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Final, re-exported to Photoshop to add the lettering. There's some technical things I'd have liked to do better, but what I got was more or less what I intended.
Dedicated to the men and women serving far from home this holiday season.
another shot of my custom figure, recently my photostream is mostly this guy, I'm just so happy with it, put a lot of work into it, and can't wait for the movie, less than two weeks away now.
Captive audience at Horse Guards at Whitehall in London.
Fancy a kick or perhaps a quick nibble......
The challenge was "holiday card" in 1/6 scale. Wanted to do something with a modern military figure, and quickly settled on an idea based around the "I'll Be Home for Christmas" song, which was written by Kim Gannon and Walter Peck, and first recorded by Bing Crosby during WWII to honor troops serving overseas. I always find the last line to be a little heartbreaking, and wanted to see if I could communicate some of that in a photo.
Step 1: This is the original photo, out of the camera. The figure is the Soldier Story US Army in Afghanistan, unit patch is from the parts box. I picked up the diorama on sale a few years ago, and am very very late to using it for anything.
I've used this blue fabric background a few times for composite shots. If I were not lazy, I would have ironed the thing before using it (or taken better care of it when I was putting it away in the first place).
John is having a casual Saturday. Well maybe a little too casual for some.
John is a Soldier Story US Army 1st SFOD-D on a Hot Toys clone body.
Scarf: Cut up jersey knit
Shirt: DollsAhoy
Pants: Mattel Twilight Jasper
Shoes: Fashion Royalty Lady Thriller Pierre DeVries
While on duty at checkpoint 4-25 in southern Lebanon in 1992, I discovered this scorpion on the floor beside a resting UN soldier during a night watch. The compact film-camera with built-in flash caught the specimen in situ.
Based on its morphology and the known fauna of Lebanon, it appears to be the species Hottentotta judaicus (family Buthidae). This species is distributed in the Levant – including Lebanon.
Key identification-hints: dark overall body, slender metasoma (“tail”) and relatively slender pedipalps (“pincers/pedipalps”) compared to heavy-pincer scorpions. In contrast, the large-clawed burrowing scorpions of family Scorpionidae (e.g., Scorpio maurus) have thick pincers and shorter tails.
This image marks my first scorpion-capture during my UN-service, documenting a small wildlife encounter beside a human-watch scenario under night duty.
With a concrete wall backdrop added in. Tiny bit of drop shadow added to the soldier foreground element and a little bit of lens blur added to the background to give a better sense of depth. This was all done in Photoshop and then re-exported to Lightroom.
From Dolldiva67 -
At the end of a year it is nice to review your collection while you look ahead to next year...
The rules of this tag game are simple: create a calendar of your collecting year showing the highlights as you move through the year.
If I've not tagged you but you'd like to play along, please do!
I wasn't sure I'd gotten something for 1:6 in every month, but cross-referencing Tracking e-mails and the record of what I owe/paid back to chequing turned up something each month.
This isn't everything, just some highlights, but the calendar was much easier than fitting everything acquired in the year into one photo like I did for the last 2 years! Overall...I got more dolls/figures than I meant to :-x and didn't make as much as planned.
Dolly intents for 2018:
- Fewer than 16 new figures (and one is already en route and 4 more accounted for).
- More crafting than shopping.
- Photograph and post (to Flickr or blog) at least twice per month.
Looking at the pictures, I realised some issues with Homebrew!Nate 3.0, so I took his paint off, did a little resculpting, and had another go.
Taking these pictures made me realise yet more things that annoy me, but isn't that always the way?
In other news: I saw Drake flailing on the side of a London bus on the way to work this morning. Now I can actually believe that this game will finally come out. Eventually. :p
Blue backdrop removed using Photoshop's Magic Wand tool (with a little manual adjustments with the lasso). Not perfect, but good enough.
John is having a casual Saturday. Well maybe a little too casual for some.
John is a Soldier Story US Army 1st SFOD-D on a Hot Toys clone body.
Shirt: DollsAhoy
Pants: Mattel Twilight Jasper
Shoes: Fashion Royalty Lady Thriller Pierre DeVries
More old photos, this time from 2007. This explains why I have to have trousers dedicated to toy photography - the Dearest always complains about the dirty knees.
Sculpting and painting done! I'm still dead chuffed with him; unlike the previous version, I didn't find any huge annoyances leaping out on me during the painting process.
