…a cool pic of the 76.2mm field-gun in action…
Very nice- sparse too, should be good for a minimalist kind of gun emplacement
More Incredible work MR…Always in awe by your talent! Can’t wait for more…
Ever thought about showing the piece knocked-out, Manny? Perhaps with the figures kinda looking it over, with varying degrees of interest… Here’s one I started that I’ve since torn apart without bothering to finish (so guys, don’t offer corrections or tips, please. It’s gone [:D]. But the gun’s going into another idea I got.) the diorama or even the GIs… I don’t know how you feel about wrecking a model though… I know that when I do it, I immediately wish I hadn’t done it, lol…
Just doin’ a little spit-ballin’…
Whoa…
Where do you find the dead and injured guys??? I need injured and dead soldiers.[%-)]
For stuff like that, “Frankensteining” your own figures is really a must
Here’s one of mine before paint, you can see what I mean. Even the legs are from different figures in the same kit.
He’s injured and still fighting, here’s two dead MGers that have been over run. Sometimes you have to modify (usually with freehand putty work) figures when kit bashing isn’t enough
Manstein your stuff here is just awesome, i really can’t suggest anything worth while as you do just a fantastic job on your own. Your figure painting is some of the best i’ve ever seen in my life. I’m keeping my eye on this one to see how it finishes.[bow]
Meet Mr. /9:
New composition idea (sans figgies):
Pics are deliberately dark so you can’t enjoy all of the goodies just yet (I’ve got to save some of the details for the AMPS judges)…
Please give me some feedback or I’ll order a forced recon of your next backyard BBQ…
I just love the whole layout, nicely done. What paint scheme is that on Mr. 9?? a bit differn’t from what i’ve seen, but i seem to remember a Panther with that color, no, now i remember it was a Hetzer, yes?
Wow!!! Very nice layout- looks like they really over ran the gun now. I think depending on your story line, you could have a bunch of empty ammo boxes and spend brass covered in snow, like they’d been out of rounds for a while. Then maybe have one or two recently ejected brass rounds like they tried to defend themselves but were taken by surprise and the Germans cleaned up the rest.
Are you going to build up the ground around the gun like it was in a dugout? -or camouflaged in a similar fashion to that ref. picture? I’m assuming it wasn’t going to be sitting in the open on flat ground like it is now.
Also, I’m sure you know more about how Germans took gun emplacements from a tactical standpoint and how easy/hard it was for them to do it successfully. Especially on the Eastern Front as I’d consider that your forte. So all I can say is I like the layout- assuming it’s accurate, which I would assume as it’s put together by you and I know you do your research.
Manny try moving the gun back some so the wheels are even with the back of the tracks. Then you could place your command figs in front while the troopers look over the gun and deceased ruskie.
So which sd’s gonna have the guy draped over the hood?[:-^]
I was wondering the same thing! [}:)]
Manny
Here is another thought. At one point I think you mentioned something about displaying the 250’s to suggest they took the gun in a flanking movement. Have you thrown that idea out? If not, you could angle the gun, maybe not 90 degrees, but perhaps 60 - 80 degrees so that, when combined with the placement of the figs it suggests that type of action.
Manny, for layout, I wouldn’t have the /9 and /8 drawn up parallel or level with each other or the gun, try to have a bit of offset so that the eye isn’t drawn to see a straight line. see the pic
Gun
/8 /9
or
/8
Gun
/9
something like that
So I Guess what I’m hearing is that this layout could work…?..
I think so. I think the only issue is it does look a little symmetrical. I guess depending on your figure placement; you might be able to unbalance the symmetry in some way. If you want, you could also try stacking both vehicles on one side and moving the gun over to the other extreme, but I like the way they both overran the gun simultaneously, gives the impression of a more powerful assault on it.
Just brainstorming out loud… not sure how many figures you were going to have on the final product, or their locations, but here’s a few doodles I made up, figures in red, general base size in reference to the vehicle/gun sizes was incredibly made up, so not sure how any of this would work out…
But for what it’s worth, my 2 cents
I agree. You want to be careful of the symmetry. You do not want it to look like there is some half-track precision driving going on. Shift it around to get some imbalance to draw your eye around. e.g. when you look at a mercedes logo your eye stays still, whereas the Subaru logo moves your eye around. Get the idea?
Manny I think that if you really want to keep the AT gun and all the figs you might consider going with a slightly bigger base.
…you know, the more I think about it the more I am inclined to replace that AT Gun with the heavy Soviet 12.7mm MG…