A little diorama today, don't wanna overload you with ships :)
This was a commission work to achieve a Braveheart scene.
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I guess you already know the movie |
As the client gave me absolute freedom, the option was clear for me, I used this wonderful model by
Andrea Miniatures. This was going to be a full set diorama, so I also chose
this other mini, to get two minis on the base. Both are 54 mm. scale and absolutely gorgeous.
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No, it's not a Futurama head |
I started with the basic stuff:
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Dancing body
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Coloured dancing body
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Dismembered dancing body
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Then I went on the funny mayhem. Painting the tartan. If you study a little about the production stuff, you can see this is the pattern used in the movie:
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It was later auctioned for an obscene amout of money |
Okay, first time I've ever painted anything like this. Little bit scary, I must confess. I went for the horizontal stripes first:
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The pose reminds me of Tony Manero |
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This mess only reminds me of Jack the Ripper |
And then for the vertical ones:
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No way! Too bright and clean! |
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Much better |
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The same with the other guy |
The project begins to look like something. I glued some pieces then:
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So the parts fit in |
I had to pay attention then to the blue paint on the faces. I got some pics frome the movie.
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Grrrrrrrr!!!! |
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Mad Stephen |
The mini does not really depict Mad Stephen, I'm quite sure of that, but I think it's a funny charismatic character in the movie and the model reminded me of him, it was quite similar enough, so I decided the mini would represent him.
Once the minis were finished they had these lookings:
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They may take our lives...! |
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...but they'll never take our freedom! |
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View from the scot guys perspective
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This mini is quite imposing |
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Dynamic and forceful |
The next step was the base:
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Ugly phone photo |
After some putty/greenstuff work this was the result:
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Some battle spoils. Andrea Miniatures manufactured again |
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Alba gu brร th! (I googled that, I'm afraid) |
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I'm really disappointed with the greenstuff grass, I have to improve a lot |
Though the movie does not resist, as any of this kind, any minimally serious historical review (and I will say no more), the scene of the Battle of Stirling is really evocative and no one can argue that. I hope I have caught some of the spirits of it.