Latest from Steven:
'I know it has been a while since I sent you anything from my painting desk. I’ve been holding off so I can show you the entire SS panzergrenadier company I’ve been working on. Here they are! 90 figures all based up (the thought occurs you can do a full DBA army with less).
The figures are a mix of Battlefront, Forged in Battle and Peter Pig. The three manufacturer’s figures are compatible – there are differences if you know what you are looking for, but the overall effect is fine – which gives a real variety in the poses. The uniforms are about two-thirds summer (green) oak leaf camo to one-third autumn (orange) oak leaf camo, so there are very few figures the same. I painted some Peter Pig Afrika Korps figures as SS – the peaked caps instead of helmets provide more variety.
I also spent a lot more time and effort doing the bases. Baueda do a nice range of scenic bases, as well as individual crates, barrels etc. There are some tree stumps and fallen logs I modelled from green stuff too. I took a lot of inspiration from an excellent Fallschirmjaeger army I have seen online. I really like this guy’s stuff.
Some pictures below. As ever, photography has been a struggle. There are lots of details such as the SS collar insignia, and markings on some of the headgear, which just don’t show clearly.'
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1 The whole company arranged into three platoons
plus HQ.
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2 A more ground level view
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3 Figures on the Baueda scenic bases. The
far-right (political views aside) figure is a Peter Pig DAK painted as SS
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4 The middle base is another scenic base, whilst
the other two have individual crates etc added.
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5 Another closer view. The middle base has a bomb
crater modelled with green stuff (although the SMG-wielding sergeant partially
obscures it).
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6 Close-up of the HQ (front).
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7 Close-up of the HQ (rear). The company
commander and the sergeant with the raised hand are each wearing a watch which
I modelled with green stuff. They are tiny!
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8 The figure kneeling to fire doesn't have a camo
cover on his helmet (this is a Forged in Battle figure, and a number of them
have camo-less helmets), so I painted the SS decal on the side. Again, it is
tiny. I made good use the “psycho” paintbrush for these details. From my research, I think
these decals were only on the right side of the helmets.
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10 Close-up of the Lieutenant and his team,
showing the SS collar insignia.
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11 The tree stump was scratch-made from a lump of
green stuff. I have also made use of ready-made flowers throughout the company
to give the bases more variety and colour.
These units look excellent and your effort with the bases certainly shows them off well.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It was time-consuming but I am pleased with the end result
ReplyDeleteExcellent work and atmospheric bases.
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
I'm tempted to try and do a few bases like that myself. Might have toi ask Steven for a tutorial first though.
DeleteThank you Alan. It is nice putting together little 'stories' on each base
DeleteDad, yes I can give through the steps in a bit more detail for you if you wish
DeleteOr you could send it to me and I'll post on the blog?
DeleteThese are hot stuff - who are they going to fight?
ReplyDeleteThank you. I have some Soviets, but no actual opponent at the moment
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