Monday, September 3, 2012

Korean War Artillery

I had made a large scale diorama of an epic Korean War battle. In late November 1950, hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops infiltrated North Korean as the Allied forces pushed north to end the war. The entrance of the Chinese took the Allies by surprise. The bitter cold weather in the mountains of North Korea was also an enemy to all sides. In this diorama, I used the awesome 1/6 scale 155mm Howitzer from Hasbro along with some of the Korean war troops.





Kenner Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark

I used the great Kenner Well of the Souls playset, along with the vintage Sallah and Indiana Jones for these shots. Also used the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con Marion Ravenwood figure from the Well of the Souls to finish it off.

Too bad both Indiana Jones lines (Kenner 1983 and Hasbro 2008) didn't do as well as they could have.

If you look closely, on the "stone" cover that was over the Ark, the engravings of C3PO and R2D2 appear, just like in the movie.



First X-Men Marvel Legends Collection

When I first started thinking of the jigsaw puzzle business, this is one of the first test shots I took. I simply grabbed all the Marvel Legends X-Men figures and shot some photos. Storm, Colossus, Phoenix, Cyclops, Wolverine, Marvel Select Dark Phoenix, Nightcrawler, Beast, Rogue and Iceman.



Galactic Heroes on Tatooine

Took several of the Dewback Cinema Scenes from Hasbro's Galactic Heroes line. A few Dewbacks, Sandtroopers, and Jawas, chase poor R2D2 and C3PO through the deserts of Tatooine.


M1 Abrams

21st Century Toys released several great 1/6th scale Sherman Tanks back int he heyday of the 1/6 military craze. The tanks were Radio Controlled. Very late in the game, they released a 1/8th scale (close enough) M1 Abrams tank, also Radio Controlled. My tank's RC capability never worked. Oh well.

It was still fun to put that thing up with infantry running alongside it.



Indiana Jones - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indy grabs the crystal skull and races out of one temple to the next, chased by the Ughu Warriors. All the figures were from Hasbro's Indiana Jones Crystal Skull line. Unfortunately, there were more characters in this scene, but none were made into figures...except Mutt...and I really couldn't stand his character anyway.

Marvel Legends Thing versus Juggernaut

Close up photo of a backyard battle I did many moons ago. The Thing versus the Juggernaut. Marvel Legends nailed it with their sculpting.