Battle of the Bulge: 12 SS prepares to assault the twin villages diorama

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Way more to come later. I appreciate any and all feedback. Thanks

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Nice start on a nice topic.
J

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I’m following your progress, great beginnings!

Dave :slightly_smiling_face:

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Following your progress.

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I look forward to following your progress. Nice start.

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I cut the road and bar ditches and added rubble to the inside of the chapel. Wire tree in winter was also added.

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Pine tree for the Ardennes out of scale? What do you think?

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Hi @KGvonJaxx

for the Ardennes in winter ’44, most pines are in the 15–20 m range, which in 1/35 works out to roughly 43–57 cm, but going strictly to scale usually ends up looking oversized in a diorama.

What tends to work better is to vary things for depth, something like 35–50 cm in the back, 25–40 cm in the mid-ground, and 15–25 cm up front, mixing heights and keeping some of the lower trunks cleaner to get that dense forest feel.

Since it’s Bulge, it also helps to push a winter look a bit — slightly heavier tops, less overall foliage, and a few more irregular or “tired” looking trees.

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Ricardo, that’s the sort of support and advice that really helps bring out the best results!

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Thanks Ricardo, great information. I don’t really have the room so I think I will put another deciduous (without leaves) and call it good. I see a lot of them on photos of the area.

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I think the scale looks good. but you need a lot of snow on the branches…

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Snow comes later

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I’m almost finished with the base, muddy road is complete. Added the 251/9 and some figures. More figures to come. I’m not the best with figures but I’m getting better. Ak interactive terrain and snow effects were used.

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Jaxx

Good to see everything is coming along great, even your figures! :wink:

Are you planning on adding any other vehicles, or just more figures?

Thanks for sharing this, looking forward to the next installment.

Cheers

Dave :slightly_smiling_face:

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I plan on adding more figures and a Jadgpanzer IV L/70 and one more wire tree in the open corner. Thanks

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Great mud. Reminds me of one of the german news reels I have seen of the area in question during the battle.
J

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Thanks, that was my goal. AK Interactive Muddy Ground is easy to apply straight out of the jar. Ruts are easy to create with a small brush or some old wheels. I tried to make tank tracks but it’s hard to see. The color I did not like so I used some Ammo mud wash and it turned out great.

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