Good Morning,
Pleased to finally present my latest project in the form of the sixth release by concept miniatures.
A brief background…
The late WW2 vignette represents two US troops hunkered down in the ruins of a damaged house during the Ardennes offensive. Throughout the Winter of late 1944 and early 1945, numerous battles were fought across several towns and villages involving very close quarter conflict, often involving house to house fighting.
The vignette is available to order directly via www.conceptminiatures.com. All orders will be dispatched within 4 working days. Available in three scales; 1/35, 75mm and 90mm. As those who have purchased my figures previously will know, I endeavour to include as few pieces as possible, eliminating numerous hours of preparation time. As a figure painter myself, the last thing I like to do is to have to assemble countless parts before priming / painting. Please note the figures are therefore printed in only two parts plus accessories – the torso, legs, arms and hands are all printed as one, only the head and accessories are separate pieces (water canteens / med bandage and patches).
The house section is printed in only two large pieces plus some smaller sections for the ceiling detail.
FIGURE DETAILS
The troops can be painted to reflect many US infantry units operating in the Ardennes. The BC1000 radio operator wears the wool winter overcoat. No unit patches are printed onto the figure – many winter overcoats were issued to troops at short notice therefore they did not have time to sew on unit patches, (although there were also several that did). The soldier carrying the M1 Garand wears the M1943 combat uniform, fur liner hat underneath M1 helmet and M1 ammo pouch. Three patches will be included with the kit to use on the figure - 101st Airborne (as per render image) 82nd Airborne and US 1ST Infantry Division. (At these scales details will be barely visible on the small patches and smaller details will require hand painting). If you require a particular unit patch that is not included here please let me know and I will include for you. Please note troops in these conditions were not often fully equipped – they were often very short of equipment and ammunition so the the figures are not depicted wearing full battle order… I will however include additional smaller details such as extra water canteens and M1936 belt bandage if you wish to include.
Both troops wear the double buckle combat boot issued in late 1944. In practice, several Airborne units still wore the same jump boots they were issued with prior to landing in Normandy, although there were also several paratroopers that wore the newly issued double buckle boots. This gives the figure painter the option to represent either Airborne units or a general infantry unit.
Please note due to the size of the building section I will not currently be producing in larger than 90mm at this time.
I have included a few images of the 1/35 scale along with the rendered images.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
I will also shortly be painting the vignette myself and look forward to sharing in due course.
Pleased to finally present my latest project in the form of the sixth release by concept miniatures.
A brief background…
The late WW2 vignette represents two US troops hunkered down in the ruins of a damaged house during the Ardennes offensive. Throughout the Winter of late 1944 and early 1945, numerous battles were fought across several towns and villages involving very close quarter conflict, often involving house to house fighting.
The vignette is available to order directly via www.conceptminiatures.com. All orders will be dispatched within 4 working days. Available in three scales; 1/35, 75mm and 90mm. As those who have purchased my figures previously will know, I endeavour to include as few pieces as possible, eliminating numerous hours of preparation time. As a figure painter myself, the last thing I like to do is to have to assemble countless parts before priming / painting. Please note the figures are therefore printed in only two parts plus accessories – the torso, legs, arms and hands are all printed as one, only the head and accessories are separate pieces (water canteens / med bandage and patches).
The house section is printed in only two large pieces plus some smaller sections for the ceiling detail.
FIGURE DETAILS
The troops can be painted to reflect many US infantry units operating in the Ardennes. The BC1000 radio operator wears the wool winter overcoat. No unit patches are printed onto the figure – many winter overcoats were issued to troops at short notice therefore they did not have time to sew on unit patches, (although there were also several that did). The soldier carrying the M1 Garand wears the M1943 combat uniform, fur liner hat underneath M1 helmet and M1 ammo pouch. Three patches will be included with the kit to use on the figure - 101st Airborne (as per render image) 82nd Airborne and US 1ST Infantry Division. (At these scales details will be barely visible on the small patches and smaller details will require hand painting). If you require a particular unit patch that is not included here please let me know and I will include for you. Please note troops in these conditions were not often fully equipped – they were often very short of equipment and ammunition so the the figures are not depicted wearing full battle order… I will however include additional smaller details such as extra water canteens and M1936 belt bandage if you wish to include.
Both troops wear the double buckle combat boot issued in late 1944. In practice, several Airborne units still wore the same jump boots they were issued with prior to landing in Normandy, although there were also several paratroopers that wore the newly issued double buckle boots. This gives the figure painter the option to represent either Airborne units or a general infantry unit.
Please note due to the size of the building section I will not currently be producing in larger than 90mm at this time.
I have included a few images of the 1/35 scale along with the rendered images.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
I will also shortly be painting the vignette myself and look forward to sharing in due course.
