"On the Shore of Hell", 29th Infantry, D Day

[BigDaddy]

Greetings everyone-

I have not posted here in quite a while..... my bad. Here is my 120mm scale vignette using Jeff Shiu figures. This project took me a year of part time work to complete. I was very deliberate on the composition, as I wanted to portray the chaos and urgency of the battle on the beaches of Normandy.

The figures have very dynamic poses; unfortunately as others have mentioned, they have some anatomy issues and are very poorly cast and required massive amounts of cleanup/repair/re-sculpting. The weapons for the most part were not usable. My son 3D printed some M1's and I grafted the good parts onto the originals. At the end of the day though, it all came together.

The figures were painted with acrylics. Using various mediums (probably everything in the art store) I made the water - added foam, surf and bullet strikes.

There will be a complete article on the construction in issue 213 (January 2024) of Model Military International. Please support them by buying or downloading a copy.

Thanks for looking.
Matt

 

[Redcap]

Absolutely fantastic in all respects and the 'wet' look is achieved to perfection. This should be in a museum for a D-Day collection.

Gary

 

[Ferris]

Brilliant work! So dynamic. Great work on the composition. Tight and focused. Wet effects work well.

Adrian

 

[David Spencer]

Exceptional.

 

[sd0324]

Matt, good to see you posting here again. Fantastic work, I can imagine the hours you have in this piece. It shows, very well done!


Steve

 

[BigDaddy]

Matt, good to see you posting here again. Fantastic work, I can imagine the hours you have in this piece. It shows, very well done!


Steve

Thanks Steve.

 

[Nap]

Hi Matt

Wonderful to see you posting and what a excellent piece of modelling , love the interaction and the water effects you've achieved

You have definitely got the absolute chaos on the beach ......all figures work so well together

Wasn't this also on display at a show recently and rightly admired and commented on a lot


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Thanks for sharing

Look forward to seeing more from you , ENJOY the hobby

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Wow fantastic work and painted

Mobo

 

[MalcC]

Very nice work. the detailing is very effective.

Malc

 

[Briggsy]

Awesome piece, very atmospheric and hectic, love the water wet clothing.

Cheers Simon

 

[MCPWilk]

Superb presentation of iconically sculpted figures. How about some Tommies or Canadians some time?

Mike

 

[oldtrousers]

That is an excellent piece of work! Fantastic painting and the depiction of water spot on.

Scott

 

[Mike Stevens]

I saw this in person last week at the Chicago Show! Excellent work on this Matt!

 

[Steve Ski]

Phenomenal work, all over. I'd say you captured the moment in time you were looking for, very well done, Matt!

 

[marco14]

that is absolute my era ,this is very beautiful done Matt
Mario

 

[BigDaddy]

Hi Matt

Wonderful to see you posting and what a excellent piece of modelling , love the interaction and the water effects you've achieved

You have definitely got the absolute chaos on the beach ......all figures work so well together

Wasn't this also on display at a show recently and rightly admired and commented on a lot


*****PLEASE also SUPPORT the COMPETITIONS of your choice by going to the relevant thread on this link and enjoy ENTERING and VOTING ***

https://www.planetfigure.com/forums/bi-monthly-vignettes-dioramas-competition.196/

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to seeing more from you , ENJOY the hobby

Happy benchtime

Nap

Yes, this was recently displayed at the Chicago show, as well on Facebook/Instagram. I tend to post my work on social media because it's easy. Thanks for the nice comments.

 

[Scott Sheltz]

Excellent work!

 

[Edorta]

Excellent vignette, full of movement and dramatic, great work with the water, bullet strikes, wet helmets, rusty obstacles. Great accuracy in uniform colors.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[Len K.]

Geez Matt I missed this one, amazing as usual.

 

[Rocco82]

Tremendous. The water is very very nice. The realism is there. Great technique.