Very nice! And a very useful set to add to any scene involving stationary weapons or machinery. I imagine that for every cannon there was a large croup of men before and during battle, working on improving the place, setting ramparts, clearing roads, etc.
One thing I always thought curious is that the "working drills" of the German soldiers were white. Wonder if that was to force the regular cleansing of the uniforms, or if the white -bleached- colored cotton fabric was just cheaper than the wool cloth used for other tenures.
BTW, on the colourized postcard, I love the thick soldier inside the trench in the middle of the photo, just "trimming up" the edges of the works. Fat soldiers always look funny. And white doesn't really helps him. D.
-- Edited by d_fernetti on Thursday 6th of June 2013 01:57:25 PM
Very, very good and lifelike figures!!!!!!! I hope the become available in the US soon so I (and probably some other people too) can buy some of these outstanding figures.
Just what the Korps Kommandant ordered! let me know when they'll be ready. Then I can stop converting Revell WWII's!
Greetings, Josh
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"General, you have nobly protected your forts. Keep your sword...to have crossed swords with you has been an honor, sir." General der Infantrie, Otto von Emmich
4mm.when I started W^D it was my initial intention to do figures to go with my WDLR (War Department Light Railways) locos,rolling stock etc. British modellers use the scale of 4mm=1 foot,which is odd,but so are British modellers !!!
As Poilu says they equate to 1:76 but my figures have been described as 1:72.
From the initial intention of just doing figures for the WDLR the monster I have created has gone out of control. But I am finding it very enjoyable and I am getting positive feed back.So I will be continuing to be bring out new figure sets,vehicles, rolling stock etc.
Hope that helps with the 4mm thing. Perhaps I should put the enclosed on the web site.
Diago,I did not realise you were in the "Fashion Police" !!!!!
-- Edited by baldwin on Friday 7th of June 2013 10:34:52 AM
Fascinating. In that picture of the cannon crew, one sees some "formal" attired men (the NCO, presumably) with others less structured uniforms formed by working drills pants and comon grey-green wafferocks. And on the first picture of the loco, ther guy with the civilian cardigan under the tunic -faithfully reproduced on your figures- is a surprising, yet completely logical attire (why not using an extra layer of wool on chilly days?). Hopefully the cardigan is a matching colour with the outer tunic!
