DioramaArt
A Fixture
Currently modelling another 1/35 Gallipoli diorama. I have now re-sculpted most the figures into New Zealander’s; need to tidy them a little, and a few details like collars before starting the painting process.
I’m using the Ion Brown painting as main composition reference; have included some additional images of the Kiwis in Gallipoli, including the Middle East to give you an idea of their look and equipment in WW1, note the older long Barrel Lee Enfield, issued due to shortage of the shorter SMLE.
British units that reached the summit of Chunuk Bair early on 8 August 1915 to engage the Turks were the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand and Australian Division, 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, and 8th Battalion, Welch Regiment, both of the 13th (Western) Division. The troops were reinforced in the afternoon by two squads of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, also part of the New Zealand and Australian Division. The first troops on the summit were severely depleted by Ottoman return fire and were relieved at 10:30 pm on 8 August by the Otago Battalion (NZ), and the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, New Zealand and Australian Division. The New Zealand troops were relieved by 8:00 pm on 9 August by the 6th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and 5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, who were massacred and driven off the summit in the early morning of 10 August, by an Ottoman counter-attack led by Mustafa Kemal.
Figures put together from ICM/Miniart 1/35, re-sculpted using greenstuff/magic sculpt. Details from ICM with scratch built base.
I’m using the Ion Brown painting as main composition reference; have included some additional images of the Kiwis in Gallipoli, including the Middle East to give you an idea of their look and equipment in WW1, note the older long Barrel Lee Enfield, issued due to shortage of the shorter SMLE.
British units that reached the summit of Chunuk Bair early on 8 August 1915 to engage the Turks were the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand and Australian Division, 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, and 8th Battalion, Welch Regiment, both of the 13th (Western) Division. The troops were reinforced in the afternoon by two squads of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, also part of the New Zealand and Australian Division. The first troops on the summit were severely depleted by Ottoman return fire and were relieved at 10:30 pm on 8 August by the Otago Battalion (NZ), and the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, New Zealand and Australian Division. The New Zealand troops were relieved by 8:00 pm on 9 August by the 6th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and 5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, who were massacred and driven off the summit in the early morning of 10 August, by an Ottoman counter-attack led by Mustafa Kemal.
Figures put together from ICM/Miniart 1/35, re-sculpted using greenstuff/magic sculpt. Details from ICM with scratch built base.