Bastogne Bulldogs - 327th Glider Infantry Regiment

Thank you m1, the detail of the patches is very important...thank you for the advice...

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Fabio,

If you can, watch Band of Brothers series and see the episode about Bastogne.  It will definitely give you better idea about condition and colors of well used dirty uniform and patches. 

Thank you again M1...I´ll do this..

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Two things.

First, and more importantly is a composition issue. You have one guy in a firing position meaning there's a target out tther who is potentially tagetting the GI's as well. You othen have two guys in the open with no indication they have any concern over being targets.

Secondly, the snow on your signs looks like marshmallow more than even the wettest of snows. This is especially noticeable on the turret in the second picture. That said, the snow on the ground looks very good.

Thank you Ajlafleche, I´ll try to fixing the snow and the position of the figures...

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m1garand wrote:

Fabio, If you can, watch Band of Brothers series and see the episode about Bastogne.  It will definitely give you better idea about condition and colors of well used dirty uniform and patches.

I've watch that complete serie during my vacation and man.... that's good.  Plenty full of iformation and I'm sure not a lot of innaccuracies.

Thank you guys for the advices...

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Yann Solo wrote:

m1garand wrote: Fabio, If you can, watch Band of Brothers series and see the episode about Bastogne.  It will definitely give you better idea about condition and colors of well used dirty uniform and patches.  I've watch that complete serie during my vacation and man.... that's good.  Plenty full of iformation and I'm sure not a lot of innaccuracies.

Now that's where the brilliantly overhauled "Sherman" ended up!

Now to the suggestions:
Agree with the previous posts on the snow.
With some fantasy you could imagine that the kneeling soldier is aiming at some deer or boar (think I saw that on Band of Brothers, too) for the dinner.
The figure painter in me asks for more contrast in the painting of the figures (mainly on the faces): try washing and dry brushing it's a simple technique that adds some depth to the figures.

Bottom line: you made a great job, but there is some room for improvement (hope I haven't been too hard).

ajlafleche wrote:

You have one guy in a firing position meaning there's a target out tther who is potentially tagetting the GI's as well. You othen have two guys in the open with no indication they have any concern over being targets.

I don't think its a problem, one guy simply more careful than the others, or is scanning the forest for threats. There could be a number of reasons other than an identified target. Good Dio though, just my 2cents.

Will

Well, I corrected the "incoherences"...tomorrow I publish the pics...

Thank you to all for the comments and advices...

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Fabio M. Moretti