WWII Ostfront: 500pts German Grenadiers Part 2

As I mentioned in part one of this post, I'll cover my German force in greater detail, section by section. Today, I'll start out with the command:

 First up: my officer. He was originally sold with the Armies of Germany book as Otto Skorzeny, but here he's re-purposed as a standard officer, armed with an MP40.

He's painted in a standard German uniform, with 'oak leaf' camouflage trousers. These took a good while to get right, but I'm happy with the effect. His helmet also turned out well, just the right amount of sheen to the black. A Germanic rune was painted on the front, their letter 't', called Tyr, the god of war.

His aide, along with several of my other Germans, is not up to my usual standards of painting, I started this force quite some time ago, and the force has an uneven quality to portions of it.

He has on a Zeltbahn poncho painted with a Heer splinter camouflage - these doubled as tent-halves as well. The splinter, here, is a simple three tone pattern, a base of Vallejo Khaki with V. German Camouflage Medium Green and Army Painter Chocolate Brown added over it. Now I add a second, darker green in light, irregular streaks over areas of the poncho, which is accurate, although not very noticeable.

Lastly, a medic, to try and keep my men alive a little longer. He's all decked out in a white helmet and tunic to avoid being mistaken as a regular soldier, although this was more of a liability on the Eastern Front, where neither side was above taking potshots at the other's medical troops. It was, however, a much more satisfying paint job!

With that second bag, he's a full Sanitater, usually assigned at company, rather than platoon level, but at this late stage of the war he's been called to serve at a lower level, or he's just a platoon-level Krankentrager who happened up on a Sanitater bag.

That's all of my command, next up, I'll start on an infantry squad.

See part 1 of this post here.

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