1:35 Masterbox D-Day June 6th 1944 "Omaha beach"

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed May 28, 2014 10:51 am

To give my eyes some rest from the PE works on my Churchill AVRE, I decided to enter a second entry.
These figures are given to me a while ago by a fiend of my in NYC. Thanks Dave
The figures are awesome, and great detailed. One of the figures is holding a "Bangalore" witch had a important role on the beaches of Normandy. I will tell more about that later.

The box with the barricade set was in my stash forever, so this would be thee perfect time to use it.

Sprue shot of the figures

This kit comes with a small decal sheet. Need to figure out what markings to use.

I'm planning a small vignette of the beach. The shore line to precise. Well... that is if the water effects will work.
It's going to be max 10x13 cm....

So far my second entry, more coming up soon

Duck · Post by **Duck** » Wed May 28, 2014 11:04 am

I'll following this, Im thinking of trying figures, they wont be as good as yours of course, but I have been urged to do it now!

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed May 28, 2014 12:37 pm

Lovely choice Frans - a little gem in prospect

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Wed May 28, 2014 12:42 pm

Great idea Frans

reminds my of playing Medal of Honour years ago, running round the beach, searching for a Bangalore! Lol! Good luck dude

DBMiller · Post by **DBMiller** » Wed May 28, 2014 1:26 pm

This should be a great project! Just a small vignette of the soldiers coming ashore, nice.

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Wed May 28, 2014 6:30 pm

Looking forward to this one.

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed May 28, 2014 10:04 pm

Duck wrote:I'll following this, Im thinking of trying figures, they wont be as good as yours of course, but I have been urged to do it now!

chief5437 wrote:Great idea Frans reminds my of playing Medal of Honour years ago, running round the beach, searching for a Bangalore! Lol! Good luck dude

Rob wrote:Lovely choice Frans - a little gem in prospect

Thanks guys!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed May 28, 2014 10:05 pm

DBMiller wrote:This should be a great project! Just a small vignette of the soldiers coming ashore, nice.

T3hGuppy wrote:Looking forward to this one.

Thank you!
Another update coming this evening...

MarkVerploeg · Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Wed May 28, 2014 11:12 pm

Looks like a nice idea
Could be a challenge with the water
But still a nice addition to the gb
So lets see what will become of it
Have fun building
Cheers Mark

Gav0909 · Post by **Gav0909** » Wed May 28, 2014 11:55 pm

Should be the sort of thing that if done right could convey a lot of feeling and emotion, very fitting.

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed May 28, 2014 11:58 pm

MarkVerploeg wrote:Looks like a nice idea
Could be a challenge with the water
But still a nice addition to the gb
So lets see what will become of it
Have fun building
Cheers Mark

Thanks Mark!
Yeah... the water will be a challenge indeed...
But I did some practice and it will be a shore, not a whole sea so maybe I can pull it of this time!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu May 29, 2014 12:02 am

Gav0909 wrote:Should be the sort of thing that if done right could convey a lot of feeling and emotion, very fitting.

Thanks Gav

I think it will all be seen in the faces of the figures.. Painting them right is crucial.
But no blood gore tho.. I know the water was turned red from all blood, but that's a no for me.

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu May 29, 2014 12:03 am

Update 1

Hi guys, and welcome to the first update of this "Ohama beach" vignette.
I'm planning a shore line for this vignette, something like this:

First things first, the figures.
These guys need a lot of cleaning up, but nothing to bad.
Just the usual seems and flash.
I started to pin the heads. Normally I would do that for making it easier to paint the heads, but this time it's for making sure the heads stay on. Huge gap where the neck would be, so filling required.

The "Bangalore" guy needs to carry that long thing, but the position of the arm and hand is of.

Some info about the "Bangalore:

A Bangalore torpedo is an explosive charge placed within one or several connected tubes. It is used by combat engineers to clear obstacles that would otherwise require them to approach directly, possibly under fire. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as a Bangalore mine, bangers or simply Bangalore.

