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Title: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: cheng on November 29, 2007, 08:27:43 AM
hey guys....WWII not my period
 but the grey goal-keepers have been beckoning me for a long time  :D
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: cheng on November 29, 2007, 08:28:45 AM
and wider angle
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: andy on November 29, 2007, 07:33:26 PM
it's not my period too cheng, but they are looking great :)
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: Jimbo on November 29, 2007, 11:58:48 PM
Excelent figures,
Very well done.

Jimbo
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: henry_martini on November 30, 2007, 11:35:04 AM
really scary ::)
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: Flash on December 06, 2007, 02:37:12 PM
i really like them cheng! although i believe the afrika korps actually wore sand coloured uniforms, i just say this as an historical sidenote! i think ur version is great!  ;)
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: cheng on December 07, 2007, 02:05:39 AM
thanks guys!

afrika korps actually wore sand coloured uniforms....  ;)

youre correct FLash...sort of yellow orche+white+green..i still remember my Airfix (and later on, Tamiya) colors...
know what? suddenly you gave me the urge to make Alpine troops  ;)
no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII....and i did think about making the 8th Army(i waont be able to stop myself if geobra comes up with a shirtless klicky in a seaside theme(better still if he's tanned!)  ;D
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: Dan on December 07, 2007, 08:03:20 PM
Love the figures, and as a side note Field Marshal Rommel was a commander of alpine Troops in WW1.  Not sure how much use that was to him in the desert......
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: Flash on December 13, 2007, 05:21:24 PM
thanks guys!

afrika korps actually wore sand coloured uniforms....  ;)

youre correct FLash...sort of yellow orche+white+green..i still remember my Airfix (and later on, Tamiya) colors...
know what? suddenly you gave me the urge to make Alpine troops  ;)
no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII no WWII....and i did think about making the 8th Army(i waont be able to stop myself if geobra comes up with a shirtless klicky in a seaside theme(better still if he's tanned!)  ;D

lol u can blame me if u like cheng ;) and i can already hardly wait to see those new customs of urs! :P
8th arm<? weren't the infamous "dessert rats" part of the 8th? would be very curious about those customs cheng!  ;D
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: bennain on December 13, 2007, 05:45:27 PM
They looks like german mountaintroops (Gebirgsjaeger)!  ;)

Regards
Bennain
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: clickezno on December 30, 2007, 03:24:24 AM
I don´t mind (too much at least  ;) ) if colors aren´t right, they look fine. Congrats
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: Mégachou on January 09, 2008, 03:50:34 PM
where did you get the MP40 and the panzerfaust?
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: cheng on January 12, 2008, 01:33:01 AM
those weapons as you can tell were not handpainted Tamiya part...i think they were from Dragon Models..I have stopped buying them ever since I rediscovered PM  ;)
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: Mégachou on January 13, 2008, 05:49:28 AM
but could you provide me info to where I could get my hands on them?
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: cheng on January 14, 2008, 01:07:51 AM
usually sold in toy shops, hobby shops...
if none around your area, search the internet,
maybe Dragon has a website or track down any importers or their resellers in your country...good luck...promise to tell us about your adventure when you find it  :)
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: Guardiamarina on January 21, 2008, 08:44:32 PM
i really like them cheng! although i believe the afrika korps actually wore sand coloured uniforms, i just say this as an historical sidenote! i think ur version is great!  ;)
Well, the figures look great anyway, but Afrika Korps uniforms were indeed not grey, nor sand color either, except for those of the Luftwaffe and other special bodies... They were dark olive color, rather dark green in the beginning. Still with sunlight and washings they faded to a sand color. As the war whent on the new issues were more brown, and more and more yellowish (english khaki) clothes (from the Luftwaffe, the Waffen SS, the italians or captured items were in use. 
Best regards.
Guardiamarina.
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: cheng on January 22, 2008, 01:26:25 AM
thanks for the interesting info Guardiamarina  :)
youve given me some new ideas...will take a while getting the pieces...meanwhile let's dream about Egyptians  ;)
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: Guardiamarina on January 22, 2008, 05:32:27 PM
thanks for the interesting info Guardiamarina  :)
youve given me some new ideas...will take a while getting the pieces...meanwhile let's dream about Egyptians  ;)

Yes indeed,  :) ,  but I will also dream about the new boat (4444) and new pirates who will become decent sailors of my Real Armada  ;D
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: Ben_Spinola on January 22, 2008, 08:46:57 PM
I liked it very much.
apart from the color deal it is perfect. did you used soccer player legs for the shorts?
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: cheng on January 24, 2008, 02:49:02 AM
yes Ben, the grey goal-keepers' legs...but now i dont know what to do with their bodies  :P
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: Flash on January 29, 2008, 11:49:47 PM
yes Ben, the grey goal-keepers' legs...but now i dont know what to do with their bodies  :P

 :D the way i know you, you will come up with something cheng!  ;) ;D
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: Mégachou on October 02, 2008, 03:38:07 PM
usually sold in toy shops, hobby shops...
if none around your area, search the internet,
maybe Dragon has a website or track down any importers or their resellers in your country...good luck...promise to tell us about your adventure when you find it  :)

what's the proper scale?
Title: Re: Afrika Korps on sentry duty
Post by: cheng on October 03, 2008, 03:14:16 AM
Hello Megachou!
1:35 i think...a very popular scale for WWII land warefare  ;)