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"watch it,those MP`s aren`t GI`s"

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Posted by Kelly_Zak on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 9:09 AM
Yah, otherwise we'd have to pay him a "visit" Wink [;)]Evil [}:)]Big Smile [:D] LMAO!
"There you go with those negative waves again!"
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Posted by sasd on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 9:00 AM
lol!! Good thing we all know Roy here in Victoria,LOL!!Laugh [(-D]
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 14, 2005 2:22 PM
hey sasd, quit your whinning we did not bug you that much? at any rate. you builds still look great no matter what you do.Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Laugh [(-D]
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Posted by Tankmaster7 on Sunday, February 13, 2005 7:49 PM
very nicely done there.
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Posted by saltydog on Sunday, February 13, 2005 6:03 PM
Very nice job!!Thumbs Up [tup]
Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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Posted by sasd on Friday, February 11, 2005 12:18 AM
Thanks very much guys, I do have a softspot for that theatre of the conflict,quite a few of my vignettes and dios are based on the Bulge.
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by spector822002 on Thursday, February 10, 2005 6:18 AM
Great job .Cool [8D]
That place looks cold .
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 9:00 PM
Ahhh, always enjoy looking at a well executed diorama. Great job, gets the creative juices flowing.
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Posted by sasd on Monday, February 7, 2005 12:49 AM
Thanks Beav,that`s the way I understood it to be.
Driftwood,the snow is one of those coloured craft sands used for making candles in a jar,comes from Micheals craft store. I just spooned it on dry then hit it with water/whiteglue mix using an eyedropper. It wasn`t white enough for me so a heavy white drybrushing was needed. Further shadowing was done with pastels.
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by beav on Sunday, February 6, 2005 6:38 PM
No, I believe that the germans(as this was a big part of their plan) had all of their equipment before hand(they did win a few battles too, and they did keep stuff)
Besides, they weren't totally barbarians-just willing to break rules punishable by death...

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 4, 2005 11:29 PM
What did you use to make the snow? Also what techniques did you use to apply it?
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Posted by TigerII on Friday, February 4, 2005 1:03 AM
Now this one reminds me of the movies "Battleground" and of course "Battle of the Bulge" nicely done.

TigerII
Achtung Panzer! Colonel General Heinz Guderian
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Posted by sasd on Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:56 PM
Topgun, your suggestion would further explain the idea of the dio but upon my second
go round in the hobby I took a little code of ethics thing with myself and I agreed that I would not portray any death in any of my dioramas,just concentrate on the vehicles in various situations. Many thanks anyway.
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 23, 2005 3:36 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Skarpotchi

I always wanted to do a dio. of the teams tricking the GI's but I could not come up with a really good way to show that the German's were German's just in GI uniform.

Just a suggestion but what about hiding some dead GI's behind a hedge with no jackets on and maybe one of the imposters trying to hide his german tunic under a GI's smock.
If you do them as MP's and put a Bulge title it might just give the viewer a few clues.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 23, 2005 4:55 AM
I love it ! A little dio but very " realistic" ! A very good work !
Congrats Sasd !
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:53 AM
That is awesome. I love the snow and the tree!
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Posted by sasd on Saturday, January 22, 2005 8:39 AM
Appreciate all your comments folks,I shall have pics of two new dios soon. Thanks.
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by rjkplasticmod on Friday, January 21, 2005 10:12 AM
Excellent work. Very realistic. Thanks for sharing.

Regards, Rick
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Posted by tigerman on Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:35 PM
You and Kelly just rock. I feel cold just looking at it. Just well done as always. I like it alot.

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 Eric 

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Posted by sasd on Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:40 PM
Many thanks gang,here`s a rundown on bits and pieces that made up the dio.
The truck was the Italeri tanker CCKW,wanted a hardcab for this one,the back deck was taken from the old Monogram Eager Beaver kit with scratched tailgate. There are two
scratched trees(limbs are from Micheals craft store)made with different size dowling.
There are also two figures taken from the Sherman 105 by Tamiya.Alot of chain was used to chain up the tires allround,signs and fence were scratched and the barbed wire is cut from a piece of meshing.
The snow is simply white sand ballast sprinkled on dry and then hit with white glue/water mix. It wasn`t white enough for me so a liberal drybrushing with white acrylic paint everywhere was done after it had dried rock hard with the glue/water. I was a happy camper!
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by KINGTHAD on Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:00 PM
Sasd, Im cold just looking at it, nice work

Thad
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Posted by shroomy on Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:04 AM
i am just in awe
great work
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Posted by Kelly_Zak on Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:08 AM
Lots of fun building those chains for the tires, eh Russ? LOL Great job, I like the tree, gives the impression that the wind is just howling out!
"There you go with those negative waves again!"
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Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:49 AM
Superb work as always, Sasd!
~Brian
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Posted by zokissima on Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:55 AM
INteresting subject, and a very well executed dio. WHat did you use for the snow?
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:16 AM
Great build. This subject has always interested me. Didnt the history channel do a program on that way back when? I always wanted to do a dio. of the teams tricking the GI's but I could not come up with a really good way to show that the German's were German's just in GI uniform. Anyways it looks great.
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Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:36 PM
Great job all around.
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Posted by vonryan on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:02 PM
OUTSTANDING!!!!! i'm in ah!!! keep it up Eight Ball [8]Thumbs Up [tup]Yeah!! [yeah]Wow!! [wow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]
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Posted by Thehannaman2 on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 6:44 PM
That looks amazing!

Justen

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