It has been estimated that the modern Bangalore torpedo is effective for clearing a path through wire and mines up to 15 m (49 ft) long and 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide.

Per US Army FM 5-250 section 1-14, page 1-12 "b. Use. The primary use of the torpedo is clearing paths through wire obstacles and heavy undergrowth. It will clear a 3- to 4-metre wide path through wire obstacles."

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This is the original position of the arm..
He would drop it for sure!

So with a candle I heated up his arm, and bend it in the correct position.
Down side is a huge gap at the back of his arm.

Liquid putty took care of that.

Now he will not drop the "Bangalore" anymore.

All figures cleaned, assembled, filled and sanded.
The poses of these guys are amazing... just like the box art!

Better view..

Now, while the figures are waiting to be primed, I made a start at the vignette..
I'm going to use this nice piece of wood.

Sanded, and gave it 3 layers of antique stain.
Toped it of with a 4 coat of floor wax (future)

Masked of the Beach, time to get messy

A nice wood glue glazing... easy for a ex Bakker... lol

Added the beach sand. ( play sand with some beach sand piment)

Diluted wood glue with a drop of dishwasher soap. The soap is for making it easier to let the glue flow into the sand.
If not used, the glue will float on top of the sand for a while.

And applied it on the sand.

All being wet, I brushed in the wrinkles in the sand that would be left in the sand on the shore line by waves.

Putted the anti tank barrier on top, to see how it would look.

Speaking of such, primed the anti tank barrier or "hemmbalk" black.

Painted it dark brown, and with the paint still wet, applied old rust pigment.

Applied 2 more rust pigments, (standart rust and fresh rust) and soaked it with rust streaks.

And here it is on it's place...

That would wrap it up for now guys!
Hope you like it!

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Thu May 29, 2014 12:09 am

Great work Frans! Looking really good already. Very effective use of the rust pigments, that close up shot looks so real!

Glad that guys not going to get in trouble for dropping the Bangalore!

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Thu May 29, 2014 12:21 am

I... Can't take the awesome... I can't take the awesome!

From such a simple idea springs a classic tale of the day on those beaches.
This diorama is a must build.
Well chooses Frans.

Mike00 · Post by **Mike00** » Thu May 29, 2014 6:05 am

Great start

Waiting to see more.

peppie · Post by **peppie** » Thu May 29, 2014 10:11 am

WOW

Looking great already

And thanks for the great how to on the beach and the rust.
The water shouldn't be a problem for you, your a Dutchie right

Since I'm a noob on figures and water, I'm going to follow this closely.

Good luck on the rest of the build

Willem · Post by **Willem** » Thu May 29, 2014 10:38 am

That is awesome and speedy building! The beach obstacle looks so realistic and I love the simplicity of your vignette idea.
Best of luck with the rest of your build.

generalgrog · Post by **generalgrog** » Fri May 30, 2014 3:36 am

Amazing job as I knew you would do.

I love da figures!!

GG

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Fri May 30, 2014 9:17 am

This is look fantastic dude.

Loving the rust effect on the obstacle

DBMiller · Post by **DBMiller** » Fri May 30, 2014 1:54 pm

I love the way you made the sandy beach! I may have to borrow a lot of what you do for mine.

wappynutter · Post by **wappynutter** » Sat May 31, 2014 9:53 pm

This is gonna be EPIC!!!!

Fantastic start Frans, those weathering products and your skills at applying them have really made that rusted old obstacle shine... or not as the case may be! lol....

Good luck, stay well my friend.... Happy Modelling..

Just gotta say, you have chosen a very moving and powerful scene to portray.... Good luck, and God bless those guys who never made it home..

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:03 pm

chief5437 wrote:Great work Frans! Looking really good already. Very effective use of the rust pigments, that close up shot looks so real!

