Completed Critique El Miliciano- Spanish Civil War 1936 1.32 Creation

[MAXIMO]

The falling soldier: The most important picture of Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa
I did this small figure with the challenge of showing the moment of the collapsing Spanish Milician and train to copy exactly as possible the Robert Capa B&W picture.
I create the soldier with some plastic transformed spare parts. Then I sculpted with putty all the uniform details adding the arms, hands and ammunitions belts. The rifle slipping out the hand it’s supported by just two fingers and his standing on one foot.
I painted all in B&W with acrylic.
I’ll appreciate and welcome all yours comments


Adriano
The Falling Soldier 1936 is a photograph by Robert Capa appears to capture a Republican soldier at the very moment of death. The soldier is shown collapsing backward after being fatally shot in the head, with his rifle slipping out of his right hand. The pictured soldier is dressed in civilian clothing, but is wearing a leather cartridge belts

 

[Oda]

You remained true to the photograph.You have recreated in 3D a most difficult movement and very successfully I might add.Very inspirational work.Well done.

 

[MAXIMO]

Thank you Oda for the comment I appreciate.
Regards
Adriano

 

[Dan Morton]

A difficult pose very well done!

What scale please?

All the best,
Dan

 

[Harrybh]

As a photographer I knew the image immediately. Very well done rendering! Doing it in B&W is an homage to a great, and very brave, man.
As a point of interest I have read in a very few places Robert Capa had posed his shot but, as much as I know about him and his brother Cornell, I doubt that.

 

[Jaybo]

Great idea and wonderfully executed. I too instantly recognized the pose and subject.

 

[Mat Lambert]

Very good representation of the photograph. You have really thought about how to replicate aspects in the image - I like that you have painted the shadow on the groundwork too as that is a big feature in the original.
Well done
Cheers
Mat

 

[franceso sbarile]

to replicate a photo is always a very difficoult job. You did a very good work on it

 

[MAXIMO]

Hi Dan it¨1/32 Thanks
and also to Jaybo, Mat, Francesco, I appreciate the comments my thanks.
To Arrybh, about the picture was an acction combact simulation but the men was really killed

Upon publication of the photograph, there were allegations from the Falange, an extreme nationalist political group in Spain, that the photograph was staged by Capa request.
Staging photos was a common occurrence during the Spanish Civil War because of limits imposed upon photojournalists' freedom of movement: unable to go to active fronts, or cordoned off when they were, photographers resorted to pictures of soldiers feigning combat.[6]Following its publication, the photograph was acclaimed as one of the greatest ever
Regards Adriano

 

[arj]

A very evocative photo captured perfectly in 3D.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[MAXIMO]

Thank you Andrew for your comment.
Adriano

 

[Bob Orr]

Seem to remember Robert Lane did a version of this subject some years back?

Bob

 

[MAXIMO]

Hi Bob I ´ll never seen any other version, but maybe somebody else did one...
Regards
Adriano