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Re: Digital Sculpts - Howling Cow with Crew painted 180915
« Reply #495 on: September 15, 2018, 12:15:59 pm »
Painted prototype of the schwere Wurfgerät 41. This is yet another in-house training project for new staff. More similar projects will follow!















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Re: Digital Sculpts - Howling Cow with Crew painted 180915
« Reply #496 on: September 15, 2018, 09:11:03 pm »
Nice . I would  use the figures as Infantry and stick the rockets in the back of a half track . Must have been a little cramped for leg room


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Re: Digital Sculpts - Howling Cow with Crew painted 180915
« Reply #497 on: September 15, 2018, 11:23:57 pm »
Nice.

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Re: Digital Sculpts - German Guard Post painted 180918
« Reply #498 on: September 18, 2018, 06:50:08 pm »
Another trainee project... Really pleased with their progression. This is a great diorama piece and a good objective on the tabletop! Will look into how we can be integrated this into our product line.















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Re: Digital Sculpts - German Guard Post painted 180918
« Reply #499 on: September 19, 2018, 01:26:27 am »
What a very useful item. I’m sure it’ll be popular.

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Re: Digital Sculpts - German Guard Post painted 180918
« Reply #500 on: September 19, 2018, 01:30:57 am »
Interesting choice.

It looks good.

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Re: Digital Sculpts - German Guard Post painted 180918
« Reply #501 on: September 19, 2018, 06:01:01 pm »
I just want the Kubelwagen.
Actually two or three of them.

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Re: Digital Sculpts - Generic Horse Template 181116
« Reply #502 on: November 16, 2018, 03:56:03 pm »
Something totally different from our normal sculpting... something out of our comfort zone!



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Re: Digital Sculpts - Generic Horse Template 181116
« Reply #503 on: November 16, 2018, 07:50:46 pm »
Interesting choice.

Is it based on a specific breed of horse? I ask mainly because apart from knowing they have  legs in each corner, biting bit at the front, waste comes out at the back, I know very little about them (plus I have never successfully painted one -they keep running away ^__^).

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Re: Digital Sculpts - Generic Horse Template 181116
« Reply #504 on: November 18, 2018, 02:54:55 am »
Some Russian horses would be good too - smaller, but more robust than regular horses.

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Re: Digital Sculpts - Generic Horse Template 181116
« Reply #505 on: November 18, 2018, 09:19:44 am »
I don't claim to be an expert on horses, but it doesn't look quite right to me. You guys are so good at the vehicles I wish you would keep your focus on them.

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Re: Digital Sculpts - Generic Horse Template 181116
« Reply #506 on: November 18, 2018, 12:23:39 pm »
I was somewhat raised around horses, and the sculpting is very nice actually.

As Rubicon have stated before, their terrain people are not the same folks as their vehicle people. No harm in setting someone the task of creating something like this.

I can't remember the exact quote, but a German taken prisoner at Normandy was waiting several days later for transport to a camp in England. He was watching the allied ships come in and unload their cargo, and he asked one of his guards "Where are all your horses?"  And the guard told him they had no horses. Everything was transported by truck.  That German later wrote of his experiences in the war, and he said "That was the moment I knew the war was lost".

Because most of the German Army supplies and artillery (something like 80%) were still transported via wagons, pulled by horses. Panzer and Motorized divisions aside, horse-drawn carts were standard issue in the Heer, with over 220 (of 260 or so divisions) relying on horses. I think they employed something like 2.75 million of them.

So I have my suspicions that this horse may eventually become a draft animal, pulling some sort of wagon (or artillery piece). And I would want some in either case!

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Re: Digital Sculpts - Generic Horse Template 181116
« Reply #507 on: November 18, 2018, 12:44:43 pm »
I agree entirely EWG, with your observation about the importance of horses in WWII. Just not convinced Rubicon can do this better than more traditional figure manufacturers. Perhaps I'll change my mind when I see a painted example.

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Re: Digital Sculpts - Generic Horse Template 181116
« Reply #508 on: November 18, 2018, 05:07:02 pm »
I too agree with EWG. The fact of massive use of horses by German forces is hidden by the policy of not filming their use (as it did not fit the narrative of a modern army).

It would be  useful to see a more human eye level view of the horse, together with a human for scale.


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Re: Digital Sculpts - Generic Horse Template 181116
« Reply #509 on: November 18, 2018, 08:52:33 pm »
Interesting choice.

Is it based on a specific breed of horse? I ask mainly because apart from knowing they have  legs in each corner, biting bit at the front, waste comes out at the back, I know very little about them (plus I have never successfully painted one -they keep running away ^__^).

Looks like an early war Mk1 to me. The Mk2 didn’t see action until at least ‘41
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