Howdy!
The idea of a trench campaign sounded so cool that I came up with a quick sketch for a dio. I have a Zvezda BT-7 waiting to be built so this may take place at the Eastern front.
Basically I just thought of one soldier running for cover or keeping his head down in shock, eyes staring at nothing. There is a good reference scene in The Cross of Iron. There would be a bashed mortar and some empty shell casings in the trench.

It may take a while before I can get into building this (as I have many other in-progress dios ) but I thought to post this as an appetizer!



Any comments are welcome!


Toni

hi, the sketch looks great, maybe you can put a soldier almost under the tank, praying for life, I can't wait for the pics Envar

Laurie

Thanks, I am drooling

Toni, I envy your sketching ability's you can really visualize your dio and have a perfect blue print, looks like a great idea can't wait to see it build

Nice one again Toni... Im already drooling about this Molehill campaign ... this only adds to the cauldron! Great idea and cool drawing .... doesnt leave much to imagination. I wish i had had this idea!! Good luck with it.

Very nice idea for a dio...
I want to see the photos of the finished dio..
Regards

Toni,

the sketch is as always.......fantastic. Get to it and show us some more of your great building capabilities !

Looking forward to the updates !

Very nice sketch. With the previous work you've shown us I know this will be a gem.

I am reading "Blood Red Snow" by an ex German panzergrenadier. They had their trench line overrun by T-34s and the tanks did "dough-nuts" over the trenches, burying the guys alive. If the diorama is only half as good as the sketch, you've got a winner there.
Keep us posted...

Shaun

Thanks friends,

I have the whole thing "pre-rendered" in my head, I just hope to find the time to build this project.
The soil will be reddish brown, it will make the green tank look even uglier.
First I was thinking about using a heavy tank, but it would easily turn comical. Think about a German Maus against a single Russian with a rifle... #:-) #:-) #:-)
I believe any tank is scary enough to make you run for your life.

I´ll produce some documentation along the way, writing a build story is one more reason to finish what has been started!




Toni

Gee... and all I'm gonna do is have a mortar in a pit with a crew... #:-)

Seriously Toni... your sketch looks great! I look forward to seeing your entry completed!

(Just don't forget about completing you komsom.)

Awesome idea. Is this going to be W.W.II, or W.W.I? As much stuff they have for W.W.II, I think this would look great as a W.W.I dio. Actually, either era would look great That picture, did you draw that on paper, then scan it? I do a lot of drawings, but they hardly ever show up when I scan them on my scanner. I'm looking for a good scanner, so if anyone knows of any let me know??? *hint* *hint*

Hmm...Kevin, somehow I guessed you might be doing something like that...




Nothing to worry about. I surely won´t forget it. It looks down on me from the shelf, reminding me every day what a naughty boy I´ve been, starting a myriad projects before finishing the old ones! If I only had somebody to build all those dio ideas...

bracomadar, I draw in my A5 sized scratchbook, it travels with me all the time. I scan all web-related images in 100% scale, 75 dpi. Usually my sketches are black and white, so I use greyscale colour setting. After scanning the pic is often grey and blurry, so I open it in Photoshop, crop it to right size, add some light and contrast and use a filter called Unsharp mask. It sharpens all black lines beautifully, making the picture more detailed.
I usually save the pics in jpg format but line drawings go as well in gif format.
The scanner I use is the cheapest possible desktop scanner, just a bit bigger than A4 sheet. It´s well enough for web graphics.



Toni

Really great idea...
Your dio's are a real source of inspiration for me.