Unternehmen Wintergewitter (Operation Winter Storm): German Grenadiers #1

 


Hello everyone!

I am staying in a WWII atmosphere today. This time we will visit the frosty eastern front.
I started a small mini project called 'Operation Winter Storm', for which I painted the first two models from the Warlord Games box 'German Grenadiers in Winter Clothing'.

       This is the first full metal WG box I like. There are few flaws and the heads of the Germans do't look like Zombies (see Heer Veteran Grenadiers).

Germany's aggressive campaigns of conquest ensured that her armies would fight in many countries far from the fatherland and in starkly contrasting terrain and weather conditions.             German soldiers were well-equipped for their venture into Europe, and later North Africa, but found themselves ill-prepared for the bleak, freezing and unforgiving Eastern Front. When the Russian armies failed to collapse, the Wehrmacht found itself caught out on the Russian plains, freezing, literally in many cases, to death.

       Gradually German industry caught up to correct the defects in winter clothing and the troops and their families even fashioned suitable winter gear to keep general frost at bay. Clever use of white or reversible camouflage clothing and snow hoods helped to keep out the cold and hide the troops in featureless terrain.
Gloves, mittens and thick felt boots blankets and scarves all meant that the landser might not only survive the bitter winters of the 1940s but also be able to fight and win.


https://eu.warlordgames.com/products/german-grenadiers-in-winter-clothing?_pos=13&_sid=aaf5f335a&_ss=r



https://www.militaryimages.net/media/german-soldiers-at-stalingrad.100380/








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Comments

  1. Great painting and snow bases Michal!

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  2. Brilliant painting Michal. They look real!

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    1. Glad you like it sir!
      Thank you very much :)
      Best

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  3. Very timely Michal as I have just ordered some ski troops for my Norwegian force

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    1. Have to see one of your great report someday with them!

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  4. Well up to your normal high standards Michal, they do look very bleak and wintery!

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  5. Doskonali zimowi żołnierze Michał!
    Pozdr
    Tomasz

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    1. Thank you Michael!
      Glad you like it.
      Waiting for more your WWII minis.

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  7. Jak zawsze, zadajesz szyku swoim malowaniem.

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  8. Love how the off whites on the ground contrast with the bluish ones on the uniforms.

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    1. Thank you very much for a kind words!
      Best regards

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  9. I find it fantastic the way you worked on white here, and the whole textures of the clothes. really superb work!

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    1. Thank you so much for a kind words friend!
      Best regards

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  10. Wieje od nich mrozem! Świetna robota!

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