Hello again! It's been awhile, but life has finally given me a small opportunity to make some progress on some models! After working on this dio off-and-on for the past few years--in between Bill Mauldin-based dioramas and vignettes an other life events--it's finally done!
The scene is based on the opening lines of Chapter 14"Nuts!" from the book Bastogne: The First Eight Days by S.L.A. Marshall:
At 1130 on December 22 four Germans, a major, a captain and two enlisted men, came up the road to Bastogne from Remoifosse carrying a large white flag. They were met on the road by Technical Sergeant Oswalk Y. Butler and Staff Sergeant Carl E. Dickinson of Company F, 327th Glider Infantry and Private First Class Ernest D. Premetz of the 327th Medical Detachment.
Premetz could speak German. The captain could speak English. He said to Butler, "We are parliamentaires."
The 101st figures are from the Dragon "101st in Bastogne" kit, slightly modified; the German figures are a mix of Tamiya & Italeri parts and pieces from various kits and my spares box. The flag and the e-tool by the foxhole are scratchbuilt and the groundwork is plaster and Woodland Scenics snow over foam. The trees are also scratchbuilt using a technique I found online (plumosa fern and dowel rods). Some of the smaller saplings are twigs from a bush outside my house.
Hope you enjoy! Thanks in advance for looking! Comments and constructive criticism are welcome as always!
The American perspective:
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The German perspective:
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Overview:
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