Search for plastic soldiers: juli 2017

This post is pure research on how to paint my 1/72 scale ww2 figures in the (near) future. I will post the pictures on my blog and will include info and source when available. Some great work has been done by others, my deepest respect for this!

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SS uniforms:

Source: FVSJ on Deviantart.com

More, more and more from this same artist!

This artist has just so much on his page, can´t believe it! I would have loved to have had this as a kid. So glad we live in the age of the internet nowadays. His complete gallery can be found here.

SS-Waffen Officer:

Military Police:

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Gefreiter, ski-battalion 82
7. Gebirgs-Devision, Lapland, 1943
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SS-Sturman, SS Panzergrenadier
"Das Reich", Kharkov, 1943
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Obergefreiter, 26. Volksgrenadier-Devision
Ardennes, 1944
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Obergrenadier, 609. Infanterie/Devision
Breslau, 1945
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Afrika Korps
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Others:
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Luftwaffe & Red cross women

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Anti-aircraft
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Sturmgruppe "granit"at Fort Eben Emael, 10th of May 1940
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Anti-Tank
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More uniforms, and a lot of 'm!
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As a kid I used to play with little plastic soldiers a lot! Born in 1976 I was raised during the Cold War, and this was my strategic fantasy play of good vs. evil. I could build a setting with wooden blocks and little stones for hours and even days, then let it be for a while, and then start all over again. I do not recall actually playing a war scenario and shooting at each other. Building a setting was my cup of tea.

When He-man, Star Wars, Transformers and especially GI Joe entered my life, the little plastic soldiers got an early retirement, even before the actual Cold War came to an end... But I never got rid of them, I always kept them stored in my old Playmobil suitcases, sorted by country and set-color. And now after about 30 years they are about to be reinstated!

Now I have a five year old son that just like me likes He-man, Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe and on top of that he likes Lego Ninjago a lot. He knows I had these plastic soldiers stacked away all these years, but he was to small of a kid, up until now... And now, just this week, over here in Nijmegen (The Netherlands) the Vierdaagse starts tomorrow. This is a four day march, in which lots of soldiers participate. Every year we stand by the side of the road to support the people attending the event. The soldiers make the biggest impression on him every year up until now. So I think this is the right time to add my old plastic soldiers to his current toy collection. Time will tell if he will enjoy them just as much as I did at his age.

I remember as a kid I had a friend called Cristian, and he always painted his soldiers in accurate color schemes. At that time I did not do that, I just wanted to play with them, but I did always look up to his patience to do this job, because it was definitely an upgrade in my opinion. So this is what I would like to pick up with my son. I have some specific sets from Matchbox and other brands I would love to paint. I the meantime he can play with some other bulk sets I purchased at the end of my plastic soldier era.

So, for this painting job I will need to find out what sets I posses. At this time I think I do know what county the sets represent, but I would love to know the specifics. I would like to know what brands they are and if my sets are all complete, what I definitely doubt. I would love to see the old box-art again! And I would love to find out what the correct color schemes are so we can start working on these little figures next couple of months.