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Not much more to say....is there? :sad-face:
 

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How a real battlefield looks...
Very graphic and yet artful in itself!
Outstanding work Jim!!!
 

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great work Jim,do lov the darkness of this one as well,outstanding :hugging-face:
 

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great work Jim,do lov the darkness of this one as well,outstanding :hugging-face:
Thank you so much Monica, so glad to see you back on the scene, hope you are settling into your new digs nicely.
Miss your fantastic creations, hope you get back to the bench soon.

love, Jim :hugging-face:
 

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Thank you so much Monica, so glad to see you back on the scene, hope you are settling into your new digs nicely.
Miss your fantastic creations, hope you get back to the bench soon.

love, Jim :hugging-face:
ta so much for the well wisher ,try to get it sorted,but not getting far,
i do need the clutter,and bits snd bobd,and half 3/4 done stuff about,then i can seam to get into doing dome think,:loudly-crying::flushed:
 

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ta so much for the well wisher ,try to get it sorted,but not getting far,
i do need the clutter,and bits snd bobd,and half 3/4 done stuff about,then i can seam to get into doing dome think,:loudly-crying::flushed:
I'm sure you will manage to get your cubby functional again, take your time....things will begin to flow soon enough:cool:
 

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ta,for the well wisher i hope so.:confused:
 

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Dredged this one up for new members, hope you like :hugging-face:

Jim
 

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Great piece of work, war is brutal but you haven't gone over the top with it.
 

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Great piece of work, war is brutal but you haven't gone over the top with it.
Thanks Mick, I try to keep the colors subtle and blended, lots of dark washing to give that sinister look.
War sucks and I've tried to show that.

Jim.
 

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Hi Jim, nice realism on a terrain and time nearer to the end of the year that's wet and cold. :thumb2:
Do you have any in Spring or Summer in fields of green and wild flowers. It's always disturbing to see knocked out smouldering Shermans in places like these as it shows death can come at the most unlikely surroundings. The scenes in Normandy are always surreal...coming across dead bloating cows in a field probably killed by allied bomb blast or stray bullets from a fire fight in an adjacent field.

Thanks for sharing as it reminds us that war is ugly.

Cheers,
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Hi Jim, nice realism on a terrain and time nearer to the end of the year that's wet and cold. :thumb2:
Do you have any in Spring or Summer in fields of green and wild flowers. It's always disturbing to see knocked out smouldering Shermans in places like these as it shows death can come at the most unlikely surroundings. The scenes in Normandy are always surreal...coming across dead bloating cows in a field probably killed by allied bomb blast or stray bullets from a fire fight in an adjacent field.

Thanks for sharing as it reminds us that war is ugly.

Cheers,
Richard
Thanks Richard, not much in the greenery dept. but these may interest you, one is knocked out in a country village setting and the other is hidden in dense undergrowth with some
vegetation embelishments for camo reasons.

Will think about using more veg in future, I especially like your idea of contrasting beauty and horror. When I get my dark on I do tend to descend deeply into it.
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I'll ponder a scene such as a relic of a bygone tank battle now rusted and overgrown with natures flora.

Jim


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Jim.
Think this is a stark reminder of what war is like. Most of us don't portray the nitty gritty like you, as Ive said before you do this so well.
I think Richards idea would be good, nice to see your take on that .
John.
 

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Hi Jim
Beautifully done. You have the skill and the vision to portray the horror of war without the sensationalism.
Jim
 

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great work with,these,s one,s Jim,I do so much enjoy seeing your work,and how you,
portray ,the after math of what has happened,in a dark way,butt not a horrible way,
well done,keep up the great builds,do look forward to them,:smiling::thumb2:
 
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