hey guys sorry for the incorrect spelling of ardenas, but for my sherman dio which will be set in ardenas, i want it to be autumn, does anyone have any 'built diorama terrain' pictures of an ardenas diorama?

what types of grass do i use, bushes, long grass, sttic grass, dirt, sand etc?

thnx

matt

Ardennes Matt.

Most of the fighting around the Ardennes region was in winter, so snow, pine trees, frozen creeks, stuff like that.
If you searched the gallery here at armorama, or ran a google search, there are plenty of photo's of both dioramas and the real area.










Cheers

matt - are you looking for techniques, products, or inspiration?

Check out recent threads by jackhammer81, he's doing one with tall grass - he use Heki grass

here is a winter one....http://photos.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/13550

Try this link....

http://www.twenot.nl/ardennes.htm

Example images from that link:







Hope this is of any help

Oh and remember.....at the start of the Ardennes Offensive there wasn't any snow already. Snow followed later in the offensive. This means you don't HAVE to use snow, a non-snow diorama is just as realistic. Make sure there is enough mud though :-)

Martin

thnx for replies, but mine isnt going ot be snow, mines going to be just beofore so i neen images of terrain that are not of winter/snow time

thnx

nmatt

Well check my link....pics aren't high quality but they're usefull!

Martin

Here are some good looking stuff, small streams, green grassland.

Another 1
http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/photo/data/513/2759recce_010.jpg" BORDER="0">

Another good reference is the Bastogne episode in Band of Brothers. Hell, that whole series is full of inspiration.

Yup Band of brothers will always be a good source of research.

Martinnn's images are very good examples of the Ardennes terrrain, just replace the snow with mud. Autumn 1944 was very wet...

Guys,

great pictures you came up with. I always love the ardennes houses...like the English cottages always a special style.

To avoid copyright issues, please add the reference links to the pictures. A good example is the link in Martin's reply. When we add the link and/or a copyright note, we can avoid running into these nasty copyright issues that are causing pain on some other sites.