The "Spanish Hornet" work: Hasegawa 1/48.

After making  the "Spanish Adversary" with a former Top Gun´s F-18 in Spanish markings, I have had the feeling of being in the obligation to build a Hornet in the standard Spanish scheme. Of course the grey camo is not as eye-catching as the Navy´s adversary colors but with some weathering it looks really nice.
And here it is, I´m not a Lannister but I also pay my debts. Usually.
Apart from Hasegawa´s kit I also used the cockpit from Aires, the seamless air intakes from Rhino, Eduard´s AIM-9L Sidewinders and the "Export Bugs" decal sheet from F4Dable Models. 
I used Tamiya acrylics and Gunze´s Hobby colors to paint the aircraft. The weathering is done mainly with Ammo products except some effects in the flaps made with a graphite pencil.
Hope you like it.

Diego Quijano.

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.

Bombed theatre, shot soldier, busted tank. Room for war.
And shadowy days,  and dreary seasons, until winter´s rule.
The smile of time.

Collapsed building, killed man, destroyed machine. Room for snow.
And chilly days, and frozen nights, and dreadful dreams.
The smile of coldness.

Dead stone, dead flesh, dead metal… no room for God, no room for faith, no room for hope. 
Just for doom. And the Snowman above all, laughing at you.  
The smile of Death.

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!

LINK TO THE WIP PROCESS

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:

LINK TO THE FINISHED MODEL