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A great looking "Diables bleus" or 'Blue Devil!' Always good to see mountain troopers. Berg Heil, Patrick

Awesome work on both figures. The Sledge Racer reminds me of Winston Churchill, plus great expressions on the kid and dog. The lovely pin-up girl figure captures the essence of the 1940's style along the likes of Alberto Vargas and Gil Elvgren. Both kits look to be winners. Horrido! Patrick

Grüß Di' Mark, Excellent work on this FJ bust. Love the face! My only critique is that I've never seen a FJ "bonesack" (jump smock) in LW Blue-gray...it should be in either olive-green or camo (splinter or marsh pattern). I would highly recommend Robert Kurtz's book "German Paratroops"...

Grüß Di' Andy, Great looking sculpt!!! Look forward to seeing it finished. One critique though...the water bottle is hanging too low. It should be clipped to the D-ring on the breadbag. Check out this link: http://www.mp44.nl/equipment.htm Horrido! Patrick

Servus Bergkameraden, Here are some reference and detail photos for the Elan 13 Gebirgsjäger bust: Berg Heil und Horrido! Patrick

Servus Bergkameraden, Here are a few more reference books on Gebirgsjägers: Berg Heil und Horrido! Patrick

Grüß Di' Kevin und Bergkameraden, Great review of the Elan 13 Gebirgsjäger bust...a subject near and dear to me. I will definitely get this figure. I'll add my two cents worth as a historian, researcher and collector of Gebirgsjäger militaria. Rob has done a great job with the Windjacke, but...

The guy in the foreground of the first photo posted is wearing the same red-checked shirt...these are very typical Bavarian style shirts.

Taesung - Yes, that's me during a climb up to 10,000 feet elevation in the French Alps in period uniform and equipment for the reenactment event 'Project Edelweiss 2010." Hope to do it again next summer in the Swiss Alps. As for the shirt, it was very common for German soldiers to wear...

Servus Taesung und Kameraden, Glad to be of assistance. I've been researching and collecting original 1:1 scale militaria, as well as reenacting with this stuff for a long time. This helps me to get firsthand knowledge on how things work and go together. Berg Heil und Horrido! Patrick

Grüß Di' Kameraden, The pouches are not modified. What you are seeing in this photograph is a common practice used by Landsers. This Landser is not wearing the normal "Y-straps" usually seen on German soldiers. He is making use of the shoulder strap that comes with the bread bag by attaching...

Re: new buste 1/9 Greetings René , Great work on the headsculpt so far. Could be a big seller to the 1/6th scale action figure community just as the head. Dragon models put out an action figure of Corporal Steiner. Here's an example of what can be done with these 1/6th scale figures...

Servus Kameraden, Here's a new book available from Schiffer on German Winter Uniforms: Winter Uniforms of the German Army and Luftwaffe in World War II by Vincent Slegers - Schifferbooks.com Horrido! Patrick

Awesome work on the figure, horse, groundwork, and photography!!! What are you using for the photographic background? Horrido! Patrick

Grüß Di' Pava, I asked the artist, Dmytro Zgonnik...who did the box-art, what the item is. It's a typical German 1-liter Steinkrug (stoneware mug) for beer...appropriate for this time of year...Oktoberfest!!! Looks like the mug got a bit flattened in the sculpting/model making process...

What figure is that from? It doesn't look like a smoke grenade to me. Do you have some box art for this? Might be able to figure out what it is suppose to be. Horrido! Patrick

Servus Marina, Excellent work on the figure and diorama base! Really like your Italian camo on the jacket. Drei mal Horrido!!! Patrick

Grüß Di' Karina Well at least you don't have to work with my camera assistant (the gray bearded one)...he doesn't have strong thumbs or a prehensile tail, but does have a strong back and carries me around. :lol: Patrick

Re: Heinz Guderian Bust Mark, Here's a nice example of a General Officer's Tunic on "The Collector's Guild" website: http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Heer/photos/H023561.html Compared to an enlisted tunic: http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Heer/photos/H102065.html Panzers vor...

Karina, Here are some of your videos posted...following Gordy's directions: 2CQoMSQQ5JI KRVrsocw63c 9bIYxgdHppg Nice stuff. Oh...I couldn't resist adding this video about Blondes (hope you don't take offense). ;) 7wC6XRk1_JE Patrick