Vercors 1944 scenery

[Poiter50]

After reading the Osprey on the Vercors 1944 conflict, a couple of us are interested in a 15mm game perhaps leading to a campaign on the period. I am thinking of the initial attack by the FJ against a defended town and then a battle against the Resistance forces by the Gebirgsjager units. What is bothering me is that buildings for the area would tend more to an Alpine style as against the more common type Normandy, Caen or Dieppe ones that appears to be available from a number of manufacturers. Can anyone recommend;

a: photos of the scenery/buildings prevalent in the area

b: Manufacturers of suitable buildings?

Any suggestions welcome. TIA

[peachy rex]

I visited friends in Grenoble a couple of years ago and got a decent look at the area - even went rambling in the hills a bit. Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about getting an authentically alpine look - you can see plenty of the high peaks from Grenoble, but the Vercors itself is firmly in the small mountain/big hill range. Very green, very hilly outside of the river plains (Grenoble itself is flat as a pool table), very rural.

[Poiter50]

Are the buildings similar to those around say, Normandy (including Caen) or Dieppe?

[peachy rex]

I've never been to Normandy, but I've seen a fair bit of other parts of France, and nothing struck me as being regionally distinctive about the architecture. (Except maybe tile roofs - is Normandy slate country?) I can send you some pictures if you'd like - the ones out in the country are actually of the Belledonne, but the Vercors literally starts one valley over from where I was hiking, and I have some taken from Grenoble showing the eastern edge of the Vercors along the Drac.

[Poiter50]

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