Anyone produce 28mm Lufwaffe Field Division troops?

[Auspainter]

Hi guys,

I'm after 28mm figs that could be used for luftwaffe field division troops . I've got some of the artizan late war grenadiers but I'm not sure how close they come to matching. I've trawled through a few older posts but can't really find anything post 2010.

Have any manufacturers popped up with anything in recent years? If not what comes closest to doing the job?

Thanks

[tomek917]

As far as I know the Luftwaffe field divisions used the same type of uniform as the infantry, the only difference being the colour of the uniform which was blue-grey instead of green-grey. And obviously they had other rank insignia and so on. Like this



Vallejo even makes a "luftwaffe blue" colour, but I think it's a bit bright.

Artizans late war grenadiers would certainly fit, I'm not sure but according to the above picture they seem to have worn the usual zeltbahn camouflage too.

The "Painting War" magazine on German WWII troops have few luftwaffe guides in it, that might be a good reference.

[Auspainter]

Thanks for getting back to me. The only other bit of kit I can seem to find that looks a little different is this one



and this one from the osprey book


Seems like they have some other sort of jacket that looks different. Its got 5 buttons down the middle but doesnt look like a zeltbarn tent cover or the artizan smock



I agree that vallejo colour is too bright, I usually just use it for the highlights

[mathew@wartime]

There were a few differences.

From November 1943 the LFD units were transferred to Heer and used Heer stocks.

But their tunic was different, buttons were covered and no chest pockets, they also have collar patches.

They had their own cam jacket, which had only 1 pocket on left side.

They also had high boots for longer as they were low priority for the new boots and gaitors, preferred them (as most did) and hung onto them as long as possible. They made wide use of Zeltbahn as well.

Combined with uniform colour difference they would look quite different, but to most just the colour difference will be enough.

regards
Mathew

[NTM]

Have a look in various Fallschirmjager ranges and you will find some suitable figures (maybe head swaps needed )



Mix with grenadiers figures in Zeltbahn etc could work

[Auspainter]

Thanks for the help guys!

[Lowtardog]

May be possible to press gang some gebirgsjaeger toohttp://www.gorgon-studios.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=18_19

[Auspainter]

Hey guys,

Just reviving the old thread, I was reading through Warlord Games' Salute update and spotted what seems to be an upcoming Luftwaffe Field Divisions set that they are producing. It's about halfway down the page where they are showing off the Jagdtiger. Can't see too much of the figures but it seems like someone has finally put them in the pipeline!

http://www.warlordgames.com/show-report-salute-2015/

[joroas]

Warlord, soon!!!

[Auspainter]

Hi guys,

I asked the Warlord support team when the figures would be coming out and they said they're aiming to have the Field division troops out in August (give or take) and the Battle of the Bulge focus later in the year (for the winter US troops)

[JohnBoo]

I built a unit of LFD out of the Warlord blitzkrieg german plastics, using a couple helmeted heads, capped heads from both the blitzkrieg & the late war sets, and a few capped metal heads I came across. The NCO is wearing the officers cap that wasnt as stiff, as I read somewhere they preferred the more floppy look and removed the stiffening inserts. The one problem I had was the chest bag molded on the torsos, but other than that the rest of the fig was pretty much perfect. Close enough for me. A few left over SMGs from the pioneer metal bits and I purposely gave them less kit that the rest of my grenadiers. Heres a pic of them finished, but not flocked yet.

[Auspainter]

Nicely done! The blue grey came up well

[Auspainter]

http://store.warlordgames.com/products/luftwaffe-field-division-squad/

Here we go fellas. Is it just me or do the dimensions on a few of them look a little different than usual to warlord figures? Granted I have just woken up

[Kommando_J]

http://store.warlordgames.com/products/luftwaffe-field-division-squad/

Here we go fellas. Is it just me or do the dimensions on a few of them look a little different than usual to warlord figures? Granted I have just woken up

According to a source, they are not separate heads... so it could be that, although they are listed as  separate head on the website, although not on the box, which isn't unusual for warlord.

Could be a different sculptor than the norm, wg has  a few in it's stable, also quick question, would any of them be stuiable for a luftwaffe field division officer? if not any recommendations? especially among warlords selection.

[moiterei_1984]

For an Officer I can recommend this guy:
store.warlordgames.com/collections/german-fallschirmjager/products/fallschirmjager-oberst-steiner
Great figure with loads of character.