Germans in Winter Uniforms 1943-45

1 November 2007

German Infantry Platoon in Winter Colours.

Andrew Gorman in New Zealand painted up these 1/72nd scale (20mm) figures from Revell with vehicle kits from Airfix & Fujimi.

Part of a German (Heavy) Machine Gun Company - 40mm x 40mm bases.

German PC (Platoon Commander) - the base is 20mm x 40mm.

German Rifle Squad (Section) - the base is 40mm x 40mm.

German HMG Squad - this represents 2-3 real Tripod-MG42's.

The whole Infantry Company.

Infantry and (Fujimi) Jagdpanzer 38t Hetzer.

Another view of the Infantry & Hetzer.

Infantry & (Airfix) StuG IIIG.

(Fujimi) Kubelwagen.

Another view of the Kubelwagen.

The (Fujimi) Hetzer.

A closer side view of the Hetzer.

The (Airfix) StuG IIIG.

(Airfix) "88mm FlaK" deployed for action!

Another view of the '88'.

(Airfix) Sdkfz 7 Half-Track Gun Tractor.

The whole 88mm Gun kit.

I think you’ll agree it’s a fantastic effort my Andrew…

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Tags: 1943, 1944, 1945, 88, FlaK, German, Half-Track, Hetzer, Images, Jagdpanzer, Kubelwagen, StuG, Troops

http://profiles.google.com/seanpmooney1 sean mooney

I like the snow, how did you model it? very nice job.

http://wargaming.info John

Hi Sean – I will chase up Andrew to comment – he told me but I cannot recall now…
Andrew Gorman

Hi Sean,

it was easy……first paint the area you want to be snow a solid white colour. Once dry, mix some baking powder with pva glue to a slightly thick texture. Once this is ready place some on the white painted areas and leave to dry. It will dry a slighlty off white colour but you can dry brush white over it to make it more “snowy” if you wish. If you wnat to make bigger piles of snow then just add more “snow” to the alreaady dry areas. Note: it needs to be dry before adding more otherwise it spreads out instead of up….if that makes any sense?

Hope this helps

Slainte,

Andy

Seanpmooney1

hey thanks guys! I was doing something similar to that (on the whole base) before I read your comment. The problem I had was the stability of soldiers in the pva. How’d you handle affixing the men to the base? I’ll post pics of my amateur attempts with the US!

Sean

http://wargaming.info John

Sean – Andrew used a technique of embedding the figs into Poly-Filla (you might call it spakling or such) – hopefully he will see thsi and comment. For me I just PVA the figs to their MDF or Plywood base first, then sculpt material around them after once they are firmly affixed… As mentioned Andrew skipped this – embedding the figs directly into the Poly-Filla IIRC… Cheers, John.

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