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These can be seen on Zvezda's site. Not quite released yet, as far as I can tell:

http://zvezda.org.ru/?nav=2&set=8083

As you can see, there is a drummer and a disco dancer and a bellhop as well as the more usual poses such as walking with rifle, standing with rifle, running with rifle, and fiddling with rifle.

If they are the right size these will make a great addition to the 3 sets of 'early war' Germans already available from Airfix and HaT, and the 12 other sets of Germans available from Strelets, Caesar, Emhar, LW, and Revell.

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Those look jolly nice to me. A bit skinny compared to the Airfix, but lifelike poses. A pleasant change not to have four or eight officers. Not sure we need 4 Landwehr pointing. Must look into whether the Dienstmütze was worn in action. I think the drummer is OK for very early War.

PDA - don't forget the MGs and Jäger in the HäT pipeline.

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The proof of the pudding is the size. Zvezda usually insist on producing 25mm figures!

If they they can get the size right I may get a set to keep me busy while HaT potter around producing mainly obscure Napoleonic German sets while the pile of WW1 proposed sets gets even longer! ( It would be interesting to know how many -25+?) Will Santa get the British artillery crew before christmas is the $100 question. Will the Easter bunny bring the artillery pieces?

As for Pegasus's WW1 French they must be chopping down the trees to make the outstanding boxes!

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Thanks for the update PDA. Agreed these might be fine if not too skinny.

About the Landsturm and Landwehr wearing Mützen in action or not:

Osprey doesn't have the answer, neither have the other books I have access to. This
http://www.altearmee.de/hilfe/landsturm/index.htm
is quite detailed. Since there was no alternative, and Landsturm wasn't supposed to be in battle if at all possible, it seems likely to me the Landsturm units unfortunate enough to find themselves in a gunfight would wear those caps.

A short summary of the www.altearmee.de text:
1914: black caps mod. 1813 are standard headgear, sometimes replaced by shakos
30 Nov 1914: decree that the caps must be field grey from now on
12 June 1918: decree all remaining caps must be turned in due to lack of Wachstuch material.


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James H wrote:

Not sure we need 4 Landwehr pointing.



Zvezda thought the same and gave us 3. biggrin

Not that it is a big difference, though. Especially if it turns out we cannot use a single one because they're 25mm!



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Oh dear. Short-term memory on the way out.

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Lets hope the Russians follow on soon!

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My short-term memory's not what it was.

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James H wrote:

Oh dear. Short-term memory on the way out.

My short-term memory's not what it was.

Given the timespan of more than 18 hours inbetween these two messages of yours, it appears to me you need not to worry.


Ah, yes, bring on the WW1 Russians. Especially now that my Esci / HäT conversions are nearly done.


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In case anyone hasn't seen it, a lively discussion is taking place on the Strelets Forum about the gent in the peaked cap in particular.

I'm struggling to put him on a battlefield in 1914. AFAIK, NCOs wore the Pickelhaube in combat, and if it's a Landwehr Dienstmütze I can't see him being that close to the action. Any ideas?

http://pub33.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2833323740&frmid=6&msgid=984278&cp=1&cmd=show


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Hi James
Im sure Ive seen at least one photo in a Western front trench dated (1915? I think) the picture also included pickelhaubs, boots, ankle boots and putties... will look it up, I was specifically looking for evidence for the new Zvezda figures and it seemed to me they were justified... However it doesnt mean it was worn in action as it would have made the man in question a likely target....

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According to a thread on Benno's Forum, sales of this set in Russia have begun on September 3rd.

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You can find them in online shops now.

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Got'em at Classictoysoldiers.com. P.S Plasticsolderreview says their right in our scale range! Not big at all!

Greetings, Josh

P.S.S I have seen something in regards to that cap in The German Army in World War I (1) 1914-15 by osprey, an illustration on page 31.

-- Edited by FR73 on Sunday 28th of November 2010 06:53:03 AM

-- Edited by FR73 on Sunday 28th of November 2010 07:57:54 PM

-- Edited by FR73 on Sunday 28th of November 2010 08:00:28 PM

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