My oldest brother took me to see The Battle of the Bulge at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood when I was about 7 years old.
They even had a tank in the parking lot in front of the theater ... I believe it was a Chaffee (a Sherman in the movie), but who knows if I have that part right!
It made an overwhelming impression on me. I trace my lifelong fascination with tanks to that day!
-Mark 1 Difficile est, saturam non scribere. "It is hard NOT to write satire." - Decimus Iunius Juvenalis, 1st Century AD
It has been a long time since I have seen that film. I've stayed away from it as I recall some of it was filmed at the Yakima (Washington) fire center (or some similarly 'desert' like terrain and htat sort of turned me off. That and they didn't use WWII tanks. Just last week i was reviewing my inventory of WWII movies and decided to give it another screening (after I rent it of course). Thanks for the inspiration.
The TIGERs in the movie were M47. I think they were of the Spanish Army as the movie was filmed in the Sierra Guadarrama in Spain. This explains the "bare" terrain of the tank battle.
Thought I'd share a few pics from my last session of Princess Wars. the rules are pretty simple...in fact there is only one rule: the princess always wins! My 5 year old daughter is suddenly very interested in everything Daddy is doing and she wants to participate so she has her own collection of micro armor.
cama, those look just fine to me! Good luck with your French! Again, good job on the Germans. I just ordered some and will be using yours as a guide in painting them.
Yeah, I did my French as line infantry but just bought a set to use as legion etrangere. Good thing the Microarmor rules have a section on paratroop drops. This will come handy for Timbuktu.
I'll post some pics when two things occur. 1. I actually finish painting them up along with basing, and 2. I work up the nerve. My near 60 year old eyes aren't what they once were so my painting reflects it. Ahh, to have the talent I had 40 years ago when I was painting silmarils on elven shields for D&D.
