Finished Diorama

[mahross]

Stepeh, superb. That floor is great. Please tell us all its secret?

Ross

 

[garyjd]

Stephen, That is FANTASTIC. In addition to the figures I love the flooring. The dog is very nice also, it actually looks like a dog. All to often these animals do not look that realistic. Great job.~Gary

 

[slaj]

Dave , thanks

Joe , I appreciate your kind words.As you can see I tried to go for a dull colour/s for the tiling so as to put the colourful uniforms stand out more

Stephen Mallia

 

[slaj]

Guys thanks for your feedback

Roy , you're right about the marble stairs.It is in fact the only area painted in oils. Iwas always capable of replicating marble in oils but always found it tough with acrylics. The problem with it was that I couldn't dry it in the crockpot because I would have damaged the wooden base ( it happened before ), so I had to wait for days before I could touch it

Stephen Mallia

 

[slaj]

Patrick ,Ross there's no real secret behind the painting of the tiling. IMHO it was all down to choosing the riht colours to give the figures a boost , a good brush ( series 7) and a steady hand. No tape was used anywhere.It's all freehand

Stephen Mallia

 

[slaj]

Gary thanks.The story behind the dog goes as follows. I wanted to depict a new member being pushed forward before the drum major.Firstly , I chose a boy to differentiate.Then I wanted to find a dog that was in the act of barking at something. I knew that Andrea had a set of dogs in the relative scale but trusting my luck none in this position.So I had to use RUNNING dog and tear him up to pieces making ths little pooch the way I wanted. The reason for the dog barking at the boy is to give the impression of someone not usually around.That's why I depicted the dog ignoring all the others and barking at the boy.BTW the name for the dio will be 'Le nouveau musicien ' ( The new musician )

Stephen Mallia

 

[Ernest]

OUTSTANDING
Great work

ER

 

[megroot]

GREAT,GREAT, SUPERB.

Beauty.

Marc

 

[Guy]

Absolutely outstanding work Stephen...........a true master.

btw......is there any reason you don't post these threads into your vbench instead of posting in the painting / sculpting forums? It would keep all your work together.

 

[fsdesimone]

Outstanding Stephen!! This has been a great SBS to watch the past few months and now it's awesome to see it all done.

Francesca

 

[Roc]

Stephen, beautiful work, as usual.


Ciao

Roc.

 

[Evan August]

Congratulations Stephen, that is great! The tile, composition, colorful uniforms, and details all come together to make a beautiful scene. Good job man!

 

[LCoote]

Wonderful work all round Stephen! the tiling is all freehand, you'd never know it, perfect!

 

[slaj]

Guys , thanks for the nice comments.

GUY , you cannot be more right.In fact I tried to post this final thread in the v-bench.I don't know why. Most probably I'm so stupid around computers that I didn't find my way around.The thing is that it's not the first time I posted in the v-bench.After all It's the same as posting in any other thread.Am I correct or am I being stupid again :lol:

Stephen Mallia

 

[Guy]

It just helps keep them together Stephen and not lost in the painting/sculpting thread which is much larger. I'll move them to your vbench as soon as I can so they will be together. Just thought maybe you had a reason you wanted them here. Not a problem

 

[gforceman]

Superb, really stuning!

Admiring greetings,

Gino

 

[rej]

Welldone mate

OUTSTANDING imho :angry:

I'm sure it will be the topic of our Exhibition, History in Scale 2005 this weekend!

Ray

 

[slaj]

Thanks Guy. Will you be in Boston? I owe you a beer ! A whole crate in fact considering you always come to my help !

Stephen Mallia

 

[slaj]

Gino thanks.

Ray , thanks too. We'll have all the time to talk about it at the show

Stephen Mallia

 

[KeithP]

Stephen-

A little late, but I wanted to add my as well.

I really enjoyed the multiple figure SBS. Next time you do a floor like that, I'd love to see that as an SBS, too.

Keith