Hi all,
Here's my stab at the winter GB. In the winter (coincidently) of 1994, the Russian Army entered Chechnya, attempting to cease the captial, Grozny. This attempt initially failed, and what followed were two months of bitter house-to-house fighting with Chechen soldiers. I'll be trying to depict a scene from this battle.
I'll be using two scales, 1/35 and 1/72 to create a forced perspective diorama. Essentially, I'll be building it in a converted shoe box, with one end open. The 1/35 sniper will be closest, and with any luck, the 1/72 tank and figures in the background will look a lot further away.
Anyway, the scene is that a team of Spetsnaz operators have spotted a armoured column in the process of being ambushed. A T-72 has been immobilised by RPGs, and Chechen fighters are storming in to finish off the survivors. The Spetsnaz sniper will be in the process of shooting a man off the turret of the tank. That's the plan, anyway.
I'll be using Zvezda Spetsnaz, Orion Chechens, and an ACE T-72. The last ACE kit I tried was so bad I couldn't even bring myself to finish it, but this was the only one I could find with ERA armor on, so we'll see how things go.
Wish me luck, a forced perspective diorama has many things that could go horribly wrong
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Here's my stab at the winter GB. In the winter (coincidently) of 1994, the Russian Army entered Chechnya, attempting to cease the captial, Grozny. This attempt initially failed, and what followed were two months of bitter house-to-house fighting with Chechen soldiers. I'll be trying to depict a scene from this battle.
I'll be using two scales, 1/35 and 1/72 to create a forced perspective diorama. Essentially, I'll be building it in a converted shoe box, with one end open. The 1/35 sniper will be closest, and with any luck, the 1/72 tank and figures in the background will look a lot further away.
Anyway, the scene is that a team of Spetsnaz operators have spotted a armoured column in the process of being ambushed. A T-72 has been immobilised by RPGs, and Chechen fighters are storming in to finish off the survivors. The Spetsnaz sniper will be in the process of shooting a man off the turret of the tank. That's the plan, anyway.
I'll be using Zvezda Spetsnaz, Orion Chechens, and an ACE T-72. The last ACE kit I tried was so bad I couldn't even bring myself to finish it, but this was the only one I could find with ERA armor on, so we'll see how things go.
Wish me luck, a forced perspective diorama has many things that could go horribly wrong
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