IDF 7th Armoured Brigade, Valley of Tears, Yom Kippur 1973

 Took advantage of the Deepavali holiday weekend to continue work on the painting.

Cheers,

Calvin

IDF 7th Armoured Brigade, Valley of Tears, Yom Kippur 1973

I remembered back in the 1980's when Verlinden Productions first released their line of 54mm figures in white metal, one such figure that stood out was the Israeli tank commander 1970's sculpted by Roger Saunders. In recent years, this figure is quite hard to come by but fortunately for me, Roger has a spare casting of it and generously allowed me to have it. Truth be told,  I have always loved this figure for its simplicity. Though it was sculpted in the 1980's, the basic elements of pose, anatomy and drapery are very well done. Therefore taking some inspiration from the slew of T-55 released from MiniArt Models, I decided to use one of those to set off this timeless sculpt.

Cheers,

Calvin