"28mm WWII Summer Soviets from Warlord" Topic

All,

For those of you that have been patiently awaiting the Red Horde, wait no more, they're here. The vast majority of these are from Warlord Games, but there's a few 3D printed models thrown in here, and there's a field gun and crew from West Wind, which is actually very nice (I'd never seen them before, had heard that they were smaller, but they fit right in to me). The vast majority of the infantry were bought in two decent sized lots off of Ebay, already painted. The first lot I bought didn't have any submachine guns (!!!???), so I got on the internet and bought me some submachine gunner, as well as some Maxim machine guns, ATRs, and engineers, all 3D printed, and a pair of 45mm guns from Plastic Soldier Company. Then the second lot of infantry came up on Ebay and I bought them; there were definite differences between how the two lots of infantry were painted, so I spent some time painting to try and make them look a bit more 'together,' and the second lot wasn't fully based. The bases were sanded and painted a dark brown, but that was it, whereas the first lot's bases were flocked and had clump foliage affixed to them, though quite a few of the bases had suffered substantially from use and shipping, so I set about working on them to make them a bit more uniform. Then I had to paint and base the 3D printed models and the guns/crew from PSC, so even though I bought a lot of stuff painted, I feel like I've got some sweat equity in this force as I had to spend quite a bit of time to get it looking like it currently does.

As almost always, the ones I fully painted were done with Contrast paints, and I did something a little different. This time I primed with khaki, then did the uniforms with Aggros Dunes, trying to get something decent for the Soviet uniform. Not perfect, but looks okay, I think.

A pair of Lieutenants.

Two automatic riflemen with SVT-40s. One of the guys did blue collars on a few of the guys, hadn't seen that before. Anyone know the significance?

A trio of dudes with Molotov cocktails, pretty cool.

A 45mm anti-tank gun from Plastic Soldier Company, painted by moi.

And a 3D-printed Maxim machine gun team, also painted by me.

To see a bunch more photos, please check the blog at:
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So there you go, my non-snow covered Soviet infantry. Very happy with how they turned out, and at the quantity of them ;)

V/R,
Jack

I am impressed with the quantity and quality that you are churning out. Well done Sir.

Thanks a bunch!

V/R,
Jack

I don't want to seem critical, but since you asked…
Your figures have a mix of summer and winter uniforms (some wear a padded suit).
Your figures have two uniform patterns – M1935 and M1943. They differ most noticeably in the absence or presence of shoulder straps and the shape of the collar. The uniform of the 1935 pattern had no shoulder straps, the collar was turn-down and had colored (everyday) or protective-colored (field) buttonholes (rectangular strips of fabric) on which the insignia were located. In the infantry, they were crimson (like the band on the officer's everyday cap), and blue in the cavalry. Artillerymen and other technical troops had black ones. The M1943 uniform had a standing collar, no buttonholes, but shoulder straps on the shoulders, which replaced the buttonholes. This uniform and insignia appeared en masse during the Battle of Kursk.
On your figurine, the blue collar tabs mean that this soldier is a cavalryman. But, unfortunately, buttonholes were not used on the wadded suit. It was intended to be worn under a greatcoat in severe frosts, but soldiers often preferred to wear it without a greatcoat, since it restricted movement much less.
By the way, this design of clothing was borrowed by the Russians from the Chinese. Similar wadded suits were purchased for the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese War of 1905 and were very popular with the troops.

M1935

M1943

Buttonholes for shirts (Top – bottom, left – right):

Infantry, cavalry, artillery and tank crews (distinctions by emblem), technical troops (engineers, sappers, signalmen, etc. – distinctions by emblem), aviation, administrative services. On the right – buttonholes for greatcoats.
The black color in this picture looks dark green on my monitor for some reason – this is wrong.

Shoulder straps since 1943:

The field shoulder straps were khaki with edging according to the branch of service and the emblem.
From left to right, top to bottom:
1. Private, technical troops, field uniform.
2. Corporal, infantry, field uniform
3. Junior sergeant of artillery, everyday uniform
4. Sergeant of tank troops, everyday uniform
5. Senior sergeant, infantry, everyday uniform
6. Petty officer, aviation, everyday uniform
7. Junior lieutenant, cavalry, field uniform
8. Lieutenant…..
9. Senior lieutenant….
10. Captain…