"Soviet Infantry B&G" Topic

Hi Folks

I am working on Soviet Infantry again and I'd like to know what you think. He is the link. These are ESCI and Revell soft plastic.

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Thanks
Dave Hall
ABQ

I like the uniform and the basic effects – faces are very effective

I think the helmets are little more green than I am used to – to be honest, I paint my Soviets with the helmet almost the same colour as the uniform

Ditto on the helmets, I use an olive drab or a darker green.
Good paint work though.

I like them. The most important thing is they will look nice at the usual wargame table distances. The faces will stand out.

Absolutely brilliant, although another vote for the helmets being a bit too green.

Fatman

And the SCW Nationalists and Requettes further down the page are even better.

Thanks guys. I will be painting another platoon. These troops will be Airfix Russians. (Skills Test!) Anyway I will try a lighter shade of green on the helmet.

Dave

I like the bright green a lot, and use it on mine. It makes them stand out as distinctly Russian. This is no small point as the Soviets adopted more and more "Russian-ization" policies through the war, transitioning their uniforms towards green to recall Russia's national colors.

The faces look nice! I don't have the patience to do more than a wash for WWII faces.

The helmets aren't too bad, maybe you could dry brush them to get the right effect which is more of a mustard/light olive green.

Mix & match lighter jackets with darker pants a little more to represent different issues and supplies sources – Russian uniforms were famous for being mismatched in fabric type as well as color.

BTW Esci messed up with the Maxim MG's in that set – they feed from right to left, not the other way around! To fix this, I cut the ammo belt away and gave it to the gunner, making a new gunner from a prone rifleman.
The old loader is teamed up with an LMG gunner or anti tank rifleman