To the death...

[Dan Morton]

I've just completed this 2 figure vignette - no paint yet. The idea for this came from a fellow figure maker, Kreston Peckham several years ago, but I finally got around to completing it.

A trench fight between a single British and a single German soldier. They've used up all their ammunition and have resorted to hand-to-hand fighting. Imagine the gas clouds swirling (I wanted to take the photos thru a green-yellow filter, but didn't know how.) around.

The scale is 1/16th which means each figure is 100 to 120 mm in height. I've used a few kit parts from various model makers. The sculpting media is 2 part air drying putty - Magic Sculpt and Kneadatite.

Hope you like it!

All the best,

Dan

[Dan Morton]

More photos....

[Guest exuser1]

Superb as the man said "War is hell"

[Dan Morton]

Thank you! Always was...still is.

All the best,

Dan

[Guest exuser1]

Am a model figure collector myself and love the way you convey the action in to this small diorama ,also the figures in gas protective clothing give an added inhuman feel to the work ,very clever .

[fellop]

Very good indeed, well done. Do you have any other models you might show us ?

[Andrew Upton]

Very good, but you might want to make the British soldiers scabbarded trench knife a little less WW2 American :

http://www.cowanauctions.com/itemImages/ww1224.jpg

[kenneth505]

Something compelling in this, the violence feels palpable even as they look like Orcs in their gas masks.

[Dan Morton]

Fellop, Andrew Upton and Ken Santa Fe: Many thanks for your comments, gentlemen!

Fellop - Not only do I have other models from the Great War, but I'm currently offering several on e-Bay, this piece included. See userid lazyschnauzer, item # 201022123134. I do paint, but not very well. If you would prefer a painted model, I work with some terrific figure painters and can get you in touch with them.

All the best,

Dan