Gefreiter Müller, Panzergrenadier Division 'Großdeutschland'

[ErGide72]

Hello gentlemen!

Think I'm done...

Gefreiter Müller
Panzergrenadier Division 'GD', Kursk 1943

1:16th scale, complete self sculp (except the head and some hardware...)
Painted and weathered with acrylics.
Thanks for looking!

Grtz
Erik

 

[Warren SMITH]

Very nice work.. But not sure about the creases/seams at front of trousers...

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Wonderful work and painted

Mobo

 

[Bundook]

Obergefreiter.

 

[ErGide72]

Thanks GUYS! Really appreciated!

@WarenSMITH: about the seams, just followed the different models/pics I used to built this figure. Maybe they ironed it first before going into combat... ;-)

@Bundook; Absolutely right!! (But in colloquial it would be 'just' Gefreiter (after experience... ;-))

E

 

[Nap]

Hi Erik

All credit to you for completing this piece , looks good to me , can't comment ref sculpting but the piece works for me , nicely painted as well , like the variations in uniform colour and wear and tear


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Nap

 

[1969]

Lovely work Erik, well done mate.
Steve

 

[Martin64]

@Bundook; Absolutely right!! (But in colloquial it would be 'just' Gefreiter (after experience... ;-))

E

Hi Erik,
nice work.
He is obviously in action with the Infantry (white lining around the shoulder flaps and inside the collar boards - in difference to Panzergrenadiers that had applegreen lines as "Waffenfarbe") at the Eastern front - has picked up an MP 40 with one magazin - therefore slung his K 98 to his back and carries some spare rounds for the machine gun (so maybe he is a ammo bearer of an MG-Team) and in addition is packed with grenades. A kind of "one-man-army".
His rank "Obergefreiter" (Private First Class) was a promotion from the "Gefreiter" (Private) so he would not have liked to be addressed as Gefreiter. The usual abreviation used was "OG" (spoken "OhGeH").
Cheers, Martin

 

[ErGide72]

Thanks again guys! Your comment are really appreciated!!!

@Martin64: See attached pic concerning the white lining with Großdeutschland!
And as said, going to my experience in the army, among the comrades I was still called Gefreiter. For official (and superiors) it was of course Ober Gefreiter. (A bit depending on the individual preferences/self loving carracter ;-))



Cheers
E

 

[Martin64]

LOL -wasn´t aware that you used ranks at all among comrades - I was with the Paras and we just used our first names within our group... - anyway no biggie.