Believe me ! (Baron Munchausen)

[Theodoros]

Good morning to all !
This is my last creation, a kind of diorama, consisting of a Chronos 75mm miniature (scale 1/24) depicting Baron Munchausen and three miniatures of napoleonic artillery crew in 1/72 scale by Zvezda models.
My aim was to recreate the well known myth of flying Baron on a canonball over the enemy lines, utilizing the difference in scale to convey the depth and perspective of the scene.

Baron's uniform colours is by my taste and imagination. I used the white/black/red colours in order to point out his german origin eventhough he was a mercenary in the russian army. Thus the artillery crew are painted in green colour.

Thanks a lot for visiting and commenting this thread !

[2021]

 

[Tecumsea]

Really creative idea, beautifully executed.

Keith

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Excellent work and very nice painted

Mobo

 

[Theodoros]

Thank you both Keith and Mobo, for your kind comment !

 

[Edorta]

Great diorama, you have made a very clever solution creating the distance, perspective, playing with the figures scale. I love it.

Miniaturas militares pintadas a mano

 

[dmcHobbes]

I was so intrigued by the way you were able to pull off this diorama, that I had to go back later to fully appreciate your paint job. Great work. An inspiration to us all on presentation.

Doug

 

[Henk]

Brilliant. I've always liked "forced perspective" dioramas, I've been wanting to make one with 1/35 anti tank guns in the front, and 1/144 scale tanks in the back.

Great work on the base and the painting.

 

[Airkid]

How clever is that! I have seen some dioramas using forced perspective and have always thought how good they looked. This one is spot-on.

Phil

 

[captnenglish]

That's brilliant

 

[theBaron]

Excellent piece, and of a subject that is dear to me! Well done!

And it calls to mind a line from Terry Gilliam's movie: "This is precisely the sort of thing that no one ever believes!"

Prost!
Brad

 

[Theodoros]

Brad, captnenglish, Phill, Henk, Doug, Eduardo, thank you all for your warm comments about the perspective and the paintjob. It was something new for me, standing in the middle between fantasy and historical miniature.
Thank you all !

 

[gazer]

This is great!
I have this figure in my GA, and your creation is a true inspiration!

Benny

 

[clrsgt]

Very creative idea.

 

[Ferris]

Brilliant! Very well done.

 

[Wayneb]

Imagination rules.........I like it.

Wayne

 

[Nap]

Hi Theodoros

Great tones you posting this , a very nice piece of presentation , fun to paint no doubt and very well painted , clever use of the different scales to achieve the effect

Why not enter a piece into the class of your choice in our FOTM comp and also vote in previous months classes as well as voting in Vignette & Diorama comp #2

Always good to see the artwork

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to the next

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

What a wonderful piece of work! As imaginative as the Baron himself.
Rick

 

[Theodoros]

This is great!
I have this figure in my GA, and your creation is a true inspiration!

Benny

Thank you Benny ! You should give it a shot !

 

[Theodoros]

Thank you Rick, Nap (I have already entered!), Wayne, Ferris, clrsgt, for your kind comment. It is truly encouraging !

 

[Steve Brodie]

Thats just superb.