Monday 16 January 2023

Sailors from Mars? WW2 German Naval Troops


I painted these chaps last year, having bought them on the basis of ‘buy them when you see them’ as a lot of these 54mm plastics seem to come and go quite quickly. 
I find that some of these Mars figures need some work to remove moulding lines and the heads can look a bit too small, but when painted in my usual ‘toy soldier’ style they look OK. And of course the white trousers are a bonus!

My favourite pose is the officer changing the magazine on his SMG. 

10 comments:

Brad DeSantis said...

They look great Tim, out of this world!

Peter said...

Good looking figures, and the officer certainly is an interesting pose.

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Grand bigger cousins to my boys in 1/72
A fine addition to your collection

Martin Rapier said...

That is a very nice set of figures. I am sure we will get to play with them at some point!

ian drury said...

I have a battalion of them in 1/72nd for my 1945 game: a cracking little set of figures. I do like their bigger brothers!

Tim Gow said...

Brad DeSantis
That'll be my other-worldly painting style!

Tim Gow said...

Peter
It's an interesting set and a welcome addition.

Tim Gow said...

Geordie
This is what your chaps will look like when they grow up!

Tim Gow said...

Martin Rapier
I have an idea for their deployment - probably later this year.

Tim Gow said...

Ian Drury
I'm sure these chaps will show up in a game at some point.