WWI Figures Questions

[fred.]

I received a nice order of WWI goodies yesterday - and very nice they are too.

But there are a couple of figures I am struggling a bit with
British Trench Raiders - one of the 3 poses appears to be marching with slung rifle - and carrying something, (a stick?) in his right hand. This doesn't strike me as a very trench raiding poses - or am I missing something. The other two poses are good, a grenade thrower, and a shotgun armed chap in an open great coat - who just says "get orf my land!" to me.

British Toffee Apple Mortar - this is a mad weapon to start with, a giant bomb on a stick! The standing crewman has a two part stick in-front of him - is this a periscope, or is it a some loading thing?

German Trench Raiders
There is a guy with what looks like a cloak over his head, and a shield, and I think an entrenching tool - is this right - and what would the cloak be? And is the shield metal / painted with cammo?
The guy with the machine pistol - what is he wearing on his head? It looks a bit like a flying helmet?

German Storm troopers - the running pose with rifle slung on his bag, does he have a bag of grenades under one arm, and a stick grenade in the other hand?

Sorry for all the questions - it might be because the figures are still bare metal I am struggling to work out the details (or because I don't know a lot about the period, and some of the strange trench fighting getups).

[Leon]

British Trench Raiders - one of the 3 poses appears to be marching with slung rifle - and carrying something, (a stick?) in his right hand. This doesn't strike me as a very trench raiding poses - or am I missing something. The other two poses are good, a grenade thrower, and a shotgun armed chap in an open great coat - who just says "get orf my land!" to me.

I'll have to check on that one, it could be a whacky stick for hitting Baldrick... 

British Toffee Apple Mortar - this is a mad weapon to start with, a giant bomb on a stick! The standing crewman has a two part stick in-front of him - is this a periscope, or is it a some loading thing?

It's a periscope.

German Trench Raiders
There is a guy with what looks like a cloak over his head, and a shield, and I think an entrenching tool - is this right - and what would the cloak be? And is the shield metal / painted with cammo?

Yep, just a cloak and entrenching tool.  Not so sure on the camo on the shield though?

The guy with the machine pistol - what is he wearing on his head? It looks a bit like a flying helmet?

Yep, will be.

German Storm troopers - the running pose with rifle slung on his bag, does he have a bag of grenades under one arm, and a stick grenade in the other hand?

Yep!

(All answers provided by Dave, cos my knowledge is limited!)

[fred.]

Ta for the speedy answers
These two about the German Trench Raiders though just raise more questions

Quote from: fred    12df on Today at 18:04:58
German Trench Raiders
There is a guy with what looks like a cloak over his head, and a shield, and I think an entrenching tool - is this right - and what would the cloak be? And is the shield metal / painted with cammo?

-- Leon - Yep, just a cloak and entrenching tool.  Not so sure on the camo on the shield though?

What would the cloak be - a shelter half (or is that just WWII) a gas cape? I suppose what colour would it be is really what matters.

Quote from: fred    12df on Today at 18:04:58
The guy with the machine pistol - what is he wearing on his head? It looks a bit like a flying helmet?

-- Leon - Yep, will be.

OK. Why?

Are these two from an Osprey drawing or photos or something? They seem quite extraordinary.

[fred.]

found this photo of the figure painted
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=4830.0


Which suggests that the MP guy isn't wearing a flying helmet, more some kind of cover?

[Leon]

What would the cloak be - a shelter half (or is that just WWII) a gas cape? I suppose what colour would it be is really what matters.

I think it's a gas cap, from old memories of when they were sculpted, that rings a bell in Dave's head.  It would be field grey / brown with a hint of mud!

The guy with the machine pistol - what is he wearing on his head? It looks a bit like a flying helmet?
OK. Why?

Dave says it's a type of leather hat?

[fred.]

OK, makes sense.

A couple of the figures seem to be similar to ones in the Foundry 28mm range (the german with shield) and the British guy with shotgun.

Struggling to google up any photos of small german trench shields - found 1 which is circular, and quite a lot of a much larger shield for MGs