Painting Challenge Submission 5 - More Winter WW2 Germans.

More 28mm WW2 Germans in Winter kit. Figures from Warlord Games.

My submissions to Curt's Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge have become pretty focused. In this fifth submission, once again, are more 28mm WW2 Germans wearing winter kit.  These are metal sculpts from Warlord Games' "Bolt Action" range, and if they look similar to the ones in my last submission, it is because they are! When I made the decision to dive into winter WW2 in 28mm, I ordered a few boxes of these of from Warlord.  I will round out the collection with more figures from their range, but these lovely metal sculpts will form the core of the 28mm force.

This pose for German MGs is iconic, maybe a little-overused, but I never get tired of it...looks great. That fellow at the front must have one of the worst jobs...

Great details on the figures.

Most of the figures in this box have separate heads, so I was able to swap them around a bit to ensure these figures were not EXACTLY the same as the last ones. Together with an effort to change the odd feature on the painting - black leather instead of brown, swapping white for grey here and there, if hopefully shakes things up a touch.  That said, there will be a certain tattered uniformity or variety (?) to this collection as it takes shape - these troops are struggling against the winter as well as the enemy...

NCO on the square base, accompanied by one of his riflemen.

Another view of the NCO.

Assortment of troops, lots of late-war goodies here - rifles, grenades, assault rifles, panzerfausts.

Great figures from Warlord.

I am really enjoying painting these figures. The sculpts have a lot of character to them - they look tough and weary, all at once, and it just seems "right", particularly for troops fighting along the Eastern Front in the winter time.  The winter here in Winnipeg continues its plunge towards brutal depths (more snow, daytime "high" temperatures in the double-digit minus celsius figures, wind etc.) I am fortunate to be safe and warm, of course, but the outside conditions are helping to focus my mind on this project - hopefully that focus can continue for another one or two submissions...we'll see...

Ready for some action on the ost front...

Festooned with rifles and kit, ready for some kind of doomed stand...

These figures were worth another 50 points, toward my total goal of 1000 points for the three-month Challenge period.  They are also bringing this new collection of 28mm WW2 Germans toward some sort of playable size for a game of Bolt Action at some point. Stay tuned for more, and thanks for looking!