Arditi, 1917. Pronto per l'assalto
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Good to see a Italian subject being depicted.
Fine sculpt and full of items to paint and enjoy
Always good to see releases from Castle sculpted by Andrei
Thanks for sharing
Happy releasing
Nap
Fine sculpt and full of items to paint and enjoy
Always good to see releases from Castle sculpted by Andrei
Thanks for sharing
Happy releasing
Nap
Yet another fantastic model by Andrei and again of a rarely seen topic.
I love the body language, the very expressive face and the whole sculpture of this Arditi officer.
As I had the opportunity to translate this here book on the Italian Army in WW1,
with one chapter dedicated to the Arditi units, I'd like to make some remarks, though:
The collar insignia of the Arditi (and of the Alpini, Bersaglieri and the Guardia di Finanza) had a special form called "fiamma a due punte" (flame with two points) instead of the ususal rectangular form, as seen in the photo .
You could also add some rank stars on the sleeves and the special dagger insignia worn on the left upper arm.
And some of the Arditis also painted the dagger insignia onto their Adrian helmet.
That's it for now.
Cheers
Karl
I love the body language, the very expressive face and the whole sculpture of this Arditi officer.
As I had the opportunity to translate this here book on the Italian Army in WW1,
with one chapter dedicated to the Arditi units, I'd like to make some remarks, though:
The collar insignia of the Arditi (and of the Alpini, Bersaglieri and the Guardia di Finanza) had a special form called "fiamma a due punte" (flame with two points) instead of the ususal rectangular form, as seen in the photo .
You could also add some rank stars on the sleeves and the special dagger insignia worn on the left upper arm.
And some of the Arditis also painted the dagger insignia onto their Adrian helmet.
That's it for now.
Cheers
Karl
Mac1966
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Wow! Give me more italian WWI soldier!
Warren SMITH
A Fixture
Very nice sculpt..
phc35
A Fixture
A topic very seldom covered, great work!
Thank you very much for your input, Karl. I sent the pictures that you've provided to Andrei and he will make all necessary changes to the figure. He asked me to tell me a big THANK YOU for the references.
Hi Alexandre,
Always happy to help if I can.
Here are 2 more photos from the above book showing the position of the dagger patch on the sleeve of a 2nd Lt.
and one showing a peculiar habit of the Arditi, sometimes also followed by their officers, to wear the collar of their "di combatimiento" jacket open to display a turtleneck sweater worn underneath.
You can also see that also Italian officers had a lot of leeway when it came to the cut of their jackets (shape of pockets, with or without pleats; buttons visible or not; material and colour, etc) ...
Karl
Always happy to help if I can.
Here are 2 more photos from the above book showing the position of the dagger patch on the sleeve of a 2nd Lt.
and one showing a peculiar habit of the Arditi, sometimes also followed by their officers, to wear the collar of their "di combatimiento" jacket open to display a turtleneck sweater worn underneath.
You can also see that also Italian officers had a lot of leeway when it came to the cut of their jackets (shape of pockets, with or without pleats; buttons visible or not; material and colour, etc) ...
Karl
The Riveteer
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Clear resin gas mask - what a great idea - no fiddly lenses.
David
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