Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Withdrawal: Diorama entry for Chicago Golden Demons - Part 2 (The Finishing)

Only 48 hours till I fly to Chicago!

Here's the finished diorama. Unfortunately the pics look a bit washed out, I'll have to take a few more next week (maybe while getting some practice in with my new work lighting rig and camera).

Anyway, I decided to stick with the 144th Cadian regiment, something about the number just spoke to me. The models are not glued down yet, that'll happen on Saturday morning, so you may see some gaps between feet and ground. This is so that it will be a LOT easier to transport this beast out to Chicago. No sense hoping it'll arrive in one piece so I'll start with it traveling in 15 or so pieces ; )

I hope you like it. This diorama represents the largest amount of time I've spent on a model that wasn't intended for gaming. Even if it doesn't win a trophy, I'm still very happy with the journey and the end result.





Cheers
Dave

22 comments:

  1. Looks awesome, great work all around.

    I like that there are lots of little stories going on, good luck!

    John
    Santa Cruz Warhammer

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  2. Best of Luck to you, it hard to put to word how much I like this. I was just thinking that "wargames" can seen to trivalise the suffering that gose on it a realy war, but this reley tell the story of 144th.

    Anway good luck hope you win

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  3. Best of luck, Dave! Looks fantastic!

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  4. Awesome diorama! Like scdarkangel said, the different little stories within the piece are excellent. I wish you the best of luck.

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  5. I see great things for this piece.

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  6. Excellent half-track and fully in keeping with the 41st millennium. Could we get a close up of the two walking wounded behind the stretcher bearer? As others said, I'm a fan of the 4 mini dioramas within the whole. Great stuff. Any idea when the half-track's plans will be available in PDF?

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  7. Love it........but what are the backpacks attached to? How hard would it be to put row of hooks or hand grip/equipment tie on's down each side.

    Best of luck

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  8. All the best of luck to you, that piece oozes all kinds of coolness....

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  9. Mate that's one kick ass piece of work!! Good luck at GD!! Cannot wait to see some non washed out pics...

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  10. Beautiful work. Outstanding modelling and story-telling.

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  11. dave this is so good im struggling not to just swear out loud! honestly mate i wish you the absolute best of luck, and i dont even think you need it!

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  12. Again, the mini-stories are great and the execution is wonderful. Good luck!

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  13. Hi guys

    Thank you very much for your well-wishes and kind comments. As I said, lots of work that has paid off already.

    There's a bit of "lack of interaction" between the stories going on, something that I was going for. A sombre mood where no-one really wants to look each other in the eye (apart from maybe the brash half-track gunner). Let's see how it goes on the day.

    @ Rabidchild - Hopefully I'll be able to complete the "Truck Tutorial" series next weekend, including the PDF for the plans.

    @ Alan - good point well-made. At the moment they're being held on by the Will of the Emperor ; ) It won't be too hard to add some hooks/tie-downs tonight.

    Cheers
    Dave

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  14. Incredible! The scene seems so well planned out with every model telling its own story but combining together to affirm a very particular mood. I especially like the hard as nails, seen it all before officer standing near the autocannon emplacement, casually smoking a cigar and drinking, what I'm assuming, is something stronger than coffee (considering the scene). And who can blame him? Well done and good luck in Chicago!

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  15. Dave, this is a gorgeous presentation. Thanks so much for putting together a really well thought-out and detailed view of war, regardless of particular filter or frame of reference.

    I really like the story told her, it takes me back to the late golden days of White Dwarf where the diorama told a story that left you wanting to hear the end; to know what happened to each and every paticipant. For what it's worht, I wish you the absolute best of luck in the competition. Thanks again for giving us a look at your work; it's great stuff and an inspiration to many.

    Cheers!

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  16. Great work Dave! You really demonstrate how versital and dynamic the GW kits can be when a little thought goes into posing them. The half-track looks great and really fits the scene.

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  17. Hi guys

    Well, what a day. The competition was fierce! All my entries made the first cut, I think five of them made Honorable Mention, and two of them scored me silver trophies.

    The Withdrawal was one of those and Cherubael (Daemonhost) was the other. In both of those categories I was beaten by a great Aussie painter, Kyle Morgan.

    I'll post a few more pics of some of my entries in the next few days.

    It was a lot of fun talking about painting with so many awesome artists!

    Cheers
    Dave

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  18. Great stuff Dave!

    I really love this piece.

    144th spoke to ya eh?

    That's my Badge Number...
    Hmm...

    Ted

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  19. Hey Dave, I saw your stuff at the GD and I was really impressed. In fact, when I was registering my entries I am pretty sure yo were sitting on the floor taking yours out of cases. If you cannot remember, I was that guy who was like, "AWESOME, A PLAGUE DRONE!!" who entered Jarran Kell and a handful of other things.

    Great job with the Demons dave, your entries were awesome. My girlfriend loved your psyker squad.

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  20. This is an old post to comment on, but wow! What a well thought-out diorama and a well-told story. Everything from the emotional commander to the heavy weapons crew grimly distracting themselves from the train of wounded seems to have a place in the scene. Bien hecho! (As an aside, i was wondering if the colors used on the fatigues are still in your memory, as i happen to have a number of guardsmen painted in a similar scheme, and the pot of gray-green i mixed three years ago is running fairly dry...)

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