Glad that guys not going to get in trouble for dropping the Bangalore!
Coen wrote:
I... Can't take the awesome... I can't take the awesome!

From such a simple idea springs a classic tale of the day on those beaches.
This diorama is a must build.
Well chooses Frans.

Mike00 wrote:Great start Waiting to see more.

Thank you very much guys!
And Coen, breath buddy... breath...

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:05 pm

peppie wrote:WOW Looking great already

And thanks for the great how to on the beach and the rust.
The water shouldn't be a problem for you, your a Dutchie right
Since I'm a noob on figures and water, I'm going to follow this closely.

Good luck on the rest of the build

Willem wrote:That is awesome and speedy building! The beach obstacle looks so realistic and I love the simplicity of your vignette idea.
Best of luck with the rest of your build.

generalgrog wrote:

Amazing job as I knew you would do.

I love da figures!!

GG

Thanks guys!!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:06 pm

T3hGuppy wrote:This is look fantastic dude.

Loving the rust effect on the obstacle

Thanks mate!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:11 pm

wappynutter wrote: This is gonna be EPIC!!!!

Fantastic start Frans, those weathering products and your skills at applying them have really made that rusted old obstacle shine... or not as the case may be! lol....
Good luck, stay well my friend.... Happy Modelling..

Just gotta say, you have chosen a very moving and powerful scene to portray.... Good luck, and God bless those guys who never made it home..

Thanks Andy

I agree on the moving part..
This little vignette can be emotional.
I'm trying to paint emotion in the faces of the figures (witch is a pain) and i'm keeping this vignette simple.
It will tell the story of the massacre that happened on those beaches...
The water turned red, and those poor guys lost a lot of friends...

I'm hoping to reveal this vignette june 6th, but I can't promise that..

Happy modelling mate, and in good health

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:16 pm

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:
wappynutter wrote: This is gonna be EPIC!!!!

Fantastic start Frans, those weathering products and your skills at applying them have really made that rusted old obstacle shine... or not as the case may be! lol....
Good luck, stay well my friend.... Happy Modelling..

Just gotta say, you have chosen a very moving and powerful scene to portray.... Good luck, and God bless those guys who never made it home..
Thanks Andy
I agree on the moving part..
This little vignette can be emotional.
I'm trying to paint emotion in the faces of the figures (witch is a pain) and i'm keeping this vignette simple.
It will tell the story of the massacre that happened on those beaches...
The water turned red, and those poor guys lost a lot of friends...

I'm hoping to reveal this vignette june 6th, but I can't promise that..

Happy modelling mate, and in good health

Cracking idea Frans! Good luck mate

wappynutter · Post by **wappynutter** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:21 pm

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:
wappynutter wrote: This is gonna be EPIC!!!!

Fantastic start Frans, those weathering products and your skills at applying them have really made that rusted old obstacle shine... or not as the case may be! lol....
Good luck, stay well my friend.... Happy Modelling..

Just gotta say, you have chosen a very moving and powerful scene to portray.... Good luck, and God bless those guys who never made it home..
Thanks Andy
I agree on the moving part..
This little vignette can be emotional.
I'm trying to paint emotion in the faces of the figures (witch is a pain) and i'm keeping this vignette simple.
It will tell the story of the massacre that happened on those beaches...
The water turned red, and those poor guys lost a lot of friends...

I'm hoping to reveal this vignette june 6th, but I can't promise that..

Happy modelling mate, and in good health

Thanks for sharing, and all the best my friend..
Fingers crossed for the 6th June reveal...

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:38 pm

A simple but yet an amazing piece of modeling , should be a very nice vignete , the base is superb , will follow this for sure

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 6:59 pm

Thank you for all great comments guys, it makes me want to turn this vignette into a gem. I hope...

Figure painting time!
Everybody has it's own way of painting figures, his own style.
So do I, and I'm not going to make this a long story about my figure painting.

Let's start with the faces...

I always start with the eyes.
I paint white with a drop of sunny skintone for getting a of white.

