Ian Jukes

 This is a made up 1/72 scale scenario that is inspired by the "Keep Calm and Carry On" philosophy and the contribution towards the war effort of Bee Keepers

All the figures 3D printed resin. The bee keepers I printed out from a file I bought online, the remaining figures were from the range  of 1/72 figures by info@modelu3d.co.uk. The fence was scratch built from wood. Traditional scenic grasses were used and airbrushed to create added variegation.

 1/72 diorama of USN SeaBees on Iwo Jima 1945. The composition is based upon an actual wartime photo (left) with a slight tweak. 

The Deuce and Half is an Academy kit, the D7 bulldozer is from Orange Hobby. The figures are a mixture of 1/72 3D resin US Navy Sea Bees and US Marines. The figures are a mixture of ebay purchases and figures from the range by White Stork Miniatures. The vehicles were airbrushed using enamels and figures a combination of enamels and War Hammer paints.

 Ian bought the excellent book by Sgt. Richard Denis Johnsons that provides extensive examples of the Tiger Stripe camo shirts and trousers. Using this he was able to scale the painting of the pattern in line with the proportions of the torso. The Boonie hat, jacket and trousers were all panted as separate projects, using different mixes in order to replicate the different influences of weather, climate and suppliers had on the varied tones of Tiger Stripes available to the LRRP troopers. Ian used Humbrol enamels throughout, except for the skin tones that were painted using oils, and the heavy grime washes and water stains applied using Games Workshop acrylics. The kit was a considered purchase so to find it did not have a small set of decals for the smoke and egg grenades was an oversite he feels, so to replicate the typical stencils applied to these munitions, he bought a 3rd party set of water slide decal letters in various small scales and just did his best to make up the words by eye. 

  3D Resin Print of Timothee Chalamet' portrayal of Paul Atreides in the 2021 version of 'Dune'. Flesh tones are painted using oils. his desert suit is painted using Games Workshop acrylics, heavily dry brushed using the same range. The pose is taken directly from the film but interestingly the STL vendor changed the hand he is holding the knife in, as he's right handed in the film. The figure stands at 150mm tall.

Unbranded 3d Print of Skeletor from the comic/film Masters of The Universe.  The blue skin tone and shadowing were done in artists oil paints. The rest of the figure, including the metallics were all done using Games Workshop acrylics. The figure is 200mm high