31 October 2018

Commissions (Densmol - Part 1)

My good mate Densmol gave me these to paint 4-5 months ago and I've really been procrastinating on getting them off my painting desk up until this week. but I decided I needed to remedy that so have gotten half way through already.

These are 28mm WW2 German Kriegsmarine. Naval servicemen put into use as ground troops once Hitler's half-arsed navy was no longer viable. In war, they tended to be rather untrained, but extremely stubborn to budge in the field and fought bravely against a superior opponent.

The minis are by Warlord Games and are a very characterful lot with a good mix of uniforms and water-proof jackets and trousers, helmets and caps. So far, it's been fun painting such a motley crew!

The squad Leader with the pipe and beard was already shown in a past post I believe and once the full squad of 10 are done, I'll do a post with better pictures, but these are the first 5.





17 comments:

  1. Looking good Dai, always nice to clear commission work off the table, gives a warm fuzzy feeling like " Yayy I now don't need to feel guilty about my stuff ! " LOL

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    1. Exactly!
      And hence why i take on commissions so rarely too

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  2. Very nice painting. They’ll do well in his army. 😀

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    1. They'll do well as target practice for my Soviets. :P

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  3. Wow! Postings coming thick and fast! Nice looking troops, so what's next for you?
    Best Iain

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    1. Trying to make up for the hobby slump! :)

      Thinking once I get the remaining 5 finished, perhaps a pair of.... Minotaurs? :)

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  4. Nice work mate. I always like the look the Naval troops of some of the nations especially the Russian's in there Blue coats

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    1. Cheers Simon, am with you on that. (Tho i might be a little biased coming from a family with a royal naval background)

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  5. Great looking characters, very nice painting!

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  6. I like your work on these Kriegsmariners very much!

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    1. Thanks Jonathan. They should be a good looking unit once all are finished.

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  7. Nice work on some interesting figures.

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