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[WesternOutlaw]

Hello everyone,

Hope you and your families are all well. Over the past several months, I've been building up my Normandy Village collection. Many of you have commented on images I've been posting along the way. As always, your comments/feedback are always appreciated! I'm finally at a point where I do not have much more to add (perhaps maybe a piece or two); but in any case, I took a few images of the entire scene this morning located at the base of my fireplace.

Finding an appropriate backdrop was extra tricky but I finally decided on one that might do the little war village justice.

Thank you all for following along.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Rob,

The backdrop is perfect. You can't tell where the village ends and the backdrop begins.:salute::

 

[lancer]

Agree with Louis. It's the perfect, seamless backdrop for the prototypical French village. Beautiful job. -- Al

 

[mikemiller1955]

Rob...that's awesome...a really nice display!

 

[OzDigger]

Hey Rob, great job of blending those model buildings with the background, looks like a real French village.

 

[wwiibuff]

Awesome looking village Rob.

 

[villagehorse]

Yep you have nailed it Rob. Now it’s time to enjoy it. Robin.

 

[Horus]

The background photo blends in really well with your village buildings Rob, well done !

Steve

 

[Guy]

A very nice display and a more than appropriate backdrop.

guy

 

[Poppo]

Very,very nice! You put the houses in very good positions {bravo}}

 

[WesternOutlaw]

Thank you all for the very nice comments. :salute::

Here is more of a traditional period photo:

 

[marco55]

Great looking setup!
Mark

 

[WesternOutlaw]

Great looking setup!

Thanks Mark

Very,very nice! You put the houses in very good positions

Hi Poppo, appreciate that. One would be surprised how difficult it is to position the various buildings (4 in this case). All the buildings have so much exquisite detail and artwork that you want to show them in a manner to maximize the perspective. Even lining them up side-by-side does not show the side artwork of buildings like the Deux Maisons (SP060). In my layout, you cannot see the Cremerie (SP056) by looking straight at the diorama.

I must have positioned these a few dozen times trying different layouts. This one is the current layout which seems to work pretty well with my other pieces.

 

[Mike97]

Bravo Rob, such a great scene you've put together.

 

[WesternOutlaw]

Bravo Rob, such a great scene you've put together.

Thanks Mike; appreciate the nice feedback.

 

[Grognard]

From a French native: well done with the background! This looks like my home town! :smile2:

 

[WesternOutlaw]

From a French native: well done with the background! This looks like my home town! :smile2:

Thanks much. Appreciate the feedback. If I captured the look of the real deal, I did okay. What a cool place to grow up in.

 

[Grognard]

From a French native: well done with the background! This looks like my home town! :smile2:

Thanks much. Appreciate the feedback. If I captured the look of the real deal, I did okay. What a cool place to grow up in.

Here is a picture from my home town: Tours (the old part). As you can see it's pretty close

 

[WesternOutlaw]

Here is a picture from my home town: Tours (the old part). As you can see it's pretty close

That is pretty close. Thanks for sharing. :wink2:

 

[King & Country]

Here is a picture from my home town: Tours (the old part). As you can see it's pretty close

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Ah, la belle France!
I am a Francophile...and I love this photo and this whole ‘thread’.
Great work all round. Well done,
Andy.