{"id":2424,"date":"2014-02-16T16:41:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T00:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ricklawler-propaganda.com\/propaganda\/?page_id=2424"},"modified":"2014-02-16T16:41:45","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T00:41:45","slug":"buried-alive-history-revision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ricklawler-propaganda.com\/propaganda\/modeling-projects\/buried-alive-history-revision\/","title":{"rendered":"Buried Alive – History & Revision"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The backdrop for this scene is the epic battle of Kursk, or Operation Citadel, when in the summer of 1943, German and Russian forces clashed in an epic struggle for supremacy. \u00a0Each side throwing thousands of tanks and aircraft into battle as Tigers and T-34s engaged one another in swirling, mortal conflict. \u00a0In historical terms the Battle of Kursk marked a turning point in the war, the initiative now turning to the favor of the Soviets.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Even in the grandest of all conflicts my preferred historical study rests with the personal narrative; the stories of triumph and hardship as experienced by the individual soldier.\u00a0 The smoke filled fury of the battle engulfs them taxing their strength and straining every sense.\u00a0 Rarely do these men realize the larger context of their mission as they have the more immediate concern of their own survival.\u00a0 Based upon historical narratives and photographs, this small vignette depicts an abandoned T-34 partially buried in the torn earth.\u00a0 It is to the viewer to decide whether the vehicle has become stuck in a tank trap or has blindly driven into a large crater.<\/p>\n

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History<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Some time ago,2007 to be exact, I was at the early stages of my attempt to break into the scale modeling industry.\u00a0 While although I had continually<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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built models since the age of 5, it was at about this time that I made a conscious decision to “get serious” about modeling.\u00a0 Not only did I want to up my game in terms of skills and presentation, but I had it as a goal to get an article published in a modeling magazine.\u00a0 As mentioned above, inspiration came from a photograph showing a T34 partially buried in a crater.\u00a0 The model of choice was the DML T34 STZ in 1\/35 scale.\u00a0 I began the build in earnest, putting all my efforts into the details and stretching my skills along the way.\u00a0 Internet modeling, at this time, was relatively new with modeling forums springing-up allowing for the easy sharing of work and instant feedback.\u00a0 I became very active on the Planet Armor <\/a>forums, with this T34 project being one of my first shares in the virtual world.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In my opinion the project came off good, matter of fact it remains one of my favorites. Obviously, it would be published soon and the rest, as they say, would be history.\u00a0 With the project complete I sent submissions to a couple of magazines, Military in Scale and Military Miniature in Review.\u00a0 Well, things didn’t go quite to planed as neither of the publications ran my article – nor even bothered to reply.\u00a0 Time to regroup!\u00a0 Oddly enough I wasn’t too discouraged.\u00a0 For me the hobby and the enjoyment I derived from it were the most important – the other stuff – being published, would only be the icing.<\/p>\n

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& Revision<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2013, I am now the editor of The Weathering Magazine (funny how that worked out!) and we are working on content for the<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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upcoming Issue 6 – a combined issue with the theme of Vegetation and anniversary of the Battle of Kursk.\u00a0\u00a0 “I will do a T34 with a Kursk theme” I quickly volunteered.\u00a0 Little did anyone suspect that I would be selfishly using this opportunity to revisit my past work.\u00a0\u00a0 The buried in dirt T34 would finally see print, only this time as in 1\/48th scale – and with a totally different mindset and expectation on my part.<\/p>\n

Throughout the project I couldn’t help but compare and contrast the two projects – based upon the same photo yet my methods, techniques – and yes – my outcomes where quite different.\u00a0 Looking at my original build I feel the tension of trying so hard to make a “great” model.\u00a0 There is a tightness and precision to be felt and seen on my first piece.\u00a0 Not a bad thing, just different from how I tend to approach things now.\u00a0 Looking at the Revised piece you can clearly see the years of accumulated practice; the brush strokes are bolder, the colors are bolder, the weathering is bolder….it has a certain looseness about it.\u00a0 Some might even say a messiness!!<\/p>\n

In the early years I made it a practice to study the works of others that I admired.\u00a0 Trying to figure out why I liked something; was it the colors used?\u00a0 The brushstrokes?\u00a0 Perhaps the products applied?\u00a0 I will admit that amongst my early infatuations the Spaniards played a huge part in my development.\u00a0 At times I would try to mimic their bold use of colors, light, brightness and artistic style.\u00a0 Looking at this particular piece – the revision – I think that these influences are clearly on display….perhaps more so than usual?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\"\"<\/a>I do know that I am still trying to develop my own “style”.\u00a0 Some say that I already have it, that they can recognize my work before they seem my name attached.\u00a0 IF this is so, then I am truly flattered.\u00a0 In my mind I still have a long way to go.\u00a0 For instance – take a look at this project and then look at my recently completed Gvozdika<\/a> project, you will notice a shift in style with the latter coming across as much more muted and “realistic” in finish vs. the artistic flair associated with the Spanish influence.<\/p>\n

One of the other areas of “growth” is obviously the photography.\u00a0 Like it or not, if you are going to take this hobby into the public realm then you will need to have a little more than a basic understanding of photography.\u00a0 Although I have more or less “dialed in” my settings by now, I still spend a considerable amount of time fiddling about – trying to find that elusive sweet spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Finally – and this fact cannot be separated from how I now approach the hobby – is that now I am a part of the industry.\u00a0 First with MIG Productions, then with AK Interactive and now with AMMO of Mig Jimenez.\u00a0 Product placement, product testing, deadlines, tutorials, Facebook pages, blog updates, magazine content, etc…..all of these factors influence my time allocated and how any particular project my be approached.<\/p>\n

And now back to the the T34.\u00a0 It was my little secret, the fact that I was able to revisit one of my hidden favorites and bring the idea to the printed page was too good to pass up.\u00a0 As you glance across the accompanying photos know that I had a good time revisiting an old theme.\u00a0 Both of these piece now sit side-by-side in my model case, neither better than the other – just different – each with its own personality.<\/p>\n

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