This ww1 vignette was inspired by a well known image made by the italian artist Fortinino Matania.
It was not my intension to make a 100% copy but more to use the poses of the figures.
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The Mark IV is the old Emhar kit modified with some scratchwork and new tracks from Accurate Armour.
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The figures where all sculpted with magicsculp.
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To bring the title more into the vignette I decided in a later stage to ad an extra figure on the roof of the Mark IV
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And finaly one with a little photoshopping.
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Thanks for looking!

Cheers,

Roger

That's just perfect. The poses are very well done and the scene looks exactly as intense as the painting.

Great job and thanks for sharing it with us.

Marcel

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Another stunning piece Roger.

It takes one thing to make and paint a great scene, but you create an atmosphere too!

Hi Roger
outstanding work this model works in every respect a real pleasure to look at
speak to you soon
Lester

Hi Roger,

Really brilliant work there, I followed the progress over the last months and it turned out extremely well!
Nice to see the usual Hornet heads turning up around this latest tank
Lovely mud everywhere too!

Theo

Huge fan of your work.....outstanding

Luke Pitt

Roger,
You have certainly captured a real sense of movement with this piec. Fantastic work!

Regards
Andy K

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Nice, really - really nice!

Congrats,
Rick

Excellent....





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Well, just excellent, nuff said!

Desert-Erik
Sweden

CU@C4

Hi Roger

This really is stunning!! Congrats mate!!

Cheers
JT

Hi John,

Many thanks for helping me with the colours for the MKIV .Your MKIV was an inspiration for me!

Cheers,

Roger

Outstanding job my friend, you made my day.

Cheers
Micha

N/T

Fantastic.

I've always really liked your work....but I think this is one of your best....congrats.

Bart

That last figure really did it too.
awesome build!

AK

That is just stunning Roger.

Like many others, I'm a big fan of your work, but this one has something else. Really stunning stuff; congratulations

Chris

just great,well done.

Hi Roger,

absolutely fantastic job. Congratulations on this!

Best,

Robert

..one of the best diorama I saw lately, the overall color is great and well balanced between the tank and the figures.

Bravo!

Excellent work, my friend! Hope to see it live soon

Best regards
Artur

Hi Roger.What can I say......FANTASTIC JOB.

Regards
Kenneth

Great job Roger! Two dubs up!

Best regards,
Staf Snyers

Hi Roge
WOW.
Totally outstanding.
You spend a lot of time in this and result is amazing.
A perfect harmony I think,everything works together very well and the addition of one more figure was a realy good decide.
Oh man you are realy an artist,mate .
And now the obligatory question:what´s next?

Cheers Oliver

hello Oliver,

I have a few new ideas but most probably I will do something with water !

Cheers,

Roger

Roger,

Having seen some of the initial photos on TWENOT, that came out wonderfully!

Olaf

Dear Roger,

I hav no words to express you my feelings seen your WORK, IT'S AMAZING.

Composition, figures, ground, vehicle, all works perfectly for a only objective, to shock to the observer, this kind of modelling is the better for me.

Congrats and Best Regards.

JQN~

http://www.panzermodelling.com

Absolutely stunning! Fantastic animation.

Regards
Steve

....a perfectly executed diorama. Congrats!
Vriendelijke groeten
Sven

Hi Roger
I knew this was going to be good and you have exceeded my expectations. Great idea brilliantly executed and the ground work is amazing.
regards David
AFV Modeller

Roger one can't just simply walk by when you present your work. It's a terrific piece, love the idea, composition and execution. Everything goes together so well, each figure tells a story of it's own! Brilliant stuff.
See you in October!

Radek

Impressive diorama Roger.
It got all the ingredients a dio needs.

Congrats mate.

I will give it a close look at coming model shows.
Perhaps on Scale World on september 9?

Cheers

Kristof

Hello Kristof,

If my wive is allowing me to go I will be there if not you know the reason:)

Cheers,

Roger

What an lovely finish of this scene! I was looking back at the start on your photos thinking this might be ages untill finish. And there it is! Nice sculpting of the figures, nice story and I think it's good you use a WW1 piece as there are so few of it. The titel is very catchy swining back to that band. Well done work!
Regards
Ebbe

Hi Roger!

