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Title: Rising the Flag on Mount Suribachi 1945 - My personal interpretation @ 1/72
Post by: Antonio Sobral on January 09, 2016, 04:19:26 AM

Dear All

The title says it all!


First impressions by moonlight...
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-01.jpg)

With primer and a scratched base:
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-12.jpg)

The result:
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-24.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-25.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-26.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-27.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-28.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-29.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-30.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-31.jpg)

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-32.jpg)


And the traditional final comparison shot:

(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/Barruel/Iwo%20Jima/ij-33.jpg)


In memory of those who lost their lives in the Pacific Theatre of WW2.



Thanks for watching!

Title: Re: Rising the Flag on Mount Suribachi 1945 - My personal interpretation @ 1/72
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 09, 2016, 05:16:40 AM

Superb work! :)

I highly recommend the following movies that centre on this evocative image:

Flags of our Fathers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418689/) - the story of the men in the photo and the events surrounding it both before and afterwards
Letters from Iwo Jima (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498380/?ref_=tt_rec_tt) - the same story but from the Japanese side.  IMHO, this is actually the better of the two movies.

Title: Re: Rising the Flag on Mount Suribachi 1945 - My personal interpretation @ 1/72
Post by: Antonio Sobral on January 11, 2016, 04:45:36 PM

Hi

Thanks!

A friend of mine lent me exactly those two movies a couple of years ago.
I would say the movies complement each other.