A beautyfull new addtion to my WW1 trench

[Jean-Loup]

Other bodies are left where thy fell. This picture is probably from the biggining of the war, as the landscape is still in good condition, and no helmets are visible.

[Okrach]

Well, I hope You are not sleeping in the same room? GREAT display but.... well a little bit excentric... a dead rat (besides it brings A LOT of reality to the display) is rather distasteful, don't You think?

[Glenn Barbaritz]

Jean-loup. amazing pics. some I have never seen before. I also am into the carnage of war. not that I feel it is "cool" or "pleasent" to the eye but none the less, I was always intrigued by the fallen bodies and horrors of the battlefield. I assume I would change my opinion if I saw/felt it first hand but as always... one yearns for his own fantasy, then might detest it when it comes true. but it is a feeling that I cannot escape from. sometimes I truly wish I was born in a different era (and country) to be part of such great movements and to experience the life of a front liner. this was not my destiny though apparently. (atleast not yet) but cool display, I am an avid WWI trench lover also. always have been since 3rd. grade when I first saw "All Quiet on the Western Front." I have seen both versions many times over and still get that same "feeling" when I watch it. Glenn

[Jean-Loup]

"GREAT display but.... well a little bit excentric... a dead rat (besides it brings A LOT of reality to the display) is rather distasteful, don't You think?"
Maybe a bit distastfull, but what the heck. Its there now, and its staying there. A bit of originality doesnt hurt.

Glenn, the first world war is THE war for people with morbid interests like me. I have never been in an active war zone, but have seen a good dose of bodies of people who died a violent death, and it never changed my interest. As you can see in my profile, I am aiming to be a forensic pathologist. It is a very long path thow, and if I do not succeed, I will probably go into an army.

JL

[Ostmark]

Hi Jean

Can i have more detailed shoots from your display plz?
I like it very much and i am also planning to build one

A short description how you made it whould be very nice, just to have
an idea whats about

Anyway its a nice display

Regards
Herbert

[greg.hays]

Hi Jean, I think your display is extremely creative, a great idea. And I don't mind the dried out rat at all adds a touch of realism, altough my wife would never let me get away with that one. Wen I finally buy a house I plan on doing something simiiar with a different theme. Really great job

[CWP]

I love the rat, it's a very close post war reproduction!

Chris P.

[Jean-Loup]

Thanks for the extra comments guys.

Herbert, the trench takes less than 2 squre meters, and is built on a cupboard accessible from behind. There is actualy hardly any mud at all, and I made it in one afternoon. Basicaly just throw mud all over, then when it dries and cracks, fill in the cracks with more mud. Make the thing sturdy so that mud wont fall down every time you touch it. I have no other pictures with me now, but here is a drawing of what its like:

[Ostmark]

Thx Jean for your info

[Soviet]

If you would like to have a huge picture behind your display you should use this program.

http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/wizard.gas?Phase=1

It's realy amazing what you can do with a little .jpeg

[Daniel Murphy]

I like the rat in your display, I wish I had one to put in my unit bunker. In WW1 the swarms of rats and flies were often so bad that the only thing that would stop them was an enemy gas attack which would kill them all off. They would attack dogs, wounded men and would always find a way to get into the soldiers food.
I have a complete ww1 German officers 164th Regt. grouping that I got from an older gentleman who got it from the vet and the vets family. He met the old vet several times. One of the stories he told was that the Germans were issued shot cartidges for the old reichsrevolvers and they were used to shoot rats in the bunkers. During one time period the vets unit was in the line near where a group of French Indochinese (Vietnamese) POWs were working . They often passed them going into or out of the lines and when they found out they ate rats, the men that had killed rats brought them back and gave them to the POWs. He said they were very grateful and cooked them by holding them by their tails and dunked them into a tin can of boiling water to cook them. Bad enough that they ate rats, but rats that had fed on god knows what?
Dan Murphy

[helmuthunter]

Hi, ive got to say i really like it, its one of the most realistic displays i have seen. Congrats on a awesome display and full marks for creativity! regards, John.

[Niblet]

Very creative display! thanks for sharing

[Norman LaBarge]

Ratastic!

[Niblet]

Jean-loup. amazing pics. some I have never seen before. I also am into the carnage of war. not that I feel it is "cool" or "pleasent" to the eye but none the less, I was always intrigued by the fallen bodies and horrors of the battlefield. I assume I would change my opinion if I saw/felt it first hand but as always... one yearns for his own fantasy, then might detest it when it comes true. but it is a feeling that I cannot escape from. sometimes I truly wish I was born in a different era (and country) to be part of such great movements and to experience the life of a front liner. this was not my destiny though apparently. (atleast not yet) but cool display, I am an avid WWI trench lover also. always have been since 3rd. grade when I first saw "All Quiet on the Western Front." I have seen both versions many times over and still get that same "feeling" when I watch it. Glenn

I thought I was the only one who felt this way,,I am into the carnage of war,,also,,what i would do if I was actually confronted with it is something else I suppose