Diorama "Belgium 1944"

smeagol the vile wrote:

They could just be very, very, very stupid germans, like the ones in Hogan's Heros.

Yes! There we got it!

Nothing more to discuss then? 

They could just be very, very, very stupid germans, like the ones in Hogan's Heros.

but, of course, that requires me to search for something that should be obvious in a dio,: the story?

Bingo... The story should not only be apparent to the viewer, it should be apparent immediately...

Huxy wrote:

Mainstein wrote....  Well, because there was no fighting in Belgium until late in '44, so it is implied...unless this is a training exercise, which it doesn't appear to be...and then there is the vehicle...all elements done reasonably well, but put together, as most of these dios are, doesn't fit well together...   I do agree.. But just for making it a reasonable thingy (Which is hard) Let's say bombers flew over and the flak are shooting at them. Some crew bailed out and landed nearby...  Took their pistols out and the Germans are ready... hehe...  That was just horrible..

Huxy... you might be on to something... oh, wait... if they are shootin' at bombers, where are the empty shell casings...?

When I first looked this over, I tried to give the benefit of the doubt and say this was a training exercise - the gunner on the flak looks like he is receiving some instruction from the fig with the binos...  but, of course, that requires me to search for something that should be obvious in a dio,: the story?

My biggest issues aren’t that the troops in the trench and the crew on the Flak don’t fit... none of them fit with each other! The trenchies all look like they're... not suposta be in a trench. One guy's leaning forward as if he was making an advance... from the back wall of the trench to the front. One guy looks like he's leaning over someone that's not there discussing a map or whatever and the other two are just hangin' out. The Flak crew's the same way, the back three look like there's a threat in the air and the driver and his buddy are just as calm as can be like they're discussing a pretty girl that walked across the front bumper...

Haha I don't know, I kind of like Huxy's story line though :) And before I even scrolled down I had a feeling Gino would have the first reply lol

Mainstein wrote.... 

Well, because there was no fighting in Belgium until late in '44, so it is implied...unless this is a training exercise, which it doesn't appear to be...and then there is the vehicle...all elements done reasonably well, but put together, as most of these dios are, doesn't fit well together...

 

I do agree..

But just for making it a reasonable thingy (Which is hard) Let's say bombers flew over and the flak are shooting at them. Some crew bailed out and landed nearby...  Took their pistols out and the Germans are ready... hehe...  That was just horrible.. 

Huxy wrote:

Where do you guys get late Belgium 1944 from? That's my main question..   But yes, the diorama doesen't fit togheter to well..

Well, because there was no fighting in Belgium until late in '44, so it is implied...unless this is a training exercise, which it doesn't appear to be...and then there is the vehicle...all elements done reasonably well, but put together, as most of these dios are, doesn't fit well together...

Where do you guys get late Belgium 1944 from? That's my main question..

 

But yes, the diorama doesen't fit togheter to well.. 

Might be the flash, but the uniforms are way off for color...On my screen, they look like a faded SS mausgrau rather than Heer feldgrau...

I agree with you, Arty and Manny, but he did do a good job on the figures and the vehicle, though. Too bad he didn't follow through with the diorama.

As far as the AA gun goes, you dont know what direction they are facing, maybe there facing south, and you know, england is north of beljum more or less, that kind of thing.

 

That just doesn't make tactical sense.  You would never have your back toward the enemy.  You always put all your defenses facing the enemy.  I assume you have never been in the military or you would understand the concept.

I agree...Belgium '44 implies that this would be a Battle of the Bulge scene...figs are totally wrong; so is groundwork...And the vehicle depicted is exclusively an Eastern front one...I know of none of these that served in the West...

As far as the AA gun goes, you dont know what direction they are facing, maybe there facing south, and you know, england is north of beljum more or less, that kind of thing.

 One thing about the figures in the trench that bug is that there point at... something.  Looks like there should be  a map infront of them.

This dio just doesn't go together. The vehicle and the infantry don't fit together.  The infantry are looking in one direction, and the AA gun is looking to their rear.  The planks on the trench are wrong too.  They are about 24 inches wide and never stop.  They are one continuous piece for the whole length as well.  The groundwork looks like a desert, not Beligum in late '44 when it would have been either covered in snow or mud.  Lastly, the vehicle tracks are floating on both sides.  It doesn't look like a heavy, tracked vehicle on soft ground.  This is not one of art Instructors better efforts.