~Tac~
The Retaking of Outpost LJ-42
Backstory:
November 27th, 1943. The alien fleet has begun it's path of destruction. The fleet has been stationed over Mexico for the past 5 years, sending out huge dropships to the towns and cities. Mexico was destroyed in the first week of the war, every man woman and child was infected and turned into black skeleton-like aliens. The fleet was moving north, moving for the first time in the 5 years of war. If they weren't stopped America would fall. Texas, New Mexico and Arizona are crucial to our counter attack. New Mexico was gassed, Texas hosted a 2 year battle before falling and Arizona was bombed a year ago. Arizona, although bombed, was still inhabitable. Small conflicts raged across the state as the alien ground troops advanced. Today is the day we fight back. At the very bottom of the Arizona desert were two German outposts, LJ-42 and LJ-43. LJ-43 got hit by a plasma bomb, sending rubble everywhere. LJ-42 was subject to viscous attacks from the black beasts, and eventually failed. The Germans were killed and a AA gun was installed to destroy any of our helicopters reaching it. That was a year ago, it's now crawling with aliens and, if intel is right, Russians the alien scum has infected. We're weak, exhausted and tired, but we need to get it back. Our plan is rubbish, but it's the best we have. A small German force will be sent to sneak up and disable the AA gun. Once that's out the way I will lead my American soldiers and jeeps and begin the assault. The Germans will then send in a Kartoffelstampfer,, followed by the Chinese and their new hardsuits. Together we might just pull this thing off...
Notes:
I hate building dioramas. I struggle with anything over 2x2, so I'm surprised I'm still in one piece after building a 48x48. Scenes just aren't my thing. I like building minifigures or detailed grey vehicles that all look the same. That said, I've always wanted to do a big battle thingymabob. Everyone has been pestering me to build a Weird War II diorama and this contest was the inspiration I needed. I rounded up my troops, scrapped my 300 diorama and began building day and night. It's taken me about 50-60 hours to do this. Half was spent building/changing, a quarter was spent searching for a single frickin' piece and the last quarter was spent repairing it after the German Vertical Tank fell on top of everything. There's been ups and downs, but I think it's all been worth it.
Thank you, TheBricks™ for being the 100th fav'!
The Retaking of Outpost LJ-42
Backstory:
November 27th, 1943. The alien fleet has begun it's path of destruction. The fleet has been stationed over Mexico for the past 5 years, sending out huge dropships to the towns and cities. Mexico was destroyed in the first week of the war, every man woman and child was infected and turned into black skeleton-like aliens. The fleet was moving north, moving for the first time in the 5 years of war. If they weren't stopped America would fall. Texas, New Mexico and Arizona are crucial to our counter attack. New Mexico was gassed, Texas hosted a 2 year battle before falling and Arizona was bombed a year ago. Arizona, although bombed, was still inhabitable. Small conflicts raged across the state as the alien ground troops advanced. Today is the day we fight back. At the very bottom of the Arizona desert were two German outposts, LJ-42 and LJ-43. LJ-43 got hit by a plasma bomb, sending rubble everywhere. LJ-42 was subject to viscous attacks from the black beasts, and eventually failed. The Germans were killed and a AA gun was installed to destroy any of our helicopters reaching it. That was a year ago, it's now crawling with aliens and, if intel is right, Russians the alien scum has infected. We're weak, exhausted and tired, but we need to get it back. Our plan is rubbish, but it's the best we have. A small German force will be sent to sneak up and disable the AA gun. Once that's out the way I will lead my American soldiers and jeeps and begin the assault. The Germans will then send in a Kartoffelstampfer,, followed by the Chinese and their new hardsuits. Together we might just pull this thing off...
Notes:
I hate building dioramas. I struggle with anything over 2x2, so I'm surprised I'm still in one piece after building a 48x48. Scenes just aren't my thing. I like building minifigures or detailed grey vehicles that all look the same. That said, I've always wanted to do a big battle thingymabob. Everyone has been pestering me to build a Weird War II diorama and this contest was the inspiration I needed. I rounded up my troops, scrapped my 300 diorama and began building day and night. It's taken me about 50-60 hours to do this. Half was spent building/changing, a quarter was spent searching for a single frickin' piece and the last quarter was spent repairing it after the German Vertical Tank fell on top of everything. There's been ups and downs, but I think it's all been worth it.
Thank you, TheBricks™ for being the 100th fav'!