Italian Alpine Officer WW2

[swralph]

Hi Everyone.
This is my latest from Royal Model 120mm.
Painted with oils and acrylics.
I really enjoyed painting this kit and it was a pleasure to work with.
Hope you enjoy also.
All the best.
Ralph.

 

[Joe55]

Geez, that's another excellent looking piece Ralph.

Something tells me that like Roger, you are going to be in the market for another display cabinet!

Joe

 

[billyturnip]

Lovely smooth work Ralph, nice choice of subject too.
Yes Joe things are getting a little cramped in the cabinets.

 

[swralph]

Geez, that's another excellent looking piece Ralph.

Something tells me that like Roger, you are going to be in the market for another display cabinet!

Joe

Thanks Joe, much appreciated.
I emptied my cabinets a year ago(put them in boxes)and already they are over half filled.
Ralph.

 

[swralph]

Lovely smooth work Ralph, nice choice of subject too.
Yes Joe things are getting a little cramped in the cabinets.

Thanks Roger,much appreciated.
Ralph.

 

[Fransab]

Excellent and beautiful paint and base too. I have also this figure in my grey army, waiting ...

Cheers,

Francisco

 

[Cristian Sartori]

beautiful work, very good painting. But: "The pen, symbol of Alpine, was of variable length between 18 and 20 cm, and until 1913 was tinged with gray. Subsequently retained its natural color. It had to come from the right wing of crows, peacocks and turkeys. For senior officers pen was white. On the left, in correspondence of the tassel, were sewn badges able to inverted V-shaped silver plated wire. During the First World War (1917) the silver wire was replaced by silk for reasons of mimicry".

 

[swralph]

Excellent and beautiful paint and base too. I have also this figure in my grey army, waiting ...

Cheers,

Francisco

Thanks Francisco,much appreciated.
Ralph.

 

[John Bowery]

That's a feather in your cap. Well done.
Cheers
John

 

[swralph]

beautiful work, very good painting. But: "The pen, symbol of Alpine, was of variable length between 18 and 20 cm, and until 1913 was tinged with gray. Subsequently retained its natural color. It had to come from the right wing of crows, peacocks and turkeys. For senior officers pen was white. On the left, in correspondence of the tassel, were sewn badges able to inverted V-shaped silver plated wire. During the First World War (1917) the silver wire was replaced by silk for reasons of mimicry".

Thanks Cristian,much appreciated.And thank you for the info on the pen.I looked at a few pics on google to see what was correct,but couldn't discern it,
All the best.
Ralph.

 

[swralph]

That's a feather in your cap. Well done.
Cheers
John

Thanks John,much appreciated.Nice pun by the way
Ralph.

 

[pmfs]

You are always improving Ralph. Love the result of this clean painting.

Cheers,
Pedro.

 

[Viking Bob]

A very nice painted figure
Bob

 

[colonnello kurz]

Nice piece,my great grandfather was a Alpino in 1°ww and Uncle in the 2°ww,the italian leather ammo pauches and bayonet holder was not in leather color but a kind of green-gray,is a really common mistake ,also many drawings make the same error,is the same pouches of the great war,for the band on the hat look to brown but i am not sure,the pen the conlor is that one Cristian Sartori post before

http://www.collezioni-f.it/alpini/uniformi.html
http://uniformisgaggero.altervista.org/index.php?pagina=1940-1943&numpag=1&subpag=03&numarr=3
http://uniformisgaggero.altervista.org/index.php?pagina=1900-1918&numpag=1&subpag=09&numarr=9
http://www.truppealpine.it/Lista generale penne alpini.htm
http://www.truppealpine.it/Lista generale cappelli alpini.htm
http://www.soldatinari.it/index.php...ew=topic&catid=36&id=71147&Itemid=191&lang=it

 

[Ortigara]

This is actually an Alpino from the first World war and not the second, you just need to correct the title of be post!
As others have said, the webbings and the pouches were painted in olive green (similar to the uniform) before the war

 

[swralph]

You are always improving Ralph. Love the result of this clean painting.

Cheers,
Pedro.

Thanks Pedro,much appreciated.
Ralph.

 

[swralph]

A very nice painted figure
Bob

Thanks Bob,much appreciated.
Ralph

 

[Dan Morton]

Some color references...

All the best,
Dan

 

[swralph]

Some color references...

All the best,
Dan

Thanks Dan,much appreciated.
Ralph.

 

[Dekiman]

This figure (Its exelent) return me to childhood when every Sunday I watched (with other kids from my neighborhood)
movies where partisans fight Italians and Germans.These are great movies like:Battle of Neretva,13.July,Sutjeska,Partizanska eskadrila and so one...
Most famous Italian actor in this movies was Franko Nero in Battle of Neretva.Beside him in Neretva are many other famous actors:Yul Brynner,Orson Welles,Sergei Bondarchuk.Richard Burton have a role of Tito in Sutjeska.
Anyone on this forum from ex Yugoslavia know what I talking about.Others can watch this movies on Youtube.
Thanks Swarlph for presenting this figure.