"German Army - Summer 1914 Papersoldier" Topic
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| paperbattles | 03 May 2024 8:05 a.m. PST |
My temporary limit as history lover is 1914 (maybe February 1915); over this period for me there is no more interest, because it is too close to the current epoch with all its awful aspects.
During my researches for a template of a German soldier of the summer 1914 I faced a lot of difficulties to find good miniatures and poses. So I had to invent some different ways to achieve my goal. I thought about armies that had a sort of similar uniform of that of the German Army in 1914 and my attention went – obviously – to the Prussian Army in 1870. From some figures of that Army (of that army there are much more examples) I did my template:
more on my blog link I would like to prepare 1 or 2 companies (around 500 men or 500 papersoliders at 1:1 ratio) and try to refight part of the Summer/Autumn campaing on the East Front … or the December/February 1915 campaign with the Battle of Tarnow… (i.e occupying a village, and then resist against a cossaks' attack …) |
| paperbattles | 07 May 2024 6:56 a.m. PST |
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