{"id":5239,"date":"2022-01-08T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T16:00:28","slug":"lights-camera-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/lights-camera-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights! Camera! Action! Take 1."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/lights-camera-action\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><em>Shortly before Christmas Stephen issued a challenge, throughout the rest of December post pictures on our members groups.io page of famous scenes from military history, or myth, or fiction.\u00a0<\/em><em>Fantasy or sci fi, film or whatever, but using models from our collections.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stephen kicked off the challenge with a picture of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beowulf\">Grendel and Beowulf<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5236\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/lights-camera-action\/st-lca-grendel-and-beowulf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Grendel-and-Beowulf.jpg?fit=627%2C567&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"627,567\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ST LCA Grendel and Beowulf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Grendel and Beowulf&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Grendel-and-Beowulf.jpg?fit=627%2C567&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5236\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Grendel-and-Beowulf.jpg?resize=627%2C567&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"567\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grendel and Beowulf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moving from myth to history, Andy contributed Gaius Julius Caesar leading Legio XIII Gemina across the river <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crossing_the_Rubicon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rubicon<\/a> in January 49BC precipitating (another) Roman Civil War.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5234\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5234\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/lights-camera-action\/st-lca-alea-iacta-est\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Alea-iacta-est-e1640711622883.jpg?fit=800%2C527&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,527\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A105FN&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1639753538&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ST LCA Alea iacta est\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Alea iacta est&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Alea-iacta-est-e1640711622883.jpg?fit=800%2C527&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5234\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Alea-iacta-est-e1640711622883.jpg?resize=800%2C527&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alea iacta est<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And going back to fiction, Andy staged the battle between Gandalf and the Balrog in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balrog#Durin's_Bane\">Mines of Moria<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5235\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/lights-camera-action\/st-lca-bridge-of-khazad-dum\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Bridge-of-Khazad-Dum-e1640711660923.jpg?fit=800%2C846&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,846\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A105FN&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1639818322&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ST LCA Bridge of Khazad-Dum\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Gandalf and the Balrog at the Bridge of Khazad-d\u00fbm.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Bridge-of-Khazad-Dum-e1640711660923.jpg?fit=840%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5235\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Bridge-of-Khazad-Dum-e1640711660923.jpg?resize=800%2C846&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"846\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gandalf and the Balrog at the Bridge of Khazad-d\u00fbm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marcus provided a scene from <span class=\"authorOrTitle\">Jules Verne&#8217;s <\/span><span id=\"quote_book_link_33507\"><a class=\"authorOrTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/work\/quotes\/1112418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5228\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5228\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/lights-camera-action\/20000-leagues-under-the-sea\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20000-Leagues-under-the-sea-scaled-e1640711377304.jpg?fit=800%2C598&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,598\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ST LCA 20000 Leagues under the sea\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u201cYour dead sleep quietly, at least, Captain, out of reach of sharks&amp;#8221; &amp;#8220;Yes, sir, of sharks and men.\u201d&lt;br \/&gt;\n\u2015 Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20000-Leagues-under-the-sea-scaled-e1640711377304.jpg?fit=840%2C473&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5228\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20000-Leagues-under-the-sea-scaled-e1640711377304.jpg?resize=800%2C598&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cYour dead sleep quietly, at least, Captain, out of reach of sharks&#8221; &#8220;Yes, sir, of sharks and men.\u201d<br \/>\u2015 Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stephen had a play with his camera to create a sepia print of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pickett%27s_Charge\">Pickett&#8217;s Charge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5238\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5238\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/lights-camera-action\/st-lca-pickets-charge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Pickets-Charge.jpg?fit=640%2C492&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,492\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ST LCA Picket&amp;#8217;s Charge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Picket&amp;#8217;s Charge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Pickets-Charge.jpg?fit=640%2C492&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5238\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Pickets-Charge.jpg?resize=640%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"492\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picket&#8217;s Charge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mark delved into comic-lore to give us a scene from the comic 2000AD, <a href=\"https:\/\/judge-dredd.fandom.com\/wiki\/Judge_Death\">Judge Death<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judge_Dredd\">Judge Dredd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5237\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/lights-camera-action\/st-lca-judge-death-and-judge-dredd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Judge-Death-and-Judge-Dredd.jpg?fit=640%2C365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ST LCA Judge Death and Judge Dredd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Judge Death and Judge Dredd&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Judge-Death-and-Judge-Dredd.jpg?fit=640%2C365&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5237 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Judge-Death-and-Judge-Dredd.jpg?resize=640%2C365&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"365\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judge Death Lives! 2000ad progs 224-228, &#8220;you cannot kill what doesss not live&#8221;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marcus offers a scene from an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Iron_Hand\">Iron Hand<\/a> mission in Vietnam.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5251\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/lights-camera-action\/st-lca-iron-hand\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Iron-Hand-scaled-e1640954464444.jpg?fit=800%2C598&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,598\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Air&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1640869992&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ST LCA Iron Hand\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;MiG 21 \u00c9n B\u1ea1cs pursue F105 Thunderchiefs on an Iron Hand mission&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Iron-Hand-scaled-e1640954464444.jpg?fit=840%2C473&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5251\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ST-LCA-Iron-Hand-scaled-e1640954464444.jpg?resize=800%2C598&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two MiG 21 \u00c9n B\u1ea1cs pursue a pair of F105 Thunderchiefs on an Iron Hand mission. A SAM-6 site is the F105&#8217;s target.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly before Christmas Stephen issued a challenge, throughout the rest of December post pictures on our members groups.io page of famous scenes from military history, or myth, or fiction.\u00a0Fantasy or sci fi, film or whatever, but using models from our collections. Stephen kicked off the challenge with a picture of Grendel and Beowulf Moving from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2022\/01\/08\/lights-camera-action\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lights! Camera! Action! 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