New Alpine figgies painted *7-19*

Wow, that is just some great work! you never fail to impress!

    Thanks, Jim

Manny,

Both of the figures look fantastic! 

Excellent work, Manny.

You ever pick up and work on the TANK figs? I'm addicted to them. Expensive habit...

Schnobs wrote:

Manny, Both of the figures look fantastic!

Hey Manny,

You my friend are the bar for figures for me so apperciate the nod for sure.  I did position him looking through the binocs for two reasons:

1. I thought it would look cool which it does
2. I am still working on getting faces down and I did not want to waste $16.00 for a bad figure :)

Couple historical accuracy q's for you Manny.  Why is the collar painted a different color and what is the reason for the band around the right arm?  Unit designation I would suppose.

Please excuse the hijacking of your thread.  I would love to see a group photo of all your figures I bet that would be cool!! 

great as always!  I really liked the silver along the bottom of the trooper's helmet.  It added that little extra something.

Your work is always a treat to view manny!

Schnobs wrote:

Hey Manny, You my friend are the bar for figures for me so apperciate the nod for sure.  I did position him looking through the binocs for two reasons: I thought it would look cool which it does I am still working on getting faces down and I did not want to waste $16.00 for a bad figure :) Couple historical accuracy q's for you Manny.  Why is the collar painted a different color and what is the reason for the band around the right arm?  Unit designation I would suppose. Please excuse the hijacking of your thread.  I would love to see a group photo of all your figures I bet that would be cool!!

Why is the collar painted a different color? Up until a new tunic was developed in '42, the "old" style tunic was a field-grey color with a black-green collar...you see these in period pics through about '43 and then rarely after that, except for officers and rear-area troops...the new tunic had a simplified design and was uniformly field-grey...Early trousers were also noted to have a "bluish" shade to them, particularly the officers' riding breeches...

I like the added touch of the garrison cap being tucked into his belt...I painted mine a shade of "mouse" grey to offset the tunic...

and what is the reason for the band around the right arm?  Unit designation I would suppose. The cuff-titles were more common in the SS but some elite Heer formations wore them as well, most notably the Grossdeutchland units...the SS wore them on the left arm while the Heer sported them on the right...

The tanker is Heer also and is wearing an unusual leather coverall with zippers...this was far more common later in the war w/ the 12th SS being famous for wearing black U-boat leathers in Normandy...

Those are very well done, Manny.  It's funny, I always appreciate the fine work around here, but it's only when I start to tackle a new thing like Figures that I begin to notice the amount of skill and hard work/time that go into the various aspects of this hobby.  The leathers and highlighting are very realistic.

Bill 

Citadelgrad87 wrote:

Those are very well done, Manny.  It's funny, I always appreciate the fine work around here, but it's only when I start to tackle a new thing like Figures that I begin to notice the amount of skill and hard work/time that go into the various aspects of this hobby.  The leathers and highlighting are very realistic. Bill