Completed Veteran at Victory Day

[Martin Antonenko]

32. Day, Januar 16, 2021


Belt aged, buckles and eyelets painted ...:







I only noticed the bluff to the right of the buckle while taking the picture - it has been eliminated.


Cheers

 

[Nap]

Nice Martin

Looks good with both completed

Nothing escapees your sharp eyes either

Thanks for updates

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

33. Day January 18, 2021


Today the order painting starts!

There are several photos of our friend from different years - and each time he wears the "tinsel" differently - and in a different order.

So the first thing to do is to find a photo in which the order roughly corresponds to that of the bust ...:



The photo, after which the bust is modeled, is unfortunately only available in black and white.



... and on the color version the arm with the flowers hides the lower row of medals ...:



The next step is the research: what is what - and what does it look like?

And finally, the highlight of it all, the painting!

Not quite as quickly realized as hgier wrote, because the ribbons are about as big as the globe on a cent piece - and many of them have the orange-black striped "George ribbon", which is extremely decorative, but really crappy. ..eiden paints.

Since the medals of our hero are usually fastened one above the other like roof shingles (order from outside to inside and from bottom to top), I'll start with the medal on the bottom right.

Here it is - to be recognized by the green stripes! - for an anniversary medal, not a war award!

Namely for the medal, "Fortieth Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", which was awarded to all war veterans in 1985 ...:



That means: five different colors can be placed on the tiny ribbon, including the damned Georg stripes!

I think I have some more gray hair now ...:




Cheers

 

[Airkid]

Nice work Martin. My late uncle received the 1985 Commemorative Medal. The Soviet Government decided in their gratitude for our WW2 support, they would award this medal to all surviving Arctic Convoy personnel, of which my uncle was one. My pacifist cousin probably flogged it on eBay

Phil

 

[Nap]

Hi Martin

Now we are talking ...the orders and medals ...I see in the near future a few gray hairs coming my way !!!!!

Nice details on the medal and well painted

Having a think about the ribbons ...there seems to be no definate way of him wearing them so maybe the opportunity to paint other ribbons ...just a thought !!!

Thanks for sharing

Look forward to seeing # 2 ....and more !!!

Happy bench-time

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

34. Day, January 19, 2021


Today I finish painting the bottom row!

The second medal our veteran wears there is this one ...:



It commemorates the founding day of the Red Workers' and Peasants Army (Рабоче-крестьянская Красная армия / Rabotschij-krestjanskaja Krasnaja armija / RKKA) on January 28, 1918 of our era and is therefore called "60 years of RKKA".

The third medal in the bottom row is - the green stripe gives it away! - again an award on the occasion of the return of a combat anniversary, in this case "55th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus"...



... which generally includes the recapture of the almost completely destroyed Belarusian capital Minsk by Soviet troops on July 3, 1944 as part of Operation "Bagration" ...



... which led to the complete annihilation of the "Heeresgruppe Mitte" of the Hitler army.

A little later, on July 17, 1944, - their generals ahead ...



... 55,000 prisoners of this extinguished large unit were driven through Moscow - for which the party newspaper "Pravda" wrote: "They wanted to Moscow - they came to Moscow!"



Today a large panorama painting in the style of the panoramas in Waterloo or Borodino commemorates the liberation of Minsk ...:



This is how the bottom row of our hero's medals must look like ...:



And that's how it turned out - although I even afforded myself the "luxury" of painting the yellow stripe of the middle medal, which was barely visible in the original, even if the wafer-thin line is practically no longer visible ...:



So much for today.

Cheers

 

[Nap]

Loving it Martin

The bottom row is lookng really good

Look forward to seeing the next row come to life

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Airkid]

Neat and tidy Martin! I have visited Minsk. The liberation memorial in the city centre is a masterpiece of sculpture. Every figure, uniform and weapon is depicted exactly, and there are a lot of them!

Phil

 

[Martin Antonenko]

35. Day, January 20, 2021


And it goes on with the order brushing!

