In the end I went for one of my grandfathers who fought in WW1 with the Lancashire Regiment. He didn’t talk about the war afterwards and I suspect had a pretty awful time of it. After WW1 he was sent to the Russian Civil War. As a committed Socialist I think he was fairly sympathetic with the Reds and certainly not keen on the Tsarist cause that he was sent to support. After the war he became a headteacher and ran a school in Sussex.
The cat is an old Ral Parthia sculpt. The rat is a plastic model from a GW Skaven box. 
A bit of fun to paint and a nice change from 2mm Romans!
Challenge completed = 20 points
1 x 28mm figure = 5 points
Total = 25 points
A very evocative vignette - certainly conveys that thoughtfulness you were going for. I like the imagery of cat stalking rat whilst the soldier looks on...
ReplyDeleteGreat work on that vignette Mark. The car and rat add to the scene.
ReplyDeleteLovely entry here, I garee that the the rat stand our and ptovides character to the scene
ReplyDeleteGreat figure, I can imagine him around Archangel freezing
ReplyDeleteGreat vignette with a very evocative pose on the Tommy. They did breed big rats in the trenches didn’t they?
ReplyDeleteGreat little vignette! From my grandads experience in the trenches they really didn't like the rats they shared the experience with, well I guess they were mostly feeding on former comrades and a favoured activity was setting them on fire while they we're alive, so that theyd be running down the trench in flames, bit of a grim experience all round!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Excellent vignette and great painting on this one Mark.
ReplyDeleteVery evocative of the era in WWI. It really is great to hear some of the relationships to these folks.
ReplyDeleteGreat modeling.
BruceR
What a fantastic vignette and a touching bit of family history, Mark. You're right, that figure does a brilliant job of conveying the exhaustion those poor men must of felt. Wonderful work.
ReplyDeleteWonderful entry on many levels - thanks for sharing Mark
ReplyDeleteJust a lovely and evocative diorama there Mark - well done.
ReplyDeleteA perfect entry on all counts.
ReplyDeleteGreat work on this piece. A large part of our hobby is making war seem fun and exciting, but it's vignettes like this that show the opposite is true.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely sculpt- great for this Chamber.
ReplyDeleteGreat Work... bery evocative.
ReplyDeleteSuper theme and set of figures 👍
ReplyDeleteRegards KenR
Poignant stuff Mark, really powerful little vignette.
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