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    Post  iCocker Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:50 pm

    So here is my next vignette, finally in it's finishing touches. Have been influenced for years with revolutions and uprisings and this incedent have been in the back of my mind for ages. But lacked proper research and inplements. Here I have to thank Czech autor Tomas Jokal who helped with all the mystery of the insurgents Hetzers.

    Have to say that for a period this project was shelved, but then with the uprisings and crisis in the Arab world sparked again.

    Some inside about Bohemia 1945. The Germans had already lost and Hitler was dead but places like Czechlovakia who were annexed with the regime were still under their control. With the Americans and Soviets aproaching from both sides the insurgents had the chance to start the uprising and once and for all liberate their country. Infact it is the last battle of WW2. The insurgents captured a number of Hetzers that were being built in the BMA and Skoda factory and impressed them. The insurgents who came from all walks of life together with the police, army and joined by the ROA [ Russian soldiers who were under the German army] started their battle to liberation ...


    As a diorama, it is an experiment that I had always wanted to tackle. A small base area with a number of figures + action, apart splitting the base to create a two face perspective, a diorama and a vignette from the same project, but that will explain further ...

    To divide the base I used a wall with a gate, replicating the real gate in Prague of a notorious concentration camp. A little artistic licensce was added to show it almost a derelict reflecting the crambling regime.

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    Post  Samwel18 Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:33 am

    looking good mate Smile keep them coming ^_^
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    Post  Ray Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:25 am

    Hrmmm Twisted Evil at last a glimpse of the delicious & tastey plate Razz
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    Post  skyhigh Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:11 am

    Another masterpiece and very interesting subject as always Ivan ..Welldone.. cheers
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    Post  bcauchi Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:53 pm

    Great, like the history behind it and it is looking good too, the tank is really nicely weathered and so is the wall.Keep at it let us see it finished.
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    Post  clioguy Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:51 pm

    great work!
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    Post  Guest Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:44 am

    Great work!! Looks it is going to be another masterpiece!!
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    Post  Tancred Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:08 pm


    Prosit Ivan, very original, interesting and colourful Cool


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    Post  RayCaruana Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:31 pm

    Prosit mate!!! Good luck.
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    Post  iCocker Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:50 pm

    Thank you guys your comments are very encouraging ... here is the final set up, sorry lousy pics worst then Stephen's but I am very pressed in time to stay fiddling with fotoshoots but at lest here it is, much inspired by the famous foto of the T54 entering the gate at Siagon but with a twist, balancing two sides

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    Post  iCocker Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:57 pm

    The good guys ...

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    Post  iCocker Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:00 pm

    The bad guy ...

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    Post  Samwel18 Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:18 pm

    proset Ivan now that there is everything attached it seems VERY APPEALING and PROMISING Smile above all UNIQUE Smile

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    Post  Ray Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:43 am

    Innovative as always mate Twisted Evil

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    Post  bcauchi Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:54 pm

    Ghandu ragun jigri Ivan, i guess they will not invite him over for a drink when they catch up with him. Great scene and lovely paint and detail work.
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    Post  skyhigh Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:02 pm

    il lahwa Ivan .......tal gen man ...

    I think your gone a bring memory's again!!!!
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    Post  bcauchi Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:23 pm

    Ivan i have been looking at this piece again. The tank fits almost exactly in the archway opening. What about the gate, did someone open it or was it just forced open by the tank itself/ if this was the case, the gate should be really dented and forced apart from its centre.
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    Post  iCocker Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:53 pm

    Good point here Brian, and was wondering what I was going to do as if I apply a dented gate it will obstruct the tank and men darting in, so still liked to keep the gate almost intact and added an open lock and a broken chain, apart as a symbol the chain adds movement to the scene. Hetzers are not haevy tanks, something similar to a heavy lorry, though probably not really obeying the laws of physics for artistic and symbolism view I opted for a tank charge onto the gate and with it's trust the lock will give away and brake the chain ... the broken chain also the symbolise the broken regime, we have seen many a poster especially from socialists with workers breaking chains ... to create some distress what I did is shift the gates a little from the wall brackets ...
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    Post  bcauchi Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:28 am

    The gate, being wrought iron would probably dent in the direction of the movement of the tank being held together by the chain till this broke, then it would have opened just like it is now, only that the verticals where the chain was tied to would have been forced apart. Heavy tank or not, the gate would give in anyway but not before offering some resistance.
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    Post  iCocker Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:47 pm

    Probable you are right Brian but I worked the idea on the famous Vietnam iconic foto, the NVA T-54 passing through the Presidential gate which was forced open by the tank. Check also the gate on the background.

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