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Title: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Captain Blood on May 14, 2011, 04:20:09 PM

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Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Blackwolf on May 15, 2011, 10:01:32 AM

Lovely work Frank :-* Just cracking,I concede defeat ;)

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: leadfool on May 15, 2011, 10:09:58 AM

Really close call

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Pil on May 15, 2011, 11:48:27 AM

Wow, two really great entries! Well done, and I'm sorry Blackwolf doesn't get the votes he deserves, but Franks scene is so eye-catching I don't even care what movie it's from, well done!

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: traveller on May 15, 2011, 12:06:23 PM

Great work by both!

Frank, can you provide some more photos after the competition? I would like to see more ;D

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Blackwolf on May 15, 2011, 01:16:42 PM

There is a rather wonderful irony about my entry ;)

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Dr Mathias on May 15, 2011, 01:32:02 PM

Interesting- looks like the movie Khartoum got pretty close to the famous painting by G.W. Joy, I never noticed that. Great job with the Perry diorama Frank.

Blackwolf, really nice entry, very atmospheric scene, good work again!

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Ray Rivers on May 15, 2011, 01:34:56 PM

Quote from: Dr Mathias on May 15, 2011, 01:32:02 PM

famous painting

Hey!

Now there is a great idea of a theme for next year!

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Blackwolf on May 15, 2011, 01:42:01 PM

I second that :)

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Frank on May 15, 2011, 02:05:26 PM

I really like your picturestyle Blackwolf. There is something like a taste of the past. Brilliant work!
...and I also like the idea with the famous painting!

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Axebreaker on May 15, 2011, 02:34:58 PM

Both great, but once again Frank you stole the show with your awesome entry! :-* :-* :-* :-*

Christopher

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: dampfpanzerwagon on May 15, 2011, 04:40:41 PM

Both are great entries - but the painting of Khartoum is just fantastic.  Well done to both.

Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: syrinx0 on May 15, 2011, 07:34:10 PM

I need to do some reading if we add famous paintings to next years LPL...

Franks painting is fantastic, a really well presented vignette.  Any links to a picture the painting it reminds every one of?

Blackwolf - your pictures are as well composed as your painting.  Was that all one scene or did you blend a few shots?  Are you using a different lense for that gritty feel or a photoshop filter? Your presentation style is very distinctive.

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Wirelizard on May 15, 2011, 07:51:17 PM

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/General_Gordon's_Last_Stand.jpg)

Courtesy of Wikipedia, which naturally also has articles on General Gordon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_George_Gordon) and on the Siege of Khartoum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Khartoum).

Frank's scene really is astonishingly close to the painting. How much conversion was needed for that, Frank, or does someone produce a set of figures to recreate that vignette?

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Pil on May 15, 2011, 08:04:19 PM

It's a diorama by the Perry twins (partly anyway): "SU1 General Gordon's Last stand" from the line "The Sudan - Extra's".

(http://www.perry-miniatures.com/images/su1.jpg)

Lovely work on it and all the other models fit in perfectly! The building also looks very convincing, did you use the part of the building provided with the diorama? Either way it's fabulous!

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: D@rth J@ymZ on May 15, 2011, 09:38:53 PM

WOW.  :o and I thought I was impressed before... :-* That is top quality work.

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Frank on May 15, 2011, 09:47:05 PM

Thank you! :D
No, I didn't use the Perry stairs...it was easer to build the "whole" building in one part.

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Bullshott on May 15, 2011, 10:22:21 PM

I've got that Perry set in my 'to be painted' pile. I really must get round to finishing it.

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: 6milPhil on May 15, 2011, 11:18:29 PM

Stunning effort both...

One of only a couple of times were my voting decision was so long-winded in being made...

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Teshub on May 16, 2011, 03:42:40 AM

2 amazing pictures, and that Khartoum vignette is museum quality.  Well done guys!

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: valleyboy on May 16, 2011, 11:31:28 AM

Absolutely fantastic Frank but I also reckon that Blackwolf's entry is also brilliant and would ordinarily have won were it not pitted against Frank's

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Parriah on May 16, 2011, 06:15:51 PM

Her Majesty's Government thought that because Gordon could do it in China, he could do it in Africa. I wonder if the US Govt., didn't make the same mistake in Afghanistan.

Great entries guys, hard to pick between.

Frank, you shame me every time. I look at my own stuff and feel like a third grader looking at a Vallejo or Frazetta. (Meant as a compliment, only in the best way possible.)

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Blackwolf on May 21, 2011, 01:29:49 AM

Congratulations Frank,I didn't stand a chance :) Maybe next year?

Title: Re: ROUND 10 Khartoum vs A Bridge Too Far
Post by: Frank on May 21, 2011, 03:33:40 PM

Thank you! ...and yes, we will meet again next year! :)