Starting a new small 1/35 dio
The dio will show a German flamethrower halftrack and some infantry slowly advancing across a field towards an unshown town controlled by guerillas


Edited it to make the markings easier to see.

The black thing’ll be the halftrack. The markings a little oversized.
Blue X will be a kneeling sniper leaning the rifle against a small tree or post as he watches the town.
Red and Green Xs will be men slowly walking along with the halftrack with weapons at the ready.

The corner with the yellow thing I’m not sure about. I was thinking of making it the corner of a small shed with an armed guerilla hiding in it but I’m not sure how well that would fit into the scene.
What do you guys think?

Any Comments, Ideas, or Suggestions on the layout are welcome.

Jacob,

Not a bad layout. A point to consider though, snipers generally didn't expose themselves for fear of getting hit by opposition snipers, maybe a couple of lower rank officers with field glasses over watching the town or village by the trees or shrubs and a sniper in the corner of the building or shed where he could get a good shot on some unsuspecting guerrillas would be better.

Just my opinion.

One more thing to consider is the direction of the half track. Don't put the walking figures in front of the flame canons. When they go off it might ruin someones day

Thanks Guys.

Steve that’s a good point. I’ll have to see what I can come up with.

Scott I’ll be sure to keep that in mind.

Actually, dismounted troops often need to advance past an armed vehicle to recon an area, so that scenario is very plausible. Sniper prob. not cause snipers like to hide. I like Steve's idea about the sniper at the shed - good balance to the dio. layout. I would keep the other troops in the front.

Spoken like Ed McMahon: You are correct Sir !
Blue on Blue will deff. ruin everybody's day...

On the sniper...if he's using his scope to, well, scope out the village, it will cause a story line problem because it will look like he has a target and the other troops will be exposed as targets to HIS target. You always want to have to provide as little explanation to your scene as possible.