Then I paint a Dark brown line on the face to help me place the eyes straight.
They kinda look like a kiss lookalike now...

Then I paint the iris and pop in the pupil.
The eye lids were paint a slightly darker at the top, and the lower eye lids are painted lighter.

The faces received dark lines for the shadows, and light lines for the high lights. (top of the nose, cheek bones)
All faces are painted now.

And I made a start at base colouring the uniforms.

The flamethrower received a upgrade from copper wire. I cut of the plastic fuel lines.

Time to make the gun slings.
My way, easy way

I use masking tape.
Paint it in the colour I desire,
Fold it double,
Cut it at the size I want,
Apply it to the gun..

All figures painted.
These figures do have great poses, but were a bit low on detail, so I tried to paint them the best I could.

Now, I did had some decals with division markings, and I have chosen for The 1st Infantry Division.

The 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army is the oldest division in the United States Army. It has seen continuous service since its organization in 1917. It was officially nicknamed the The Big Red One after its shoulder patch and is also nicknamed The Fighting First. However, the division has also received troop monikers of The Big Dead One and The Bloody First as puns on the respective officially-sanctioned nicknames. They stormed the beaches on D-day June 6th 1944. It is currently based at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Decals added..

Now back to the beach!

After the sand dried completely, I applied a amount of Vallejo still water.
Just enough to make the sand "wet"

I practice some waves from Vallejo water effects on a piece of glass..

I coloured a bit of water effects with artic blue and green, this will be the shore line.
Also I drilled holes in the base for the figures.
I have to do that now, for some figures will be standing in the water, and I can not drill holes in the water later.

Now the hard part, and scary part...
Applying the waves with Vallejo water effects...
I just used a popsicle stick for this task.
I tried to make a rising water effect, like the water really comes on shore.
It's white now, it will dry up clear. Then I need to make the white foam on top of the waves...

This guy is running in the water

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All together in the final setup..

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And That ends this update guys!
All has to dry really good, next update I will apply the foam..

Thanks for tuning in!

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:08 pm

amazing mate

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:19 pm

Looks fantastic Frans, the water is very good!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:45 pm

chief5437 wrote:Looks fantastic Frans, the water is very good!
Nige201980 wrote: amazing mate

Thanks guys

I'm not to happy myself with the figures, I normally paint my figures better, but there is a lack on detail on them.
And I'm scarred like hell how the water will work out.. Nah, we'll see

MarkVerploeg · Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:17 pm

Looks good so far
And the water will be intresting to see when it is finished
But water is a tough thing to do anyway
Cheers Mark

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 4:34 am

Update???
You're almost finished!!!
Haha
You must have a fast shutter speed to catch all that work in one go.
It takes me a couple of days to a week to do what you did there.

We bow to the master

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:18 am

Wonderful work once more from the Dutch Master! Quick too!

wappynutter · Post by **wappynutter** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 12:14 pm

Fantastic Frans...... Truly a Dutch Master.....

We are collecting a few Masters here at ISM...

Hopefully the Skills of the few will spread like a plague amongst us average builders... lol....

Well done again my friend, good luck with the finishing water effects..

HollywoodModelling wrote:Frans..... Will you marry me?

Hey....Put him down, save some modelling goodness for the rest of us!

FishBowlMan · Post by **FishBowlMan** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:08 pm

Excellent, Frans. For such a simple piece, its going to be very atmospheric. The expressions on the faces are perfect. A cross between "Right! Here we go!" and "Oh crap! Here we go!"

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:44 pm

MarkVerploeg wrote:Looks good so far
And the water will be intresting to see when it is finished
But water is a tough thing to do anyway
Cheers Mark

Thanks Mark.

I'm practising the foam tops of the water first.
So I will see how it will work out very soon!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:48 pm

Coen wrote:Update???
You're almost finished!!!
Haha
You must have a fast shutter speed to catch all that work in one go.
It takes me a couple of days to a week to do what you did there.

