| PiersBrand | 06 May 2016 9:14 a.m. PST |
Homemade foxhole markers!
Figures are mainly AB with two from Wartime and are converted from spare vehicle cews, with legs removed, some arms bent to new positions plus the odd headswop.
The dug outs are Miliputt and Green Stuff with various scattered spares mainly from PSC.
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 Tacitus  | 06 May 2016 9:24 a.m. PST |
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| bracken | 06 May 2016 9:28 a.m. PST |
Nicely done, cracking job all round. |
| PiersBrand | 06 May 2016 9:54 a.m. PST |
Sandbags are filtered and dusty, just don't show on pics. As for their size…
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| wrgmr1 | 06 May 2016 11:45 a.m. PST |
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| John Secker | 06 May 2016 2:23 p.m. PST |
They've had to fold that guy in half to get him in. |
| green beanie | 06 May 2016 2:31 p.m. PST |
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| idontbelieveit | 06 May 2016 4:30 p.m. PST |
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| Ceterman | 06 May 2016 4:39 p.m. PST |
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| Marc the plastics fan | 06 May 2016 5:14 p.m. PST |
Excellent work. You am slowly getting around to making fortifications and am wondering how to do trenches, slit trenches and foxholes. I have Cross of Iron in mind, and would rather not (at least initially) have to paint extra so I will make mine taller so my troops can fit in them. So they will not load ok as naturally flat as yours |
| Eclaireur | 07 May 2016 7:06 a.m. PST |
Ooh nice Piers!
Love the photo of the American trench too, with the grenades and ammo ready to use.
I'm not sure what the drill was with the Germans but the Brits and Americans often differentiated 'scrapes', 'fox holes', and 'fighting trenches', in ascending order of how much work had been put in. With the latter, often two man, you had the overhead cover to protect from artillery bombardment. That American trench shows it well – unless that GI's been folded in the middle ;-) Fox hole often a single man affair without time to dig the trench and cover over with dirt + sandbags for overhead protection.
EC |
| donlowry | 07 May 2016 8:33 a.m. PST |
Very nice! But I wouldn't want to be that guy who's dug-in in front of the machinegun! ;) |
| PiersBrand | 07 May 2016 8:54 a.m. PST |
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| Skarper | 08 May 2016 9:00 p.m. PST |
I had always thought foxholes were dug for pairs of soldiers, not individuals. Of course things are never as simple as that. I made my 20mm foxholes from thick dark brown cork tiles. I cut an irregular hole in the middle and then tapered the outsides down. Flocked the outsides. Rough and ready but practical. Mentioning this for Marc above. Piers' solution is superb aesthetically but few could afford the doubled up troops. |
| PiersBrand | 09 May 2016 1:56 a.m. PST |
Just use plastic figures… But most gamers have spare figures lying around. Im certainly not 'rich' and its a case of being clever and making the most out of what you have available. These are largely spare crew figures converted to work in trenches. If I want more, I will likely use some PSC plastics or raid the bits box again… |
| Marc the plastics fan | 09 May 2016 5:28 a.m. PST |
Nice idea there skarper. Thanks And it is less cost more the time that stops me painting extra half figures |
looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!
