All,
So, here we are at the first (of several) forces I did not build and paint myself. This entire force was built and painted by "King's Colours" on Ebay. He does great work and I really didn't feel like painting and basing snow troops so I splurged and bought these (as well as Soviets and Americans in the snow). It's all Warlord stuff from one of their Army boxes, and it's built in what you'd need for a rifle platoon, and it's painted and based very nicely. My only complaint is that there are a number of panzerfausts and Stg-44s, making it suitable only for late war, so I am going to have to buy some infantry types and paint and base them myself in order to have enough troops to run early/mid-war rifle platoons. But that is not the fault of the guy I bought them from, that is just an issue of personal preference. All in all I'd say it was money well spent, and I'll just flesh these out with a few packs from Nick at Northstar (either Artizan or Crusader).
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The officers, very nicely cast in metal, very nicely painted.
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Some soldiers with Stg-44 assault rifles.
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Some riflemen with panzerfausts.
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A pair of riflemen, Mauser and G43.
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And an MG-42 on tripod.
To see a bunch more photos, please check the blog at:
https://blackhawkhet.blogspot.com/2025/06/28mm-wwii-winter-germans-by-warlord.html
Pretty doggone cool, just need a few more troops to fill them out for the entire war and they'll be set.
V/R,
Jack
Very nice
Remember, the Germans at Stalingrad were told to eat 5000 calories a day to survive in winter. It's impossible to eat that much saurkraut!
My goodness, I can take a little bit of sauerkraut, but...
V/R,
Jack