Some more work for the Diorama

I knocked off these 25 casualty figures last Saturday night when everyone else was at the pub and I had to work. Alan Perry did manage to buy me a beer though. I seemed to become the Dremmel King and must have drilled holes in about a thousand casualty figures in the past week for…

briansmaller

April 13, 2015

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54mm, Anzac Diorama, Weta Workshop, WWI

I knocked off these 25 casualty figures last Saturday night when everyone else was at the pub and I had to work. Alan Perry did manage to buy me a beer though.

anzac diorama pub — A well earned drink (or two)

I seemed to become the Dremmel King and must have drilled holes in about a thousand casualty figures in the past week for the mounting pins to be inserted. Had several figures with air bubbles inside – one of which sort of exploded and took off across the workshop at 20,000 rpm when I let go of it in fright.

d_IMG_1910 — There are a lot of Turkish casualty figures in this diorama.

A big bunch of painters were beavering away at Weta over the weekend. The painting side is definitely nearing the end-game. I have another twenty or so Anzacs to paint and hopefully will have them finished today.

anzac diorama painting 11 may — The Crew at Weta

2 responses to “Some more work for the Diorama”

Carlo

April 14, 2015 at 12:23 pm

Looking great Brian. Very envious of this and the NZ gaming community. You should all be extremely proud of what is happening and you are all a part of such a project of true national pride and remembrance! Sensational.

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1. briansmaller
  
  April 14, 2015 at 12:26 pm
  
  Yes it is Carlo. One day I will blog a bit more about what this project has done for me personally. In the meantime – more painting 🙂
  
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