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enc86 — Ignorance is Strength
Published: 2012-05-03 00:27:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 1441; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 17
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Spring 1984, the army of Oceania are bloody and battered by the ruthless forces of Eurasia. despite the long war, the troops spirits are high, there is a rumor that chocolate rations will go up. As they march toward the front, their minds chant there motto..war is peace
freedom is slavery
ignorance is strength.
so first things first, this is only an test/experimentation piece. i am trying to go for a George Orwell "1984" vibe. I just wanted to test some techniques out, before i started work on a bigger sized base to house the tank and mech. all in all i am happy with the overall results, and learned a few things that will help me out as i plan and build a base. overall the 8 figurines and base took me about 4 days.
The Elements
The Figurines: i painted these guys how i normally do, but this time i was much faster. i finally have a good system down and was able to make all 8 in about two days. i had two packs of Dragon ww2 German solders, that i got free with some mini arts kits. and the siting solder is from a Tamiya German tank crew at rest.
The Base: i tried out devilsreject493 method of making bases [link] [link]
and i was a pretty fun little process. i added dyed sheet moss, and some real rocks. overall i was very happy with the results, and will be using this process on my next base.
The Building:lol the building is actually a plaster of pairs cast, of a mini arts building i have. this came out ok, and i had to carve out the details, but i cant complain. lol only problem was when i went to do a photo shoot yesterday, the building fell off and broke in like 4 places. after some cursing, i was able to repair the damage, and add more weathering to hide the mistake. the lesson i learned is next time make pins on the building to attach to the base.
The Posters: i added some 1984 propaganda posters. i just found them on Google images,printed them out, damaged them, and dusted them in pastels. here is a link to the ones i used, all rights and credit go to the original artists
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so thanks everyone for looking, hope you enjoy it. and feel free to leave questions and comments. ill be more than happy to answer them!
"1984" is the work of George Orwell.
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Comments: 35
Another good piece of work. The sad thing is you barly can see how much effort you put within this diorama.
The new method of making the ground looks awesome and quiet realistic as well. The wall is very well done in my opinion as well because it looks so damaged and is matching the setting itself pretty much.
The figurines are looking very realistic as well especially the wounded soldier in the forground.
The propaganda posters are just rounding of the setting.
Mayb it is just me but I would use next time more bigger plaster-rocks, it looks in my mind to uniform but this is just my personal opinion.
Also the picture(photo) seems a little bit blurred in max. zoom
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Thank you for the critique. very helpful.
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OH. MY. GOD. An Oceania themed diorama?! Brilliantly painted. Love the use of the Feldheer officers. I'd buy this.
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wow thank you, glad you liked it. i did this one awhile back, i love Orwell so it just came to me one day.
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Ah 1984, on of my all time favorites. Also this diorama is awesome, the lack of bright colors and the injured and defeated look of the soldiers really reinforces the distopian vibe, good work.
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thanks dude! 1984 is one of my all time favs as well.
both figure packs were free with a couple of mini arts kits, and i didn't realy have a plan for them, but thought that this would be a neat diorama.
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Love 1984. Always got the impression that the "wars" with Eurasia and Eastasia was mostly (if not entirely) fabricated, but this still captures the general weary brokenness of of the people in the world of 1984. The posters are a really nice touch and make it even more realistics.
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thanks dude!
loved 1984 as well, and got the same impression about war. war was just anther means of control.
but with this one i kinda went against what i concluded in the book, and decided to to go with the what if.
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thanks man, and thanks for the inspiration and tutorial about the base. i used your method for the first time on this one. so many thanks to you dude.
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No prob dude, and thank you for linking my tutorial in your comments.
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your welcome man, its a great tutorial and it helped me alot! s
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awesome views and angles man you keep all your photos in a portfolio?
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thanks man, and no i don't have a portfolio . lol i don't think ill ever do this kinda stuff professionally. i do hold on to my work on my hard drive tho... maybe someday ill live the dream lol
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you should take to do it professionally your really good and if that isnt your goal i mean who know maybe you can do it on side and make a little extra money
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yea, i live in a VERY VERY small town, lol i live like 5 miles away from town on an old country road. unfortunately i don't think there are any opportunity's for me to do this for a living where i live(rural Vermont) and my skills are just not at that level yet, but who knows how my skills will be in five years. and i am still a young guy(27).
but man doing this stuff for a living would be a dream!
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yeah man maybe you could do it online or sometime but keep working man youll get there
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thanks for the encouragement man, maybe someday...
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Awsome base, you are improving with every kit you make well done
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thank you, i really appreciate the support. with every build i am trying new things. i had never tried this technique before(base and building), so i was happy it came out as good as it did.
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lol damn. . .I can barely tell where the base ends and where the ground starts. . .
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thanks man, lol i lucked out finding a spot, i wish i could say that i planed that out.
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thanks man! now a gotta work on a much bigger base for all this and the tank and mech
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