Digital Sculpts - German Officer in Heer Uniform 200730

[Rubicon Models]

First time ever to show these in public, these are the two plastic sprues that composed
of our German Tank Crews.  Over 120+ possible combinations ignoring head changes!

The two sprues will be available as blister packs - a new product range from us!  The
size of the blister will be the same size as our decal packs.



Enjoy!

[ultravanillasmurf]

They look good.

Perennial question: will they be ready for Salute?

[Rubicon Models]

Perennial question: will they be ready for Salute?

No, these are planned products.  We need a cache of them to launch the new range!  Still working on them.

RE: Salute - we will be sharing a table there with a friend, showcasing some of our existing stuff; plus new prototypes too!

[ultravanillasmurf]

RE: Salute - we will be sharing a table there with a friend, showcasing some of our existing stuff; plus new prototypes too!

Yay!

See you there.

[Rubicon Models]

Finally get the 3D sculpts approved for the British tank crew.
Did some sample assemblies and had them painted up. Will
send the files to mould making over the weekend! Thought
they were 1/35 scale!















Enjoy!

[ultravanillasmurf]

Looks good.

[H0ffmn]

Those are very nice

[ripley]

They look really good except for the forth man in the first picture -  tanker's helmet ? Haven't seen anything like this , but maybe its early  war ?. I'm more interested in D-Day to Berlin Brits so I don't know  . Nice choice with the leather jerkin , always good to see troops looking unique . And again the question , how long before these hit the shops ? Soon ? Or do I have time to convert / kit bash my BA plastic Brits ?

[Pinky]

It looks as though Michael Caine was the template for a couple of these faces.  Which is fine - they look suitably pukka, especially with the beret.   There are some good poses.  One of the arms looks way too long though.

I'm not sure what's going on with the helmets.  I think they are meant to be the early war type, which wasn't used much - there was a discussion about this earlier but I can't find it.  The late war type was basically a dome - and would be much more useful than the early type.  The gauntlets are early war as well, I think.

[ultravanillasmurf]

Ah, yes, forgot about the plain helmets.

Once pointed out, two of them look like they have riding helmets on.

Loose late War helmets would also be useful, as they are often seen on the outside of tanks as well as on the commander's heads.

[Rubicon Models]

This is an updated "alternate" version of Wittmann & Woll that
we showcased in mid-January. This is a half-body version which
enables you to have both figures fitted into the cupola of any
tanks. The final product will come with both versions of the
figures.

This update stemmed from comments and feedback from
our RM community about usefulness of these figures. More
value for money!









Enjoy!

[Pinky]

These are certainly more useful, as I suspect most people will just want to use them as generic turret crew (nice paint jobs as well).  Someone standing in the loader's hatch is going to be either holding onto the hatch or resting their arms on the turret roof - they won't have their hands on their hips.

[ripley]

I like the idea of both full and half body versions . I suspect , as Pinky said , most of us  will use them as generic crew, I will . Might an extra set of heads with headphones on , or sitting around the neck of at least the commander head be possible ? . No need for the loader as he didn't need them . Only 3 crew had them , commander and radio operator could both talk to and hear each other ( to pass on radio messages / orders ) , the driver could only hear directions from the commander , no mike to talk back . Think he had a click / light system to respond to commander , at least in early war tanks

[Rubicon Models]

Something VERY different from our normal postings! What do you think?
Oh... they are "dismounted" tank riders! 



Enjoy!

[ripley]

They look great . Always room for more Russian troops