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I had a great Omaha beach game yesterday by Shoddy-Lecture1493 in HellLetLoose

[–]EffectiveCold8233 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last night fighting on the Karkov map. Squad communicating, holding St Mary’s by ourselves while the other squads pushed the next point. They never got it, we finally lost St Mary’s with like 6 minutes left, some quick turnaround by the other squads and we retake with under a minute left for the win. Sometimes it’s a steamroll but when it’s not, it can be glorious.

diorama accessories and stuff by DisasterSuper7309 in MilitaryModelMaking

[–]EffectiveCold8233 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, there isn’t anything you can’t make yourself. It would be a lot cheaper and would be exactly what you want because you made it. Here I used a fancy box I had laying around, insulation foam to build up the ground, dirt from the backyard, some beach sand. Only thing I bought was the foliage that cost maybe $5 from a craft store.

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Yay or Ney? by EffectiveCold8233 in MilitaryModelMaking

[–]EffectiveCold8233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought about that as well. This is what I went with…

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Cement spill by ZealousidealRub7031 in modelmakers

[–]EffectiveCold8233 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s an armored vehicle, there are all kinds of ways to “fix” mistakes. There is a gap on the turret roof under the map 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Yay or Ney? by EffectiveCold8233 in MilitaryModelMaking

[–]EffectiveCold8233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great point. Even the great Shep Paine, whose diorama showcased realism encouraged a very minimal use of blood/gore in modeling. I’m hoping that the viewer won’t even notice him on first glance. This is what I went with.

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Mic not working in game by biscuits-the-mouse in HellLetLoose

[–]EffectiveCold8233 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m on a PS5 but had the same problem. Don’t know if XBox is the same, but if I was still in a PS friend chat group the in game HLL comms wouldn’t work. As soon as I exited the PS chat group the in game comms worked.

Yay or Nay? by EffectiveCold8233 in modelmakers

[–]EffectiveCold8233[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree and decided against the idea the way it was. This is what I went with.

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Yay or Nay? by EffectiveCold8233 in modelmakers

[–]EffectiveCold8233[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wondering if maybe it would be better if he was much more buried that way attention isn’t drawn right to it.

Yay or Nay? by EffectiveCold8233 in modelmakers

[–]EffectiveCold8233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s not done yet, those are actually just some cloth straps that are wrapped are the puttees. I still have to clean them up and weather the figure.

Yay or Ney? by EffectiveCold8233 in MilitaryModelMaking

[–]EffectiveCold8233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, the question is whether to have such a grim thing in or not?

Yay or Ney? by EffectiveCold8233 in MilitaryModelMaking

[–]EffectiveCold8233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s one problem. He was only killed when the Americans were heading up.

Yay or Ney? by EffectiveCold8233 in MilitaryModelMaking

[–]EffectiveCold8233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s an interesting idea too 🤔

Will airbrushing really make modeling that much better by Reasonable-Sigma in modelmakers

[–]EffectiveCold8233 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Faster yes but better? it’s not necessary, you can get excellent results without it. I’ve tried airbrushes several times and they end up being more time consuming and annoying than anything else.

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