. Mike did a great job of casting. There are only very slight mold lines to clean up. I expect it to paint up pretty quickly. It's a pretty simple uniform. I think it's going to provide a much needed change of pace before I get into the monotony of olive drab.

I'm missing Atlanta for the first time since I started going. I plan to do MFCA this year instead. The timing for Atlanta was not too good this year. As I blogged earlier, I'm training to do a Tri-athlon or three this year and going to a show at this point was going to cause me to miss three to four days of training. MFCA's timing is better and besides I've never been.

My fears of training have come true. I find that with a lot of my free time used up with working out, I either a) don't have time or b) don't feel like modeling when I do have time. I try to do a little something every day though. That has helped me move ahead in lurches. I'm hoping that the winter gloom over the mid-west will lift in the coming weeks and my energy level will lift along with it.

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[SPrimeau]

John the groundwork is incredible and the levels set it off. I don't mind that the figures aren't interacting, the levels of the scene show a seperation between them IMHO. Look forward to the paint.
Scott

 

[John Long]

Thanks Scott. I had initially posed the guy with the binoculars giving hand signals to the guy on the handy talkie. When I started putting it all together, I was afraid that it wouldn't make sense to the viewer. That's why I opted for this arrangement. I intend to add a satchel with an opened up map and field sketch to the scene as well.

 

[tankman3rd4id]

John,

 

[tankman3rd4id]

John, your groundwork is always amazing i need to learn that. you was talking about posing the figures to interact with one another. i know im not on your level but it struck me if you could of had the guy with the binoculars left arm kinda behind him and aiming at the guy with the walkie ( in a jester of hey hey i seen it , or them ) . looking then all of a sudden finding what it was you was looking for then trying to get his attention. that would get them together and the other guy is standing guard so he kinda tells his own story. again what do i know lol. hope to see you at the joplin show in march.
RICK

 

[Roc]

Agree with everybody else, your ground work looks great.

Cheers
Roc

 

[megroot]

Excellent work on the base.
I would like to see more interaction between the figures. They all are doing something different.

Marc