figure painting – Pat's 1:72 Military Diorama's

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The Elves meet the Minotaurs

Strangely enough, I made this base a couple of years ago as an experiment. At the time, I was delving into the world of fantasy and messing with a few concepts. This came about from crafting some Styrofoam and then filling it with plaster. Well, it sat around until I saw one of lad’s posts […]

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American War Of Independence

I was talking to a long-term friend about my dioramas, and he asked how I decided the subject for one. I replied it was generally seeing a painting or a photo or even someone else’s interesting work. Then it came to me that nostalgia played a bigger part than I thought. I started making simple […]

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WWII Italians

Well, this little Italian tank is if I recall is a M13, I can’t remember who the model manufacture was but I’m sure some of you keen eyed modellers would know. The figures I do remember, they are Hat WWII Italian infantry, a little on the small size but well sculptured for this maker. Well […]

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British Light Dragoons

Hello folks, Life was a bit hectic leading up to Xmas. We had the big extended family reunion again in early December and then the family Christmas at our place which threw everything into a state of chaos. Jill and I are starting to get back into a routine now as our various house guests have all […]

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More Randoms

Well hello, I’m back with a few more random minis I have found on the hall racks that I don’t think have been posted before. But before that I would just like to say thanks for all the well wishes and offers of help during my wife recent illness, very much appreciated, and she was […]

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British Infantry

Well today’s post is a very brief one as we have had a brief glimpse of summer and the chores around the patch have only become bigger as we also had some unseasonal rain! You know what heat and moisture does … everything suddenly grows bigger, including the weeds! Well enough of that. What we […]

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French Cavalry

Well I trust you all had a great Christmas and I wish you all a very belated Happy New Year! Today I gathered up a variety of French cavalry I’d painted last year and have just mounted them on their plinths and bases. There isn’t really much to say except to tell you who made […]