Hi all, Thanks for the input again, Canucks Idea of having the sniper in a window sounds cool and so does the one of having the destroyed city and having the sniper hidden, sort of like the Sniper duel in Stalingrad. Finally, what are the best sniper kits in the form of detail vs. price.
Thanks, David
Goat monkey has my vote.
Sniper in tree, in the foreground**, with a ridge between the sniper and the target, the sniper’s line of sight…he can barely see the slope of the opposite side of the ridge, beyond the ridge, the scale changes smaller, where the target is. A backdrop on the dio could further extend the “range”, by drawing the eye into it.
**your sniper will have to be super detailed, as will the tree, almost to the branch and leaf. That level of detail will help to force the perspective, with sniper being the thing that captures the eye, and mind, the rest being “background”. ( Us model railroaders have the problem of creating depth to our layouts, and resort to forced perspective, often, to provide the depth that space doesn’t allow.)
Snipers try not to use trees now days. No chance to quickly change position after your initial shot. Plus you need to police up your brass after the shot so as not to give away the position of said shot. If your in a tree, your brass can go God knows where. Buildings or high ground is the ticket. Shoot and move. Shoot and move.
Dragon and Zvezda both make 1/35 German and Russian WWII sniper sets. Dragons are a few years older, but compare favorably to Zvezda’s, which are less expensive. BTW, I have seen pics of British snipers using ghillie suits in WWII. Especially during the Normandy campaign.
High ground is great as long as you don’t skyline yourself and draw attention even better…which is another problem with trees as well
Stalingrad would be a great setting for a sniper dio. Your surroundings options would be endless, considering how the city and surrounding area looked by the time of the surrender. You could take your pick of german or russian, considering the number of snipers deployed during that “campaign”.
Re: Enemy at the Gates: I agree: a terrible job once more by hollywood screwing up what could have been a fantastic biography/drama of one of the greatest self-taught snipers who ever lived.