Normandy Diorama suggestions

[AJWW2]

Hey,

I want to do a normandy diorama and I want to see what your suggestions are for what the main theme should be; i.e. beach landing, hedgerows, crossroads, trenches, etc.

Let me tell you that I have limited supplies, my only vehicles are a sherman (soon to be 2), soon to be tiger, german Hanomag, and a troop carrier American halftrack

I am planning for it to be at maximum 3"x3" ish

Any suggestions, but try to keep them simple, I cannot yet do any town/urban dios

Thanks,

AJ

[flyboy_fx]

For only 3"x3" Just use one tank and figures or an APC or two. I would do just generic normandy hedgerow righting.

[normandy]

Take a look over at the Custom and Mods section of the site and check out Triggers dio.
You don't need a ton of stuff to make a great diorama! viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25429
oh and 3"x3" seems a little small for 1:18.

[AJWW2]

sorry, is the 3x3 inches? I meant 3feet x 3feet

[granch]

Buy 1 acre of a sand beach. What you have in the background of your diorama can distroy all the effect.

[normandy]

" inches ' feet it happens.
AJWW2,
3'x3' now your talkin.......Have you come up with any ideas yet?

[flyboy_fx]

My bulge one is going to be 5'x3.5'. Still deciding on it though!

[AJWW2]

yeah, I was thinking a section of dirt road and a hedgerow in Normandy. Any ideas on what I can use for the brush/hedges?

[flyboy_fx]

Use the serch function on a site called armorama. great source of knowledge there!!!

Read down some on this. Good info for your need probably. Remember, hedgerows are essentially lots of shit packed in and growing. I mean, we can go way more in depth about them but that is what it is in a nut shell.

http://cs.finescale.com/FSMCS/forums/p/ ... 84594.aspx

[AJWW2]

Thanks flyboy, that is really helpful.

I want to remind everyone to not expect this to be done quickly, It is my first major project of any kind and I do not have immediate access to a whole bunch of materials. Thanks for everyone's advice.

AJ

[normandy]

Remember, hedgerows are essentially lots of shit packed in and growing.

Well, I never heard it put that way......... but I guess your right.

[AJWW2]

lol