We died in hell - Paschendale

[Bluesking]

This little diorama is constructed from converted Airfix Multipose parts and Hornet heads + Magic Sculpt. It depicts members of the 109th Feild Ambulance RAMC 36th Ulster Division during the 3rd ballte of Ypres. Paited throughout in oils.

 

[Figure Mad]

Hi Stephen

Good looking piece, another brilliant idea again mate, you can see the struggle on their faces, I will have a look at this one in May....

Dave

 

[Guy]

Excellent work Stephen. I agree with Dave with the looks on their faces.

 

[vergilius]

very realistic, stephen !

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I really like the mud, Stephen!

Could you tell me more about the title I feel that Im missing something?

Cheers

 

[megroot]

Good work Stephen,
I really like what you have done. You see at the faces what they are going trough. Great.

marc

 

[tonydawe]

Stephen,

I love this piece. Well done mate.

Cheers

 

[Steve]

Stephen--Is this little gem since Atlanta? Wow! I can only echo the impact of the faces on those boys as they slog through hell; well done!

 

[eissteban]

hi stephen,
i like this vignette, and the poses are original (i don't forget the William McFadzean one).
blood and mud, all is tell !

Seb.

 

[John Long]

Stephen, This is a nice little vignette. I really like the depiction of the deep mud.

 

[quang]

Hello Stephen,

Super composition!

I guess you know about this recording of the Peace Concerts in Belgium in the early 1990's done by an international group of musicians along with the GREAT June Tabor from UK.

http://www.coopeboyesandsimpson.co.uk/peace_concerts_passendale.htm

A fitful companion to your vignette.

Quang

 

[Doberdob]

Good work Stephen! Their faces tell everything.

 

[billyturnip]

Nice work indeed Stephen, a great little vignette.

Roger

 

[bwildfong]

I really like the mud, Stephen!

Could you tell me more about the title I feel that Im missing something?

Cheers

Hi Janne,

The title of the vignette is (probably) based upon the poem "Memorial Tablet" written by the British Great War poet, Sigfried Sassoon. The full poem appears below:

Memorial Tablet
by Siegfried Sassoon

Squire nagged and bullied till I went to fight,
(Under Lord Derby’s Scheme). I died in hell—
(They called it Passchendaele). My wound was slight,
And I was hobbling back; and then a shell
Burst slick upon the duck-boards: so I fell
Into the bottomless mud, and lost the light.

At sermon-time, while Squire is in his pew,
He gives my gilded name a thoughtful stare:
For, though low down upon the list, I’m there;
‘In proud and glorious memory’ … that’s my due.
Two bleeding years I fought in France, for Squire:
I suffered anguish that he’s never guessed.
Once I came home on leave: and then went west…
What greater glory could a man desire?

Hope this helps,

Brian

 

[Bluesking]

You are quite right Brian

 

[Dan Morton]

Paeschendaele

Marvelous diorama, Stephen! Well done!

All the best,
Dan

 

[petit belge]

I can almost smell and taste te mud of that soil I'm living on (almost). Well done my friend.

All the best

 

[John Bowery]

Stephen,
Great rendition and wonderful mud.
Cheers
John

 

[davidmitchell]

Good to see more of your work Stephen.Great look of the period.

David

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Thanks for all the clarifications!

Cheers