Drake's looking a bit older in Uncharted 4, which I've tried to work in (crow's feet, etc.) I'm working on making him the costume you can see in the promotional/development images that have been released to date, but in the meantime, he's wearing Sideshow!Nate's shirt. I think he looks kind of smouldery male model-y...
Sculpting and painting done! I'm still dead chuffed with him; unlike the previous version, I didn't find any huge annoyances leaping out on me during the painting process.
Drake's looking a bit older in Uncharted 4, which I've tried to work in (crow's feet, etc.). I'm working on making him the costume you can see in the promotional/development images that have been released to date, but in the meantime, he's wearing Sideshow!Nate's shirt. I think he looks kind of smouldery male model-y...
I knew I'd find a use a for this body eventually! I bought this Soldier Story body a couple of years back, when I was first trying to rebody Eugene. It didn't fit anyone else, but I thought it was a lovely shape, so it's been stuck in a box since then.
It's probably going to get given to Homebrew Nate, who's trying it out here. He looks weird without ears, hair or colour, but I'm getting quite excited at the prospect of finishing him. Drake's quite a slim guy (especially for an action hero), so this body seems to suit him compared to so many of the others around.
John is having a casual Saturday. Well maybe a little too casual for some.
John is a Soldier Story US Army 1st SFOD-D on a Hot Toys clone body.
Shirt: DollsAhoy
Pants: Mattel Twilight Jasper
Shoes: Fashion Royalty Lady Thriller Pierre DeVries
John is having a casual Saturday. Well maybe a little too casual for some.
John is a Soldier Story US Army 1st SFOD-D on a Hot Toys clone body.
Scarf: Cut up jersey knit
Shirt: DollsAhoy
Pants: Mattel Twilight Jasper
Shoes: Fashion Royalty Lady Thriller Pierre DeVries
For a request on the One-Sixth Warriors forum: comparison shots between (left to right) a Soldier Story male figure (the French Foreign Leigion not-Djimon Hounsou sculpt), the 303 Toys Qin Dynasty Trident Soldier, and the Hot Toys Storm Shadow/Lee Byung-hun from G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
Turns out Storm Shadow is the most recent human figure I have from Hot Toys. All the others are weirdo aliens, women, or Iron Man.
Tossing out the Phicen M31 and adding in an "ordinary" male body: a Soldier Story body, very nattily dressed. He's just under 6 feet tall.
For a request on the One-Sixth Warriors forum: comparison shots between (left to right) a Soldier Story male figure (the French Foreign Leigion not-Djimon Hounsou sculpt), the 303 Toys Qin Dynasty Trident Soldier, and the Hot Toys Storm Shadow/Lee Byung-hun from G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
Turns out Storm Shadow is the most recent human figure I have from Hot Toys. All the others are weirdo aliens, women, or Iron Man.
This is the NECA 1994 Godzilla (modeling the "Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla" suit). He's borrowing one of my 1/6 scale assault rifles for fun.
Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Wendland, a bridge builder crew member representing the Army National Guard, poses for a photo during a ruck march as part of the Army Best Warrior Competition, Oct. 6, 2021, at Fort Knox, Ky. The finalists,12 Soldiers, and 12 NCOs have proven themselves during subordinate competitions throughout the year and will now compete for the titles Soldier of the Year and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Roger Houghton / 177th Armored Brigade)
In loving memory of
Charles August BAY
Died 6th May 1925
Aged 73 years
Also
His wife
Ann BAY
Died 2 January 1935
Aged 65 years
R.I.P.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9083, 18 June 1888, Page 12
BAY-SWANN At the residence of the bride’s mother, Papanui, on May 10, by the Rev. G. Stevenson, Charles August Bay, eldest son of August Bay, of Pern, Switzerland, to Ann SWANN, fifth daughter of the late Captain James Swann, of Papanui, Raglan District, New Zealand.[1]
On January 2, Ann, widow of Karl [sic] August BAY, late of Onehunga, beloved mother of Jeanne (Mrs FAULKNER) and Karl, of Port Albert Central; Otto, Collingwood; Fred, Waerenga; Louis, Otahuhu; George, Kaikohe Max, Whangarei; aged 63 years. At rest. R.I.P. Interred Hillsboro’ Cemetery, January 3. [9]
Her obituary:
MRS ANN BAY.
