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by:Schmucker
An Introduction: Good afternoon to you all. I wanted to introduce myself to everyone here with some projects I completed this year. I'll give a little information on that later. As it pertains to me, I have been a member of the hobby since the late 1990s. My modeling interests are exclusively in the European Theater of WW2. I've been a part of various boards and facebook groups going from GreenLeader and 21st Century Toys to The Sixth Division and OSS. I know that I know more than a few members on here from my involvement on facebook (which is where I have been active for the past three-five years). Anyways, I'm grateful to be allowed to post here but--more importantly--I hope you enjoy seeing my work. I hope to be a little more active on forums in 2017 and I have some work that I'm very proud of in the pipeline. Happy to meet you all and looking forward to some good conversation.
Lightning Strikes Twice!
The 78th Infantry Division, like many of the "Late-War" ETO divisions, came into combat in the fall of 1944. Having participated in neither invasions of Northern or Southern France, nor in the Mediterranean action beforehand, these divisions were anxious to prove their efficacy as the United States Army began approaching the Siegfried Line. The 78th Infantry moved quickly to advance beyond the line, and held their positions during the ferocity of the Battle of the Bulge; some attached to the 8th Armored and others to the 1st Infantry. Following the failure of the German's winter offensive, the 78th moved into Germany with the quickness their divisional name suggests. Eventually, they would become the first division to cross the Remagen Bridge following the 9th Armored and then, attached to the 9th Armored, continue to move into Germany against resistance. They ended their war in Marburg, May 1945.
As you'll see, both figures are late-war riflemen in the 78th Infantry Division, 310th Infantry Regiment, toward the end of the war (1945.) The gear rundown is a fair distribution of parts from all the manufacturers and spanning time from the beginning of DML to present-day. The helmet is one of DML's earliest (part of the reason the chinstrap is "missing") and the trousers are from DiD's Fury figure. You can't see the socks too well, but they're made from an old t-shirt and the wool shirt is from DML's RTV figures. Insignia comes from One Sixth Scale King who really produces some outstanding stuff that is otherwise in very short supply. Yes there is a little money-over-manpower in some of the gear: buying better gear instead of fabricating my own. To me that allows me to focus on the parts of the hobby I enjoy the most: weathering, creating scenarios, research and making my own figures.
DML's "Road to Victory" line was an inspired attempt by Dragon. At a time when I might have dropped out of the hobby, that resurgence of figures with the accompanying logo kept me interested. The new releases represented great subjects and had new and original gear (Bobby Dalton's new textured helmet and Cory Walker's US raincoat, among others.) Even now, the release of DiD's US Military Policeman is an almost direct recreation of DML's Lou--part of the RTV line. I can't say enough good about the products that came out during that time. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to keep the industry afloat. Over the past two years I've been collecting as much US gear as I could afford with the aims at making my own "Road to Victory" displays. Like the original line, these subjects represent US G.I.s beyond the Normandy offensive. They are not fully kitted out, but rather brief shots as the soldier would have appeared on the way to Germany's defeat. These two figures are a two-part project representing a small part of the war's end. Obviously a little editing for focus, clarity and a little period coloration/exposure here and there. I like to keep the raw images though, and they're included here too.
Thank you all for looking and happy New Year. I look forward to posting more when I can.
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