BEF miniatures early war german elite troops

[Galland]

One can allways discuss the combat effectivness of the early war contacts the SS had, however, its a well researched area, with the content open to all and everyone. Beware of post war propaganda material though. Besides, when discussing combat effectivness, warcrimes dont have much to do with it, so please refrain from bringing that card in to the game. Its a seperate discussion, one wich I am not particularely interested in.

[carlos marighela]

At the risk of initiating a rather tiresome discussion on the merits of the SS it's worth noting that in at least one instance their combat effectiveness or lack thereof did contribute directly to warcrimes. The particular instance that comes to ind being the massacre of British prisoners of war at Le Paradis. I recall the oft attributed cause was high losses suffered by the poorly trained members of SS Totenkopf. Alas, the two are too deeply intertwined to be divorced so neatly.

[Arlequín]

Gentlemen, in the spirit of the general good will that pervades this forum, can I suggest that we limit the discussion to the figures themselves and not their real-life counterparts? Discussion of the facets of certain formations never end well and rarely provide an educational exercise by the time they are finished.

As for use of the term 'elite', there are numerous examples of units presented as, or thought to be, elite, as well as those that proved themselves to be so. Depending on your viewpoint, the troops in question will fall into at least one of those categories, so the description is essentially valid and a fair attempt to keep within forum rules. It might have been less contentious to describe them as 'German troops', but then people would have mentioned that the helmet shield was wrong and they looked more like 'those that shall not be named'.


Nicely painted figures by the way.

[redzed]

early war german elite, all BEF miniatures

what colours were used on the groundwork?

[majorsmith]

Redzed, bases as follows, Khemri brown, drybrush kb with bleached bone added, then drybrush bleached bone, stipple Camo green then add yellow for drybrush, hope that helps!

[redzed]

thanks mate