”...it was the Japs [Japanese military] on the island who were attacked
by the kor (ropen). They [Japanese soldiers] apparently shot several wounding
them then followed them to caves and blew [blew up] the
entrances. They called ships fire on the hills and pounded them for
several hours.” - recounted by a resident of the Manus Island area of Papua New Guinea.
 |
| "Recover Able Seaman Mifune's body - he has a lot of rice balls in his pack!" |
 |
| "Aim for the head! Toyota!" |
 |
| "Duck! I mean Pterosaur!" |
 |
| "I'm thinking Yakitori for dinner, guys!" |
The pterosaurs are from an internet source called
The Big Zoo Store. They're flexible rubber and were shaped in different positions using heat from a candle. They were painted a light brown color which are described by eye-witnesses. Sewing pins and needles are used to secure them to their metal washer bases.
 |
| The kor, or ropen, looking for light snacks. |
Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteLol! Thanks, Phil! It was fun doing these up ;) Warm regards, Dean
DeleteCrazy!
ReplyDeleteLol! Thanks, Jonathan. Regards, Dean
DeleteLooks like fun
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve. It was a nice change up. Best, Dean
DeleteWell that for sure is unusual!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Appreciate the visit and comments, Christopher. Warm regards, Dean
DeleteLovely ide!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. Regards, Dean
DeleteFantastic concept Dean! I love that stuff:)
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear that, Mike. Best, Dean
DeleteGiven my love of all things dinosaur, this was always going to be a winner - brilliant Dean.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michael. Your work is always inspirational. Regards, Dean
DeleteFine, but a little bit special arrangement.
ReplyDeleteMatching the colors, figures almost to blend backgrounds ..
Thank you kindly, MM. Appreciate the visit and nice comments. Best, Dean
DeleteWell then, excellent work!~ lol.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nate! Warm regards, Dean
DeleteGreat stuff Dean, right up my street...
ReplyDeleteNothing like mixing periods :-)
Cheers
Stu
Thanks, Stu. Your recent work inspires me to look for something VSFish too :) Regards, Dean
DeleteLOL Now that was fun! Pterosaur negi-miso yaki, everyone!! Cheers and Suzuki!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you kindly my friend. Warm regards, Dean
DeleteDean, next step is Roosevelt directing a US-marine amphibious assault from his saddle mounted on the back of a marauding T-Rex...
ReplyDeleteThanks for that, Soren. That is quite a visual I'm getting :) Best, Dean
DeleteThat is a fantastic visual of Teddy on T-Rex! Didn't I see that in "A Night in the Museum?" If not, it should have been included.
DeleteWho else but T. Roosevelt could pull it off ;)!
DeleteAmazing Dean, your an imaginative chap. Love your work.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dave. It was nice painting these up. Warm regards, Dean
DeleteGreat stuff Dean!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mike. Glad you liked it. Best, Dean
DeleteLol great pics mate. Looking good
ReplyDeleteThanks, Simon. It was nice not having to paint mass quantities of figures. Warm regards, Dean
DeleteMad concept! But for someone who grew up in PNG (me!) its not THAT much of a stretch of the imagination. Some parts of that place are so wild and remote the idea of a Jap patrol running into 'something' and never being heard of again are definitely in the realms of possibility...
ReplyDeleteBesides which Pterosaurs on Manus are a definite improvement on the damned 'illegal' immigrant detention centre they've got there now.
Great idea Dean! Kudos bro.
Mahalo, Doc! Appreciate the visit and your thoughts on this. Wow - so you grew up there. All I know of it is from stuff like Nat'l Geographic and such. Cannibals, et al! :) Didn't know about the immigration problem and detention ctrs. I just checked out the Wiki stufff and very surprised by the mass migrations. Sea Peoples of the 21st Century!
DeleteWarmest Aloha, Dean
Mass migration - not exactly. Its called 'off-shore processing' and its our govt's response to people trying to reach the Australian mainland by boat. They've roped the PNG govt into creating a detention centre on Manus (read $$$) where the poor sods a sent to rot. All very tawdry I'm afraid. Yes Papua New Guinea was a magical place to grow up in but I've never been back. It was a major battlefield in WWII so there is an enormous amount of stuff to be found by the military enthusiast. My dad (a former patrol officer) told me once of finding a perfectly preserved US bomber crashed into the lip of an extinct volcano in the mountains and like Guam you can scuba dive on sunken Jap ships in Rabaul and Lae. A huge amount of the Jap fleet was sunk off northern side of PNG - the country is littered with incredible stuff like that. Unfortunately no Pterosaurs though (pity that!)
DeleteVery cool to have grown up on such a fabled piece of real estate, Doc. BTW, I hear there a lot of Pacific Islanders (Micronesians, et al) are coming (& staying) on Oahu due to the Feds granting them "free medical care at the nearest US facility" due to atomic and other testing in the area during the war. Aloha, Dean
Delete