Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Germans (and more mortars for Greg!)

Just a handful more Germans, using the Airfix Afrika Korps as late war infantry.  I tried a few basic head swaps (as suggested by Leif, thanks!), which add a nice bit of variety.


Also completed the MG34 gunner.  No loader/assistant gunner, but still a favourite figure from Airfix.



I'll finish the basing shortly.

And now, just for Greg (because he asked), here are some more shots of the Italeri US Airborne Mortar.






I'd love to see what whoever sculpted these would do with a full range of airborne.  There's lots of great detail on these, with the amount of kit they're carrying (carbines, pistols, packs, entrenching tools etc) and the gloves that seem to have been quite common.  In fact if you look carefully at the guy with the mortar round in the second to last photo, you can see that they've even sculpted on the gas testing patch worn on the upper right arm!  The needs of the mould occasionally let them down thought, particularly on the boots and the carbines, which are located where it's tricky to get much detail into them.

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  1. The Angry Lurker12 November 2013 at 12:32

    Nice work Alan, very clean.

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    1. Alan M12 November 2013 at 15:44

      Thanks. Even with their age, these are still lovely sculpts to work on (if you can pick out the ones without too much flash that is!)

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  2. Jacksarge Painting12 November 2013 at 15:08

    The Afrika Korps work really well as LW Germans, well done!

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    1. Alan M12 November 2013 at 15:48

      If you ignore the lack of gaiters they do work well. The one with the SMG is even carrying what appears to be a Beretta, which were quite common later, so I gather.

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  3. FriendlyFire12 November 2013 at 18:07

    I always found you had the perfect Feldgrau for the German Uniforms. Great work once again Alan.
    FF

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    1. Alan M13 November 2013 at 10:55

      Thanks, but there's no great secret to it, just vallejo German Field Grey over a black undercoat, wash of dark brown (GW Devlan Mud), then repaint the highlights

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  4. Greg12 November 2013 at 22:17

    Thank you for the additional pics Alan, your work is excellent. FF I feel that way over Alan's Airborne uniforms!!

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  5. Service Ration Distribution (Hobby)13 November 2013 at 08:50

    Just entered into the murky world of head swapping myself....please don't tell anyone...I think these DAKs have been transformed and the mortar crew is fabulous. Well done.

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  6. Al29 December 2013 at 16:13

    Lovely work Alan

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