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| 4 November 2000 | page first published |
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©1994-2024 Bill Armintrout
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Brent's secret was revealed when I spotted these figures on his painting bench...he's not yet finished painting his 15mm's, and he's converting over to 25mm scale! :-)
(And Wargame Ruins has just announced a new line of 25mm scale buildings for WWII...hmmm...)
These figures are WWII Germans by Battle Honours. "I mount them on soda pop lids with white glue, for ease of handling when being painted," explains Brent. "I find it comfortable to 'assembly line' paint about six of these at a time."
Brent has painted up about a dozen each of Battle Honours' Germans and Americans. "I am very impressed with their Americans, less so by the Germans," he says, "although there are individual German figures that are sure to be favorites."
He's also purchased quite a few 25mm WWII figures from West Wind. "I was very pleasantly surprised to find that most of their figures are very well sculpted and in dynamic action poses," says Brent. "Even their officer peering through binoculars seems more intent on what he is looking at than the same pose from Battle Honors. West Wind's Americans have that Willie and Joe look - overly baggy pants and overly rounded helmets - which really adds to their appeal."
However, he's noticed a slight problem with their BAR men. "The sculptor must have confused the anatomy of the Browning Automatic Rifle with another gun," says Brent, "because he placed some sort of projection sticking out of the top of the rifle. Perhaps it is meant to be a carrying handle. John Moses Browning, the designer of the gun, was a fellow Utahn so I suppose I am duty bound to point out this mistake. It can be easily remedied on most figures by cutting the incorrect part off and sanding smooth any rough edges."
