SteveKrieg
Company Commander
G'day all...
Work is proceeding just fine, albeit slowly, with the deep weathering of the Panzer II Ausf. B's (and update pics of them will be posted on the 'Panzer Factory' thread sometime this week) but here's a sneak peak of another crucial ingredient to the overall diorama - the soldier figures. Central to the figure assembly is a 48-man early-war composition infantry platoon which consisted of a 4-5 man platoon HQ in command of four 10-man sections, a three-man mortar team was also attached to provide immediate (plunging fire) support.
So I spent a couple of hours fitting up the platoon in M35 uniforms (even though the all-field grey M40 had begun issue by the invasion of France, many units had yet to receive them). All the additional equipment to fit it out has been assembled, painted and detailed over the last several months so now it's just a matter of putting it all together. Aside from the platoon, there are around another 15 or so figures that'll be used for such areas as sentry post, gun crews and spud-peelers (field kitchen), signallers (5), officers (5), kitchen staff (4) and the unique panzer pioneers (4)...this is aside from the dozen or so tankers and several tank maintenance figures...phew...bound to be quite a show.
Enjoy...Steve
Work is proceeding just fine, albeit slowly, with the deep weathering of the Panzer II Ausf. B's (and update pics of them will be posted on the 'Panzer Factory' thread sometime this week) but here's a sneak peak of another crucial ingredient to the overall diorama - the soldier figures. Central to the figure assembly is a 48-man early-war composition infantry platoon which consisted of a 4-5 man platoon HQ in command of four 10-man sections, a three-man mortar team was also attached to provide immediate (plunging fire) support.
So I spent a couple of hours fitting up the platoon in M35 uniforms (even though the all-field grey M40 had begun issue by the invasion of France, many units had yet to receive them). All the additional equipment to fit it out has been assembled, painted and detailed over the last several months so now it's just a matter of putting it all together. Aside from the platoon, there are around another 15 or so figures that'll be used for such areas as sentry post, gun crews and spud-peelers (field kitchen), signallers (5), officers (5), kitchen staff (4) and the unique panzer pioneers (4)...this is aside from the dozen or so tankers and several tank maintenance figures...phew...bound to be quite a show.
Enjoy...Steve