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Been hankering to put my first dio together and found myself really drawn towards doing one from the FIW using J.J. pieces.


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Out of the shipping box from Treefrog.

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Out of their boxes, free at last!

Some close ups. Sorry for the subpar pics but I just took some quick ones.

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I have a few pieces more or order and on the way, some pieces Treefrog did not have in stock. Including a nice 24" x 12" base mat w/river to use. Not really looking to set up a dio based on hard history but just a possible encounter in the wild between my brave French friends and those sneaky land stealing English! I have some Frasier Highlanders on the way to represent the Brits.

Also picked up some trees from a local hobby shop.

Problem is as you can see is that in my buying madness I picked up some fellows in snowshoes and a set of a wounded general in Quebec. NOt really going to fit in my woodland encounter I am going to do. Guess that means at least 2 more dios I will have to set up in the future.....{sm4}

I will keep updating pics as I put it together. The mat will be here this week so I can set it up (or start to at least) when that arrives.

Thanks for looking.
 
Thank you for sharing ... Nice pieces.

Looking forward to your dio set up :)

Bests
OD
 
Ruggles...glad to see another JJD collector...I think the Snow Shoes series is one of John's best...such a diverse and unusual little conflict...
 
congratulations Ruggles, we are all happy to see your next dio steps, JJD's are the FIW best figures,
Carlo
 
Very colourful figures, must be a delight to own. Set out in your forest they will look fantastic.^&cool
 
Good choices. I collect the Plains of Abraham sets. Sort of Canada's Gettysburg.

The French general is Montcalm, but I don't see a problem using him in a woodland scene - there were lots of officers in the woods. Go ahead and mix them up.

Terry
 
Thanks to all for the kinds words :)

I hope to get the remainder of the pieces I ordered this week in the mail. As soon as I do I will post some pics of putting them together in the start of the dio. Like I said this is all piecemeal history, gonna set it up for a "what if" setting. I do not want to over populate the dio, one of the factors I like about the FIW is the huge field of battle vs the low number of combatants compared to most wars. Just a vast wilderness which itself was as much an opponent as the enemy was to both sides.

Heck this could be trouble, already planning other dios have not even started this one yet really, much less finish it. {sm4}

Is this what I can look forward too? I am doomed! {sm3}
 
Hi Ruggles, unfortunately you are doomed! I bought a few Conte Zulu to put together a small diorama with no expectation to do anything else. I now have JJD Sudan (pretty much finished), 1812 (almost finished), some FIW (just started), K&C AWI (still tinkering) as well as various miscellaneous sets which were a good price and I liked so I bought "to do something with later".

The FIW are great though. I have 2 QLD sets defending a log cabin from 2 WIM sets but always on the lookout for more.....

The trees look good - where are they from?

Simmo
 
simmo said:
Hi Ruggles, unfortunately you are doomed! I bought a few Conte Zulu to put together a small diorama with no expectation to do anything else. I now have JJD Sudan (pretty much finished), 1812 (almost finished), some FIW (just started), K&C AWI (still tinkering) as well as various miscellaneous sets which were a good price and I liked so I bought "to do something with later".

The FIW are great though. I have 2 QLD sets defending a log cabin from 2 WIM sets but always on the lookout for more.....

The trees look good - where are they from?

Simmo
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Buying something "to do something with latter" is going be the death of me :)

The trees are from a local hobby store from their model train department. Made by:

http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/?

I paid $14.99 for the small set and $16.99 for the larger set.

Yeah I see some money flowing outwards for a time with all the great sets out already! {sm4}
 
Placed the first pieces into a small dio. Go easy on me it's the first one I have ever built :redface2: I need to work out the best photography methods as well, I am not happy with these pictures. There are many facets to building and photographing I need to work on yet.

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While out on patrol during near the Canadian border during the winter of 1759 Alexis Florent & Benoit Nicodeme of the French militia pitch a temporary shelter and fire pit. Benoit injured his knee falling as he climbed down a rock face. As the two decided their next step they hear the unmistakable sound of approaching human coming from the surrounding woods. They are seen reacting to that possible danger.
 
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Jonathan...nice picture...they look cold...that's my favorite JJD series ever...all "one off sets"...lots of personalities...lots of different faces...no need to buy multiples...a great series...
 
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