Ron's Top Modelling.....Don't worry, it's just a play on words!

[spanner570]

My wife bought me a home brew wine kit for Chrizzy, so we've been busy happily emptying 'Commercial' bottles in readiness for the re-filling with proper stuff!

When I was soaking off the labels, I came up with a fun challenge to see if I could make a passable vignette to go on top of the screw top.

The figures are Caesar Miniatures 1/72 U.S. Infantry, nicked from my 'Sniper' dio. The base is an excellent Chilean Red, topped with scrap bits n' bobs (stonework suitably scribed with a modelling knife) Gern's cocktail stick remnants , a bit of well ground down weetabix, and then painted with 'Poundshop' acrylics.

Here is the result. I hope you approve of this little bit of nonsense, folks.















....all good fun.

Cheers all,

Ron

 

[colin m]

Excellent work. Very nice. It will be those pencil tip carvings next if you follow this route.

 

[John Rixon]

Ha ha, there's no stopping you Ron, excellent work, as ever, and reminded me of some ridiculously small stuff I once saw in a museum, modelled in the eye of a needle!!!
https://goo.gl/images/oRQcYM
P.S. This isn't a challenge

 

[papa 695]

Outstanding work Ron

 

[R_G]

Very Cool!

 

[spanner570]

Thanks boys. I hope the pictures made you smile...

It will be those pencil tip carvings next if you follow this route.

Colin, I got there, but I kept cutting his bloody legs off!!!!.......

 

[Polux]

That’s a genius!!!!

 

[Polux]

Please...don’t stop to surprise me every day Ron

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Seriously cool.

 

[stillp]

Brilliant! Next up, carve a Panther from a grain of rice!

Pete

 

[papa 695]

Brilliant! Next up, carve a Panther from a grain of rice!

Pete

Come on Pete be real, this is Ron your talking about, make it harder like a squadron of them

 

[spanner570]

Brilliant! Next up, carve a Panther from a grain of rice!

Pete

Pete, would you prefer brown or white rice?.......

Many thanks for all your great, and humorous posts.

 

[PaulTRose]

considering the size, that is brilliant!

 

[stillp]

Pete, would you prefer brown or white rice?.......

Arborio please Ron.

Pete

 

[yak face]

folks.

Thats absolutely fantastic - wine in a screw top bottle !

(oh and the little men on top are ok too)

 

[yak face]

Seriously though , this is absolutely gobsmacking Ron , I love it, a perfect scene in miniature . the stone arch and the moss foliage are spot on .It just shows its not all about how big it is after all!

 

[Fenlander]

Lol, when you have finished your first brew and it is settling into bottles, you could use the air trap of the brewing bin/jar to recreate a scene from ‘Hunt for Red October’ in the bubble?

 

[spanner570]

Brilliant! Next up, carve a Panther from a grain of rice!

Pete

That's not fair, Pete. I've just looked up arborio rice, and it's short grained. Not yer' long normal stuff!

On second thoughts, if it's the feline version you want, I could carve one minus it's tail!

 

[peterairfix]

Brilliant work but witch was more fun building or the emptying of the bottle?

 

[monica]

great work,
what scale is it in ?