smudger1960
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This year we mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the great war, this is a theatre of war I've never really took a great interest in until this year with all the great releases related to WW1,however it was at the back end of 2013 that I first saw the 2x WW1 busts depicting British and German trench raiders sculpted by Carl Reid,when I first saw these 2x beauties I instantly knew I had to get them,the busts themselves were up to Carls usual high standard but what struck me most was the poses,The Brit with his weapon of destruction and his finger to his lips requesting to the viewer Shhh! / quiet and the german looking cautiously perhaps round a trench corner ready to release his stick greande,these poses are what made my mind up to try and replicate a trench section with the 2 adversary's ready to do battle,i only acquired the busts in July this year but have been planning the scene in my mind for months and now was the right time to start building,i'm planning to do this posting right from start to finish and making notes and taking pictures of the different stages of the project,ive done scenes to set my busts off before and these 2 busts were just crying out for something extra.
The first step was to construct as much of the busts as I could so I could gauge the scene as I went,some parts I didn't assemble because these need painting separately.
The British Trench Raider 'Shhh!' WW1 (MC19013) comes in 10x resin parts and some fine wire to replicate the cord that attaches to the revolver,there was very little filling required as once cleaned up the fit of parts was very good,the right hand was drilled out as was the right arm and a small steel pin was inserted to give it extra strength once final assembly was completed,i opted to leave off the left hand,Revolver case and helmet because these would need to be painted seperatley.
I didn't use the resin plinths for these busts as they wouldn't have suited the scene,instead I opted for black fibre rod.
I then continued with the German Trench Raider (MC19014),this piece also consisted of 10x resin parts and some foil for the areas where the straps were missing,again general fit of parts was good although I did have to use a little more filler than normal around the bottom of the right arm where it meets the grenade bag but generally it went together very well,i decided to add a little filler instead of foil where the straps runs from the busts left shoulder lapel and fastens to the shovel handle,once both busts were partly assembled I could start on composing the trench scene,the Brit would be waiting on one side of the trench wall ready for the kill while the Hun moves cautiously to the end of the wall hoping to catch the Brits off guard with his grenade attack.
Ive looked at hundreds of photos of trench scenes and trench design and ive come up with a combination very similar to the real life ones.
The first step was to construct as much of the busts as I could so I could gauge the scene as I went,some parts I didn't assemble because these need painting separately.
The British Trench Raider 'Shhh!' WW1 (MC19013) comes in 10x resin parts and some fine wire to replicate the cord that attaches to the revolver,there was very little filling required as once cleaned up the fit of parts was very good,the right hand was drilled out as was the right arm and a small steel pin was inserted to give it extra strength once final assembly was completed,i opted to leave off the left hand,Revolver case and helmet because these would need to be painted seperatley.
I didn't use the resin plinths for these busts as they wouldn't have suited the scene,instead I opted for black fibre rod.
I then continued with the German Trench Raider (MC19014),this piece also consisted of 10x resin parts and some foil for the areas where the straps were missing,again general fit of parts was good although I did have to use a little more filler than normal around the bottom of the right arm where it meets the grenade bag but generally it went together very well,i decided to add a little filler instead of foil where the straps runs from the busts left shoulder lapel and fastens to the shovel handle,once both busts were partly assembled I could start on composing the trench scene,the Brit would be waiting on one side of the trench wall ready for the kill while the Hun moves cautiously to the end of the wall hoping to catch the Brits off guard with his grenade attack.
Ive looked at hundreds of photos of trench scenes and trench design and ive come up with a combination very similar to the real life ones.
