SteveKrieg
Company Commander
G'day all,
I hope all those on the SAG (and their families) had a grand festive season and that despite the ongoing COVID strains all is positive in your desired intentions for the year ahead.
Two additional scenes just completed. First, U.S. Army sniper (41st Armoured Infantry Battalion/2nd Armoured Division) circa France July 1944. This is DML's "Hap Daley" figure and save for some additionally weathering, addition of helmet foliage and change to his combat load it is essentially 'out of the box'. The all-metal (and largely remodelled) German field kitchen is roadside debris to signify the German retreat (where many snipers were left behind to take-out service troops. The polyfoam two-section wall courtesy of Sideshow Collectables.
The 41st were one of the few units to be issued the HBT camouflage uniform for ETO wear (in limited quantity) and was ideal for sniper use though the uniform being an anomaly against the standard OD green fatigues caused the odd 'blue-on-blue' for the wearer being mistaken for a German who predominantly wore camouflage clothing by this stage of the war (W-SS in-particular).
He carries the trusty (though antiquated) Springfield M1903A4 bolt-action rifle (the M1 Garand was at this stage of the war about to be produced in a sniper variant - more on that weapon in a future scene covering U.S.M.C sniper, Iwo Jima which is so-equipped). The American Army utilised stocks of British helmet netting prior to D-Day and many (particularly the U.S. Airborne divisions) utilised it in the same manner as their British cousins. Other forms of netting just as vehicle netting was also cut and used.
Enjoy, Steve
I hope all those on the SAG (and their families) had a grand festive season and that despite the ongoing COVID strains all is positive in your desired intentions for the year ahead.
Two additional scenes just completed. First, U.S. Army sniper (41st Armoured Infantry Battalion/2nd Armoured Division) circa France July 1944. This is DML's "Hap Daley" figure and save for some additionally weathering, addition of helmet foliage and change to his combat load it is essentially 'out of the box'. The all-metal (and largely remodelled) German field kitchen is roadside debris to signify the German retreat (where many snipers were left behind to take-out service troops. The polyfoam two-section wall courtesy of Sideshow Collectables.
The 41st were one of the few units to be issued the HBT camouflage uniform for ETO wear (in limited quantity) and was ideal for sniper use though the uniform being an anomaly against the standard OD green fatigues caused the odd 'blue-on-blue' for the wearer being mistaken for a German who predominantly wore camouflage clothing by this stage of the war (W-SS in-particular).
He carries the trusty (though antiquated) Springfield M1903A4 bolt-action rifle (the M1 Garand was at this stage of the war about to be produced in a sniper variant - more on that weapon in a future scene covering U.S.M.C sniper, Iwo Jima which is so-equipped). The American Army utilised stocks of British helmet netting prior to D-Day and many (particularly the U.S. Airborne divisions) utilised it in the same manner as their British cousins. Other forms of netting just as vehicle netting was also cut and used.
Enjoy, Steve