Dan Morton
A Fixture
This is a Verlinden 120mm resin kit of a Imperial German Army officer of WWI. I don’t know the name of the sculptor and Verlinden does not identify him. The second lieutenant is running in a crouched position. His pistol is in one extended hand and the other arm is thrown back for balance. An excellent and unusual pose somewhat similar to what could be a companion Verlinden piece, the crouched running grenadier that Verlinden refers to as “All Quiet on the Western Front”. You could put them both together in a nice diorama. The officer comes with a base representing no man’s land. The facial features are particularly good. The uniform of the officer is, I believe, the M1915 feldbluse with long cuffs. I’ve compared the feldbluse cuffs on the figure to pictures of officers in Charles Woolley’s “Uniforms and Equipment of the Imperial German Army”. The cuffs look a little too long or deep. The officer is wearing superbly detailed leather gaiters and boots, his binocular case slung around on his back hip.
Since the figure is crouched and running, it’s very difficult to determine if the piece is in accurate scale. It looks pretty close.
The kit comes in the box shown. Parts are in one plastic zipper bag with packing material around the bag. The parts have a considerable amount of flash and some supporting plastic on one leg that would be tricky to remove. No visible seams and nothing broken or warped.
No instructions. You have to make do with the photos on the box showing the typical front and back view. Lack of instructions and a color guide in the Verlinden kits is a weakness. The running pose with one foot in the air above the fallen tree branch might make assembly a little tricky.
I bought this kit at a reduced rate of $28.00 and it was worth that price. Other retailers offer it for $31.00. Interesting and unusual figure pose, a face with character and interesting uniform aspects make this a figure I’m really eager to start putting together and painting. With a set of instructions, slight improvement in packaging and a painting guide it would be worth $31.00 or maybe more.
Since the figure is crouched and running, it’s very difficult to determine if the piece is in accurate scale. It looks pretty close.
The kit comes in the box shown. Parts are in one plastic zipper bag with packing material around the bag. The parts have a considerable amount of flash and some supporting plastic on one leg that would be tricky to remove. No visible seams and nothing broken or warped.
No instructions. You have to make do with the photos on the box showing the typical front and back view. Lack of instructions and a color guide in the Verlinden kits is a weakness. The running pose with one foot in the air above the fallen tree branch might make assembly a little tricky.
I bought this kit at a reduced rate of $28.00 and it was worth that price. Other retailers offer it for $31.00. Interesting and unusual figure pose, a face with character and interesting uniform aspects make this a figure I’m really eager to start putting together and painting. With a set of instructions, slight improvement in packaging and a painting guide it would be worth $31.00 or maybe more.
