Saturday, 30 January 2021

Austro-Hungarian stormtroop battalion

 These chaps are mostly Armies In Plastic 1916 Germans with ‘paint conversions’.  Helpfully the Austro-Hungarian Army used both the German helmet and one of indigenous design which looks -  in 1/32 at least - pretty much identical.  


The machine gunner began life as a metal hollow cast figure.  An AIP head was grafted on along with a backpack and finally a plastic card shield added to the MG. The other chap was a WW2 Russian in a cheap Chinese set with an AIP head. 




8 comments:

Simon said...

The sight of these proper toy soldiers brings tears to my eyes!

Simon

tradgardmastare said...

Cunning conversions carefully crafted.

Tim Gow said...

Simon
Tears? Are they that bad?

Tim Gow said...

Tradgardmastare
You flatter, sir!

James Fisher said...

Another fine paint job with these too Tim.
Regards, James

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Can I see Rommel?

Tim Gow said...

James Fisher
Thanks. They’re surprisingly quick to paint.

Tim Gow said...

Geordie
Most unlikely - this is an Austrian unit!