Well this is the first figure I did when I got back to the hobby as an adult. First year were merely experimenting with new materials as photoetch, leadfoil, resin, white metal and new mediums like pastels, artist oils, clays etc.
I was so proud of this piece when I entered it to my first competition and was so disapointed when it didnt place. The mapcase is made of folded lead foil and the sandbags are from hobbyaids clay. The fieldphone is made of plastic card. The sign is an enlarged variant from Verlinden and the barbed wire are from electric cord.
Next year I was back with a new figure that I thought I would have a better chance with. Close but no donut. Heres that figure:
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/photos/nilsso...enfuhrer_01.jpg
Next year I was back, now armed with three figures entering the competition. In my class there were 14 entries and you guessed correct. Mine ended up as 14, 13 and 12. <_< These are the ones.
This result only making me more determent to place. I might be competitive but that only spurs me and I can take a loss or setback. Se the forth year I brought these two pieces:
This time earning me a second and a third place which I personally count as a first and a second. Why, you might asg, well the first place was taken by some mr M Blank.
Come to think of it, I never imagened that I reach my present level when I started this hobby again.