DAK customs

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:45 am

Nothing super special. Just some head swaps. Enjoy.

One of the NCOs gets some news from the new artillery spotter/observer.

Side note: Anyone happen to notice that the spotter has the same right shoulder insignia as the DAK troops?

V2 MAN · Post by **V2 MAN** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:43 am

Nice man

toyktdlgh · Post by **toyktdlgh** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:01 am

Neet stuff!

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:39 am

Thanks guys.

Just a word of advice to anyone planning on doing swaps with BOB, BOB II, or OMG heads; be prepared to trim the neck stem/bulbs. The socket on the DAK bodies isn't very deep. While that makes for easy head removal, it complicates adding new heads to the mix. I had to trim nearly the entire bulb off in order to get the neck to sit flush with the torso. I suspect any of the heads from the current release should interchange without too much fuss.(this is an educated guess based on the new figures I've encountered ths far. Arty Spotter, US Bazooka guy).

75th Ranger · Post by **75th Ranger** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:36 am

The hanomag looks so real that for a second i did not realised that infact it was a custom paint job!

good job!!!

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:47 am

schizuki wrote:Cool stuff. Not sure how much of a realism nut you are (I'm not), so it might not matter to you that Panzerfausts weren't available yet when the Germans were in Africa. Just an FYI if it matters.

I figured as much, but wasn't entirely sure. For the record, the 251 Ausf D Hanomag wasn't produced until after the North African campaign either. So it's all good.

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:18 pm

Nice work, I like it.
About your side note...I've noticed that 6 of the 7 German figures have that insignia, the Otto (camo) figure is the only one without it.
The insignia is called the Gebirgsjager (mountain hunter) arm badge. The flower is Edelweiss the yellow you see around it represents mountaineering rope. It was issued to all qualified members of army mountain troop units.

I didn't know that, I had to look it up.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:24 pm

Jagdpanther · Post by **Jagdpanther** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:33 am

Neet stuff! I have to get some more Africa troops.

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:37 am

normandy wrote:Nice work, I like it.
About your side note...I've noticed that 6 of the 7 German figures have that insignia, the Otto (camo) figure is the only one without it.
The insignia is called the Gebirgsjager (mountain hunter) arm badge. The flower is Edelweiss the yellow you see around it represents mountaineering rope. It was issued to all qualified members of army mountain troop units. I didn't know that, I had to look it up.

Outstanding research Normandy. Thanks for sharing.

Mountain trained troops in the desert. How ironic is that?

Couple update pics...

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:47 pm

Cool.

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:13 pm

Love the poses..

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:56 pm

someone should mod some Fj(Fallschimjägers) for Ramke's Brigade, that served in africa.

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:45 am

I am in favor of this.

blaster_e11 · Post by **blaster_e11** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:55 am

very realistic posing of the figs, dunno squat about german equipment during the north african campaign, but it sure looks good

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