after moving inside to a permanent home, i was able to finally lay down all my other works in progress and finally get an idea of spacing and size


Need to add two more of the log obstacles and give them mines as well as add shingle to the wall. There is some rock ballast there, put there in an instance where i almost ruined the entire wall




the MG crews are in place and I have one extra german just crouching behind the bags









These figures here show a BAR team sprinting from the wall to the cliff side under the cover fire of their commander in the back with the Thompson. Also supplying covering fire are two riflemen with garands (one prone behind wall and one behind hedgehog). These are only a few of the many figures and groups to be added. I am waiting for a delivery of 16 additional GI’s from Tamiya and Dragon



Here I am debating keeping the prone MG team, or finding a better way to incorporate them in the scene. They don’t seem to fit, but without them the right half of the cliff is bare. I may add a few infantry men running along or maybe a mortar team or panzerfaust
Also, tell me your opinion of the barbed wire there along the cliff.



This is the cliff bottom pill box, note the MG-32 barrel sticking out as well as an attampt at tall grass there on the right side

That’s it for now, but will have those figures by the end of the week

Very ambitious project. For some reason the US uniform colors don't work for me. They look kinda spotty. Are you trying to simulate dirty uniforms? Bloody uniforms?

The barbed wire looks fine but I would double the number of stakes holding up the coils. Don't forget to put some down on the beach near the seawall. It should be far enough away from the seawall so a person cannot cut the wire while under cover from the seawall but far enough away to force a person to fully expose themselves attempting to cut through. Therefore a little more thatn the height of a man should be the proper distance.

Ditto to Alan above.Also, check the relative positions of the guy running and the officer. It looks like he's in the line of fire for the tommy gun. The beach pillbox is floating above the sand. Put a bead of white glue around the base and "drift" some sand there to blend it itothe environment more.

Hi!
The MG team on the right hand side of the top bunker (not the team behind the sandbags), could be replaced by mortar units, flak guns or anti-tank guns. As for the low bunker (pillbox) you should keep in mind to protect it with barbed wire, obstacles and that sort of things, or else the pill box will be quite easy to take out.

Hope it was helpfull.

I think you're going the right way! I agree with what the others said, especially about the pillbox on the sand: It is floating for such an heavy thing! About the uniforms, you should check your references! I also think they are too strange! About the rest I think it's O.K.! As I said, you're going the right way!
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato

Cheers!
I agree with all the others.
It looks nice and it seems you are going the right way.
In addition to what had already been said, you have a problem of too much "dead" areas: Huge empty areas with nothing in them. Try to think of something in order to make it more alive and interesting.

Keep us posted!

Ori

Hey, it looks pretty good, how did you make the sandbags on the left of the big bunker?

I really like the way this is coming.

But as said the uniforms appear to be off. Especially the brown ones on the lieutenant and man behind the hedgehog.
For those 2 I believe you may have been going for the lighter colored uniform which is kind of a yellowish green color.

trying to reply to all in one post

first up are the uniforms, first time doing figures for me, and i do need to redo the pants

What im attempting to do by way of weathering is give the appearance of a troop that has spent the morning crawling though wet sand all morning (resulting in brown washes and sand stuck on) while being shot at (resulting in specs of blood on a few, espiecially any medics) The "spots" were an attempt at spashes of sand and blodd and grit and what not, but i will definitly go back to those and repaint

Any suggestions on how to achieve this look would be great

As for the tan jackets, according to usarmymodels.com (a really nice resource dedicated to U.S. Figures and vehicles) which is run by a member of the industry, the jackets are as follows




Yes, i did notice the floating pillbox and will add one more layer of sand at the end of construction, and thanks for pointing out the need to defend it more. Will get to making even more barbed wire

Speaking of barbed wire, i do have some wire already made, but wasnt sure where to put it so thx for that, also, how high up would this wire go? Right now, it is thigh high on the figures

Thanks so far for the suggestions, i will probably do every one of them!

In regards to the figures, you can achieve this by weathering....I will not go into the detail, because there are some great article on here by others who are better at it then me...I will say that the look you are trying to go for can be done with washes (oil or acrylic), dry brush techniques, and using pigment powders or pastel chalk... keep the washes pretty thin, try varying shads of the base coat to get the worn look....I would do some searches on the site to get some great ideas...
The dio looks great! Keep at it...

Brent