Base is not ready - will add two more elements...
Looking forward to the 2 new elements
Happy benchtime.
Nap
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Looking forward to the 2 new elements
Happy benchtime.
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Martin Antonenko
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105. Day, Mai 2, 2021
Today I am finishing the base!
The first thing I do is grab a scaled-down sheet metal version of the "Ordem otetschetvennaja wojna", the "Order of the Patriotic War", one of the many badges that are sold in Russia for "Victory Day" for hard rubles ...:
The thing fits perfectly in terms of size and symbolism!
It only has one disadvantage: it looks too toy-like with the gold sheet and the bright red paintwork.
But I want it to be "old and worn"!
No problem, because I also have an original, and I can measure the color there. Afterwards it looks like this ...:
The little star goes to the base and is attached with superglue gel in a quickly drilled hole.
The base plate is still missing!
I chose this copy that, like so many others, can be found on the Internet ...:
The saying goes: "Nitshego ne sabyto i nikto ne sabyt", which means "Nothing is forgotten and nobody is forgotten".
I read this saying for the first time when I was standing in front of a monument on the Volkhov south of Velikiye Novgorod in 1991 - and since our veteran is also about remembering, the saying fits here very well!
I scaled it down on my PC and put it on a piece of plastic sheet ...
... glued, the cut edges of which I previously painted to match ...
After everything has dried, the sign is attached to the base.
So - base ready!
I'll go back to the bust next week - there are still three things to do ...
So much for today!
Cheers
Today I am finishing the base!
The first thing I do is grab a scaled-down sheet metal version of the "Ordem otetschetvennaja wojna", the "Order of the Patriotic War", one of the many badges that are sold in Russia for "Victory Day" for hard rubles ...:
The thing fits perfectly in terms of size and symbolism!
It only has one disadvantage: it looks too toy-like with the gold sheet and the bright red paintwork.
But I want it to be "old and worn"!
No problem, because I also have an original, and I can measure the color there. Afterwards it looks like this ...:
The little star goes to the base and is attached with superglue gel in a quickly drilled hole.
The base plate is still missing!
I chose this copy that, like so many others, can be found on the Internet ...:
The saying goes: "Nitshego ne sabyto i nikto ne sabyt", which means "Nothing is forgotten and nobody is forgotten".
I read this saying for the first time when I was standing in front of a monument on the Volkhov south of Velikiye Novgorod in 1991 - and since our veteran is also about remembering, the saying fits here very well!
I scaled it down on my PC and put it on a piece of plastic sheet ...
... glued, the cut edges of which I previously painted to match ...
After everything has dried, the sign is attached to the base.
So - base ready!
I'll go back to the bust next week - there are still three things to do ...
So much for today!
Cheers
Hi Martin
Goodness that's a lot on the base , very impressive streamers and baseplate ...you have a natural flair for going that extra kilometre to get the look you want
Back to bust next ....and 3 things still to do ....I can only wonder what and look forward to the next update(s)
Happy benchtine
Nap
Goodness that's a lot on the base , very impressive streamers and baseplate ...you have a natural flair for going that extra kilometre to get the look you want
Back to bust next ....and 3 things still to do ....I can only wonder what and look forward to the next update(s)
Happy benchtine
Nap
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106. Day, May 5, 2021
The first of the three things that I wanted to rework on the bust is done!
Who will find the change ...?
Before...:
Now...:
Cheers
The first of the three things that I wanted to rework on the bust is done!
Who will find the change ...?
Before...:
Now...:
Cheers
Hello Martin, before the 106 days majestic journey comes to its end i think that the change is obvious, is the yellow ribbon and you reworked the black lines, its fantastic and i wait to see the "veteran" in his throne after your other two changes. Congratulations so far!!!
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Hi Martin
PHEW!!!!!....thankfully my version is like the change !
That's 1/3 done
I am cowering in the corner waiting to see 2/3 and 3/3 ......LOL !!!
Nice update on the ribbon
Happy benchtime
Nap
PHEW!!!!!....thankfully my version is like the change !
That's 1/3 done
I am cowering in the corner waiting to see 2/3 and 3/3 ......LOL !!!
Nice update on the ribbon
Happy benchtime
Nap
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107. Day, Mai 4, 2021
The penultimate detail is - the painting of the additional daffodil that I gave our friend to take along ...:
One more detail is missing that I'll do tomorrow!
It can be seen relatively clearly on the original photo and is quite easy to implement ...:
However, an enormous amount of research is required beforehand!
And it has nothing to do with the "tinsel" on our hero's chest.
And? Does anyone think of it ...?
Cheers
The penultimate detail is - the painting of the additional daffodil that I gave our friend to take along ...:
One more detail is missing that I'll do tomorrow!
It can be seen relatively clearly on the original photo and is quite easy to implement ...:
However, an enormous amount of research is required beforehand!
And it has nothing to do with the "tinsel" on our hero's chest.
And? Does anyone think of it ...?
Cheers
Is it his watch ?
That's not sculpted on resin or on my "finished" piece ......
Nice daffodil as well
The ultimate piece will be shown tommorow ....bring it on !
Happy benchtime
Nap
That's not sculpted on resin or on my "finished" piece ......
Nice daffodil as well
The ultimate piece will be shown tommorow ....bring it on !
Happy benchtime
Nap
Martin Antonenko
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It's not the watch, Kev! 
Look further left ...
Look further left ...
It's not the watch, Kev!
Look further left ...
Bugger ...the card in the flowers then ....love this !
