SS
Snipers, 1944 - Forest of Ardennes
Krick - the observer
/ Josef - the shooter
First of all, there are
3 custom items not made by me, the fur camo hat is from Mike (Dog Soldiers)
and I must thank him for taking time to made the hat for me. The
camo pants on Josef and the camo helmet cover of Krick are from Tim (Major
Midnite).
I am always keen to do
sniper figures. After I read the reference books of the SS
camo equipment, especially the interesting camo mask, I decided to give
it a try. Since I am no good in sewing at all (my girlfriend bought
me a sewing machine as a gift for this hobby, but I still have a big headache
when I just looking at this machine...) Well, I know I won't be able
to achieve anything on this one except go back to the good old gluing technique.
Click
here for the pictures of the mask and gloves.
It took me about
3 days to finish this project. Both characters came out quite interesting.
One regret is that I haven't been able to take these figures outside and
take pictures in the field, otherwise, they should look more realistic.
click
here for some detail pictures of Krick
click
here for some detail pictures of Josef
Reference :
1) Waffen SS Camouflage
Uniforms & Post-War Derivatives
by Daniel Peterson, Europa Militaria No.18 ISBN 1-85915-015-2
2) Waffen SS Uniform
in Color Photographs
by Andrew Steven & Peter Amodio, Europa Militaria No.6
ISBN 1-872004-61-x
3)Interview with
3 snipers of the 3.Geb.Div (Thanks to Christoph !) (unfortunately, the
page has been deleted)
4)Mauser
Kar 98 / G43 rifles
Recommend additional
reading re SS operation in Forest Ardennes area, 1944 :
Elite Series No.11,
(Ardennes 1944, Piper & Skorzeny)
OSPREY MILITARY, ISBN 0-85045-740-8
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