Eichhörnchen's Armies

[Eichhörnchen]

Yes he would - I did tickle a little bit of colour into his 'tache since it's a generous one

[Eichhörnchen]

Lone Star warrior king from the same 'Harvey' series. Normally this figure will have a chewed sword, so here's one that hasn't - also a link to two of the knights in armour from the series I posted already:

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...1&postcount=43

[Eichhörnchen]

My favourite figure from Cherilea's Elizabethan set. There's a similar group of cavaliers and roundheads from the English Civil War, all in dynamic and dramatic poses - mainly fencing

[Eichhörnchen]

Repainted!

Monty - one-eyed, battle-worn and in need of a repaint. I know some folks believe you should leave original paint alone - even if there's hardly any of it left - but I don't like looking at a scruffy figure, especially when he's a general

Rommel is in my toy box too, somewhere, so I'll re post when they've beem smartened up

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

, especially when he's a general

Beg pardon sire, but wasn't he a "Field Marshal"? The Damn Yankees were ''over there, over paid! and over sexed" and had to create the 5-star 'General of the Army' rank to stay equal to the British rank in SHEAF dealings; particularly when Eisenhower picked Monty to hold the northern shoulder of the Ardennes over 4-star Omar Bradley against the German's Battle-of-the-Bulge futile thrust on Antwerp as 4-star Patton advanced from the south into the German left flank...

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Well he was technically a field marshal but essentially also a general - just as his opponent Rommel was a "generalfeldmarschall"

[Eichhörnchen]

I found Rommel hiding behind a sand dune along with a couple of surrendering Afrika Korps. The one on the left ts pretty mediocre but The Desert Fox himself is worth a repaint I think

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

I found Rommel hiding behind a sand dune along with a couple of surrendering Afrika Korps.

Looks like James Mason to me.

[Eichhörnchen]

Did you clock the monocle? And he does look like JM now you mention it

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Did you clock the monocle? And he does look like JM now you mention it

...nonsense; that's what he looked like after inbibing the cyanide capsule!??...his blue Max does need touching up though!

[em2nought]

Didn't know Rommel had a Blue Max, thought those were only for flyers for some reason.

[ET2SN]

You'll probably get a kick out of this:

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by ET2SN

You'll probably get a kick out of this:

Never thought of Russians as being people who would be particularly interested in toy soldiers, but then I didn't think they'd be interested in making something as great as the IL-2 Sturmovik flight sim either.

[August]

Originally Posted by em2nought

Didn't know Rommel had a Blue Max, thought those were only for flyers for some reason.

They were easier for flyers to get because the standards (8ea, later raised to 16ea, downed enemy planes) were straight forward.

Most of the non pilot recipients of the Blue Max were Generals and staff officers. Only a handful of junior ranking ranking officers like Rommel ever received it and those were awarded for extreme badassedness. Rommels book "Infantry Attacks" (Rommel I read your book!) detail some amazing acts of bravery and initiative. The dude was one heck of a junior combat leader.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by August

They were easier for flyers to get because the standards (8ea, later raised to 16ea, downed enemy planes) were straight forward.

Straightforward is one word!!? I 'boned-up' on The Blue Max watching George Peppard and Ursula Andress play wargames...the main plot of which was: Bruno Stachel wouldn't be on the A-team(still on TV!) unless he won the damn thing!