Grisha Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 This is my second retyped post after the first blew up, because I had one more than the maximum 8 pics. Thought I'd help keep the CMBB fire alive and do my part. Enjoy T-34/76. These tanks should be fun to drag race across the CMBB battlefield. Latter T-34 w/85mm. Makes the drag racing still fun later in the war. What will most likely be every German players nightmare, ISU-152. Tiger, pillbox, building, the 'animal hunter' just doesn't care. IS-2. Can you say 'Pobeda'? Banner of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, initially commanded by Katukov. This excellent tank commander went on to become commander the 1st Tank Corps and then the 1st Guards Tank Army. The banner reads, "Death to the German Invaders, 1 Guards Tank Brigade." A couple of nice dioramas from the Museum of Victory. This one depicts the Moscow winter counteroffensive. Kursk diorama. Brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 Dang! You can only place 7 pics, not 8 as listed. Oh, well, at least I copied the text this time. Here's the last one Finally, some Russian culture. Beautiful cathedrals within the Kremlin walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaky ol'man w/very long wings Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Great pictures, but liked the diorama best. Second diorama didn't open. It will be good to see. thank you. ps: imo, your dioramas are better than bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpig Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Holy crapolla! Nice pictures. But they take FOREVER to load!!! Can you make them smaller? Or is it something else . . .? Gpig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaky ol'man w/very long wings Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Got it after reply, download just to slow on this end. Great Painting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukkov Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 very good, comrad! i know the invaders will suffer a terrible defeat at the hands of these magnificint machines!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Grisha, thx for posting, great pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexford Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Thanks. Every picture is terrific. The Kursk scene is hectic looking, something that doesn't really come across that well in books. A very profitable trip, for sure! Lorrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 The last one looks like it is done in the same style as Terence Cuneo's stuff. Very nice, would love to see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 The dioramas say it all, "Deutschland, kaputt!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaky ol'man w/very long wings Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Grisha, I'm sorry I called the pictures of the miniatures great paintings ( a sign that I'm going blind), but hey, I will call cm a great painting too. It's only a question of perspective. Someone may say is a LOS issue. The pictures of the tanks are fearfull, as it always would appeal to the eye. In a totally different sense, it wouldn't be a bad idea to know of all those fearfull and terrific battles depicted in the dioramas done in childhood, when a child is a commander with a running nose and scratched knees. It will be fun to know, of those hard fought battles in the living room or garden? Refering from memory to writing those dioramas from the time before all talent was lost. Believe me, it can't be a bad reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 freaky, The dioramas are actually paintings for the most part. Massive paintings, but still paintings. It's only the very foreground that is 'real', so your initial impressions were correct All, I should also point out that some of those cathedrals have been around since the 13th century, and one (or is it two?) of those cathedrals contain the tombs of much of the royal lineage of Russia. I really wanted to see Ivan the Terrible's tomb, but his wasn't publically accessible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdog Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Grisha, Thanks for sharing these, diorama/paintings kinda remind me of similar things I have seen in Gettysburg, battlefield horror on a grand scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 BTW, why does a Guards unit not have the Guards badge on it's unit banner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissar Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Excellent pictures. The diaramas rock. Can't wait to go back to the motherland next summer to see them firsthand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runyan99 Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Nice pics. The Moscow Winter Counteroffensive just became my new wallpaper. What does "Pobeda" mean? I have seen it in Guy Sajer, also spelled "Pobieda". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killmore Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Grisha - have you heard about the movie "Kurskaja duga". I depicts the whole battle and I recall some amazing pictures. (Like T-34s crushing into tiges) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted July 24, 2002 Author Share Posted July 24, 2002 Commissar, I don't know why, regarding the Guards badge. None of the banners had anything other than their unit names. Runyan99, 'Pobeda' is Russian for 'victory'. killmore, I haven't seen that movie, but I did buy a video of a new WWII film that just came out in Russia called 'Zvezda' or 'Star'. It's a remake of an older movie, which itself was an adaptation to a novel. The movie is about the razvedchiki, or special reconnaissance troops who were the forerunners of Soviet special operations troops, more commonly known as 'Spetsnaz'. The movie was great, and unlike the original film, was more faithful to the novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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