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Mathias Decommere (Templar1099)
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First Casualties - Fall Weiß - Ochota - Warsaw - Poland - 9th september 1939 - Final Album

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49 3 August 2022, 06:57
Neuling
Mathias, your thorough historical research enabled you to build this realistic first class diorama. Congrats!
4 August 2022, 07:51
Mathias Decommere
Thank you very much for your comment Neuling. It is always a good feeling when the invisible work is also noticed. A part that takes even more time than building the piece. The level is set for future diorama's 😅.
4 August 2022, 08:14
Jan Peters
I agree with Neuling, excellent job all'round 👍🏻
4 August 2022, 08:35
Mathias Decommere
Thx Jan
4 August 2022, 09:38
Bruce Huxtable
The cold wind greets the un-welcome visitors..... Superb work, in all respects.
4 August 2022, 11:30
Simon Nagorsnik
Dramatic scene!
Use a black and white filter over it and it could be a war-feudalgraphy...
4 August 2022, 11:56
Mathias Decommere
Thank you Simon and Bruce for your lovely comments. Really appreciate it.
4 August 2022, 11:58
Villiers de Vos
Very nicely done.
4 August 2022, 15:19
Mathias Decommere
Thx Villiers 😉
4 August 2022, 16:40
Rui S
Great work. I really like the dusty lancers on the corner, and great work also on the building paint job & weathering. Very well done. 👍 Congratulations
5 August 2022, 20:42
Mathias Decommere
Thank you Rui for your kind words. Glad you like it. It was a really stressful proces to do the dusty corner without ruining everything 😅
5 August 2022, 20:56
coporado
Incredible work, fantastic builds and figure painting. You really catched the moment, atmosphere and dynamic of that scene! Also great choice of subject, congrats!
26 September 2022, 17:47
Mathias Decommere
Thank you so much Coporado!
26 September 2022, 18:25
Remco van Haren
What a magnificent diorama you created! A real eyecatcher. There is action everywhere and it tells a complete story. Briljant.
11 October 2022, 16:13
David Taylor
Love the B@ W shots.
11 October 2022, 16:37
Mathias Decommere
Thank you very much Remco and David!
11 October 2022, 18:25
Pietro De Angelis
Superb work, congratulations!
11 October 2022, 18:34
Mathias Decommere
Thank you PDA? 🙏
11 October 2022, 19:44
Mathias Decommere
I added some more B&W shots, specially for you @ David Taylor 😉
12 October 2022, 07:13
David Taylor
Thanks.
12 October 2022, 07:59
Bobby Thumbs
You have outdone yourself Mathias absolutely superb. That guy bled buckets - the bw shots are so realistic just like your research images.
12 October 2022, 09:43
Mathias Decommere
Wauw thank you Bobby! Really enjoying all the feedback!
12 October 2022, 12:11
Guy Rump
Excellent builds, figures and dio. Congrats. 👍
1 December 2022, 20:39
Mathias Decommere
Thanks Guy! Means a lot!
1 December 2022, 22:04
Mathias Decommere
I did An update of the album with different photo preferences and setup
22 December 2023, 18:46

Album info

I can proudly present my album of the finished diorama "First Casualties". This is my first diorama of a series in which I would like to build on a chronological base a specific moment during WWII. Starting with the invasion of Poland I found some photo's of a streetfight in Ochota, which was well documented. It tells the story of the 4th panzer-division entering Warsaw and was confronted with intense resistance in the outskits of Ochota. It got my attention because of the contradiction of belief that the german army had an easy way of getting their goals in Poland. In reading and searching of more pictures of this battle, I was convinced to make a diorama about this battle.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Warsaw_(1939)

My projects will have multiple albums like:
1. Inspiration: Pictures Ochota 1939 - inspiration | Album by Templar1099 (1:35)
2. Diorama base: Diorama Base - Ochota - Poland 1939 | Album by Templar1099 (1:35)
3. Layout: Positions - Fall Weiss - Ochota, Poland, September 1939 | Album by Templar1099 (1:35)
4. Infantry: German Infantry | Album by Templar1099 (1:35)
5. Vehicles: BMW side-car medic-version | Album by Templar1099 (1:35) and Panzer II Ausf. C (Sd.kfz.121) - RO3 and RO5 | Album by Templar1099 (1:35)

Some explanation of the scene:
You see two panzer II's, a BMW sidecar and an infantrysquad.
What happens is this:
While the squad passes through the streets they get hit by fire from a sidestreet. They hit MG 1 in the leg and the buildingcorner. This causes an eye-injury to MG 2. MG 3 drags MG1 to a safer place where two sanitäter come by motercycle to patch him up. The gruppenführer went into cover behind the concrete pillar and shouts orders to the other men. Shütse 1 and 2 fall in to engage targets while a panzer II provides covering fire. Shütse 3 checks on MG 2's eye-injury. Schütse 4 and 5 are taking orders of the Stellvertretender-gruppenführer.
An interesting video of how a german squad worked can you find here: Youtube Video

 


I hope you like this and you will take the time to comment. I enjoyed this project a lot.

Cheers
Mathias Decommere

284 images
1:35
Completed
1:35 Infantry (Master Box MB35177)1:35 Fallen Comrade (Dragon 6119)1:35 Panzergrenadiers (Master Box MB3518)2+

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