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tuomaskoivurinne — Kuulitko? - Did you hear that?
Published: 2007-11-26 16:34:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 6810; Favourites: 120; Downloads: 86
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ink 2007,Finnish soldiers in a trench during the Continuation War 1941-44.
The one on the left is armed with Lahti-Saloranta m/26 light machine gun. There's also 'Suomi' KP-31 submachine gun in the scene.
Inspired by a photograph.
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dude, this is amazing! it must be my wallpapper... i really love the scene
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I hope you don't hate the Soviet/Russians after serving in Finland's army 
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I don't. I'm portraying and stydying the war and military history without political or ideological views.
I love my country and our history, but that doesn't make me "hate".
I don't see the Continuation War as "dishonourable" war, I think it was unvoidable as Finland was just a chess piece in the world politics.
I guess by that you mean the Finnish-Germany relations? I suggest you explore that a bit more and realize that Finns and Germans had very little in common with their objectives and ways of fighting the war. Only thing in common at the time was the enemy.
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But a peace treaty between Finland and the CCCP had been signed, I was just saying that breaking the treaty was bad
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Assuming you mean the Moscow Peace Treaty in 1940 that ended the Winter War?
The Germans started their Operation Barbarossa in 22.6.1941. In the morning of 25 June, the Soviet air offensive bombed the Finnish civilian targets. At the same time, Soviet artillery stationed in their Hanko base began to shell Finnish targets, and a minor Soviet infantry attack was launched over the Finnish side of the border in Parikkala.
Finnish Prime Minister Rangell had intended to present a notice about neutrality in a parliament meeting, but the bombings led him to observe instead, that Finland was again at war with the Soviet Union. This lead to the Finnish attack into her formerly lost territories.
Germans didn't occupy Finland, there were German troops in Lapland, but Finnish was never under Nazi Germany occupation. During the "interium peace" between the Winter- and the Continuation War, Germany was the only country willing to economically and industrially help the Finns (assuming because of their own aims in the oncoming war), there weren't even political pacts made. Finland was a democracy all the way, with free elections. Really bizarre feature in WW2 Europe.
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But I've seen pictures of Finns in Nazi Uniform in books, and Blue Swastikas on German planes, flown by finland
That is what our country teaches, and what your country teaches, either way, both our countries killed innocents and made mistakes.
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Closest thing of Finns in Nazi uniform would be those volunteers who went to Germany for military training and fought on the German Eastern Front from 1941 to 1943 in 5th SS Division 'Wiking'.
I think you've seen pictures of Finnish airplanes. The blue swastika hakaristi was the symbol of Finnish Air Force from 1918 onwards, has no connection to Nazi Germany. For thousands of years, many nations, groups etc. have used swastika as a symbol and without any nazi-sympathy or connetion.
There's lots of information available about this.
There was never a formal declaration of war by the Finns, as far as I'm concerned. At least I haven't found anything about it.
Finnish objectives were to capture the territories lost in 1940 Peace and to create a buffer-zone against any Soviet aggression. In Karelian Isthmus, the Finns stopped around the old border of 1939 and despite Hitler's wish, the Finns did little or nothing to contribute to the siege of Leningrad. I guess we understood that what ever happens in the war, Russians will always be our neighbours.
I'm little sceptic about the Soviet/Russian military research, I'd hope it would be more open and less politics-related. I think Russian people have the right to know about their history. I hope that happens one day.
Nevertheless, you sound like a smart guy and I have nothing against you. War is always a bad thing, and it brings out the best and the worst of the both sides, like you said.
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Love the style. Love the anchoring with the dark values. Excellent piece of work!
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oooh! I really like this! Yes, I know it's a war piece, but the technique, composition and execution are great. There're hints of a new direction in your style perhaps; just undercurrents but significant.
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Thanks and yes, possibly I pay more attention to light and shadow these days... so there's actually sun or moon light in my works now, no longer just cloudy days with minimal shadows
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Fantastic! I like your ink work, since generally it comes out "crisper" than say pencil or charcoal. All three of which (Ink, Pencil, Charcoal) when applied to FDF history, generally come out kickass. This is a fantastic piece of work here; its almost as if you had a photograph as a reference. I'm guessing you didn't, but that's just how goddamn good this is.
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Thank you very much! 
Remember we've been talking about the similarities between Canada and Finland? One thing occurred in my mind; some countries have a 'maternal' figure symbol. Finland has Suomi-neito, The Maiden of Finland . Is "Mother Canada" more larger concept or just a part of the memorial in Vimy Ridge?
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We don't have anyone like Aura. Most Canadians are unaware that it is "Mother Canada" standing vigil on Vimy, just one more thing that's wrong with my generation. The Russians in this case are closer to what Suomi-neito is, particularly with their Stalingrad memorial on the Kurgan in Volgograd. Canada seems to be lacking symbols like that which any Canadian would recognize; we've only got the maple leaf apparently.
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Wow, this is awesome. It looks a lot different in technique though, it seems a lot 'cleaner' then some of your other work. It's still great, and I hope to see more!
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Awesome job and detail
"Kuulitko? - Did you hear that?" Yes, I did, sounds like Ivan is shitting his pants!
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Thank you! Although I believe details are something I've tried to cut out here. Have you given up on that coloring project?
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Well, I have had lots of things to do. I got really REALLY far. But haven't touched it in a month due to work and school.
Thanks for the reminder though! I'll try to finish it soon.
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You can send your 'work-in-progress' to my e-mail is you like. I can say what I think
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that's awesome, do more ink!
don't like the blueish ink on their trousers tho, tbh.
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Thanks, and yes I do. Maybe it got little too 'blue', the trousers were darker shade than the summer tunic in Finnish m/36 uniform, as you can see for example here and here . Maybe too 'blue'... Also, the adjustments of the computer screens in different viewers, very hard to find a ideal colours.
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Certainly different screens can make a big difference, but the trousers (and maybe the right-hand mans belt) certainly have a very different colour value to the rest of the pic.
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Amazing!!!
I like the ink lines.
Do you like war and dinossaurs?
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Thank you... Yes and no... I don't 'like' war, nobody should 'like' war... but I am interested in military history, enjoyed serving my time in the Finnish Army, and enjoy drawing/painting military subjects. Dinosaurs are something I've always liked, and in my opinion everybody should 'like' dinosaurs
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This one looks quite clean and the details are nice.
Good work dude. Authentic as always.
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Jaahas, voi vaikuttaa vähän siltä että favvaan näitä ainoastaan saadakseni huomiota niinku jotkut mun ikäset. En nimittäin melkein koskaan kommentoi sun teoksiasi. Ei oo yleensä muuta sanottavaa joka ei oo jo sanottu aiemmin. No, hyvin tehty.
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No saitpa kumminkin huomioo ja vähän pätee...
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hel-ve-tin upea! Todella siististi toimii tuo tumman musta + vaaleamman harmaat. Ihan sika siisti!
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Hieno, nämä sinun maalaukset ois upeita seinällä
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Onhan noita muutama... tää on tosin A4-kokonen piirros, ei maalaus
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Wehey! Awesome work.
En kyllä keksi mitään moittimisen arvosta tuosta kuvasta. Fiilis on mahtava, kuvakulma on mielenkiintonen ja ukot näyttää siltä että tekis mieli itekin kurkata poterosta ulos.
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