Today I'll start with the middle row, there are a total of ten medals hanging next to each other.

The first - next to the button placket - is again an anniversary medal, namely the one that was awarded on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the victory over Hitler Germany ...:




Next to it hangs one that is practically hiding behind two others, which I don't like at all now that I'm painting it!

It concerns the medal "70th Years of the Red Workers and Peasants Army" ...:



There is a mistake in reasoning!

The medal hangs at the same height as the others, but the ribbon is modeled a little lower. That doesn't go together!

So I reworked and remodeled the "birdie" - now it's hanging at the right height, and I can see it too. I like it much better!

The third medal - especially elaborate given the "round" anniversary - is the one awarded to veterans on the 50th anniversary of the victory over Germany ...:


So much for today...:




Cheers

 

[Airkid]

Excellent!

 

[Nap]

Excellent!

That's the only word for it

Great references as well and a good point ref on the reworking

Its looking better each day

Thanks for update

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

36. Day, January 21, 2021


The first thing I did today was unpack my modeling stuff and rework one of the medals I painted yesterday.

The star on it should also be recognizable as such, I think ...:



Then I repainted the "birdie" - and the one next to it!

This is the medal "50th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War" ...:



There wasn't enough time for more today - I'll get a visit later ...






Cheers

 

[Airkid]

 

[Nap]

Hi Martin



Good point ref Star......will look at mine ...decision ...paint effects or get the putty out !

Look forward the next update

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Henkm]

All those medals are not so my thing but I admire your devotion to detail..

 

[Wayneb]

Everything looks great so far Martin.....But I fear for your life when it comes to bringing that crying veteran together. But I'm sure you have a vision.

Wayne

Some vision? Yep. Trial and error...

 

[Martin Antonenko]

37. Day, January 22, 2021



Go on!

The next medal almost drove me up the tree while researching. I had never seen such a green "birdie" before - neither as a battle award nor as an anniversary award!

After a number of frustrating attempts, I came up with the idea that this thing might not have anything to do with the whole war fuss - and promptly found it!

It is the medal "In memory of the 800th anniversary of Moscow" (Russian: Медаль «В память 800-летия Москвы») ...:



This state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union was awarded by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on September 20, 1947 to prominent prominent Soviet citizens and veterans to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the first important mention of Moscow as a residence, for in 1147 called Yuri Dolgoruky ...



... the prince of Novgorod-Seversky, who was still independent (and wealthy) at the time, with the words "come to me, brother, to Moscow" in the future capital.

As in the next picture of Prince Dolgoruky shows what Moscow was still quite a dump at that time - and looked like "Fort Laramie" at the time of Buffalo Bill ...



The profile on the medal naturally also depicts Prince Dolgurukij.

In the 1970s the thing was published again - and awarded again to important people who had not received the medal at the time.

However, the color of the new edition differed significantly from the original - and the engraving of the prince's head is also slightly different ...:



Our friend wears the original, of course!

With the next medal we are back on safe ground, so to speak, although the thing is also green!

This is not a Soviet award - and also not a Russian one, but it is given by the "independent" (= economically totally dependent on Russia!) State of Belarus and its autocratic ruler Aleksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenko since 1994!



It is the Belarusian jubilee award "60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Minsk", which was presented in 2004.

This is how the whole thing looks painted ...:







Cheers

 

[Nap]

Hi Martin

No wonder you nearly climbed the tree !M

Painted up the medals look really good ....at least there's more ribbon showing as we go up the medals

If possible when all are done can you put a ref picture of all of them as you did the bottom 3

I for one am so grateful for your excellent research ...it's all paying off well and I will be using the information on mine

Thanks for sharing

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

If possible when all are done can you put a ref picture of all of them as you did the bottom 3

Will do! I was planning to ...

Cheers

 

[grasshopper]

Good stuff Martin. Obsessive- compulsive are you? Ha ha