If it's the card get researching ....lol
Nap
PS have you pictures of the watch he wears ...out of interest ....will you add it ?
I need a drink.....
Not as much as Martin !
Stock up when you get yours on the bench !!
Happy benchtine
Nap
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Too close to the forest........Sorry Martin........all in all it's a great looking piece....but......his right hand flesh tone looks a bit too dark based on your pics. Just my opinion....
Wayne
Wayne
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108. Day, May 5, 2021
The first thing I did today was the hand that our hero uses to wipe the tears from his eyes! Thanks Wayne!
It is now much brighter ...:
Then I turned to the card protruding from the bouquet that our hero is carrying in his hand ...:.
The research was hard work, because there are thousands of these cards - and hundreds of new ones are added every year!
On "Dem Pobjedi" ("Victory Day") the schoolchildren usually give the veterans bouquets of flowers - as a symbolic thank you from a new generation to those who have given their lives to defend the country ...:
Every year competent dealers, organizations - and also the state - issue cards that can be attached to the bouquets of flowers - our hero is immortalized on many of them ...:
Finding the right one (and for me "rivet counter" it can't be anything other than this one!) Is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
On the card - as an extreme enlargement of the photo shows - a laughing Red Army soldier can be seen, the "Order of the Patriotic War", which has already been mentioned several times, is emblazoned above his head and the years "1941" and "1945" are closed to the right and left of the head detect...:
And I was lucky with this card, because the draftsman of the original is no stranger!
It's Viktor Semjonowitsch Klimashin (1912-1960) ...:
Throughout the war, Klimashin worked as a frontline correspondent and lived among the soldiers. He made a lot of drawings that were used for all sorts of things.
His most famous work, it is also known in the West! - is this one:
It was created in Berlin in 1945 and shows a joyful Red Army soldier in the Berlin Reichstag building, the proverbial symbol of the victory over Nazi Germany in the Soviet Union.
On the wall behind it is a slogan that all survivors of the horrific slaughter probably had in mind when the last shot was fired:
"Домой !!" ("Domoj !!" - "Home !!")
Under the picture you can also read the slogan "Krasnoy Armii Slawa" ("Glory to the Red Army").
The drawing by Viktor Klimashin, which was the template for the card he was looking for, was also from 1945 - it was created as the cover picture of the magazine "Change" ("CMEHA") ...
The drawing evidently met with great approval in higher places - because Klimashin immediately had to make a poster out of it - this one ...:
This poster also became quite well known - and then one saw and heard nothing of it for many years.
Until 2017!
There was - as a card for the veterans - a digitally revised new edition (please, take it, if you want, Kev!)...:
And that's the card our hero carries with him!
I used to scale down the template on the PC - and here it is now ...:
Cheers
The first thing I did today was the hand that our hero uses to wipe the tears from his eyes! Thanks Wayne!
It is now much brighter ...:
Then I turned to the card protruding from the bouquet that our hero is carrying in his hand ...:.
The research was hard work, because there are thousands of these cards - and hundreds of new ones are added every year!
On "Dem Pobjedi" ("Victory Day") the schoolchildren usually give the veterans bouquets of flowers - as a symbolic thank you from a new generation to those who have given their lives to defend the country ...:
Every year competent dealers, organizations - and also the state - issue cards that can be attached to the bouquets of flowers - our hero is immortalized on many of them ...:
Finding the right one (and for me "rivet counter" it can't be anything other than this one!) Is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
On the card - as an extreme enlargement of the photo shows - a laughing Red Army soldier can be seen, the "Order of the Patriotic War", which has already been mentioned several times, is emblazoned above his head and the years "1941" and "1945" are closed to the right and left of the head detect...:
And I was lucky with this card, because the draftsman of the original is no stranger!
It's Viktor Semjonowitsch Klimashin (1912-1960) ...:
Throughout the war, Klimashin worked as a frontline correspondent and lived among the soldiers. He made a lot of drawings that were used for all sorts of things.
His most famous work, it is also known in the West! - is this one:
It was created in Berlin in 1945 and shows a joyful Red Army soldier in the Berlin Reichstag building, the proverbial symbol of the victory over Nazi Germany in the Soviet Union.
On the wall behind it is a slogan that all survivors of the horrific slaughter probably had in mind when the last shot was fired:
"Домой !!" ("Domoj !!" - "Home !!")
Under the picture you can also read the slogan "Krasnoy Armii Slawa" ("Glory to the Red Army").
The drawing by Viktor Klimashin, which was the template for the card he was looking for, was also from 1945 - it was created as the cover picture of the magazine "Change" ("CMEHA") ...
The drawing evidently met with great approval in higher places - because Klimashin immediately had to make a poster out of it - this one ...:
This poster also became quite well known - and then one saw and heard nothing of it for many years.
Until 2017!
There was - as a card for the veterans - a digitally revised new edition (please, take it, if you want, Kev!)...:
And that's the card our hero carries with him!
I used to scale down the template on the PC - and here it is now ...:
Cheers
Hi Martin
Hand looks better for sure
What can I say about the card ...research awesome and very much in keeping with the picture
How is it fitted ...around the flowers ?
Will I add it ...not at present ..no printer at the moment !
Will you add a watch ?
Happy benchtine
Nap
Hand looks better for sure
What can I say about the card ...research awesome and very much in keeping with the picture
How is it fitted ...around the flowers ?
Will I add it ...not at present ..no printer at the moment !
Will you add a watch ?
Happy benchtine
Nap
Martin Antonenko
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Nep.
But a plate with his name (it lastet many weeks, but I found it!)
Cheers
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