"WWI trench starter set" Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Apr 2014 10:44 p.m. PST |
"…During WW1 dug-outs provided shelter for resting troops and cover during bombardment. They branched off the trenches and were constructed from corrugated iron sheets with a covering of earth. The dugout model represents a mud covered tin roof which also details the supporting logs. Another of our recent releases has been a 90o bend which can be used for WW1 trenches. These are also part of the starter set…"
From here.
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| MajorB | 04 Apr 2014 2:45 a.m. PST |
Looks nothing like a WW1 trench. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 04 Apr 2014 5:13 a.m. PST |
Difficult to understand why anyone would make something that clumsily inaccurate. |
| Intrepide | 05 Apr 2014 8:39 a.m. PST |
Because they would have to make a terrain square with the trench indented into the surface. Those are sandbagged ramparts, not trenches. |
| MajorB | 05 Apr 2014 9:35 a.m. PST |
Those are sandbagged ramparts, not trenches. Agreed. So why do they call it a "Trench Starter Set"? |
| Lion in the Stars | 05 Apr 2014 1:37 p.m. PST |
Because most people don't have a dedicated trench warfare table and use "sandbagged ramparts" to represent trenches. |
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