Just SUPERB..another masterpiece!

Cheers, Laszlo

ps.: lets see something again from WW2

It´s difficult to explain in words what I feel looking at your vignette.

It´s just awesome. Full of live. Great composition, better modelling, and best of the best paintwork.

Congratulations! It´s a nice inspiration for we the "normal" modelers.

Regards from Spain.

...but I can't stress enough how much I admire your work, Roger. The tank, the figures and the base are all perfectly executed. I especially like how the finishing style of your figures and your vehicles match perfectly - not a mean feat to accomplish.
Putting that figure on top of the tank is a great touch, it's just what this scene needed.

WOW!!! The photos are fantastic. I would love to see this in person!
More than well done,
Mark

Incredible stuff, Roger, as always. I love the addition of the last figure; the movement of the rifle sling brings life to the whole scene!

Cheers, Tracy

Hi Roger , fantastic work as always , great atmosphere and grounddwork and the figures are as always outstanding, I think the painting is based on the MkIV male at Paschendale that was stuck in German lines for 3 days with its crew using it as a stranded pillbox (the Tank was named "Fray Bentos" after a well know tinned meat)

regards
Brian

Hello Brian,

I do not know this story but it fits very well in this scene .Interesting story!

Cheers,

Roger

Thia is very great work! absolutely stunning.Compliments from my daughter Irene



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Everything about that, from the presentation of the base, construction and painting, animation of the figures, is superb. One of the best dioramas I've seen in a while. Congratulations.

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Woooh Roger,

This is really great, I hope to see it soon at a show.

Cheers,
André

Such an inspiring piece. Wonderful! And great job on the additional figure. Helps give more of a sense of movement.

matt

G'Day Roger

I can only echo what has already been said. Your figure sculpting is just first rate and the scene is bought to life beautifully. If I could produce something half as good I would die a happy man!

My hats off to you here

Thankyou for sharing

Cheers

Chris

Lots and lots and lots of action. What a project. Nice work.

ANPW

Excellent Roger ... it is a masterpiece and look forward to see, very nice to see a WW1 subject ... love it! [PS like the name : ) ... ]

Ivan

http://icdesign.webs.com/

Hello Ivan,

Thanks for helping me with the title mate,see you next month

Cheers,

Roger

Well this are a lot responses!Many thanks for all these kind words!.I hope to see most of you on one of the coming shows. and hopefully we can have a chat!

Cheers,

Roger

A work of art, for sure,

Konrad

Awesome piece, just wondering did you listen to Rage Against The Machine while making this ..?

I Hope you bring this to EuroMilitaire for live viewing.

Hello Teema,

O yes indeed I did listen to their songs while making this dio,specialy the classic ones!

Cheers,

Roger

except that I agree 100% to all the other postings...

WW1 is the topic I used to read a lot of books of.
My favorite one is Paul Ettighoffer´s "Verdun", which describes the horror´s of war very pictorial.

It is almost impossible to show this horror, without distracting the visitors.

I really like your work Roger!

Best

Gunnar

http://www.modellbaufreunde-siegen.de/index.html

Hello Gunnar,

I did sculp a few dead body's but in the end I decided not to use them because imo there where already enough figures in this scene and it would give to much attention to them.But I understand what you mean!

Cheers,

Roger

One of a kind dio, maybe your best work here in ml.

All the best from Greece
George

Excellent work!!!

and certainly worthy of all the accolades it has received so far. Great job man!



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Your best yet? sure! One of the best military dioramas ever done? Probably!
wow, this is good!

www.jbadiorama.com

Thanks JB,

For my next project I need a little help from you:)

Cheers,

Roger

Great subject, and the figures, vehicle, groundwork and composition are all spot on. Well done indeed!

very beautiful work !!

Thanks again,I realy apriciate that you like my work.

Cheers,

Roger

Roger, Excellent!
Paul