Shelf Queens Finished! - 1/16 Tiger & Riders

[engeee]

Hi All,
I'm not usually one for posting my work but finishing off these shelf queens feels that good. The diorama is in 1/16 scale with a Tamiya Tiger I and Jeff Shiu's German Paratroop riders. I'm the first to say that not everything is 100% accurate to any particular photo or vehicle. While Jeff's figures are nice, they do required quite a bit to tedious clean up and I also added equipment and replaced weapons, etc. It just got to be a long process. Mainly finished in Lifecolor acrylics with acrylic/oil faces. The cigarette smoke is simply pulled bits of cotton.
A HUGE shout out to my brother Bruce that came over to my house and lent his photography knowledge to my simple set up. He can do things with my camera that I can't figure out (or have the patience for).
Again, a simple scene, but one that has been waiting to be called done for a long time.
Thanks for looking.
Enjoy!

Steve
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[custer760]

Brilliant....bravo
Regards
Pete

 

[Briggsy]

Really rather stunning, you should post more with figure work this good, love the vehicle as well, huge beast in that scale.

Cheers Simon

 

[Sergei]

What a great combination of light and shadow! It looks like a Renaissance painting! Fortunately, no Renaissance master lived long enough to see German Nazis and their tanks.

 

[Blind Pew]

Superb work. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[DaddyO]

Mammoth task you took on there Stevie boy, but you've accomplished it with aplomb - Hearty congrats for finishing it, let alone to such a high standard
(Now all you have to do is build a reinforced shelf in your display cabinet to put it on)

Paul

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Wow fantastic work and painted

Mobo

 

[Steve Ski]

Outstanding all over this display, very well done! Your brother really set the mood with these pics, excellent backdrop and lighting. Great work, Steve!

Cheers, Ski.

 

[Joe55]

Given what I'm seeing here, I for one wouldn't mind you posting more often!

Joe

 

[Dr Force]

Absolutely beautiful and wonderful photography.

 

[Ferris]

Very impressive work!
That must have been such a huge amount of work. So many figures!
Congrats on finishing, and looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Adrian

 

[bigtodd]

Great job!!!!!!!!

 

[Nap]

Hi Steve

Great to see you posting and what a massive project, everything looks excellent , fine presentation as well , the photos add a lot of atmosphere as well

The tiger looks a real beast as well

Please do share more , it’s always a pleasure to see your modelling

Why not support the comps as well

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[engeee]

Brilliant....bravo
Regards
Pete

Thank you Pete!

 

[engeee]

Really rather stunning, you should post more with figure work this good, love the vehicle as well, huge beast in that scale.

Cheers Simon

Thank you Simon...can you hear it growl? Lol...

 

[engeee]

What a great combination of light and shadow! It looks like a Renaissance painting! Fortunately, no Renaissance master lived long enough to see German Nazis and their tanks.

Thank you Sergei.
Your comments are greatly appreciated.

 

[engeee]

Superb work. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Thank you for the kudos.
Hopefully I'll get the courage to share a few more.
There are many "in-progress" to complete.

 

[engeee]

Mammoth task you took on there Stevie boy, but you've accomplished it with aplomb - Hearty congrats for finishing it, let alone to such a high standard
(Now all you have to do is build a reinforced shelf in your display cabinet to put it on)

Paul

Thank you Paul...sadly..I have many more this size in-progress. Pretty overwhelming at times but I hope to share more in the future.

 

[engeee]

Wow fantastic work and painted

Mobo

Thank you Mobo!

 

[engeee]

Outstanding all over this display, very well done! Your brother really set the mood with these pics, excellent backdrop and lighting. Great work, Steve!

Cheers, Ski.

Ski!
You know how overwhelming can be. At some point you gotta' call it done.
Thanks for the praise.