{"id":1752,"date":"2013-11-29T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ricklawler-propaganda.com\/propaganda\/?page_id=1752"},"modified":"2013-11-30T07:35:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T15:35:26","slug":"leaves-fallen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ricklawler-propaganda.com\/propaganda\/modeling-projects\/leaves-fallen\/","title":{"rendered":"“Before the Leaves Have Fallen”"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is almost unimaginable to comprehend the extreme level of discomfort and suffering the average foot soldier endured during World War I.\u00a0 <\/span>Fear and death his constant companions; \"\"<\/a>the only refuge was to be found within a shallow ribbon of earth carved into the apocalyptic landscape.\u00a0 <\/span>Filth and dampness become his home; a daily routine of misery with no escape.\u00a0 <\/span>Here we find a lone Stormtrooper standing in the mire of the trenches, quietly awaiting the next onslaught.<\/p>\n

The setting for this small vignette is a small section of German trench on the Western Front, 1918.\u00a0 <\/span>Creating mud in a scene such as this requires careful observation of the interaction between dirt and water.\u00a0 <\/span>In broad terms our goal here is to portray mud in some of its many guises; fresh mud, dried mud, dirt, water and splatters. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The following project and article was originally published in The Weathering Magazine, Issue 5 – The Mud Issue.\u00a0 Within the magazine the focus is upon technique, relying upon images and short descriptions to describe the processes.\u00a0\u00a0 As you will see, the process is to describe how to the issue theme, Mud, not about how to paint a figure….a skill that I wish I had a better grasp upon!!<\/p>\n