Sunday, May 4, 2014

The "Shades of Death" work: Tamiya 1/48.

Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,
And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?
The transient pleasures as a vision seem,
And yet we think the greatest pain's to die.

How strange it is that man on earth should roam,
And lead a life of woe, but not forsake
His rugged path; nor dare he view alone
His future doom which is but to awake.

On Death -John Keats.



Ok, now I can say this T-34 extravaganza is finally finished, I hope. It has been the first time I make two different works with the same model, and I guess the last one, but the circumstances were propitious.
For those interested you can read the "Shades of Chaos" article in Panzer Aces nº 45
and the "Shades of Death" article in The Weathering Magazine Snow & Ice issue
















 And a final photo for the size comparison. Cheers!





Thursday, March 20, 2014

The T-34 project (V)

A new twist to this already twisted vignette. Some snow and icicles to turn the dio into a winter scene.




And what is a snow scene without a snowman?

I don´t remember when but at some point this scene turned into some kind of  allegory of death, so the snowman ended up with this look:

And of course, what is a death allegory without a corpse? I remember a shocking scene from Jean-Jacques Annaud´s Enemy at the Gates when Soviet snipers shot dead a German soldier with a cable layer backpack. I thought it would be a nice idea. If you notice, the cable from the backpack passes under the snow figure, somehow connecting both corpse and Death:





Thursday, February 27, 2014

GUEST GALLERY: "Ghost" by JU-WON JUNG.

"Ghost"
Sculpted and painted by Ju-Won Jung
Medium : sculpey, wood / oil, acrylic
Size : H 8" × W 9".  Aprox. 20x23 cm


This is a beautiful piece by Korean artist Ju-Won Jung. Both sculpting and painting are so amazing that it looks like a three-dimensional painting. The girl´s gaze has something magnetic, isn´t it?

Ju-Won works sculpting busts for his own company Galapagos Miniatures.
You can see more of Ju-Won works in his facebook and in the Galapagos Miniatures homepage:
Ju-Won Jung´s Facebook 
Galapagos Miniatures 

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