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Great sculpture and painting...really like the specular highlights in the eyes, plus the way you painted the fluffiness of the blanket...fantastic work by both you and your wife! :thumb:

Greetings Korina, They usually show at Kulmbach and other shows in Germany. They are from the München area. I use to build boxed dioramas for them to take to shows. Here's their website: http://www.hecker-goros.de/index.html I really miss living in Europe and traveling about to other...

Here's a good little reference book to get: http://www.amazon.com/German-Pionier-1939-45-Engineer-Wehrmacht/dp/1846035783...

Grüß Di' Karina, Herzlich Willkommen! Welcome to the planet. Look forward to seeing more of your beautiful work. In your travels, if you run into my old friends Max Hecker and Otto Goros of Hecker & Goros Zinnfiguren, please tell them hello from me. Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Amerika, Patrick

Re: Heinz Guderian Bust Excellent work on the bust! Though the sculpt does remind me a little of Captain Kangaroo.:) You be the judge:

Grüß Di' Bergkamerad Robert, Any possibility of getting your GJ bust to the USA? I would love to get one. Here's a reference photo of one of my original Windjacke in my collection: Bergheil, Patrick IMG_0156 by bergfuhrerkiser, on Flickr

Nice looking figure, though the gas mask canister, mess kit and canteen seem to be a bit undersized to my eyes. Here's a great reference site for German field gear: http://www.mp44.nl/

From what I can figure out from my references, the official QM nomenclature would be: CAP, WINTER, FUR LINED This was one of the several winter caps that were available at the time. The special arctic clothing was originally used by the small army garrison stationed in Alaska which had a...

Yeah...they were still being issued WWI uniforms...he was with an anti-aircraft battery:

Hola Diego, Nice looking start...is he going to be French or German? My grandfather attended France, 1940 :thumb: Cheers, Patrick

Greetings Jack, Good to see a fellow DC-er onboard! Do you know of the National Capital Model Soldier Society (www.ncmss.org)? They have a show coming up this Saturday, Sept. 10th at NoVA Community College. I'm also just getting back into figure painting after a long hiatus due to marriage...

Grüß Di' Tony, Great photography! Look forward to seeing more. Any Gebirgsjäger reenactors there?

Servus Bergkameraden, The best part of any hobby is interacting with others and sharing knowledge...that's what makes things enjoyable. My interests are in 1930-40's civilian mountaineering and WWII mountain troops from all countries. I've been collecting this stuff for quite some...

This guy has gone through a 'Frozen Hell" with direction signs to lead him there!!! Well done. And like Ski said...but I think he froze off not only his hind quarters...but everything below his chest!! :eek: Drei mal Horrido! Patrick

Coming from a video production background, 5600 K lighting is what we use for daylight color balance. But that can turn yellow when the dust storms blow in!!! o_0

Bonjour et Grüß Di' Adrien, Welcome to the group! Look forward to seeing your work. Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Amerika, Patrick (my Grandfather in Metz)

Greetings Igor, Yes, I have a copy of that book. Unfortunately, I cannot read Russian! :( But it does have some good photographs and artwork. Patrick

Grüß Di' Igor, Always exciting to see new mountain troops! Just wish there was more information written about Soviet mountain troops in English. I did find some nice photographs of these guys at the National Archives recently. I'll have to post them. Berg Heil, Patrick

Laurent, Thanks! Yes, I know Royal Model's figures. The Heeresbergführer figure above is a conversion from a Royal Model kit. Horrido! Patrick

Hola Diego, Thanks for posting the photos. Looks like some good mountain training! Bergheil! Patrick@12,000 feet