Punitive Patton

[btavis]

Thank you gentlemen. It has been a very interesting project and one of my longest (eight months!!!). These are just pics off the workbench but when it is is finished I will shoot some better lit ones.

As an aside, as I am a diorama miniaturist I picked up Doug Lee's new book and I highly recommend it. It is very informative, lot's of pictures, lots of SBS, lot's of tips and tricks. If you do vehicles, buildings, animals, people, groundwork like I do you will all find something of value in this book. I think Doug is very creative and talented and it is great to see him put his knowledge together in one volume.

 

[PJ Deluhery]

Looks great, Bob! You certainly have a knack for dynamic poses and for composition that shows interaction among the many figures. I'm looking forward to seeing this one in person when its done.

 

[btavis]

This project is done. I will show it tomorrow at mastercon.

 

[eissteban]

hi Bob
nothing more to say only i would like really see it in live !
I'm fan of your work, it's always a piece of history

congratulations

Seb.

 

[tefaet]

Hi Bob ,I like too much your work ,Is really amazing.
All the best,Jose Luis

 

[megroot]

Excellent.

Marc

 

[Sambaman]

Bob, well done. One of my favorite pieces from you. Great action, as we have come to expect and I have to say, by looking, you must have almost as much time in the ground work on this one as anything else! Good stuff!

Jay H.
OKC

 

[btavis]

Jay, you are right, the ground work took a great deal of time (over a month). My favorite was making the Joshua Tree and I think it really helped set the locale.

This was a complicated piece and it took a lot longer than I had anticipated. I actually stopped working on it for two months it was so intense. I worked on landscaping for my house in the interim. I think that is why I later spent so much time on the groundwork One hobby feeding another.

Thanks for the compliments gentlemen. I hope to see some of you at Mastercon this weekend. It looks to be a fantastic show and I am so glad they moved it to Texas.

 

[Guy]

Super work Bob.

 

[Dan Morton]

Super project! Well done, Bob!

All the best,
Dan

 

[Christos]

Awesome work,my compliments!
christos

 

[Bluesking]

Bob what can I say - it may have taken 8 months but hey LOOK at the result.

 

[Marijn Van Gils]

Hello Bob!

great job, but I didn't expect anythin less!
It is full of action, has a great composition and the time you put into the groundwork is really well spent. The colouration looks beautiful also. I hope you'll take this one around the shows for some time, because I hope to see it in the flesh one day!
Best wishes,

Marijn

 

[btavis]

Marijn,

Thank you. To show that I am not idle, I just finished a small piece on Jackson Pollock the great, if not troubled, American artist who was such a seminal force in abstract expressionism.

Hope you like it.

 

[btavis]

Incidentally, the next piece I am going to do will also be on an American artist, Frederick Remington. I would like to do a series on some of my favorite American artists including some photographers and musicians.