Go For Broke finished scene

Modeling Subjects Dioramas
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“Go For Broke” is the motto of the 100 442nd RCT. Japanese Americans, once interned in camps, who were eventually given the right to enlist and fight.

Here is the scene I created, depicting a squad during some house-to-house clearing. I imagine them having picked off a German, bolting from this destroyed building, perhaps a sniper. A few checking the ruins for more signs of the enemy, while the squad leader and B.A.R. gunner stand vigilant.

I’d say I’m happy enough with this scene to call it done, although I could probably spend many more hours fiddling with the details, cleaning off the dust and specks. I’m ready to move on to something new at this point:

Some close-ups of the figures:

Some destruction:

I robbed parts from a Lazy Susan, so the base rotates (probably the coolest thing about the whole project!)

Thanks for looking, feel free to make comments and suggestions for improvement. Happy to hear it.

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[:D[[t$t] Beautiful work! an excellent tribute to those troops![Y]

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Simply stunning! Great detail and superb figures. I love every bit of it.

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[:D[[H][Y][Y]

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Finnaly![:D]

Beautiful piece of work Steve! Congradulations on it’s completion. You are a difficult man to please and I just hope you are happy with it—looks great from here.

Top-Stuff

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Thanks, guys. I appreciate you’s checkin’ it out.

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That is some top notch work right there!!

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Absoloutly brilliant.

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What scale is this?

It’s fantastic!

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Amazing job! Great job on the figures and the composition of the scene! Like it, like it a lot!

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Very cool… ! good Job on the figures…!! [t$t]

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Yeah! Beautiful! I especially like the faces of the figures… Just cool… So what’s your next project Steve? Keep them jewels comin’, have a nice day

Paweł

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Thank you for your compliments, gentlemen. I’m glad your diggin’ it.

Suggestions for improvement and critical feedback = welcome with me as well [;)] It’s good to have a hundred set of eyes on projects, as I tend to focus on key elements and completely miss others. Always looking for new ideas, tips, and ways to improve, so let me have it!. I encourage you to be harsh, and just know that I’ll defend your right to be. [Y]

TT4438- this is 1/35th scale.

Pawel- next project = undecided. I’d like to knock something out quick. Something smaller, 2 or 3 figures. Maybe Italians… I ain’t done Italians yet.

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Well, I would like a better view of what the figure in the ruin is doing. It is pretty much obscured in the photos.

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Thanks, Lee. Obscured, to say the least. I’ve regretted his placement since the super glue dried [:$]

Here are some shots that, hopefully, give you an idea of what he’s up to:

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WOW, Im speechless [t$t] great work

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Gosh, you really want a harsh feedback from us. All right here it is… I am SO P*SSED OFF that I will never be able to build something as good as yours! [:@] Are you happy now? Outstanding work! It deserves a spot in FSM especially that I haven’t seen anybody doing American-Japanese figures in last two years! [Y]

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Wouldn’t change a thing about the figure placement. Making people “hunt” for all the goodies in the dio just adds to the fun. There’s nothing wrong with making viewers work to realize all of the great details. I love every delectible morsel of this scene. Congrats on a stunning beauty! [:D[[:D[[:D[[Y][Y][Y][t$t]

Pat.

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Wow… Simply stunning work, the best I’ve ever seen in here…

Anectdotal to this piece, a German officer, surprised at being captured by what were obiviously Japanese troops, couldn’t understand it… One of the Nisei NCOs told him, “Didn’t you hear? We surrendered and switched sides…”.

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Excellent work capturing the facial expressions & look of the Japanese soldiers.

Did you substitute the face sculpts on the American figures for Japanese ones or modify them?

A tutorial on your figure painting techniques would be greatly appreciated. Yours are some of the best I have viewed.