Breaking through the Siegfried Line
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Darman
Troopa Daisy
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PhiMa
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Breaking through the Siegfried Line
My Largest project to date (65x65 studs), depicting my favourite battle in World War Two: The Ardennes Offensive, better known as the battle of the Bulge. For some odd reason, I've always liked this one. What we basically have here is patton's Third Army breaking through the Siegfried line and slowly but surely relieving the surrounded 101st Airborne Division. Rolling through the snow with there E8 Shermans (Alright, they weren't in production back then ), the americans slowly advance, not being aware of a small german ambush on the other side. Not that they stand a chance.
Excuse the bad photography, this thing was terribly hard to get the light angled correctly and have all sides covered Thank god for picnik editing pictures...
On a more historical note - The Battle of the Bulge last from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. The germans launched one final counteroffensive in the Belgian ardennes, to hold off the allied advance. With about 19000 deaths on the american side, it was the largest battle during WWII for them. By the 21st of December, the 101st Airborne was surrounded in a village known as Bastogne by various Panzer divisions, and held out six days until Patton's third army broke the german encirclement and relieved the 101st. No member of the 101st Airborne has to this day admitted they needed rescuing.
The American tank offensive:
Bird's eye view:
Part of the German line of defense:
And the folder/gallery.
Enjoy!
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Awesome!!! I like this.
I think you could and some more detail to the ground.
I think you could and some more detail to the ground.
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PhiMa wrote:No member of the 101st Airborne has to this day admitted they needed rescuing.
You mean some of those veterans from that division are still alive today? Weren't there only a few survivors?
Anyways, the MOC is nice, but the rock in the background looks somewhat odd since the rest of the MOC is only trees and plain ground. Not sure if the rock was there in the actual WW2.
The german ambush line is pretty good, I like how some are hiding under stuff but perhaps you could give them a bit more cover such as some green foliage or something like that.
Also, the ground is somewhat lacking, even if it is plain, it could have more plates stacked here and there.
But overall, a good MOC, it didn't have to be a 65 x 65 IMO, could have been shrunk (a tiny bit there's a lot of empty space).
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Overall it looks quite amazing but the ground is extremely in need of even the smallest of details.
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Yeah, there definitely needs to be a bit more detail on the ground. And as Troopa Daisy said, It should be a bit smaller.
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Looks like the Germans could use more men.
Also in your main pic, bottom right hand corner, you have some plates coming up.
Also in your main pic, bottom right hand corner, you have some plates coming up.
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Troopa Daisy wrote:PhiMa wrote:No member of the 101st Airborne has to this day admitted they needed rescuing.
You mean some of those veterans from that division are still alive today? Weren't there only a few survivors?
Anyways, the MOC is nice, but the rock in the background looks somewhat odd since the rest of the MOC is only trees and plain ground. Not sure if the rock was there in the actual WW2.
The german ambush line is pretty good, I like how some are hiding under stuff but perhaps you could give them a bit more cover such as some green foliage or something like that.
Also, the ground is somewhat lacking, even if it is plain, it could have more plates stacked here and there.
But overall, a good MOC, it didn't have to be a 65 x 65 IMO, could have been shrunk (a tiny bit there's a lot of empty space).
No... There were many survivors. The division wasn't decimated, it was just surrounded, and Patton "came to the rescue". And there are WW2 veterans still alive, ya know...
/facepalm
It's an OK MOC, but I really don't see anything special about it. Just flat white with trees and a rock, IMO. The Shermans are nice, but the MOC itself? Meh.
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^Kind of agree sadly.
I really only find the tanks and the German defense line interesting.
I really only find the tanks and the German defense line interesting.
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Thanks for the reaallllly descriptive criticism guys. You all keep on suggesting I 'add more details' to the ground, yet..what am I supposed to add? It was snow, snow, snow, and, yep, you guessed it, snow.
@Pizza: Never said it was special. But making the base, trees, shermans, trenches, and 'rock' (They're called mountains you blithering idiots. ) was quite hard itself anywho.
I feel like we should have that Sherman Poll again sometime
@Pizza: Never said it was special. But making the base, trees, shermans, trenches, and 'rock' (They're called mountains you blithering idiots. ) was quite hard itself anywho.
I feel like we should have that Sherman Poll again sometime
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Ooh nice moc Phima! I'm really liking the trees and the landscape in general. However I still feel the snow is a little bland and flat for my liking. Next time you should spice it up a little more
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