Old Marine Posted June 5, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 5, 2020 This "Social Distancing" has given me a lot of time to finish up a lot of small projects that have been lying around. This small vignette is an 81mm Mortar Squad of the 36th Division moving up in the Vosege Mountains in 1944. I wanted to depict a few average infantrymen doing what they do most of the time, humping gear and weapons up hill. It always seems like its up hill. I wanted to make these figures because I was a Mortarman (0341) in the Marines and I remember carrying pieces of that Mortar. Getting stuck with carrying the base plate is the worse, there is no good way to carry that thing. The figures are completely bashed together from the parts box and are a total mix of everything, Airfix, Tamiya, DLM, ESCI, some resin pieces and others. The striated rocks of the mountain base is made of piece of cedar bark used in gardens. Anyway, it was a fun little project. Thanks for looking. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Marine Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted June 5, 2020 Here are some detail photos of the figures and base. The mortar and the 2 figures on the left are from the ancient Tamiya Support Weapons kit. The figures are painted with Tamiy, Vallejo and some Artist's gouache (opaque watercolor). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BagmanL6 Posted June 5, 2020 Share #3 Posted June 5, 2020 Very nice. Fond memories of humping and 81mm base plate for me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhorn92 Posted June 6, 2020 Share #4 Posted June 6, 2020 Very nice work and great subject matter. My grandfather was there and spoke a lot about the Vosges Mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Marine Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted June 6, 2020 The base plate was a pain, I was happy to move up the food chain to A-Gunner. If I remember correctly the Gunner carried the bipod, the Assistant Gunner carried the tube and the 1st ammo man carried the baseplate. The whole campaign in the Vosges does get overlooked. It was a tough campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted June 6, 2020 Share #6 Posted June 6, 2020 The base looks superb, the figures have a very realistic look. Regarding this scene one can feel the physical effort of the mortar team. Another excellent dio. Well done, Dennis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtyScout Posted June 6, 2020 Share #7 Posted June 6, 2020 Very nice work Dennis. Not for nothing, even I wouldn't want to hump up that rough terrain that you made. I was an Arty Forward Observer, and I humped with the grunts but the heaviest thing I humped; besides my field pack, were binoculars and a map case with a compass. Semper Fi. Manny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsaguy007 Posted June 6, 2020 Share #8 Posted June 6, 2020 Sharp little build, fantastic painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dentino Posted June 9, 2020 Share #9 Posted June 9, 2020 Dennis, superb little dio and LOVE the subject matter. Your figures look awesome and you can almost hear the cursing and see the sweat on them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted June 10, 2020 Share #10 Posted June 10, 2020 Denis The helmet net !!Very nice indeedGreat workOwen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted June 10, 2020 Share #11 Posted June 10, 2020 Dennis, Another amazing work of art!! Fantastic job! So many little details. ...Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backtheattack Posted November 18, 2020 Share #12 Posted November 18, 2020 A great work. Very well done, like the details of the figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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