WWII Marines Vignette: "Ghosts of Bloody Nose Ridge"

[bwildfong]

Hey all,
Finished this one a while ago but just got around to taking some shots of it.

Inspired by Bill Horan’s “Ghosts of Chillianwallah”, I used Evolution Miniatures “Big Set” of 1/35 WWII US Pacific Marines to produce this vignette of a squad from the 1st Marines returning from a patrol in the Umurbrogal Hills (aka “Bloody Nose Ridge”) during the 1944 battle for the island of Peleliu, so vividly portrayed in the 2009 HBO series “The Pacific”:



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Some detail shots...

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As always, any comments or advice much appreciated.

Cheers,

Brian

 

[tomifune]

Brian,
This is really good stuff. Everything, including the compostion is top notch!!

Bob

 

[Chris Mortimer]

That is jaw dropping stuff mate. Top notch everything. I can't pick anything out to even comment on. Spectacular. Something to aspire to.

 

[SPrimeau]

Spectacular!
They look beaten and tired, not easy to do...top notch!
Scott

 

[amcairns]

Hi Brian,
Your dio really looks the part,excellent work.
Andy

 

[ChaosCossack]

FINALLY!!!!!
Love this diorama! Having seen it up close in the flesh, I must say it's absolutely unbelievable The detail of each figure is intense. The whole thing is very emotional and moving...

Beautiful work all 'round

Colin

 

[Alex]

Superb. Congrats !

 

[FigureLover]

That is spectacular, great detail, great composition, and great execution. You should be very proud of this one
Ben

 

[Jeff T]

Outstanding Brian!

Awesome work all round, but as Colin said, every detail is beautifully done, no shortcuts taken here with this piece.

Superb!


Cheer's,
Jeff.

 

[tonydawe]

Beautifully done Brian. The composition is perfect and the personal details add realism and create quite a moving story.

 

[Wings5797]

Super work Brian.
You have really captured the Horan feel of no matter where you look there will be something going on.....even on the groundwork!!!!
Keith

 

[Ferris]

Excellent. Perfect job, congrats!

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[Mike - The Kiwi]

Hi Brian

Amazing stuff & sort of an "anti-Ghosts" vignette with reverse of lush terrain & bright colours of Victorian era Brits.

Sobering story telling!

Inspiring to keep pushing envelope beyond pilots to

Thanks for showing it to us.

Mike

 

[Ventress]

Superb, nicely staged and evocative. Captures everything about the battle.

 

[housecarl]

Stunning.

 

[swralph]

Great work.
Ralph.

 

[ellie]

WOW that is very nice indeed well done love it.

Ian

 

[bwildfong]

Thanks all for the kind compliments. The sculpting of the base figures (by Sergey Tavianskiy) beautifully captured the "ragged-assed" look of Marines even before I added any paint. As it was, I did a few modifications to a couple of the characters, swapping out some heads for Alpine or Hornet replacements, repositioning the odd arm, adding helmets to a couple of heads to hint that they were still in a dangerous place, though coming out of the line for a break before being sent back.

Here's a few more shots:













Thanks again for looking in!

Brian

 

[samson]

Wow that's a lot of great work in 1 place

 

[megroot]

Amazing work.

Marc