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Author Topic: Looking for german navy miniatures for a secret base in the north  (Read 2240 times)

Offline ichwillauch

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Hi,

I am looking for miniatures for a german navy project, somewhere in the nordic theater.

I am aware of:
 
- 6 miniatures made by artizan designs from the thrilling Tales series

- 5 miniatures made by empress miniatures for an u-boat crew

- Warlord games Kriegsmarine squad 10 miniatures

Is there anymore out there that can be used as Kriegsmarine?
 
I remember a german rubber boat with a crew of four miniatures paddling, but I have no clue which company made that set. 

Thanks in advance
« Last Edit: March 31, 2019, 08:12:58 AM by ichwillauch »

Offline traveller

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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2019, 05:57:05 PM »

Offline Truscott Trotter

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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2019, 10:33:04 PM »
Empress and Artizan designs (in their Thrilling tales section) have U-boat crew
If you want Naval Marines/Inf then I have looked for myself but apart from Warlords Kriegsmarine there is not much in WW2
Tsuba do some interwar ones that might be converted

Offline ichwillauch

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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2019, 04:59:12 PM »
Thanks everyone for the input. I totally forgot about brigade games.

Offline FreakyFenton

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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2019, 06:21:04 PM »
If you're not shy of chopping a bit, you could use Warlord Games Winter germans in coats. Then use the metal sailor heads from the Kriegsmarine and substitute the sailors with sidecaps or helmets in a suited scheme, often white to a somewhat mottled olive/ grey. I made a few like that and they look alright for some Kriegsmarine. For the U Boat commander, the Tactica had a 'Der Alte' figure from Das Boot methinks, might be able to track that down on E bay.

Good luck!
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Offline fastolfrus

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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2019, 10:26:36 PM »
I remember a german rubber boat with a crew of four miniatures paddling, but I have no clue which company made that set. 


The only German rubber boats I remember seeing were crewed by Army figures for the Fall of France.

Not sure who by. Someone like Brittania perhaps? But they might have been 20mm
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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2019, 10:40:46 PM »
Think Barrage Miniatures has some german rubberboats and crew.
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Offline Poiter50

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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2019, 01:58:30 AM »
Definitely Barrage Miniatures for the rubber boats and paddlers.

There are some Kriegsmarine artillerymen/gunners on Shapeways.


The only German rubber boats I remember seeing were crewed by Army figures for the Fall of France.

Not sure who by. Someone like Brittania perhaps? But they might have been 20mm
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Offline FreakyFenton

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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2019, 12:07:41 PM »
The old Revell pioneers in 1/72th scale or 00 scale also had a group of four paddling a rubber boat. I think equipped with zeltbahn shelter quarters.

Offline ancientsociety

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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2019, 02:28:29 PM »
I use the Tsuba Reichsmarine infantry for my Last Levy army - they scale well with Warlord and are beautiful sculpts. While it's not 100% accurate, my head canon justifies it that these were recruits who were pulled into Berlin and issued any old uniforms that could be dug up.

https://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2016/08/interwarww2-kriegsmarine-infantry.html

Offline Truscott Trotter

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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2019, 10:46:02 PM »
I use the Tsuba Reichsmarine infantry for my Last Levy army - they scale well with Warlord and are beautiful sculpts. While it's not 100% accurate, my head canon justifies it that these were recruits who were pulled into Berlin and issued any old uniforms that could be dug up.

https://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2016/08/interwarww2-kriegsmarine-infantry.html

Yup second this gorgeous figures that with a few headswaps could add some variety
Also second Barrage miniatures for the paddlers they look the part

Offline vodkafan

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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2019, 11:16:05 PM »
Hi,

I am looking for miniatures for a german navy project, somewhere in the nordic theater.

I am aware of:
 
- 6 miniatures made by artizan designs from the thrilling Tales series

- 5 miniatures made by empress miniatures for an u-boat crew

- Warlord games Kriegsmarine squad 10 miniatures

Is there anymore out there that can be used as Kriegsmarine?
 
I remember a german rubber boat with a crew of four miniatures paddling, but I have no clue which company made that set. 

Thanks in advance

I needed some for my Norway project for the Defenders of Narvik. I have used the Redoubt Austro-Hungarian sailors from the Boxer Rebellion range (the hat is close to the German style) with the odd headswap of a German helmet  and jackboots on some of them, and the cartridge pouches cut off and some German equipment added. The old rifles are not a problem as the survivors from the naval battles were re-armed with antiquated weapons from the Norwegian army stores. I plan to have a couple in greatcoats too but with the sailor heads.
None of my conversions are painted yet but here is a link to the Redoubt figs:
https://www.redoubtenterprises.com/product-category/colonials/boxer-rebellion/austro-hungarian/

PS the figures are better than they look in the photos! And not too big. They fit OK with Crusader, Artizan
etc
« Last Edit: March 26, 2019, 11:19:04 PM by vodkafan »
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Offline ichwillauch

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Re: Looking for 28mm german navy miniatures
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2019, 08:10:10 AM »
Thanks everyone for the input and the informations!

This is a cool idea, especially with the winter german plastic set available.

If you're not shy of chopping a bit, you could use Warlord Games Winter germans in coats. Then use the metal sailor heads from the Kriegsmarine and substitute the sailors with sidecaps or helmets in a suited scheme, often white to a somewhat mottled olive/ grey. I made a few like that and they look alright for some Kriegsmarine. For the U Boat commander, the Tactica had a 'Der Alte' figure from Das Boot methinks, might be able to track that down on E bay.

Good luck!

Tsuba and redoubt sailors are a good option, too and I have ordered the boats & paddlers from baggade miniatures.

I use the Tsuba Reichsmarine infantry for my Last Levy army - they scale well with Warlord and are beautiful sculpts. While it's not 100% accurate, my head canon justifies it that these were recruits who were pulled into Berlin and issued any old uniforms that could be dug up.

https://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2016/08/interwarww2-kriegsmarine-infantry.html

They look fantastic, very inspiring!

Offline ichwillauch

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Re: Looking for german navy miniatures for a secret base in the north
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2019, 08:19:22 AM »
Started printing models for the german navy base. Because the base should be a small one, I decided to go for small u-boats found on thingiverse.

First the german mini-sub Seehecht


the prints have some problems, especially the periscope must be replaced by plastic or metal

Second a Land - Wasser - Schlepper used as a transport vehicle to bring troops to the shore


Offline grant

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Re: Looking for german navy miniatures for a secret base in the north
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2019, 02:56:10 AM »
The Landwasserschlepper looks really good, the subs are cool but seem to suffer from lines syndrome.
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