We bow to the master

Thanks mate

Lightning fast indeed! Maybe a slow motion caption camera will do...

Haha! Iv'e gave me a deadline of June 6th... so no time to waste eh?

This vignette is kept simple.

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:50 pm

HollywoodModelling wrote:Frans..... Will you marry me?

I have to ask my wife first buddy....

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:53 pm

Rob wrote:Wonderful work once more from the Dutch Master! Quick too!
wappynutter wrote:Fantastic Frans...... Truly a Dutch Master.....

We are collecting a few Masters here at ISM...

Hopefully the Skills of the few will spread like a plague amongst us average builders... lol....

Well done again my friend, good luck with the finishing water effects..
HollywoodModelling wrote:Frans..... Will you marry me?
Hey....Put him down, save some modelling goodness for the rest of us!

wappynutter wrote:Hey....Put him down, save some modelling goodness for the rest of us!

Thanks guys! Really appreciate it.

LOL!

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:05 pm

Holy C**p that looks amazing?!!

I learned a couple of things from this thread already, apart from you being a master modeler, those being;

1) How to paint eyes on figures, starting with the eyes first then working outwards from there. Makes so much sense than the way that I would have done this, which would have been to paint the face first followed by the eyes last.

2) That you can buy "Water Effects" product to create those realistic waves forms with, including the "frothy sudsy falling onto the beach foamy stuff".

Cheers,

Martin

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:16 pm

UKguyInUSA wrote:Holy C**p that looks amazing?!!

I learned a couple of things from this thread already, apart from you being a master modeler, those being;

1) How to paint eyes on figures, starting with the eyes first then working outwards from there. Makes so much sense than the way that I would have done this, which would have been to paint the face first followed by the eyes last.

2) That you can buy "Water Effects" product to create those realistic waves forms with, including the "frothy sudsy falling onto the beach foamy stuff".

Cheers,

Martin

Thanks Martin

Glad to read that you have learned something

That makes it more fun for me to make these threads

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:14 pm

Hello, And welcome to my final update of this build!
Final? Already?
Yes... This was a small build, and I wanted to keep it simple.
Just to show that you can make a great scene with a few figures and a prop.

So lets start with finishing the water shall we?

With the Vallejo water effects being dry now, I made a start at the water foam that's often been seen on the shore line.
I use for this task Vallejo snow and foam.

First I did dry brush the shore line with some white paint.

Then, with a stiff brush and sponge I applied the foam. I did not covered the water completely with foam, I let the water shine trough for I thought that would be more realistic. I did not brushed it on, I put small dots on it.

At the beginning of the shore, I applied a few layers of foam to get a bit more depth.

Some foam on this guys boots applied. I also took Vallejo still water, and brushed it on the platoons boots for a wet look.

I'm happy with the outcome of the shore line. It's the first time i'm using this technique, so no complaints so far!

From above the water is clearly visible.

And that rounds up his final update guys!
I'm not going to reveal it just yet.
I've got some final touch ups to do, and then I will go over to the reveal section.

But I can promise you that this little vignette will be released on June 6th!
I thought it would be a great Idea to reveal this vignette on D-day 70 years later to remember one of the most audacious and heroic wartime operations in the 20th century. All 156,000 Allied soldiers that made liberation of Europe possible.

So I will see you guys June 6th in the evening for my reveal

"All Together, for a single Victory"

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:26 pm

Looks awesome!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:50 pm

UKguyInUSA wrote:Looks awesome!

Thanks mate!

Glad you like it

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:53 pm

Stunning work Frans it tells a great story of the day.

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:03 pm

Hi Frans,really great , this is what I think on when D-Day is mention , Soldiers running into shore to take the bunkers , and the 'spigots' and those rusted tank traps !

Really great little vignette , very , very nice and an excellent build for this GB .

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:13 pm

Beautiful work Frans

I am really looking forward to seeing the reveal