FORMER RESIDENT OF KAWHIA.
The death has occurred of Mrs Ann Bay, who was born at Ruapuke in 1868. She was married in 1885 (sic) to the late Mr Karl August Bay, who was stationed at Kawhia as dispenser to the Armed Constabulary. Mr and Mrs Bay later resided at Onehunga. Mrs Bay is survived by six sons.
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Probable Issue of marriage:
Rose; birth registration 1889/18748 twin of Anna [father noted as Karl August]
Anna Rose; birth registration 1889/18749 twin of Rose [father noted as Karl August]
Charles Bertram; birth registration 1890/9731 [father noted as Karl August]
Otto [born 2 April 1892] [10]
August Fritz; birth registration 1897/5171 [father noted as Charles August]
Louis; birth registration 1898/827 [father noted as Charles August]
Gottlieb; birth registration 1901/14008 [father noted as August]
Maximus Joseph; birth registration 1908/5362 [father noted as August]
Jeanne Augustine; birth registration 1910/9923 [father noted as August]
Stillborn - Name not recorded; birth registration 1914/26812 [father noted as August]
Family information:
BAY family
According to Charles and Ann’s son Otto’s military records, Charles [or Karl] was a Sergeant in the Armed constabulary forces during the Maori war and was probably naturalised on enlistment.[10] Otto, a bootmaker in civilian life was a 2nd Lieutenant, was awarded the General service medal along with the Victory medal in WW1. He attended the ‘special course’ for Gas at Sandown, Isle of Wight and passed with 1st class honours. He served in the 1st, 3rd and 4th Otago Infantry Battalion. He had gastroenteritis in March 1916 in Ismailia. 28 Oct 1916 he was wounded in action in the field in France – severe gunshot wound to left buttock and was gassed and also wounded by gas shell in October 1918. He suffered tonsillitis in January 1919. Otto married Frances H WELLS and had son William Otto, born 3 Oct 1916, East Takaka.
Otto also served in WW2
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He died of sickness at Nelson, New Zealand 9 April 1942
Another son, Charles Bertram born in Kawhia 30 August 1890 also served in WW1 with the 3rd Auckland Regiment. He was an ironmonger for J Burns & Co., Auckland in civilian life. He served in Samoa and Egypt. He was discharged from service with pleurisy with disability.
In 1916 he wrote to his father:
“I have had two miraculous escapes, besides the average ones that one has to get through at any time. The first was a couple of days after the advance, when we were holding a ridge we had taken. It was raining steadily, and we were in a new trench, up to our knees in mud, and a miserably cold day. I was sitting in a hole I had made in the bank on one side of the trench, and the whole of the opposite side fell in on me. There were several contributory causes to my escape. First of all I had on my steel helmet, and that gave me room to breathe. Next I had had an oilsheet across the top to keep the rain off. That got between, my face and the earth that fell, and prevented the loose earth from getting into my nostrils and all round my face to choke me. Then there were some men who saw it happen and dug for me at once, and after a bit they got my head clear, and could take their time, so I came through with just a shaking. The other time was a couple of days ago, when a shell came clean into the trench where I was talking to three other men and exploded within two yards of where I was standing, and was the nearest one to it. Marvellous to say, not one of us was touched, though a rifle was smashed to pieces, a greatcoat was torn to ribbons, a shovel had the handle ruined, and the trench was filled with debris. It is incredible, and when one knows what other shells have done that have landed in the trench it passes comprehension. McCollum, from the Thames Valley, was killed, and others wounded by the same sort of occurrence, and I could give other instances."[11]
Charles died of sickness at Auckland 17 Feb 1955
1888, August Bay was gazetted public vaccinator in the Raglan district [12]
Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 4400, 23 July 1883, Page 2
August was witness at in inquest into the death of John C.C. DAWSON, a constable in the Armed Constabulary, who died suddenly on the morning of the 21st July 1883.
