Hi gents,
I finished the first 9 of the 'new' Late War Americans, sculpted by Mr. Hicks and released by Empress.
These miniatures are hands down the most realistic and most detailled I've seen so far for the WWII in 28mm. I made my entry into WWII with the still excellent Artizan miniatures, but these are another thing altogether in terms of equipment detail.
I love the variation and the rag-tag look with grenades attached to the webbing, winter hats underneath the helmets and different ammo pouches.
Although the many details are really nice and make the miniatures stand out once painted, during thr progress of getting these finished I nearly went insane...highlighting endless straps and buttons and stuff can get really tedious
Base-wise I went for a late autumn kinda style, enabling me to use them for both the Hurtgen Forest and the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge, as well as some February 1945 Sauer-crossing settings
After having painted up quite a few miniatures for the Bulge with snowy bases I wanted to do something else.
After much rambling, here is the finished result:
I hope you like them!
To be continued with the HMG team, both displacing and set up.
Little teaser:
Cheers,
Marc