Chris in Scale

"Chapel of St. Martin" 1:35 scale diorama

This is a passion project. I've looked forward to this build for years, ever since I saw the Bronco "God's Blessing" box art in a .

In my "real life" I'm the pastor of a small, rural congregation, so I packed a ton of religious symbolism in this piece, most notably the lamb looking on and the sign/title of the piece, which refers to Martin of Tours, a Roman soldier-turned-minister in 4th century France.

The stowage details include a scratch built typewriter case, along with some beautiful bits from and other sources. I enhanced the communion kit and modeled the setup on historical photos of WWII era chaplain services where the hood of a jeep was used as an altar. The tarp and cloth are painted tissue paper, formed with the help of "Paper Shaper," and the jeep itself is from . Special thanks to my friend .lenahan.35 for the 3D printed lamb.

Had a great time and performed well at IPMS Houston's ModelMania show on Saturday. Brought home three golds and a silver!

Last month I did a demo for the Alamo Squadron IPMS club. Handout in the comments!

Chris McLain - Easy Airbrushing Black Basing Our good friend, Chris McLain, is shoing us how to easly do Airbrushing Black Basing, using... well, check the video!Enjoy!