August BAY, being sworn said: “I am acting Hospital Sergeant at Parihaka. On Monday last Constable Dawson, the deceased, reported himself sick. I examined him and found he was suffering from fistula, which increased day by day until I found it required medical attendance, and I informed hi he would have to proceed to New Plymouth for medical treatment. On the afternoon of 20th July deceased complained of pain in his arms, they seemed partially paralysed. I administered some medicine, and after a while he seemed better. In the evening I gave him a Dover’s powder. I next saw him on the morning of the 21st July, lying in the mounted men’s whare, apparently dead, but on close examination I found his heart was still beating. I, with others, rubbed his arms and legs, and used artificial respiration, with warm bottles placed along his body. He showed signs of life until half-past 9 a.m., at which time he died. The cause of death was paralysis. The only marks on the body were abrasions of the skin on the arms and legs, as if caused by trying to get over something. There was a mark on the forehead, as if he had fallen against something.
In answer to questions put by the Coroner, witness said: “If a man is so ill that he cannot perform his duty for any length of time he is sent to New Plymouth for medical treatment, but if he sickness is of a temporary nature I attend to it myself. I am not a qualified medical man…” [13]
Family information:
SWANN family
Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2895, 5 November 1866, Page 5
Compensation court hearing
JAMES SWANN, OTEA. The original award was £169 10s., and the award £129 10s. J. Swann deposed
My farm was at Otea, a distance of 20 miles from Raglan township. I had two farms. I rented one from the natives, and the other I bought from the Government. I resided at Otea until August, 1863. I lost two horses. The rebel natives took them away. One of them was found at Waipa by a European. I could not get the horse from him. I never saw him. I don't know where he lives. I lost two head of two-year-old cattle, which I have not recovered. A number of pigs were killed by the rebels. Seven head of milch cows died. I did not see the carcases. I believe now that they were taken away by the natives. I stopped as long as I could at the risk of my life. The final award was given for £104.[6]
[Dumont D’Uville’s journal of 1827 refers to Aotea [Great Barrier] as Otea].
Ann’s father Captain James SWANN died 13 or 14 April 1884 at Papanui, Raglan [Ruapuke, Aotea] after a short illness, aged 64, late of Ballina, County Wexford.[4] He is buried Papanui Point cemetery. [8]
“From 1850 onwards Captain James Swann ran a shipping service into Aotea. His vessel Mathilda carried Aotea wheat to Auckland.” [7]
As late as 1887 ballast dumps from the Mathilda could still be seen at low tide on the mudflats at Rauiri.
Ann’s mother Ann SWANN, third daughter of George CHARLTON of Kawhia.
Died 26 January at Onepu, Takapuna aged 85 years[2]
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 297, 16 December 1929, Page 1
SWANN On December 14 1929, at the Auckland Public Hospital, Maureen Philomena, dearly loved daughter of Mr and Mrs E SWANN, 13, The Strand, Takapuna, and granddaughter of the late Captain James SWANN, of Raglan, on her fifteenth birthday, R.I.P. Requiem Mass at 9 a.m. to-morrow (Tuesday) funeral leaving after the Mass for O’Neill’s Point Cemetery.[3]
1923 newspaper item, Edna Karewa SWANN, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs E SWANN of Whangarei and granddaughter of the late Captain James SWANN marries William MCKINLEY, eldest son of Mrs and Mrs W MCKINLEY, Hikurangi. Mentions brides sisters Monica and Mercia and brother James.[5]
More on the family. Unverified website:
familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/y/o/u/Adrienne-T-Youn...
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Comparison of the Magic Cube RBAV (re-rigged for a slightly heavier loadout) and the Soldier Story IOTV that came with the US Army in Afghanistan figure. The extra pouches on the Magic Cube vest are mostly Soldier Story, and the radio is from Playhouse (and looks infinitely better than the one that comes from Magic Cube). You can kind of tell how much smaller the Magic Cube vest is -- there's a lot less real estate on there to put pouches and stuff, and the layout is slightly different.
Also threw on the Magic Cube sunglasses to show how they look. I don't like the look of the lenses and I could never get them to sit right on the figure's face. I'd have said it might have been this headsculpt (which seems to have trouble with a few different female-sized sunglasses), except the same thing happened with the head that Magic Cube provided.
More old photos, this time from 2007. This explains why I have to have trousers dedicated to toy photography - the Dearest always complains about the dirty knees.
Tony Stark head on a S2 body in a Project ARE black t-shirt and Triad "G4H Sniper Training Set" pants and shoes. Oh and fake photo-shop chest RT.
NSW Red Team member posing with the Shooter in Red. Clearly, they've worked together, but this doesn't shine any more light on who the Shooter in Red is.