Completed The Battle of Camulodunum - 1/16 Diorama

[Nap]

Thank you Bob, it’s been a very enjoyable build so far.

Not only for you Marcus that's for sure !

Nap

 

[DioramaArt]

It just shows that with some imagination and skill, you don't need to spend a fortune to come up with a wonderful vignette or diarama.

Mike

Thank you Mike, the wife won’t let me spend a fortune and in a way it’s a good thing as I love converting the grey army. Painting is always a secondary activity, but I’m learning to love that as well.

 

[DioramaArt]

Not only for you Marcus that's for sure !

Nap

Thank you mate.

 

[DioramaArt]

I wasn't aware of the "Golden Triangle" I will remember that for the future.
Nice progress Marcus.
Steve

Thank you Steve, it’s a nice concept and easy to remember. Fine art has some really useful process and techniques that have stood the test of time and compatible and transferable into model making, which for me has always been a combination of sculpting and craft.

 

[DioramaArt]

And today I learned...

Randy

A good fine art technique book should be as valuable to a modeller as it is to a painter or sculpture, I don’t know why many modellers think what we do is so different.

The media we use, the decisions we make and the art we create is no different to all other visual arts. Many modellers only buy modelling books, personally I have only a few. You will probably learn more about the fundamentals of model making from a good fine art book covering visual and colour theory.

I’m no expert and have learned from other modellers about the actual craft within the hobby like weathering etc. Modellers tend to be more willing to share than the fine art community, which is something I love. Fine Artists can be a bit snobby about technique, party because the average artist has never been taught craft or technique in art school in any depth and then they are solitary in their journey discovering things that were understood hundreds of years ago. Many established techniques and principles tend to be dismissed these days, I’m not sure why it’s a bit like an engineer dismissing mathematics. If you think about it even perfume has a formula, the smell is not a repeatable accident even if the original formula came about by chance. Art and beauty is closer to science than many had understood or hoped for.

We all have something to learn, understand the principles then work on the technique.

 

[Viking Bob]

Seen this on FB, thought I would add my coment to what every one has said.
Superb modelling, some thing I lack is the re-sculpting of bits and pieces, but you watch and learn.
looking great and hope to see this in the flesh one day.

 

[DioramaArt]

And today I learned...

Randy

I don’t own any of these but from what I know of them the principles, learning and technique are sound and all complimentary to what we do.

https://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/news/blog/2231/23-must-have-art-books-for-2020

 

[DioramaArt]

Seen this on FB, thought I would add my coment to what every one has said.
Superb modelling, some thing I lack is the re-sculpting of bits and pieces, but you watch and learn.
looking great and hope to see this in the flesh one day.

Thank you Bob, will be great for us all to meet again at future shows, I for one am looking forward to that. Shows for me are as much an opportunity to connect with fellow artists, who understand the pain and journey as it is to see their finished works.

 

[rjray]

A good fine art technique book should be as valuable to a modeller as it is to a painter or sculpture, I don’t know why many modellers think what we do is so different.

I agree! And I also don't know why so many in our hobby avoid the resources/references from those other arts. I have several "art" books in my library for just this reason! (And I'll be looking at that list you linked to a few comments up, too...)

Randy

 

[DioramaArt]

A bit of progress, the figures will be refined more and more as I work on them, including some fixes to putty work or redoing areas I don’t like.

 

[Nap]

Hi Marcus

Great update pictures reallŷ starting to come together now

Will you add any battle damage, cuts and slashes to the shields

Thanks for updates

Happy putty pushing

Look forward to more from your bench

Nap

 

[DioramaArt]

Hi Marcus

Great update pictures reallŷ starting to come together now

Will you add any battle damage, cuts and slashes to the shields

Thanks for updates

Happy putty pushing

Look forward to more from your bench

Nap

Thank you mate, still lots to do with resculpting the figures but a nice enjoyable process. Yes, will be adding some damage to the Scutum (shields) to show their layers and the intensity of fighting. I’ve been looking into the shield design for the legionaries, I’m still doing the IX legion. I really like the bull design with dark background, very different to the standard red design.

 

[1969]

I would go for the Bull design for the Scutum for the IX Hispana Legion rather than the lightning bolt and wing design.
Steve

 

[DioramaArt]

I would go for the Bull design for the Scutum for the IX Hispana Legion rather than the lightning bolt and wing design.
Steve

Thanks Steve I agree, there is only one Scutum that exists from Ancient Roman days the Dura Europas, highly decorated and looks nothing like reenactor shield designs so it’s all speculative what they actually looked like so lots of artistic licence.

The Bull design is written about in association with the IX Legion and I like the imagery, so will be nice to paint. I will give some slight variance to each shield design and give the Tesserarius boss on his shield some bling.

 

[DioramaArt]

Bit of work on a couple of figures today, also added Battle damage to each shield. It will make the painting slightly tricky but adds some realism to their appearance.

 

[Nap]

Hi Marcus

A good result on the damage ..just about right IMO ......I reckon this our e shoukd be on display in a museum ......when finshed of course !

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[DioramaArt]

Hi Marcus

A good result on the damage ..just about right IMO ......I reckon this our e shoukd be on display in a museum ......when finshed of course !

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thank you mate, that is very kind to think it would be good enough, I’ve only painted one 1/16 before this so still have that to do. I will take my time and doing some study and research into how other modellers have painted Legionary figures for reference. Hopefully the paint will bring each to life even more than they are now.

 

[valiant]

Would you consider using a decal for the shield design..? I could be of assistance, if you wanted to go that route!

 

[DioramaArt]

Would you consider using a decal for the shield design..? I could be of assistance, if you wanted to go that route!

Thank you the offer is very kind and I’m sure for future projects I will take you up on that. I’m looking forward to hand painting each of these, each would have been slightly different anyway so want that to come through, a decal whilst saving me time would be to uniform. Appreciate the offer though.

 

[valiant]

No probs, but I have the technology to produce variations... I can make sure theyre not all identical!!