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    piers
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    A little late war engagement…

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    #1492285

    brucelea
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    You always produce great looking tables that really compliment the setting you are going for. This one couldn’t get more Nederlander if the tractor had cloggs painted on it!

    well done.

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    damon
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    Like the Archer, and having Pnz IIIs in a late war setting, looks really good.

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    piers
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    @damon

    Surprising number of Panzer IIIs knocking around in the Netherlands in ad-hoc formations. I always find it more interesting on occasion to roll out the smaller and less shooty option…

    Panzer Kompanie Mielke was composed mainly of Panzer IIIs and the models in the game were based on three of their tanks knocked out by the Irish Guards near Elst in September 1944.

    #1492299

    piers
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    @brucelea

    Thank you. I tend to try and get the look of the buildings right for the region. That goes a long way in setting the scene.

    #1492536

    damon
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    @piers Useful info, thanks. I quite fancy adding a couple of early mark Pnz IV from 21st Pnz Div or some of the French armour that the panzer training battalion had in Normandy to my West Front Germans just for a bit of variety as well as some captured Been Carriers covered in Panzerschreks and Panzerfausts.

    #1492808

    oriskany
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    @piers – I love the Cromwell in the streets of a Dutch village.  Why am I reminded of:

    “There’s a Tiger right behind that building!  I’m telling you, he’s there!  You put a couple rounds through that building …”

    “My orders are no unnecessary destruction of property!”

    Also, the Archer is another neat touch, an AFV you don’t often see on the table.

    #1492809

    limburger
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    Those tiny farms are spot on in colour too based on a few rare photographs of that era :

    https://historiek.net/de-tweede-wereldoorlog-in-kleur/51159/

    (sadly the book is out-of-print … )

    Also note the use of horses to drive cars …

     

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